The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-23

wharves, rotting for lack of steamer space to transport 1t south.
 Now gentlemen of this House, with conditions like that. would if not hc right and just to allow a Canadian vessel that might be sailing in those waters, that might easily have the op- portunity to carry some of those fish to market, to relieve the congestion by doing SO? Will you let them rot on wharves and will you let tho people who toiled to get those fish lose the opportunity of getting them to market rather than interfere with the building up of a private interest engaged in the shipping in Alaska? This article fur ther states:
 Yesterday halibut boats sold their cargoes for 10.1.S cents in expectation that the fish could be iced. boxed, and shipped south on the Farragut yes- terday noon.
 The Farragut refused to take the fish for want of cargo space, and an appeal made to the freezer men that enough canned salmon be unloaded to make room for the iced fish went un- needed.
 The question of getting the iced fish from southeastern Alaska ports will be presented to the Merchants Protective Association. Not only was the Juneau shipment left on the docks but Doug las. Petersburg. and other ports were equal sufferers.
 The halibut boat Eolfc in anchored in the road stead with Q capacity cargo of halibut without cn offer. The freez- CTS arc afraid to touch her cargo be- cause of no available vessel south with in the next few days.
 This statement appears in m Alas ka paper and read it for what it Is worth.
 Now, MT. Speaker viewed from cv- cry standpoint. it seems to me that this amendment ought to go out. Gt Is not necessary in order to save the trade in Alaska. It would be a gross injustice to the people of Alaska to force them to submit to conditions that rte ft, 1a ai cutting off their facilities and damag- ] ing their business. I know very well that there are part of tho people in that country. who perhaps own the Alaska Steamship Co.,, and the copper mines, who might get their output shipped; but there arc others who are not able to command the facilities. who do not own vessels, and when they want to ship their output what will he done with it if great shortage in vns- sclsresults from the war conditions ! What injustice can be done any in tcrcst by striking out this provision and leaving the bill as it Was first presented and in the condition | m- derstand it was when approved by tho President and Secretary of Commerce want to emphasize the fact that the bill as first introduced did not contoin the provision excluding Alaska from it's benefits. Alaska will be capable of furnishing much support in the way of fish for our armies and people end copper for the use of our armies.
 These transportation companies should furnish reasonable rates to tho people of Alaska. The United States should have the benefit of cheap trans lportatlon of the great amount Of fish taken from Alaskan waters. When our people are in need of conserving food of every sort to feed our people and to supply our soldiers in this war, why should these companies be secured in the opportunity to charge high rates for transportation?
 We should save everywhere and @l- low none to extort from our people, all of whom are engaged in this great struggle for human freedom and in the defense of our existence as a free people.
 Our boys are called on to stake their lives, and will do so nobly, and we nould allow no special interest to make their support moro difficult by engaging in uninterrupted monopoly.
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