The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 30, 1933, Page 8

FAULKNER RESTATES POSITION AGAINST FISHERIES TRANSFER tures. These expenditures have increased since 1917 from 100 per Empire on S , you said my (cent to 300 per cent. And that is discussion of the now pend-{not all. In 1917, we had at least ing in Congress for the purpose of |35 more canneries in operation 1 of the fisher-|than we have today. We had the | ics to y sounded like a | Treadwell, Chichagof, Gastineau legal argument for a client on|and Kennecott mines in operatio: 3| trial jury, and not like | —the Kennecott mine alone paying izen addressing [from $100,000 to $220,000 a year the Chamber of [in taxes. All these have now gone, and with them a cor able po t mean to |tion of the population of th2 Te 1t I would assume an atti- ner w each suc- | icerity in .a:l\ ancing the ure has been faced | I would |with the problem of gefting more ted and|and more from less and less. minded; that I have. two| 715 gdeal with this biect I standards of conduct,—one to guide |naye not cmm]mx any salmon me as an attorney, and a different packer—although I have one Cna“[‘ one for use in dealing With my | which alone paid last year in direct | fellow members of the Chamber of |and indirect taxes in the Terri- | tory, $199,000, in ‘l(‘ face of a loss To the In an edit ellow members Commerce. I know that you did r say Commerce in matters where my clients’ interests are nol involved.| s §1500,000—nor has any of them | Mr. Editor, know that|communicated with me about these | ve no such double stan-|piis; but what T say for myself| but there may be some read- i) surely apply to salmon pack- | <rs of the paper who might think 'ors and, if it is taken by anyone | such an implication was intended.|qs having been said by an attorney | T, myself, know it was not. HOW- nieading for his clients, it cannot -, for the benefit of those Who [possibly alter the facts, | might have misunderstood you, I 1 am going to ask you to publish thi I YOl SET SO, W nLl’| i d 3 s ance some concrete, practical sug- . gestions concerning the means of First, permit me to say that I F: 5 8 raising the additional revenue re- make no secret of the fact that T : T quired, you will render a service to have clients who will be seriously & ) el i the Chamber in its consideration | affected if their burden of taxes is o | 4 +> lof the economic question before it. | increased. I also feel, that while i they have long been silent on And it will not .do to simply say subject of their tax burden, never-|that if the Terzitory is given con- theless those who belong to the trol of the fisheries it will force lhe1 class which pays 80 per cent of salmon canners to employ mor2 lo-i the cost of the administration of a1 1abor, and thereby relieve dis- the afafirs of the Territory, havs a €58 and indigence caused by lack ! right to be heard either through Of employment. Such assistance attorney or otherwise, upon im- &5 the Temitery is now obliged to mr:anl' matter which so ally af- contribute to rehavr work. ccm?si fects them. Y moftly from the fisheries. Terri- You say in your editorials that torial control of the fisheries would the prob]‘em of - raising the addi-'Nob lift the burden of rellevmg‘ tional sum of- from $600,000 to §1,- those in need from your shou]dcrsl 000,000, each biennium, is a mere and mine and transfer it to the; detail, and that the important salmon canners. They already haV“l consideration is the local control ii: It might well shift a large por- of natural resources—the measure 0 ©Of it from them to us. of home rule involv You know as well as I do that I have a great deal of respect until three years ago it was ex- for the Empire and for its Editor, tremely difficult for canneries to for his opinions, his judgment, and Obtain labor in Alaska. In fact his courage. He has always been fOme Of them were openly con- a consistent advocate of such demned for having enticed a few measures as the one under dis- Men away from the mines during cussion, and I have always ad- the fishing season. However, con- mired him and respected his at- ditions have unfortunately chang- titude. T consider him onme of my €d and we have a large number of best friends. T have the same ad- unemployed men—although not miration for Delegate Dimond, and Dearly enough to man the fisheries I think T know him well enough if all outsiders were barred. Tt is to know he would not have asked NOt fair to take the attitude that the Chamber of Commerce for its the distressed salmon packers opinion of this bill if he had felt Should suddenly find means of find- that the economic side of the ques- ing employment for all the unem- tion was @ mere detail. He knows Ploved, I fully agree with you that Chambers of Commerce can- AR not consider the political aspect of the bill, and therefore I am sure that what he wants is a consider- ation of the economic question in- volved and nothing else. That is why he asked the Chamber for its opinion. While my clients’ interests are, of course, involved in this ques- tion, their interests are identical with those of every member of every Chamber of Commerce in Alaska. The sole question beforz the Chamber of Commerce, and the | only one it can consider, and the | one Delegate Dimond must want it to consider, is the question of find- ing the source of the additional| revenue required to administer the ! fisheries and game laws. | The amount now expended by, the Federal Government we know | to be approximately $500,000 a year. | You say this can be reduced;—| but how much can it b2 reduced? | Even if it is reduced 50 per cent,| where are we to get the additional | $250,000 a year? You refer in your editorial to| the figures given by me to the §a Wesson Oil 2 STOCK UP Start Your New Month Now! Butter Pretzels, Fisher Blend Flour, 49-1b. bags ...........$175 NOW—THIS WILL BE THE LAST AT THIS LOW PRICE GARNICK’ ‘ Dallv Cross-word Puzzle may not be a single salmon packe | opposed to it. But the first ques- tion should be solved fi and | that is,—how is the Ter tory to Solutlon of Yesterday's Puzzle & Arablan sea- fobtain the necessary revenue. As| ROSS ) 5 ’rmwca( fruit 1. sty to man= 5. Ngva] Bardolph id to Lord Hmun% 13, Poaliive etece [RIA[R EPIRIATMIS] & Like over 500 years ago: i L“lrlcrpelc: SP.;\ NEZE [N|O 8 Cbleld Norse “When we megn to build, erary su- E EZPIAIRIA 0 We first survey the plot, then | pervisor 9. Spahish bero e t ey the plot, then 15. Take up agato [EIXIE RIETAISIOIN] 10: Pronoun "*" the model; ; & Mm[\zmlv)n:;! R Y|[S N|G }a blnd of horse the house, 15, Chafty part of 32’ EER[T[E] i Then must we rate the cost of | groun lessl the erection: grain eV SIE [N E-‘ 20, Rise of ground B S ! 20, Owns SIE[S] 21, Food Hsh Which, if we find outweighs 3L mfi'{n‘}{. RIE [BIBRESIE] 32 Besecch, ability, 22. Dram E|E[T! helght What do we then but draw anew | 23, He%‘eyof baked (| [N|S GILIT INIG| 2. Gontradict the model & D““ ye,,ow }QOL AILEE 2. 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WALMSLE AND SON LEAVE ON NORAH TO SPEND SUMMER IN SEATTLE | FUE, | Mrs. G. H. AL S | | | the Princess Norah for the south in Seattle visiting Mrs. Walmsley's family until the beginning of school in the fall. SECRE e > left on the Prin- N dEEEEdE) H/4ANEN &N II/III’%EII | | Mrs. J. B. Car | cess Norah th ;So‘lth She will spend the summ visiting with her daughter, Mrs. ‘drnn in San Francisco, Cal. [e8cAnkisToucn] JAMES M, COX IL KEY PITTMANK ©BACHRACH conference in Londen named by the President. Johnson of California. cerding to Asscciated Press dispatches received by The Empire. It is said the gist of the instructions were “Do the best you can for the success of the conference.” : Walmsiey and her M RS. ELLA LITTELL = [\(‘I] George Walmsley, Jr., left L')}\ DIED LAS T EVENING this morning. They will remain REMAINS TAKEN SOUTH two other sons, who reside in|Second and Main Streets, owned Mrs. Ella Littell, 82 years old, mother of Ben Littell, who has morning for the-! | Chester Graff and hi randchi 1_ Carter Mortuary, the body of Mrs. sl a Rt | Littell was taken South on the make your shopping plans. of apoplexy, died at 7:30 last night,' in Seattle or Kirkland. | put out by the firemen. Under the direction of the C. W. | Let the aaverusements help you| Promote Frosperity wwith Puni- | er's Ink! Above are three of the members of the United States delegation to the coming world economic Scnater La Foliette declined to serve as did Senator Yesterday final instructions were given to the delegates by the President, ac- icess Norah this morning, ac-| ROOF FIRE CALLS OUT DEPARTMENT AT 3 A. M. companied by her son. | Besides Ben Litell, who lives in Juneau, Mrs. Littell is survived by| A roof fire on the building at | Kirkland, Wash,, and a daughter| by W. W. Batchellor, caused the who lives in Colorado. | Juneau Volunteer Fire Department Funeral arrangements will be | to be called out at 3 o'clock thi made when the family meets in|morning. Only a few shing Seattle and burial will be either|caught and the fire was gquic ill in St. Ann's Hospital for last week following a stroke gk dER N Al that much more can be done in means of solving that problem. this direction than is now being However, it has no place in the done, although it is a difficult and | present discussion; for if all the delicate matter to adjust without |idle men in Alaska could be em- defeating its own purpose. It can- |ployed, how are we going to ex- not be done overnight. Neither can tract from them the sum of from it be done by legislation. It will $250,000 to $500,000 per annum to require the assistance of all think- |pay the additional expense which ing men and of the Chamber of we are now called upon to con- Commerce in f‘Alaska working in | sider. The assistance of the Ju- cooperation with the salmon pack- neau Chamber in solving this phase ers, not in opposition to them. You |of the problem is surely what Del- also know that this matter is now |egate Dimond seeks. receiving the earnest and sincere Whether you and I or my clients attention which it deserves. The are in favor of the home rule Juneau Chamber will hear more principle involved, is beside the of this in the very near future, and |question. So far I have never gaid it will be asked to express its that I was opposed to that pein- opinion, and to discuss ways and ciple, and for all I know, there gal,, regular $1.00 size .......75c crisp and fresh, pound .....30c Phone 174 Chamber to show the increased, ey L s See Our Windows for GRADUATION cost of some of the present Ter-| ritorial Bureaus and of the schools. | The purpose I had in mind in| quoting these figurss was su!—: gested by your statement that the| Territory could immediately begin | to cut the cost of administering the fisheries and game laws, if given control over them. The| thought occurred to me that we | have on the one hand only your| statement that this can be done,| while on the other hand we have the Territory’s actual experience| in dcahng with similar expendi- Not Because We Are Cheaper BUT BETTER RICE & AHLERS CO. | -PLUMBING - "HEATING w5 g | “We wn,z:-:fim what “ Butler- EXPRESS MONEY ORDERS ANYTIME GIFTS Mauro Drug Co. ‘- -.fVJT ’ EMORIAL DAY HE history through its wars, and in each instance it will of our great country can be traced be found that we were fighting for independence. In each instance it will be found that we won that independence through the loyalty and bravery of the young men of the United States, young men who now lie buried in graves all over the country, young men who remembered us when they went to fight for ouF aafetv and happiness, young men who we in turn remember on Memoual Day. It is a little thing to do to bring flowers to some soldier’s grave, a little thing for him, who' did such a big thing in giving his life to his country. Let’s not forget them, let’s perpetuate their memory, and in so doing perpetuate our gratitude. » Leader Department Store George Brothers Grocery