question and we say this—busi
ness must be conducted so that
the benefits shall be immediate,
changing the rules when neces
sary to meet changing condi
tions. To say that no exporta
tion cf raw materials shall be
allowed (the Empire’s position)
is to say that no wool shall be
imported into America from
Australia, no manganese from
Russia, no timber from Canada,
no rubber from Africa, Brazil,
etc., no mahogany from Mexico,
etc., etc., but that each coun
try shall prohibit export and
thus force the manufacturer to
go into the country of original
production. So the Empire ar
[’Ties.
This is an untenable position.
We have poods to sell. Mill
men of Bellingham, Washington
have the money. Why isn’t it
gcod business to sell our timber?
The mills of Alaska can buy on
ly a very limited supply of tim
ber and have their own camps.
Shall our logging camps be clos
ed down just ag soon as these
two mills have enough logs for
the current year? The Empire
says “Yes.”
Our present independent log
gers can log 20 million feet of
logs per year, worth in the ex
port market $300,000 to loggers
and towboats, but only $160,000
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to the local market IF the mills
could buy. Shall we sell to Bell
ingham? or shall we keep the
men in idleness. The Empire
says we must keep the men in
idleness.
Our Mr. William L. Paul had a
contract for hemlock timber (a
positive drug on the market) in
the amount of 60,000,000 feet
per year which would have re
leased $720 000 among the log
gers and towboats of Southeast
ern Alaska. The Forest Depart
ment killed that order by refus
ing an export permit. The For
est Department kills business
because its managers have no
business acumen.
We might mention the expor
tation of raw fish of those can
neries which bring all their help
and supplies, etc., from Seattle,
to further clinch our argument
and show that the only place
where the government refuses
to aid business is in the Forest
Department.
If the Empire were consistent,
it would advocate the prohibi
tion of the thousands of Orient
al laborers who pack most of the
fish in Alaska.
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The Bellingham Chamber of
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c :i. ly as favoring ratification of
the international sockeye treaty
os being the only feasible means
of conserving the Northwest
food fish supply. A resolution a
dop ted by that organization has
been forwarded to Senators Wes
Icy L. Jones and C. C. Dill, and
the Washington state legislators.
Establishment of an interna
tional commission to handle the
treaty was urged.
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NEXT MONTH
In the March issue we will re
view the controversy between
the Fishing Vessel Owners’ As
sociation and the Deep Sea
Fishermen’s Union of the Pa
cific.
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