through a foreign port. The ar
gument was used that the labor
in preparing these lish for ship
ment was not local, and the ma
terials in which they were cased
was manufactured by nonlocal or
foreign labor. And how loug
would Alaska stand idly by and
see its salmon resources taken
from Territorial waters, loaded
on scows and towed to Seattle
or elsewhere for processing, thus
destroying the canning indus
try of Alaska and wiping out its
greatest source of revenue? Yet
that is the effect of the suggest
ed policy in relation to the for
ests.
The pulp and paper manufac
turers who are preparing to come
to Alaska are coming here be
cause of the availability of the
very resources which, it is now
sought to export in unmanufac
turedshape. If the Forest Service,
reversing itself as to non-expor
tation, should throw down the
bars on spruce why not on hem
lock and invade the pulpwood
market at Ocean Falls and Po
well River and on Puget Sound?
Exportation of hemlock logs or
sau^re^ is as reasonable as that
of spruce. But to do so would
foreclose forever our chances for
c, newsprint manufacturing in
dustry.
New industries can only be
eased on natural resources.
Southeast Alaska’s are minerals,
fish and timber. Gold, mined
here, is likewise milled there.
Fish caught here are processed
taxes are derived from them
very largely. Likewise the tim
ber that is cut here should be
manufactured here, creating
varied industries which in turn
will pay into the treasury of A
laska their fair share of Govern
mental administrative costs and
support their commensurate ad
ministrative costs and support
their commensurate proportion
the Territorial population. Any
other form of development is
economically and industrially
unsound.
We are convinced that the
Forest Service’s non-exporta
lion policy is well-advised. In
times of adversity, however,
even the wisest of policies are
subject to modification. Under
present conditions, in order to
relieve unemployment among
Alaska loggers and to remove an
abnormal stress from the log
ging companies, a temporary
suspension of the prohibition a
gainst log exports might be ad
T isoble. But that should be done
with caution so that relief will
be given to existing interests
and not in such a manner as to
encourage the establishment of
new logging firms and used to
foster a logging export broker
age business.
We do not in sense mean to
question the sincerity or good
faith of the signers of the com
munication to The Empire. We
concede both. Yet we are con
vinced that the greatest good
to the largest number of Alas
kans will be served by holding
the Territory’s timber resources
for use bv local manufacturing
’lants rather than in permit
ting them to be reaped for the
benefit of an industry that is
located outside of the Territory
and supports some other politi
cal unit than Alaska.
“Pulpmill Construction Delayed”--A Political Dud
From The Empire
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Negotiations for the water
power and timber for the Ju
neau and Ketchikan pulp and
newsprint manufacturing plants
have been concluded, and all de
tails are arranged to the com
plete satisfaction of everyone
concerned—the Government and
the private interests connected
with the projects—it was made
known here by B. F. Heintzle
man, Assistant Region Forester.
Everything is in readiness for
initiation of construction, and
that step will be taken as soon
as a definite upward trend has
been established in financial,
industrial and business condi
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ticns, in his opinion. Just when
that will be no one knows or
cares to predict, but Mr. Heint
zleman is confident that this
year will witness the turning
point at least for the local pro
ject.
Differences Are Ironed Out
After leaving here last Aug
ust, Mr. Heintzleman went to
Tan Francisco for conferences
with the George T. Cameron
and Zellerbach interests relative
to their applications for hydro
electric development licenses
v.hen pending: before the Fed
eral Power Commission. He then
went to Washington to take
charge of the final preparations
for the timber sale contract^ and
confer with Federal Power Com
mission authorities relative to
the granting of the two licenses.
The permits were granted at
the last possible minute , by the
Commission. At 5 p. m. on the
day before the old Commission
organization ceased to function
the Secretaries of Agriculture
and Interior, composing a ma
jority of the old board, signed
the licenses which gave the
Cameron people and the Zeller
baeh aroup authority to proceed
with their power development
programs.
HEINTZLEMAN’S NEWS
NOT DISCOURAGING
Tvjr. Heintzleman’s report on
the status of the two pulp and