The daily progressive-miner., 1916-12-11
A NEW AaD
 INDEPl Pltyl
 STEAMSH.P q.
An Interesting Article fas. en From Railway < 6la
 rine News Magazine

A new and independent
 company is being formed Hta he'd office at Prince Rupert B e tion in Southeas5erz &aaza. Ha #e- pany. keeping within ,e= A.z..- coastwise laws aH cor
 the U. $. customs r=aH..e#e. 4-# easily keep within tha iaH aad t. same time operate Hnaaa < -a.e4ss flag, which ezemar~ < inn ..- from interference 1E tae asv sa.u. ping Board. rszas -s aa later of the clauses af tle s-aa-# a,t. It can raiss or lower e.-a# #m make conaae.= Ter 5Ea ez=-eie=. grant concessions and saae aper- ate its business a- j, sg=e
 fear Of any regulation
 This is extremely inter .1 5a far as it affects 5ae saatsf# Alps which must come Hader all o6 5.a l9s mentioned and operate az excessive costs, while the effort * a~ being made to have the Interstate Commerce Commission eoap4. the #-ae-.can steamships ta step the practice ot granting couu.-z la-as toeae s ean- neries and at.s. ua=fatal.. $ H@z thought bg lts projectors ei #== .a.=t onslaught taae same waa aa a.-a to the steamships. t0e ouly aa un5= and canneries wiu pe the saG.e and already seYera' o5 fhe smal.s. aaHler- ies are considering tGe question oi closing down their plants owing Je .-e fact that theg aaua9z possibly operate under the ir=r=
 plan. if fafora5ly ruled upon hE .he Interstate Commerce Commission. would cause
 Tle same i~ uu1 e mines lu -a9=l. eastern Aiasaa. many Of which will have to stop ve-e9..-.
 The Juneau narc. aas. who ere res ponsib.e fer she fsat oa E-at4 eastern Alaska Iate- aa made t-a e.aatea. mistake e @ tre-. Grocery men getting .ea- =as are not cl the same bass .sa rial plant getting fro- 5#.. j7 -.#"'1 lbs. f the large oe.rt. 70 p-~ the less than ten ia-c ls
 ticulariy food -. .-. ae cost of produoHe L-.
 soaring. The e.4..u
 merchant iu iaaaes lz l.-g t.s -:a4t Treadwel H-a .. ne equally lase Alaska Ga us.. s..al ands Of ions f3 tHe grocery mans doz- ell, should uos be accorded any lev or contract rate.
 As usual, if the Interstate Commerce Commission rules that way "I be a blessing in disguise for all ships can raise their e-4 and other oontIacs rat-s dH-1a g 7G On the other hand .-a smaller opara-- ors cannot stand the raise and ail therefore be forced to close aa.a end the Juneau and EetsaiHal H.1'l- will be the very firar ones to s~.
 Referring again % the new a-eai- ship company that is being r.aei it plans to operate as an nl-He e1-lat company but will receive lra---. r and deliver to the Grand Ir.H. s7r.1 Ky. It is understood taar cases of salmon have alrea1. Is- ...- tracted for and one steamship las been arranged for the comnencemeAt at Qp- eration,
 Railway & Marine News ba- preei- ously shown how Seattle coc i pr1.ecr it's haltbut industry-not memorials to Congress to get silly legislation passed for the benefit of one or two operators in Ketchikan-but to start the fight right here at home by forcing the wat erfront wholesaler to par F cents for halibut, and as this has been accom- plished through the exclusive agency of Railway G, Marine News, t is Jha- that this papers suggestion ca tla new situation might also b1 5s owed
 Eliminate the work of all Boards ol Trades, Chambers of Commerce or Commercial Clubs, as cnaus-ag the laws will not accomplish anything On the other hand, start a campaign ii Juneau, Ketchikan and Seattle, first to get the various business men proper ly lined up and shown the error of their ways. and then assist -l roads and steamships. in tte.r c15, to so adjust their rates that tlzy cap handle this business with dispatch. Unless this is done Seattle is surely going to lose some Of it's canned sal mon, which is. going to follow the trail of the halibuy