The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-04-13

ems Clubs to make any raid on tho Territorial treasury, but it was fell that the smaller communities shoulc have some slight aid. Mrs. Ashley said even the flat sum of S100 pel year would be boon to them.
 Fishermen's License Discussed | The nonresident fishermen's li- cense tax bill had another hearing in the Senate yesterday afternoon Amended Wednesday to raise the trollers' license to s150 and seiners to $50, a boost of 1,500 per cent in the former and 100 per cent in the latter, the subject was reopened yesterday August Buschmann, Nick Beg, prominent cannnerymen, H. L. Faulkner and R. E. Robertson pro- tested against the increase on sein- CTS particularly and urged the pres | lent $25 rate be not changed They also asked the Senate to hold the troller schedule to not more than $50 for the next two years.
 Messrs. Buschmann and Beg pointed out that the increased sein- CTS tax would fall largely on the herring packing industry, as the major portion of the seiners brought into the Territory for the season were employed on herring boats However. MT. Beg pointed out, few canneries in the Bristol Bay district were entirely dependent on seiners and the increased levy would fall heavily on them.
 Herring Men Hit
 There will be fewer nonresident seiners in Alaska this year than in the past, owing to the fact that the U. s. Bureau of Fisheries has put a size limit on seine boats that makes it impossible to bring north the big vessels from Puget Sound, MT. Buschmann said. He told the Senate that the herring industry is going through diff cult period, making little if any profits and many of it's units hav- ing a hard time to keep going. He predicted this would pass and said eventually the herring packing and reduction industry would be the second in importance to the Ter r1tory comparable to that of Scot land and Norway He feared the increased seiners tax would tend to put the herring men out of busi- ness. In this view he was sus- tained by MT Beg. The latter pointed out that it was impossible for the herring men to secure local seiners or boats and were forced by local conditions to bring both from the south.
 Economic Side Stressed
 MT. Faulkner and MT Robertson stressed the economic side, pointing out that home industry could not be built up by putting prohibitive taxes in industry. Under present conditions MT Robertson said, after the fishing season ends there is no source of other employment for fishermen and no means of absorb ing them in any other work as is done in more highly developed communities elsewhere.
 MT. Faulkner said the $50 tax on trollers would likely work hardship on both mildcurers and cold storage plans by cutting their sources of supply. After the hear ing, the Senate re-referred the measure to the Committee on Fish cries for further consideration.
 Table Pension Bill
 The Senate yesterday tabled for the time being Rothenburg's bill to increase old age allowances. It will be kept there pending consid- eration of measure revising and all pension, indigent and orphans allowances which is being drafted by the Judiciary Commit tee. Chairman Frame, of that com mittee, said the provisions of the Rothenburg bill would be written into the latter measure and that if the qualification failed of passage the other would be passed.
 The Senate passed the House resolution authorizing the creation of Washington Birthday Com composed of the Governor, President of the Senate. Speaker of the House and four other mem bers to be selected by them.
 Two memorials relative to fish cries were introduced yestreday. One by Senator Dimond urged the Bureau of Fisheries to permit fur farmers to take at any time in any area, except on spawning beds,