The Alaska daily empire., 1920-10-04
DAN SUTHERLAND PREVARICATES.

Dan Sutherland has presented his platform in the ca1npaen and a string of absolute misrepresen- tations and eyasons. There is not a constructive plan or dea in it anywhere.
 The Wicke candidate for Delegate to Congress begins with the statement:
 It would appear that about all the results
 obtained by the Territory for it's expenditure
 some twenty thousand dollars for the em-
 ployment of attorneys and traffic experts to
 reduce the cost of transportation to Alaska,
 to increase the rate on southbound
 freight dollar per ton (see report trans
 portation commSsion) and to prevent the
 establishment of cold storage plant on
 Gastineau Channel by reason of no protest
 ing voice against the Alaska exemption
 clause. This seems be strictly in accord
 with Democratic precedent as established
 during the war period when Alaska was ex-
 empted from the privileges of the shipping
 4bi1l passed by Congress for the general good
 .sof the nation.
 fhere is absolutely no truth in this statement It contains both direct and indirect misrepresenta tions If MT. Sutherland knows enough to go to Congress he knows there was absolutely no connec- tion} between the Territorial Shipping Board and the Jones Act. The latter was measure prepared by the Senate and House committees having charge of leg islaticn concerning the United States merchant marine If he knows enough to go to Congress he knows that it was measure covering every phase of that great subject; he knows that it was put through Congress by the votes and machinery of the con trolling party in Congress; he knows that Delegate Crgsby did protest against the bill, filing with the committees a signed brief statement, setting forth the damage it would do to Alaska; he knows that Mr. Grigsby labored with members of the com mttee in opposition to the bill, and he tried to get privilege of addressing the House on the measuro and was refused by Representative William S. Greene, Massachusetts chairman of the committee-and Rep representative Greene admits it. It is charged by an other member of Congress that Chairman Greene re fused Delegate Grigsby the floor because he kneT the Delegate wanted to oppose the measure.
 MT. Sutherland knows that it has been claimed and not denied that the activities of the Territoria. Shipping Board prevented raise in freight rates t. Alaska that would have cost the people of this Teri tory than SIC 100000 this year
 Mr. Sutherland knows that the raise in rates fot southbcund freight by the steamship companies wea made order to avoid the necessity Of raise northbound rates He knows that the steamship con panies were carrying rich Kennecott from Con dova Tacoma for $3. 30 a ton while it costin average of four or five times that to get food, c,othing equipment for development and the employ ment of labor, and other necessities to Alaska lie knows that the steamship companies had served notie there would be further raise in the northbour rates for the purpose of preventing loss by the sean slip companies. Because of the showing Of fayorii ism. the southbound shipments fro4 Prince William Sound were increased $l ton instea of the contemplated norhbound freight and passenge rate increase.
 If MT Sutherland does not know these things does not know enough to represent the people |. Alaska in Congress If he does know them he di plays a purpose misrepresent that wholly unfit him for any public office
 Mir. Sutherland continues:
 It is certainly commentary Demo-
 cratic inenieency that in their eight years
 of administration of government theys have
 been unable to pass act for the prcserva-
 ton Of the Alaska salmon.
 1 note that the bill introduced this win
 ter by the Governor contains the old
 clause, providing for reservations of 2,500
 feet on each side ot the trap and GOO feet
 outward the end ol the trap. This fea-
 of the bill ii enacted into law
 that the trap interests will have exclusive fishing rights to approximately S00 miles of
 the Alaska coast.
 If Mr. Sutherland knows enough 10 represent th people Alaska Congress, he knows the people Alaska have been trying 10 get laws for the protec ton of the salmon supply in Alaska for dozen years; he knows that during eight of those years including the first four years of the present admin istration, Judge Wickersham for whom Mir Suther land has been taking political orders since h. became interested in politics, was Alaskas Deegat to Congress- he knows that Wickersham during hi whole eight years in Congress did a singl thing to remedy the situation he knows that the United States declared Germany within tw- days after Delegate Sulzer took the oath of office and that the committee Merchant Marine aut Fisheries which had control of legislation for build