FIGHTING FISH TRAP
IN WASHINGTON
A campaign is on in Washington
State to secure signatures for an
initiative measure No. 51, which
vouhl abolish fish traps and purse
seines in the fishing industry from
the Waters of that State. F. L. Car
ter, editor of the Puget Sound Mail,
of LaConner, is handling the cam
paign in that town. It will be ne
cessary to secure 40,000 signatures
before it can be properly handled.
Concerning the bill, Mr. Carter
said: “It will permit all citizens of
the State of Washington to fish for
and catch salmon with gill net, troll,
hook and line, the whole years around
thereby giving employment to more
'"1 10,000 additional citizens in the
state.
“Millionaires of Chicago and other
Eastern cities and their Washington
agents will not be permitted to say
to the people of the State of Wash
ington when and where they shall
catch food salmon to support them
selves and families.
“This bill will drive out the million
aire fish destroying agencv, THE
FISH TRAP.”
THE FREIGHT RATES
One of the favorite sports of the
clackers is to explain to the public
that cost of transportation has no
thing to do with the prosperity of
the Territory.
They narade long arrays of figure)
to show the amount of the freight
on each article imported and under
take to demonstrate that the com
plaint about high freight rates is
frivolous twaddle over three cents
on a hat, five cents on a pair of
shoes and seventeen cents on a pair
of rubber boots, etc.
But the fact still remains that the
amount taken out of Alaska by thejl
two American Steamship lines in theBi
form of transportation charges has
run considerable over $7,000,000 for
one year. If business this year con
tinues at its present rate these two
companies alone will earn a gross
revenue from their Alaska business
of not less than $S,000,000 for this
year.
This is a tremendous tax upon the
young industries of the Territory.
When it is remembered that this
tax is assessed proportionately much
heavier against the permanent popu
lation than it is against the season
al industries, the handicap under
which the Territory labors by rea
son of the high cost of transporta
tion, becomes so apparent as to be
appalling.
And, yet, there were members of
the last legislature who labored with
the sword at their side to maintain
the present high freight rates—and
the business men of Juneau applaud
them.
It may be a good idea for the pub
lic to start to patronize a new class
of merchants.
If the Bureau of Fisheries does
not take a decided stand for the
protection of our fisheries they will
be out of a job.
Every business interest and every
individual on the Pacific Coast and
Alaska is directly interested in Alas
ka’s fisheries. They should be ag
gressively insistent that the Bureau
of Fisheries properly function to
insure the perpetuity of the indus
try.
Conservation to the Fish Barons
means protection of their vested in
terests.
Fishermen are arrested for viola
tion of the fishery laws upon the
word of the deputy fish wardens.
The Fish Barons are not put under
arrest for violation of the same laws
^ until after their Henry O’Malley
ipasses on the violation.
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