The Nome nugget., 1932-10-15

trol of the fishing industry by the
 Alaska legislature and Judge Wick
 ersham at least, of the Republi- cans is opposed to it. am on one side of the question, the side of local control, and Judge Wick ersham is against it, and we have
 here a clear issue of political prin- ciple
 Party Platform
 In connection with this discus
 sion of fishing and the fishing industry, I call your attention to a portion of Paragraph II of the Democratic platform adopted at Fairbanks last January. This para. graph reads as follows:
 "We believe that the people of the Yukon and Kuskokwim Rivers are entitled to earn a fair living near their homes and that they should not be forced to abandon their homes to seek occupation and employment elsewhere. To that end and until the entire control and Jurisdiction of Alaska are transferred to the Alaska Terrf- torial legislature we recommend an amendment to the White Act respecting the fisheries of Alaska, So as to permit commercial fishing by actual residents of the Yukon and kuskokWim valleys, in lim- ited quantities and under suita ble regulations, for King Salmon along the Yukon and kuskokwim riv- ers."
 I emphatically stand upon this portion of the platform as well as all other portions of it, and if elected as your Delegate to Con- gress, if there should be any de- lay in the transfer of the control of the fishing industry to the Alaska legislature, I shall do my best to see that the people resid- ing in the valleys of the Kusko- kwim and Yukon are enabled to secure some part of the natural wealth inherent in the supply of fish in the waters of these rivers along the lines as heretofore stat ed. It does seem to me wrong that the people residing on these great rivers should be forbidden to take any of the fishing wealth out of its waters except for their own private and personal use. Surely & few little canneries w.th very limited packs, scatter ed along these rivers wonld dc Fl, oh to suppo:, md maintain the resident population and wourn no. d" any hara. 70 the sluuy VI f, h
 Fur and Game
 What I have said with respect to the control of the fishing industry by the Alaska legislature applies as well to the control of the fur and game. In order to make my self plain I say now that I am opposed to the law establishing the Alaska Game Commission, and if elected Delegate, I shall endeav- or to secure its repeal. I am op- posed to the Alaska Game Com mission; I am opposed to the en- tire set-up and to the method of operation. I cannot think now of in connection with this particular law and it's operation that I approve. If elected Delegate. ohoiI CLluCdNoA IO uaNC IAC luil control of the fur and game turn ed over to the Alaska Legislature. I fully believe what a gentlemen in Fairbanks told me few days ago: that If the fur and game of Alaska would last one hundred years without any law at all, all of the present laws would not make them last more than a hun dred and one years. About the only thing the Game Commission does is to open the season on beaver and marten, and then after a while close it. We could have better control and more satisfac- tory control by the legislature of Alaska at about one-fourth of the expense, and the fur and game of Alaska would be better conserv- ed. This is another issue of politi- cal principle between the Repub- icans and the Democrats and be tween Judge Wickersham and my self. He is in favor, so far as we can tell, of the present law, con- and set-up. It Is true that he mildly criticized the delay of he commission in some Gases in sealing skins. But that Is all. He Is in favor of the law and in 'avor of the commission and in 'avor of it's operation. If had he time, I could tell you of sever- Il individual instances of the in- aptitude and unsuitability of the aw and the regulations to condi- ions in Alaska. Men in some cas- es are obliged to spend more to get their skins sealed than the skins are worth. One case has been called to my individual attention where game warden sealed beav- er skins and then after they had