The Alaska daily empire., 1913-04-04
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 advantage over other methods. Place restrictions on us and see to it that these restrictions are enforced We want the fish supply conserved be- cause all our money is invested in it."
 Representative Svindseth wanted to know what chance a salmon would have with a floating trap extending out into the channel and another set opposite the mouth of the stream, of getting into the stream to spawn Mighty slim chance" was the re. sponse.
 Mir. Bell insists that there should be more inspectors to see that the laws were enforced. Some of the trap men need watching as we'll as other men in the fishing business he said. There should also be inspectors in the canneries to see that they were conducted in sanitary manner and that none but good fish were packed. Mir Bell said that the only difference between a salmon caught in seine and one caught in a trap was that the fish caught in the trap was farth- CT away from the spawning ground and therefore in better condition.
 Mir Bells idea is tbat there should be a good stiff tax on the fishing in- dusty. An increased tax on the out. put which should all be devoted to the propagation of salmon by govern ment hatcheries. There should be great increase in the number of hatch cries and they should be under gov ernment control There should be plenty of inspectors and boats to trav. el through the fishing districts and see the trap men and others were not violating the law. This expense should all come out of the tax on the output of the fish industry The territory would still have the gear and property of the canners and trap men to tax for revenue purposes.
 George F. Rousenfell of Ketchikan, gave an account of his experience in the business in his home town of Ketchikan. He agreed with Mir. Bell that if the Alaska waters were fished hard enough and no provision made for propagation that there was danger of reducing the commercial output to a point of little importance. He was operating five traps but intend ed to operate only three this year on account of the low price. The salmon brought law price because so many were taken near the spawn ing grounds of indifferent quality. Asked how near. Mir. Rousenfell re. piled that the men said that they got them ir the tree tops. It took 16 trap caught fish to fill case while after the same fish had reached the streams and were caught in seines 26 were required showing the differ ence in quality. Mir. Rousenfell has disbursed $1OO.OOO at Ketchikan, at which place he operates nearly every season since establishing his busi- ness.
 A. K. Foss was introduced. MT. Floss said that he was engaged in the numbering business at Hadley and had no interest in the question except as a matter of principle he should tell the committee what had come un- der his observation near Windfall har- bor where he was logging last sum- mer.
 Seine crews had taken 12OOO sal mon at the mouth of a small spawn ing stream completely ravaging the run of that season. The first catch netted 5000; 1000 were taken in two catches the next day which comprised all that had come there to spawn that season. He was sure of this because he was logging along this stream and