Douglas Island news., 1920-09-03

Ihh kind. n Ono dmt place. thcy |oanuot clcc, legislature Chat W.lI enact any dangerous log.slatIou. EN- ner.onco shows that ] am right In Ithat regard. Tho legislature of Alaa- Ika hos had for four years. and ever since lu organization. thc absolute fright to tax Che fisheries iu any ! amount hcrc is no limit on thom |uulcu thoy would go so far that ! Congress would arbitrarily dHap- provo of thcIr action, which hoy |can do without any law passed by ! tho legislature but Che legislature |has not passed that kind of law with Che absolute right Go tax Che fisheries any reasonable amount Ono amount that they have Imposed upon . Che canuory companies and their .n- . dustrios has never boon complained Of by anybody. 90 Chat Ono lcg.ala- turo has proved it ia reasonable
 and Che moro responsibility chat is put upon them. Che moro careful
 you win be Go elect good men Go tho Legislature.
 Long Distance Government a Farce
 Now there s another reason why they should have Che control bee cause if they do. Che control of Che |Gsherles win be m Che hands oi some body who has a chance of knowing something about it Long distance government ls farce When @ oill |ls introduced down thorc such os | Che different Alexander bills which havo been attempted to bo passed In Congress for Che past aiX or seven years. an classes cannot be repre- sontod. The Bureau Of Fisheries .s renresouted. They have Che tcsti- mony of tbe.r scientists and eX- per.s. who have Q book knowledge of Che industry and have reports sent back Co them by some wndcrIing . who a sent up horo on account or somo political influence. and they have Che benefit of chat information.
 The large interests are able Co Doc
 represented and thoy take a hand n Che writing Of Che bi1 and it Is human nature chat whoever is inc crested m a bIu win try Co write Che bin his way The individual fisherman. Che so.uor. tbe man who
 dont own a caunop, ihc fellow inc
 tarcstod In small way who lives |here. is not represented and Inc has been naturally given Che worst of it in somc of this proposed loe.sIauont and for che reason that those who are
 urcsont are not able Co make thom-
 selves absolutely fair to thoso who | are not present. Che ieg.sIuti0n does
 not get through and thcy do noth- linz It Is protF easy Co block leg- Is'auou -ItNa bard thing to get .t
 through. Now. U Che Legislature of l Alaska had Che power to pass rcs,r.c- l Give measures over lbe fisheries Go .a0n stream fishing for Instance
 and Co Increase Che distance from One mouths of streams whore traps
 nu be placed. and increase Che dis-
 uncc between traps. and lN closed
 s.asons and zones Iu different parts ol Che territory. and Increase che
 penalty for illegal fishing and an thoso details which .t is not ucccs- ary Co SO into. but Ii they had One
 power to do tbat they could eo. thc Information on It to write proper law thcy are right down here .n chat part of Che territory whore those
 neouic live who are Interested .u
 thal Industry and there arc @ great
 many residents of Alaska who are Interested m that industry as @ means of livelihood who have 70
 right to be heard Thy cannot be
 represented iu Washington because
 no one has enough interest to pay
 for Che trouble of going down there
 The caunery people. o, course. can
 bo heard
 Territorial Control
 Now. I Che legislature had cone trol over Che fisheries we would rc,
 proper laws passed for Che control of these fisheries. and we would have
 plonty of safeguards if it should happen that Che country should eo
 Bolshevk Co such am extent as Co cause an improper measure to bg passed The first safeguard is Ono
 Governors veto and if it should bo
 passed by two-th.rjs of both houses
 over that veto. chen Congress can
 wipe 10 an out In Ave minutes so
 we are most interested. and mos,
 competent Go handle these fisheries
 Those are two reasons which ard sufficient Everybody else has made ! @ failure Of it
 Now. there Is another roason The
 experience Of Che other states Ina.
 shown chat wherever Che Fedora.
 Government remained in control o.
 Che fisheries they become absolutely
 depleted. that when they turned
 thcm oyer to Che Territory Of Wash. nrton. and afterwards to the Stat,
 Of Washington. that thoy became re.
 stored and ropluahed chat is thD ! history of Che Territory Of Washing
 ton The Territory Of Washington was In control Of Q largo part Of her . fisheries long before it became a