FIGURES THAT DO
NOT LIE
By Will A. Steel
After making the false hue
and cry about the indifference
of the voters to attend the pri
maries on April 27th last, the
subsidized Organ of Juneau
ignores the fact that it is sup
posed to be a NEWS paper,
and refuses to publish the vote
of several precincts. All the
returns from the First division
have been received by the Clerk
of the Court and on May 18
they were officially tabulated,
but no news of that fact has
been given by the Empire.
ine complete figures in the
Republican primary are as fol
lows: Delegate to Congress—
Aldrich 547,McCain 243, Su
therland 1,979; Senator—Le
Fevre 823, Steel 1,583; Rep
resentatives— Benjamin 2,071,
Ferguson 2,063; Worth 1,930,
Paul 1,707, Gray 1,039. In the
Democratic primary Adams re
ceived 29 votes and Boyle 304.
The above figures give the
emphatc lie to the repeated as
sertions made by the Organs
and sent broadcast over the
Territory, that the vote was
exceptionally light. As a mat
ter of fact the highest Repub
lican vote polled two years ago
for any one office was 2,761,
while this year for Delegate
it was 2,769, a few more than
two years ago. This year there
were 333 votes polled for the
Democratic candidates for Dele
gate while two years ago there
were but 244.
l he light vote Dugahoo got a
slam also in the Third division,
as 37 out of 48 precincts re
port 282 for Aldrich, 181 for
McCain and 1,176 for Suther
land, a total of 1, 639. And
yet two years ago the highest
vote reported was for Attor
ney General, with a total of
1,540. The Democratic vote
fell off a little this year, with
44 for Adams and 233 for
Boyle, as against 394 as the
high number in 1924.
The chagrin and humiliation
felt by the subsidized press
because their frantic exhorta
tion was ignored by the voters,
found vent in their gross and
malicious misrepresentation con
cerning th$ vote cast, It was
equal to and likely exceeds
throughout the Territory the
Primary vote cast in April 1924,
when there was a spirited fight
in both parties over the nomina
tion of National Delegates, Na
tional Committeeman, Attorney
General, Legislative candidates,
etc.
Figures based on facts do
not lie, but the Organs prefer
to deceive their readers and
ignore facts.
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NEW MACHINERY
The New England Fish Com
pany of Ketchikan has installed
a new rotary brine slimer that
is believed to be the only one
of its kind in Alaska altho
there have been a number in
stalled in British Columbia
where they have proved very
practical. This slimer salts
and cleanses the fish by machin
ery. The New England has
also added a new 1926 model
iron chink and additional
machinery for handling the
fish in the fish house. They
began canning on the 15th of
June when about 100 cases,
principally red kings were
put up.
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