The Alaska daily empire., 1915-04-05
WICKERsHAlT'S
 RECOMMENDATIONS

As result of fisheries legislation which has been stirred up in Congress with a large sized spoon. pr. D. Les ter Jones has been removed from the office of deputy fish commissioner, and Ward T. Bower has been trans ferred from the luxury of the Seattle offices. to the barren shores of st. Paul Island. where the famous Alas lyo seal roolyeries are located.
 In a letter to the President. Dele gate Wickersham roasted the admin istradon of the Alaska fisheries in bitter language.
 Delegate Wickersham sums up what he calls is "the remedy in the follow ing recommendations to the President which was extended ia the Congress aional Record, as follows:
 l. Pass an act or Congress declar- ing national public policy Of reserv- ing to the people of the Nation, the fisheries of Alaska. and trap sites, fishing grounds, streams, lakes, and waters freQuented by food fish for spawning and feeding.
 2. Amend the organic act of Aug ust 24. 1912. creating a legislature In Alaska. by giving it the power to con serve and protect the fisheries and fur.bearing animals of Alaska.
 8. Pass an act of Congress to for. bid, under penalty, fishing or working in the fisheries of Alaska by any person or persons except Natives of Alaska. of citizens of the United States.
 4. Enforce the provisions of the United States criminal laws against the Alaska Packers Association and other fish trust corporations. and all other persons engaged in the peonage of imported fishermen to Alaska.
 5. Enforce the criminal laws of the United States for the punishment of persons and corporation guilty of acts of conspiracy in restraint of trade or violations of the sherman anti.trust act.
 6. Pass section of F. R. 1s144 amended to read as follows;
 See. 8. That 1t shall be un-
 lawful 10 export from Alaska or
 the Territorial waters thereof, to
 any foreign country any salmon
 or other food fish except in frog
 en, canned, salted. smoked, dried,
 or other prepared condition"
 T. Discharge from the public ser vice every official who suggested, agreed, to, or in anywise approved the tentative draft of bill suggested by the United States Bureau of Fisheries and the representatives of the various Alaskan fisheries, which has been agreed upon and prepared by them in joint session after numerous confer ences."
 8. If 1t must continue its unneces- sary existence, remove the branch of- ficye of the Bureau of Fisheries now located in Seattle Wash. to Ketchi- kan, Alaska.
 g. Make an executive order forbid ding the officials of the Bureau of Fisheries from appearing around the Capitol or in committee rooms as en- husiastic lobbyists for the passage of legislation for the Fish trust or  not at all.
 TO- And finally if the President needs official, full, and fair informa- ton about the fisheries of Alaska, I recommend that Congress sent the chairman of the Senate Committees on Canadian Relations. Commerce, Con servation of Natural Resources, Fish cries. and Territorial, and the Chair man of the House Committees on Merchant Marine and Fisheries and the Territories. with the ranking Re- publican member on each of the said Senate and House committees, as special committee to Alaska to report both the facts and a remedy for the control and conservation of the Alas ka food fishes. with recommendation. A report. with recommendations from such committee would be accepted by the country as worthy of confi- dence. and would result in saving the tlooi-or fiebny,fnc fo fhe NetiOn md