The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-05-09
PACKERS LOSE
 IN EFFORT TO <. BOOST TARIFF
Salmon and Herring Men Fail to Get Higher Tariff
 Rates from Congress

Herring and salmon packers or Alaska who appeared before con gressional committees urging m creased tariff schedules of foreign products with which they come hl competition have apparently lost their fight. according to a telegram received by the Chamber of Com merce from Delegate Sutherland
 The tariff measure recently re- ported to the House maintains un- changed the old rates on Scotch cured herring and canned salmon, as well as shrimp and oolichan oil. An increase of 100 per cent was made in duties on canned clans and stockfish.
 Promoting Intrnational Highway
 The International Highway Asso- citation, organized to promote the protected highway from Alaska through Canada to Sattle, IS now realized fact, said letter re ceived by the Chamber from Don aid Mcdonald, enthusiastic booster for the project and member ot the field force of the Alaska Road Commission. It is incorporated under the laws of the Territory with 3,Oo0,00O shares with a par value of S5 each. Charles Goldstein was named as Vice President for Juneau; J. G. Rivers, Fairbanks IS Secretary of tise company. The Chamber today formally adopted 6 resolution endorsing the highway prclect. It had done this ln- formally several weeks ago.
 A report was received by the Chamber from ti1e 7sg5man's Club setting forth progress made ln the annual cleanup campaign, enumer- ating certain properties in need of attention, some being described as fire menaces, and noting improve ments made to other properties The report commended in strong terms the cooperation given the Woman's Club by Chief of Police George A. Getchell.
 Letter From OMalley
 A letter from Henry OMalley, IT S. Commissioner of Fisheries, was read saying it was and will continue to be the practice of the Bureau of Fisheries to divide it's activities between Puget Sound ana Alaska. Maintenance of its fleet of patrol boats will be done both in Alaska and Seattle. It was de- sirable he said, to take the boats snuth for some of the work that must be done under competitive bids, and also to allow them to be moored occasionally in fresh water which was beneficial to the hulls. The Commissioner said it was not contemplated to erect big salmon hatchery on Lake Washington, as had been reported, but Fisheries Laboratory station with adequate dock room for the bureaus fleet. No marine ways construction was planned, however.
 After Air Mall
 A petition was received from the Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce urging the Postoffice Department to establish an aerial mail route be- tween Seattle and Southeast Alas ka. The First City organization suggested that the local Chamber forward a similar resolution to the Second Assistant Postmaster Gen. eral. and that individual members write personal letters to the same officers supporting the petition
 This matter, President Faulkner said, has already been looked after by the Chamber which is doing everything possible to bring about the establishment of an air mall route between the States and Alas ka.
 Mrs. Lawrence c. Phipps, wife of Senator Phipps of Colorado, in a letter to the Chamber, expressed her appreciation of the local body's resolution of thanks for her inter est in the Alaska College and the Territory generally.
 But until such route is eS- tablished, Murfrysboro, Tenn, will have to get along without bricks from Juneau to go into the walls of an airport it is planning to erect in honor of dead aviators. It is requesting various and sundry towns, including Juneau, to send it bricks by air mail to construct the port.
 Plan Information Booth
 Plans for special information booth. to be constructed on Front Street opposite I. Goldstein's store, will be submitted to the Chamber next week by M D. Williams, chair man of the advertising committee, as the result of discussion had today. The debate largely con- cerned funds for payment of oper-