The Cordova daily times., 1922-06-26
MONDAY, JUNE 26, 1922
SUTHERLAND ON FISHERIES

r., ,, interview with Frank P. Goss, pub 7;ahoa ir tho Seattle Post-Intelligencer on June 5. and presumably in all the l1eaisI p"pe4o 1e4o of the same day, Dan Sutherlalo' D0le5'1 47:'' from Alaska makes some fatner S."l 'hl1a charges against the Bureau or flslel!e9 .'lC l1,o Ro,artment of Justice, and the tlsherles interests of Alaska. ,4; +o the orders of the Departemnt ol JuS.AIe .o take precautionary measures aSalli0' Al'll r. 7acv in the Territory, Mr. S1thfeflaho s"y0'
 .'The large cannery interests or Alashu aao assisted at every turn by the Onlteo 0'"'9' Rnreau of Fisheries, which really IS an "0 iunct of the packers, and under tDell oolnl.l' lion and control, in ther Work ol u'oi pl5 7nb]ic fishery rights and obtaining Speoi"A 1r;vilege and monopollstlc control oA 'no A' tural food supply of the na1loh'
 And again. further along, he says: -, ..Tbe record of the disployalty ana clil.lnar ,l avarice of the large packing interests ol HA,f'9 lza is in the department o1 JusClce "h0 bpon there for period of two years ~, ..
 ..These fellows sold to the Onlteo l9'"V09 army over 100000 cases ot decomposeu onN nntrid salmon and representatives ol tue pu rpau of chemistry testified under oa'h 'n"' if was rotten and unfit for human collsulnp Srl tion when it was placed ln the cans Ailele ,1l was enough of this poisonous stull solu 'o ''1 , army to have sickened and perhaps Killed all . the American forces and 1t was done uelloel- atelv. cold bloodedly and avarlclously.
 And still further along, he says:
 .This entire matter was inspected by com mittee of House members, headed py hePle- sentative Graham of illinois,
 Without any refutal on the part o1 Mi' Sutherland it may be assumed that he IS quoted correctly.
 Regarding his first charge, 1t IS not belleVaole that Dr. O'Malley, head of the Bureau o1 ! ISL cries the man selected by President HafdlnS for that important position, IS Ill league WlVll any interest or under the domlnatlon, collrol or influence of any monopol1sts. Dr. U Malley is man of the highest type, one of the great est authorities in the world on flsherles, ana d man in whom President Harding was amply justified in placing the confidence when ne has imposed in him. The mere statement of the Delegate from Alaska that he IS under the control of anyone is not sufficient.
 Coming now to the second charge that SOME of the canneries put up rotten flsh, and did it deliberately. Here we can agree with the delegate in part. There was some putrld fish put up ana some or tne canneiy men knew it and are entitled to no consider ation, for they hurt not only themselves, but more especially the packers who were and are putting up a splendid product. But this mat ter, as the delegate says, has been given to the Department of Justice, and as with the head of the Bureau of Fisheries, it is unthink- able that Harry Daugherty, the man who con ducted President Harding's campaign, who has been his personal friend for many years, and who was chosen by him for attorney gen eral, is also under the domination of the fish trust, so-called.
 And above all at this time of year, when the fisheries season is starting nothing could be greater slam at the canneries or the fishermen. than to plaster all over the front page of the Hearst papers and others receiv- ing the Universal News service that Alaska