people who lived South of that
line went under the British
sovereignty.Under this monarchical
government of British Columbia
the common right of fishery has
always been recognized, and under
just an equitable laws the native
people of British Columbia have
always and do today enjoy equal
fishing privileges with the white
residents.
The lion. John E. Rankin of
Mississippi who visited Alaska in
the summer of 1023 noted the con
trast between the unjust and in
equitable fishery laws of Alaska and
the fair equitable administration of
the British Columbia fisheries, and
expressed his observation^ on the
floor of Congress in the following
language:
I saw a large number of
fishing1 smacks off the coast of
British Columbia. These men
were catching fish for a living.
There were no traps, no large
nets, but they could pro there
and catch all the fish they
pleased and sell them to the
canneries or ship them to any
port of the world. But when
we got into Alaska we found
there even our ex-service men
were driven from the fishing
grounds by the canners some
of the very people who had
been prosecuted for selling
spoiled salmon to our soldiers
during the war. Congress
should force them to take
their traps out and let the
small men, the individual who
works for a living enjoy the
fruits of their labor as the
American worker does or
should do, in the continental
United States.
By reason of her observation
of the common right of all people
to participate in fishery on an e
oual footing, British Columbia has
built up a large and prosperous
fishing industry which is financed
largely by American capital and
her fishery products comnete in
the world’s markets with the
Alaskan product.
Wo claim that under the Ameri
can Government we should receive
treatment equally as just as our
racial brothers .are accorded in
British Territory; that a republic
such as ours should protect its cit
izens in rights that are recognized
and protected in every monarchy on
earth and wo believe It to be
the desire of the American people
that we should receive the just
and equal treatment in the pur
suit of our calling that is given
in all fishing countries except
Alaska.
We arc not appealing for any
exclusive privileges for a class of
citizens; we ask no favors that
others do not receive; we simply
ask that all fishermen in Alaskan
waters to be placed upon the same
competitive basis under as string
ent measures as the Secretary of
Commerce may care to impose for
the protection of the fish, supplv.
We are able to compete with
the whites in fishery if we are
given an enual chance with them,
but under the discriminatory reg
ulations ef the Secretary of Com
merce whereby monoply is given to
certain favored whites competition
is impossible.
Wo have appealed to Mr Secre
tary Hoover for a square deal and
our representatives have plead with
him to treat us '’airlv, hut he ig
nores our pleas and therefore we
now appeal to the American Con
gress for redress. We prav that
the power to which Mr. Hoover
is subject shall intercede for us
and instruct the Secretary of Com
merce to administer the Alaskan
fisheries in fairness and justice
to all who are engaged in the
industry.
The Alaska Native Brotherhood,
By Frank D. Price.
President.
Attest: Gideon Duncan.
Secretary.
HOW THEY VOTED IT LIST
The bill to repeal the direct
Primary Laws was introduced bv
C. IT. Wilcox of Valdez. Supported
on the floor by Harry G. Watson,
Jos. Murray.
For the Repeal, April 24, 1025;
Hardy, of the First Division; Ren
A. Grier, Jos. Murray, W,m. Sher
man, C. H. Wilcox, of the Third
Division; Ifarrv G. Watson, Robert
H. Sheldon, George C. Moody, of
the Fourth Division.
'Supporting the Primarv: Grant,
Ferquson, Paul, of the Fir^t Pivi
son; Nvlen, Sundquist, ERiott, Jen
sen. of the Second Division; Ross,
of the Fourth Division.
Tha Bill—Repeal of
the Alaska Bone Dry Law
Introduced by N. 0. Hardy of
Juneau. Messers. H. L. Faulkner,
Tom Marquam, Jos. Murray and
others advocated the Repeal. John
Elliott, H. II. Ross, Tho9. Jensen,
Wm, Paul and Attorney General
Rustgard opposed the repeal.
The record— April 14, 1925.
For Repeal: First Division, N. O.
Hardy; Third Division, Ben Grier
Jos. Murray, C. H. Wilcox; Fourth
Division, Robert Sheldon, George
Moody. ; . - !
Against Repeal: First Division,
C. B. Ferguson, Wm. D. Grant,
Wm. L. Paul; Second Division, J. J,
Elliott, T'hos. Jensen, R. D. Sund^
quist, Andy Nylen; Third Division,
Wm. Sherman; Fourth Division, H,
II. Ross, Harry G. Watson.
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