The Cordova daily times., 1920-12-02

terest to Alaska were read and adopted unanimously at the last meeting of the Juneau Commercial Association. One of these was on the proposed gold bonus, another on the fish commission endorsed at the | last meeting of the organization, and the third endorsing the recent ap- pointment of George A. Parks as chairman of the inter-departmenta Alaska committee. The resolutions follow:
 FISH COMMISSION
 Whereas, the salmon in Alaskan waters are in imminent danger of extinction through excessive fishing and the Alaska salmon canning in- dustry is, therefore, facing danger of destruction; and
 Whereas, the United States. bu- reau of fisheries and those engaged in the salmon fisheries industry seem wholly unable to agree upon satisfactory measures and regulation that would lead to the perpetuation of the salmon supply; and
 Whereas, the general public is vitally interested in perpetuating the salmon supply and the fisheries in | dustry and, we believe, the men en- gagged in the industry are desirious of cooperating with the public in | arriving at Q solution of the prob lem but are unable to agree among ! themselves as to methods of prOce- dure; therefore be it | Resolved, that the Juneau Con- I mercial Association favors the crea- tion of a fisheries commission to consist of five residents of Alaska who have no direct interest in any phase of the fisheries industry, the said commission to have full powers over the whole fisheries industry, with authority to make all needful rules and regulations, to limit the catch and pack of the cannerles and other fisheries, to establish closed seasons and sections, to require that | fishermen and those engaged in all phases of the industry have licenses and to provide for the issuance of li- censes, to adopt rules and regula- tions for fishing with traps, seines or otherwise, and clothed with full power to enforce all it's acts; and be it further
 Resolved that copies of this reso- lution be forwarded to other com mercial organizations in Alaska with the request that they adopt similar resolutions, and that they cooperate with all powers that may be neces. sary to bring about the establish ment of such a commission.
 GOLD BONUS BILL
 Whereas, owing to the increased cost of production without cores bonding increase in the value of the the product, gold cannot be produced in most of the goldfields of Alaska or elsewhere in the United States at a profits and as a result thereof the gold output of the country has been reduced from more than $90, 000,000 a year before the World wal to $5S,000,000 last year, and will be less than $5O,OO0OO0 this year; and
 Whereas, it is conceded by eX perts that there can be no increase of the output of gold under present conditions, but that unless the fed eral government does something tc stimulate the gold mining industry there will be constantly diminish ing output for many years to come and
 Whereas, the demand for gold ir the arts and manufactures, in which industry it is a raw material amounts to SS0,000,000 or more g year, at the present standard value Of bold; and,
 Whereas, gold used in the arts and manufactures, is the only raw material which has not advanced ir price from 50 per cent upwards since the beginning of the World war; therefore, be it
 Resolved, that the Juneau Com mercial Association believes that the welfare of the country at large, the best interests of which requires 8 constant increase of the amount o1 gold to be held in reserve as the money for the final redemption oi currency and credits, the life of the gold mining industry in Alaska, and elsewhere in the United States, re auires that the federal government