BURCHARDT SHOWS WHAT
MATTERS ALASKA
Charles A. Burchardt, Pres
ident of the Association of Pa
cific Fisheries and of the Al
aska Consolidated Canneries,
Inc., without realizing what he
said,' has indicated the trouble
with Alaska. He was trying
to show what a great asset the
canneries are, especially his
group of canneriege.
“The approximate amount ex
pended each year by our com
pany to put up an average
yearly pack is in the neighbor
hood of $2,350,000. Of this
amount $1,525,000 is expended
in SEATTLE, $525,00 in AL
ASKA. Outside of Seattle,
covering tinplate and so forth
$300,000 and the tinplate of
course all move through this
port (Seattle)” he said.
The Matter
Isn’t there something wrong
with this business? Alaska
where the manufacturing is
done, where the raw material
is furnished, gets $500, ©00 a
large portion of which is paid
to non-resident fishermen and
Filipino crews and cannery
help who come up from Seattle
under contract.
Alaska gets $500,000 from
Burchardt’s canneries, while
Seattle gets $1,525,000. No
wonder Seattle continues to
grow and no wonder the pop
ulation of Alaska still decreases.
An Argument
Suppose the factories of
Seattle spent three-fourths of
all the value of the goods manu
factured there in Tacoma?
Suppose out of every $2,000,(11)0
spent in manufacturing goods,
$1,500,000 were spent in Tacoma,
would not the Seattle Chamber
of Commerce raise a howl?
A FOREGONE CONCLUSION
Evidence Is Suppressed In
Case Against Council.
District Judge E. E. Ritchie
yesterday sustained the defense
motion to suppiess the evidence
in the case of Dr. W. W. Coun
cil, Frank Cunningham and
George Steele on the ground
that Deputy Marshal Close did
not have reasonable or suffici
ent cause to search the boat
“Nancy Lee,” aboard which
were allege^ to be found sev
eral bottles of liquor last
August.
The local trio was charged
with illegal possession. De
fense counsel’s motion to sup
press the evidence was argued
before Judge Ritchie last Oct
ober 7 and 8, was taken under
advisement, and the order sus
taining the motion issued yes
terday.
The judge’s decision, unless
appealed, amounts to a dismis
sal of the case, according to
Assistant U. S. Attorney W.
H. Hodge.—Cordova Times.
Marriage Too Lonesome
Seller visited the Widow
Redok every evening and had
tea with her.
“Why don’t you marry her?”
asked a friend.
“I have often thought about
it,” said Seller, “but where
should I spend my evenings
then?”—Kasper (Stockholm).
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