The Alaska daily empire., 1920-03-31
More Game Agitation
(Valdez Miner. ]

shape of forty-six page pamphlet the subject information of Congress While of agree ment with the learned doctor that Congress sadly needs enlighening we believe the startling array of facts presented by MT Hornaday can hardly have hat effect his Statements distorted and un- true in many instances
 MT Hornaday propounds several burning ques- tions,' of which is: Are the people of the United States willing that the moose white mountain sheep and caribou of Alaska shall be slaughtered feed railway laborers and miners on commercial basis everywhere North of latitude 62, to beat the
 And hastening to ansyer his own question MT. iiornaday says that if the people are not willing then we must at come to q showdown and frame and enact an entirely new and up-to-date game act for Alaska.
 While we believe the eminent phianthropst would have all he could do to leave the salvation of .Alaskan game to Alaskans will state for the benefit of our readers that the act which caused the preserver of wild things throw the present fit is statement made by Governor Riggs that while he was head of the Railway Commission in the Nenana district, 5000 pounds Of wild game were fed to the railway laborers in the place of good red beef Gov Riggs may have seen this amount of game fed to the railway laborers he may have 1t, such statements printed by opposition publications are taken with grain of salt by Alaskans, but if the meat was killed and fed to the horny handed laborers it for the purpose of beating the of Mir Hornadays, but because it was impossible to get other meat. Laborers partial to wild Is too hard to kill and pack in for man to waste time it. The people of Alaska will undoubtedly be deeply shocked to hear that 5000 pounds-count
 em--of wild has been wasted ordinary
 railway laborers, while the bourgeoise of New York are forced to eat liver go hungry; but needs must when the devil drives, and there times when an Alaskan will eat his dog team seal to get food.
 The Doctors statement that the people of Alaska resent Eastern influence in matters touching the wild game of the Territory is true; but the resentment arises from the fact that party alleged sports men will come to the Territory and under the guse of hunting for scientific purposes kill and waste more meat than whole village of Aaskans would
 It is also true that wild is fed to dogs. The dog takes the place of horse in Alaska and he cannot portions of game, if his owner has any. Without dogs Alaska could not be traversed in the winter months
 Alaskans believe it unfair to have absolutely unfamiliar with conditions in the North attempt to man kill game for sport and unable to differ entiae between laws which allow from New game which is needed by Alaskans
 MT. Hornaday scoffs at the statement that game must be used by miners and pTospectors and says it is absurd to believe that without mining in
 the Territory would cease He claims that the min half much the FOOT of New York What reply can be made to damlhooi argument like this? The their food while working the mines How could they get fresh meat otherwise? Hundreds of miles away from the nearest town and months from the coast What could work the summer through on salt meats? What prospector if he preferred salt meats could carry months supply with him? MT Hornaday also charges that the Sulzer game bill which provided that parties having supply of be allowed to use the same, instead of throwing it away not to feed Alaskans frontier people put % enable the population Of the city of Fair banks to sidestep the beef trust by eating moose sheep and caribou a price lower than beef is sold What rot
 MT Hornaday also the people of Alaska of wishing to extirmnate the brown bears because they wish to deprive the Eastern sportsman of the pleasure of killing this noble animal which he claims belongs to all the people of the United States. If MT HOrnaday owns interest in Alaskan brown bear he should come out and look after him. Any Alaskan who has seen the number of killed or maimed by thes ferocious animals is willing to give Mr. Hornaday the whole bear crop. The reason Alaskans in favor of the danger of roaming the
 woods with thes pests loose in the dis trict.
 There is little in trying to convince MT
 Hornaday the members of the New York society for preservation of of the absurdity of the greater
 part of his statements. That 5000 pounds of meat fed the Hunkies sticks in his throat and obfus- him that if Alaskans get beef they would let the game go "unslaughered" of the great expense and trouble of killing it.
 Just why New York believes it is competent l to make game laws for Alaska than Aaskans arc to devise laws for New Workers deponenth say eth not; but it appears to be popular take whacl l the Territory and tied up with laws devised by sentmenalists and cranks until the rest dents hardly walk outdoors without violating 1 . law.
 When the New York Sociological Society the Permanent Wild Life Society the Camp Fire Club
 the American Bison Society, the Wilderness Club of
 Pennsylvania, the New Mexico Game Protective As
 sociaton and the Missouri Fish and League get | through making laws for us it will be time for the | rest of the population to move out. Until then we respectfully insist upon being left mind own 1 business.
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