The Alaska daily empire., 1922-01-12
TARIFF ON FISH PLAN SUPPORTED
 BY ASSOCIATION
Local Business Men Approve Ketchikan Scheme at
 Meeting Today.


 Following considerable discussion today. the Juneau Commercial As sociation endorsed the proposal of the Ketchikan Commercial Club ask ing Congress for a duty on fish shipped from Canadian ports into Continental United States and for requirement. that American fish shipped from Alaska waters to East ern markets must be bonded from an American port The majority for the resolution was large, record vote not being necessary.
 Charles D. Garfield opened the dis cussion. explaining the present situa' tion and the effect the legislation sought would have on it. Between 70 and 80 per cent of the fish landed , in Prince Rupert. he asserted, was transported to American markets. i Canadian fish traffic, he said, is con | trolled by orders in council from the Ottawa government He said that he did not believe that the proposed | legislation would eliminate Canadian ! competition, but might have the ef i feet of making it necessary for Can i adian buyers 10 establish agencies | in Alaskan towns He asserted that r American capital is largely interested l. in the Canadian fresh fish industry ] and would be an element in the situ ation The requirement to bond Am i erican fish in American ports for | trans-shipment across Canada into Continental United States, he added, l would necessarily be of benefit to Southeastern Alaska towns, and mean more to Ketchikan probably than to any other port.
 Goldstein Favors Plan Charles Goldstein also favored the approval of Ketchikan's proposal. He admitted that at the outset he had been opposed to the idea, but that further investigation convinced him that fears it would eliminate compe tition in the industry were not well founded. He was not in favor, he said, of proposition that would give Seattle or any one center monopoly on the fresh fish industry.
 Fishermen Oppose Tariff
 Local fishermen are unitedly in opposition to the tariff scheme, de clared Isadore Goldstein. He added that he had conferred with about 75 of them at the request of Delegate Sutherland and all of them de nounced the proposal on the ground that it would leave them at the mercy of Seattle buyers. He said that he personally, was opposed to the tariff idea. Henry Roden also opposed the plan
 Forrest Endorses Tariff
 George F. Forrest. reviewing the position taken br the Kctchikan Com mercial Club, declared that every business man there was behind tha proposal They would not favor any plan that would not benefit Alaska as a whole he said If they could see any chance for the tariff to hurt the Alaskan fresh fish industry they assuredly would not support it, as it would injure them more than any one else, he declared. With Ketchi kan so solidly behind the proposal. the association, If for no other req son, should join in the movement he asserted
 Ask for Allotment
 The association also approved a motion instructng the president of the association to have a resolution prepared asking Secretary Hoover for allotting to Alaska a share of the net proceeds of the revenue derived by the Federal government from the fur industry on Pribilof Islands. 9th CT commercial organizations in the Territory will also be asked to take similar action.
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