The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-05-27

dL0 thC Sohlpohs NSASoSSo the efforts made by Delegate Sulzer tc prevent such an enterprise until the advisability of the proposed opera tions could be determined. It is also evident from the information con tained therein that the delegate is still at work to remedy the situa tion.
 The story is far from being com plete yet, only a few of the high lights being brought out, but there is enough to show that MT. Sulzer was and still is on the job. The various letters, all of which are parts of the original correspondence re ceiyed by the delegate. show the means taken by the cannery to get its permit and the unusual avenue of approach taken. They also re veal that the delegate has been shut off from the usual means of relief and that the Bureau of Fisheries rendered powerless to act until it is shown that the cannery has depleted the streams of fish.
 The first letter in the series, from Delegate Sulzer explains the situa ton fully and outlines what has been done and what is left to be accomplished. It follows:
 Washington, D. C. April 13, 1918 Mir. F. W. whitely. Fairbanks, Alaska.
 My Dear Mir. Whitely The en closed correspondence relates to the subject of the operation of canneries on the Yukon river and wish to assure you that I have done everything possible to pre-. vent canneries from being estab- lished. You will note that the bureau of fisheries claim they are helpless in the matter until the river becomes depleted. The U. 5. food administration also state that they have no legal jurisdic- tion to prevent canneries from be- ing established.
 l have the matter up now with the war industries board, but it is doubtful if they will take any ac- '.on, as they are concerned with :-atters relating to the prosecu- ton of the war
 I think it would be we'll if you would have this correspondence pub. '!shed in Fairbanks as l have had correspondence and protests from many sources, including the Fair banks Commercial club. the Ne mana Commercial club, Brooks com nercial club, and the Panama Chamber of Commerce. The only solution seems to be the enact ment of fisheries bill that will care for this situation and prevent the establishment of canning oper- ations on our rivers.
 am endeavoring to get action on my fisheries bill and bring this about and trust I may have the support of the people throughout Alaska on this subject.
 With best wishes and kind re- gards, believe me,
 Sincerely yours.
 CHAS. A. SULZER,
 Delegate from Alaska. The correspondence is now taken up in chronological order. The first of the series follows:
 Seattle, Wash, Feb. IS, 1918. Mir. H. NJ. Smith, Department of Commerce, Washington, D. c. Dear Sir:-In reply to your letter of Jan. 18th, would say that we have had men Investigating the Yukon river for the past two sea- sons and while they didn't have proper gear to prospect thoroughly, it would look from their reports as though there was an abundance of fish in the Yukon river.
 We are putting in small plant to prospect with this year and are not building a cannery. but are putting it on scow, so that it can be moved, this was done with the idea of working with the De- partment. We are situated at An dreafsky on the Clear river. which is about three miles from the Yu- kon. It is a large tributary with TO mining or Indians or anything else from its source down. We believe we will be able to take out all the fish we want from this one tributary for small plant. There are other tributaries further down, which have an abundance of salmon, which would not interfere ir any way with the run of sal mon for the upper Yukon.
 The Government is building a railroad parallel in the Panama, which as I understand, is as big as the Fraser or any of our Pa. c.fic coast rivers. It also has an abundance of fish and is situated -y~@ fs,1r