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get me a job and therefore I cannot
support him.”
Can all have jobs? Either we
are supporting Sutherland because
he is right or we are against
him because he is wrong. Suppose
Mr. Coolidge should say to Suther
land, “I will appoint all your nom
inees to office in Alaska”, Suther
land could only satisfy twenty
men, and if the rest of us should
use the argument now used by
these men who are disappointed,
about five thousand of us would
be sore at him and would be
compcllled to vote for some one
else at the next election, providing
of course that each of us does
not himself become a candidate
for Delegate to Congress.
The position of those making
this second charge against Suther
land is untenable.
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He Has Antagonized Hoover.’
This charge proceeds on the
theory that Alaska sends a Dele
gate to Congress to agree with
Herbert Hoover or with some
body else. “Oh” but somebody
else says “Sutherland could fight
for the same things WITHOUT
ANTAGONIZING Mr. Hoover, prob
ably the strongest influence with
President Coolidge.”
To such as these, we must charge
a total ignorance of the condi
tions that resulted from Mr. Hoov
er’s policies in Alaska. Take one
look at the men who applauded
Mr. Hoover and you must see that
NO MAN COULD HONESTLY
REPRESENT ALASKA IN CON
GRESS WITHOUT FIGHTING
HOOVER WITH EVERY AVAIL
ABLE WEAPON. No one could
read the “recommendations” of the
Fish Trust and the infamous Re
serve Orders of Herbert Hoover
without seeing that Mr. Hoover
adopted IN TOTO? the “recommed
ations” of the Fish Trust.
The justification of Sutherland’s
fight is that he is fighting for
PEOPLE and HOMES of bona fide
Alaskans, his policy means hap
piness, property, and MORE people
in Alaska The Hoover policy
means bigger non-resident corpor
ations, fewer 'bona fide resident
fishermen, more fish traps, the
sacrifice of the interests of all
year-round Alaskans for the three
months variety. What will you
have? Sutherland, or “Someone
who can get adong with Mr. Hoov
er.”
. . He has Antagonized the Admin
istration
This charge is really answered
in the foregoing paragraphs. But
it is being used as a separate
argument. For a time, it was
accepted by many that to be a
Republican, one had to subscribe
to all that Mr. Coolidge does
or says, and that the test of
u Senator’s or Congressman’s use
fulness was his absolute harmony
with the republican President.
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U. S. CUSTOMS REPORT
According to the customs report
for February, the total value of
exports from Alaska was $2,683,
962 from which must be deducted
the sum of $1,484,536 as this
amount represents fur shipped dur
ing 1925 but not reported till
February. The net value of ex
ports was therefore only $1, 199,
426.
There was a sharp decline of
exports compared with that of
February of 1925, for example
lish exports for February of 1925
was valued at $371,280 and in
1926 at $107,248; copper in 1925
was valued at $1,034,352 to $757,
480.
Animals . $60
Curios . ..947
FISH:
Fresh and frozen (except shell
fish:
Halibut .. 8,909
Salmon . 50,595
AH other . 18,546
Canned (except shell fish) :
Salmon . 5,844
Cured or preserved (except shell
fish) :
Cod . 41
....Herring . 22
Salmon . 125
Shellfish:
Crabs . 400
Shrimps .--. 22,741
Other fish products:
Oil .. 25
Furs and fur skins:
Silver or black fox . 4,450
All other . 169,189
Ore, matte, and regulus:
Copper . 757,460
Tin ore and concentrates .. 13,452
Wood, timber and lumber 3,314
All other Articles . 28,160
Total value of products of Alas
ka . $1,084,280
Products of United States re
turned . 103,329
Total value of foreign products
. 11,817
T<»tal value of shipments of mer
chandise .. $1,199,426
306,000 furs shipped by mail
during 1925 . 1,484,536
Grand Total . $2,683,962
*—Items included in “All other
articles”:
Manufactured furs . $145
Palladium . 27,990
Hairseal skins . 25
Total . $28,160
PROGRESS
Each day we ought to try to make ,
Advance, however small.
Then very surely we will know
Considerable by fall,
And in a year or two or more J
Perhaps we’ll know it all-- •
Pick up a trifle here /and there,
And if we can’t surprise
Ourselves the natives we will fool,
They’ll think we are so wise,
And those who knew us years ago
Will open up their eyes.
Its just the little now and then,
The picking up a cruirib
Of knowledge as it drifts along,
Of facts as they come(
And holding to them firm and fast
That makes the tidy sum
Rome wasn’t builded in a day,
Of that you may be sure;
An education all at once
No student can secure,
He tries it, and he has to take
The nervous breakdown cure.
So get you knowledge on the old
Time tried installment plan.
Each day some new and useful fact
Secure to bridge the span.
And very shortly you will know
As much as any man.
Selected
Douglas Camp No. 3—Meets 8
p. m. Mondays. Sandy Stevens,
Chairman; Thomas J. Bowman,
Secretary.
PATRONIZE THOSE WHO AD
VERTISE IN THE ALASKA FISH
ERMAN.