The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1929-02-13

A leading Alaska sawmil company has callC
ttention TO an unjust and discriminatory pra
ice. involving shipments over Canadian lint
nto the United States and has asked The Tin
erman to cooperate in correcting this unfa
lWation
The communication says:
Our Alaska mills are badly hampered
in our attempt to get into the markets
in the Twin Cities and eastward by rea
son of the fact that the Merchant Marine
Act OF 1920, generally known the
Jones Act excludes Alaska from the
privilege enjoyed by the rest of the
United States in shipping over Canadian
lines Of transportation
Section 81 prohibits the use of for
eign ships in transporting American
goods beween American points and has
this proviso attached:
THAT this section shall not apply
tC merchandise transported between
points within the continental United
States, excluding Alaska, over through
routes recognized by the Interstate
Commerce Commission for which routes
rate tariffs have been or shall be filed
with said Commission when such routes
are in part over Canadian rail lines or
their own other connecting water
facilities"
You will note that This section es-
tablished the right to ship freight from
part Of the United States to an
other part of the United States over
Canadian rail aud over the water part
of such routes by foreign vessels Alaska
is excluded from equal rights with the
rest of the United States We are pro-
hibited from enjoying the right OF ship
ping through Prince Rupert and thereby
losing very strategic means of ship
ping.
We have wired our Delegate to Con-
gress. Dan Sutherland, in washington to
I'M ~Ff n H.,
allowed the same privileges as the rest
Of the United States.
The Tlmbefhan can conceive of no good re
son WHY the sawmill operators of Alaska shou
nave closed against them any Canadian gatews
which is available to the mills of the Unit,
States, ana is pleased to be Of assistance
calling the attention Of Congress to this III
which has a tendency to restrict IL
development of the lumber industry in that ri,
storehouse of natural resources
Scott C. Bone former Governor of Alaska
speaking of the visit of the late President Wa
rem c. Harding to Alaska, accompanied by Pres
Hoover, then Secretary of Commerce
says:
Hoover, rational conservationist was
not unmindful OH his journey to the
Nofthland OF the decaying growth of
TIMBER in need of harvesting, lining the
SHORES OF Alaska all the way from Dix
ons Entrance to Resurrection Bay in the
forest reserves comprising thirty millions
OF acres All in the rain belt and nm
hampered by fire, there had at that time
hardly been dent in these colossal
stands of spruce, hemlock and cedar The
OBVIOUS inquiry was why Alaska througb
this timber, was not supplying in large
part the wood pulp and print paner
demands of the country Manufacturers
We're investing huge capital in Canada
hht were looking askance at Alaska he
of tha
Ice We're regarded too stringent Since
then the service has succeeded in in
iefestlng capital and there is TODAY a
prospect That at least one big pulp and
paper plant Will be established and in
operation within few years
would appear as If the llumbermen
Alaska mad been caught in the wise of snoo;
transportation privileges and are unfairly NO
alzed When seeking to use competitive rorte
lhe llmberman will be very glad To bovo ~
supJect discussed from every angie IF there
any Valld reason for the maintenance of a tran
poitauoh embargo against Alaskan lumber NOV
neht lets nave the reason. Turn on the 1iah
Alaska is iarge potential producer of Iup,h
ana pulp products aud should be given an sve
break IN The competitive race
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