SEINERS MALIGNED
In last month’s Fisherman we
made a serious mistake which we
now take leave to correct. We
grouped three men as being traitors
to the cause of the seiners, to-wit:
Kit Kittles, Ted Voss and “Red”
Irwin. Mr. Irwin does not belong
to that group. The man who com
pletes the trio is Otto Rosenblatt.
When we were trying to organize
a seiners’ union last year, Kit Kit
tles sat in the front seat and did
most of the talking, urging the
fishermen to organize and “stand
together”; that he was with them
body and soul even though he was
on the payroll of the Alaska Pack
ers’ Association at a hundred a
month. At that meeting, William
L. Paul announced that he would file
for the Legislature, whereupon Mr.
Kittles said, “We’ll put you in there,
my boy, don’t you worry. We’ll
give you a chance. We have put
others in there before but they al
ways sold out on us. We will see
what you will do.”
It is well known now just how
hard Mr. Kittles worked for Paul.
One hundred dollars a month is not
a big sum, but it is a powerful ar
gument to some and very convincing.
BRITISH EMPLOYERS HIT
BOOZE AS BIG HANDICAP
LONDON, Friday, Nov. 21.—While
it is generally admitted that drunk
enness has greatly decreased in
Great Britain since 1914, there is
still much room for improvement,
according to some of the country’s
big employers of labor.
At a luncheon of the Business
Men’s (National Commercial Tem
perance) League, Sir Dyson Mallin
son, head of a firm of cotton brok
ers, said England could be the envy
of the world but for the handicap
imposed by the drink habit. Sir It.
Murray Hyslop an employer of 40,
000 workers, testified to the ex
tremely practical work of the Na
tional Commercial Temperance Lea
gue.
For every 20 shillings spent on ed
ucation in England, this speaker said,
70 shillings was spent on drink.
Drunkenness had decreased, but the
picture was marred by the fact that
clubs had sprung up where public
houses had disappeared. He ex
pressed admiration for America’s
courage in adopting prohibition.—
New York Times.
Two Looks—“Did you notice that
insolent conductor looking at you as
if you hadn’t paid your fare?”
“Yes, and did you notice me look
ing at him as if I had?”—Le Hire
(Paris)
TRAP FISH AND SEINES
Subject: Salmon caught by traps
and seines in Alaska.
Hon. Dan Sutherland,
House of Representatives,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir.—
The receipt is acknowledged of
your letter of the 15th instant, ask
ing for a statement of comparison
of the trap and seine catches of sal
mon in Alaska for 1923 and 1924.
Figures for 1924 will not be avail
abl efor some time. It is usually
about midwinter before returns A
the preceding fishing season can be
completed. As soon as the infor
mation is available it will be sent
to you.
In 1923 the total catch of salmo i
in Alaska by seines was 21,132,672,
while the catch by traps in the same
year was 34,152,709. Upon a per
centage basis, seines took approxi
mately 27 per cent and traps 44 per
cent.
The total number of seines used
in the salmon industry of Alaska in
1923 was 510, of which 173 were
beach seines and 337 were purse
seines. There were 282 driven trips
and 160 floating traps, or a total
of 442, operated in the Alaska sal
mon industry in that year.
Very truly yours,
HENRY O’MALLEY,
Commissioner.
To Scrape or Hook — Anyway,
shaving the back of her neck isn’t
as hard as hooking her up the back
used to be—Cincinnati Observer.
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