B. C. TRAP PERMITS WILL BE
INVESTIGATED
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The session of the Royal Com
mission of Judge J. N. Ellis oi
Vancouver to enquire into the
advisability of permitting opera
tion of salmon traps on the nor
thern boundary of District No.
2 adjacent to the Alaska border
was an important event of the
last month insofar as marine
affairs at Prince Rupert are con
cerned. Charles Lord and Mike
Anderson, both well known
district fishermen, led in the
fight against fish traps and put
up an able case in arguing along
the general line that the opera
tion of fish traps would be ruin
ous to the future welfare of the
seine, gill net and troll fishermen
and destructive of the mainten
ance of the fish supply. Robert
R. Payne, production manager of
tire Canadian Fishing Co., which
is desirous of operating fish traps
in connection with its Wales Is
land cannery, discounted the
fears of the fishermen and
pointed out that on other parts
of the coast, fish traps had nei
ther worked hardship on the
fishermen or depleted the re
sources of fish. After holding
a similar session in Vancouver,
.Judge Ellis will make his report
to Ottawa on the matter. There
is a general feeling here that the
application of the Canadian
f ishing Co., will be granted and
speculation is rife as to how far
the traps may be allowed to ex
tend.—Canadian Fisherman
How About Afterwards?
Local ad: “Wanted a salesgirl;
must be respectable until after
Christmas.”—Exchange.
SITKA CAMP
ALASKA NATIVE
BROTHERHOOD
.Meets 8 P. M. Monday*
President: Secretary j
Mark Jacobs A. Hope '
DRIVING WOMEN INTO
INDUSTRY
The ratio of married women in
this country who are gainfully
employed has doubled within
thirty years. There are many
reasons for this influx into offic
es and factories. The new free
dom of women and the ambition
for a career, the decrease in the
volume of housework, the desire
for a higher standard of life—
all these are primary factors.
The evidence is clear, however,
that an enormous number of
married women are driven into
industry by the inability of the
husband to provide for the fam
ily- Many pages could easily be
filled with wage statistics and
living costs which prove indis
putably that a considerable pro
portion of male workers do not
receive sufficient income to keep
a wife and two children in de
cency and minimum comfort.
The pressure of poverty is relent
lessing driving hundreds of
thousands of wives and mothers
out of homes and into the shop
and factory. In countless cases
where both husband and wile
are gainfully employed, the com
bined inc:^::, after losses due
to sicknc-.vs and other forms oi
unemployi-ijn; are taken into
account, co: not exceed the
amount re a 'd to provide an
a moderate •. .. o for a family of
four. An f i j in a country
where billions are squandered in
useless and injurious luxury ev
ery year!—The World Tomorrow.
MITIGATED CIRCUMSTANCES
“I’m going t i arrest you,” an
nounced the traffic cop, “on
three charge speeding, passing
a red light, .. . . failing to stop
when I first blew my whistle.”
The offending motorist paled
\isibly. But before he could
offer any extenuation of his
conduct, a lady leaned over from
the rear seat.
“Don’t pay any attention to
my husband, Officer,” she said
easily. “He’s drunk.”
A v/ife is a gift bestowed upon
man to reconcile him to the loss
of paradise.—Goethe.
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