The daily progressive-miner., 1917-04-30
ofthe Territorial
 Legislature
Senator HeCkman Wins a
 Battle in the Senate.
l.Eraau Disratcl

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 JUNEAU. Ap-a 45.-Seaa5e Joint Nemo-ia. Nc 5 which is a petition 10 Congress tmp7r,ue.ag that body 10 op- pose and roc pass rhe McGnueuddy HI which ir is alleged will throttle the zs1iug industry of Alaska in the nat
 os preventing Alaska fishermen rom disposing Of their fresh halibut and salmon at Prince Rupert and other Canadian ports te pass the Senate yes -zrday
 This memorial has been discussed q length or several occasions. All 9t 1Aa members agreed that it pertain s5 10 tEz most important legislation be- ore the body. The tz=ae. briefly sta -e1 is. Ar present tLe fishermen in the waters of A-asEa do not take their -rss1 lali5a1 and salmon to Alaskan aor-s ,o ba sold and shipped. as was The c1s+om heretofore: but instead in rariab-y nm down 70 Prince Rupert and there dispose or their catches. that P9E- having been opened up for ths pas- year and receive therefore prices much ic advance Of prices that they carzi1 or the American side
 Representative NcGi,lcuddy Of Maine has introduced in -he Nadona! Congress a bill the object Of which it is claimed is 10 close rhe Canadian ports TO the northern fishermen 4nd t7 force the Grand Trunk to create a terminal al E=tcais11 or other arler- Jean port. establish buyers there and have ths fishermen dispose of their catch ar such terminal point and ship maa- be made in bond 70 tine s-ates ria .ae Grand Trunk line whose terminal ts nos al Prince Rupest.
 1 number of- fishermen appeared before ras senate ia committee Of the whole yesterday and gave their views A.l Of them strongly advocated that he Prince Rupert market be kept op- aa 70 them: they claimed that since Prince Rupert was buying their fish -hey obtained from to 7 and one-half cents Der pound better price than they could ge- on the American side. They aan-ed tle open competition to con- -.nue They did say. however, that if g terminal was established. say at Ee-chlEan. and buyers came there and paid as good price as is now paid at Rupert they would prefer to take their fish 10 Ke-chikan buc all expressed doubt as to whether this would come ahog, They feared the old condition that existed before Rupert opened up would prevail and that the Americans would have q monopoly or The busi- ness
 Captain Gunderson Of the fish boat Worth s'ar and Captain Larson who owned the boat, addressed the com. mirtae and answered many questions on the subject.
 Senators Roman and AIdrich favored keeping open the Canadian ports and gave their views Thay feared that a monopoly being created on this side ] .u the event that Rupert ra3 closed .o tho fishermen. The other Senators , especially Hickman were of the opin ion that conditions would be as flaw orable on this eide as they are nov claimed by the fishermen to be at Ru peri, fl the Grand Trunk came over tc ] Ketchlkan and established q terminal; that the buyers would come there anC pay tho came prices to tho fisherne- and that fish could be bonded througf 10 the Eastern markets ria Prince Ru ! pert ard tho Grand Trunk Line, land ing the fian iu tho East in nearly q,