LIVE ISSUES
Do not let the cannery attorneys
fool you about the issues of this
.ampaign.
The issues are few and simple:
CARPET-BAGGERS; Do you want
some more?
FISH TRAPS; Do you want the
Seattle-Chicago capitalist to catch
all the fish ? Or do you want the
real, resident, stay-at-home, spend
your-money-in-Alaska fishermen to
catch them?
TRANSPORTATION; Are you in
favor of doing all that you car. to
reduce the high freight rates? Do
you think we should pay three times
as much for our freight for hauling
equal distances as for example, San
Francisco to Seattle compared with
Seattle to Skagway? Do you think
we should pay for truckage and for
wharfage in Seattle while the trans
portation companies rebate the same
charges for shipments to the Orient?
WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION
LAWS: Are you in favor of a law
which will wipe out the lawyer class
of adjusters? The defects in the
present law are there on account of
the lobbying of H. L. Faulkner and
R. E. Robertson, corporation law
yers of canneries and mines, the
same men who are now directing the
campaign of the “three in oil” can
didates, Davies-Sheppard-Ashley and
Gurr. I propose to introduce an act
which has been approved in form by
the United States government, the
states of California, North Dakota,
Connecticut and the American Fed
eration of Labor Legislation. This
law will GUARANTEE *35 percent
of his monthly wages to every in
jured employee AS LONG AS THE
DISABILITY LASTS EVEN IF FOR
LIFE; also to include hospital ex
pense; or in case of death, the widow
shall GET not a mere chance as
at the present, but actually GET 35
percent of her husband’s wages as
long as she remains a widow; if she
marries, she will get a lump sum
settlement of two years’ payment;
with allowance for children.
EQUAL TAXATION: All industry
and business should contribute its
equal proportion in taxes to support
this Territory. Today, due to H. R.
Shepard, the leader of the “three-in
oil” candidates, the big mine pays
only $12,500 in taxes on a net profit
of $2,000,000.00. When Shep voted
to reduce the tax on enormous pro
fits like this, he voted to INCREASE
YOURS. Do not forget that the
manager of this big mine is Shep’s
son-in-law, and he will do it again
if you give him the chance.
The “enemy” are trying to confuse
the issues by hollering “Indian- !
Indian ! - And yet, I challenge
every citizen to advance a more pro
gressive platform than the above.
If you believe in these principles,
then vote the “so-called Paul” ticket.
Every man who is running with me
is a man of well known determina
tion. We cannot be bought. We
will tend to our business of making
fair laws; we will obey the laws of
the United States, including the Vol
stead Act.
In answer to the latest lie pub
lished under the inspiration of the
cannerymen, trapmen, mines and
their paid attorneys, I wish to say
that the only lights which I claim
for the Indians are those rights
which the law says are his NOW.
I ask for no more.
Regarding the school question, I
insist that so long as this Territory
collects the territorial school tax
from all the Indians, old, young, or
illiterate, just so long must this Ter
ritory provide for the education of
all its children, whether white, black,
yellow or red. I am opposed to a
law which compells Indian children
to take a bath, or to have their
heads scratched, but I am in favor
of compelling all children to take
a bath, to have all children’s heads
examined for crawling animals; in
short, SCHOOL BOARDS MUST
HAVE ABSOLUTE CONTROL OF
MATTERS OF HEALTH AND
SANITATION, and no race should
be allowed to escape a rigid inspec
tion by the HEALTH OFFICER.
One more point: I am in favor of
licensing all men who fish, whether
on traps or on boats; that only full
American citizens shall be allowed
to secure a license; also that only
bona fide residents of Alaska be
allowed to procure such a license.
This is the law of the state of Wash
ington. Why not for Alaska9 I
want to build up Alaska ind not
Seattle and San Francisco. This will
help. If we make it worth while for
fishermen to LIVE in Alaska the
year round, they will do so. I would
rather see ten men make ten thous
and each during the summer than
to have one man make one hundred
thousand. It will be better fur the
men, including all the small business
men.
“Let ’er buck,” and
“Damned be he who first cries
‘hold,’ enough.’ ”
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