The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-04-25


 difficult routes in the world to service and beset by troubls caused by the extremely seasonal nature ss the freight and passenger trade it to- it has always provided more and better boats than any company. Some sixty other 4aes have tried to serve the Territory of Alaska but have failed It is not easy
 The New Dealers would like to put the Alaska Steamship Company out of business, just they put the Northand Transportation Company and the Alaska Transportation Company of business by siding 100 per cent with the Communist dominated Longshore- mems Union in its long-drawn out strns against Alaska Governor Gruening and Lieutenant FiSt true to their socialstc ideas would like have the Territory or the Federal Government take steam ship transportation
 While fighting the Alaska Steamship Co. tooth and nail in his propaganda sheet Fixit appeared sur prsed and hurt when that company discontinued it's advertising in his paper because it did not feel it worth while He thinks it a crime a company he is fight ing and trying to put out of business to withdraw it's advertising from the paper which he uses for his weapon It might be pretty bad if his were the only paper in the Territory but there othersl
 As for the terrible cannery interests there was a time when anyone who had little capital and dared take the risk. could start cannery in Alaska AL though there are now enough canneries to take care of all the fish being produced it is still not impossible to start a. salmon cannery small scale, or buy out one of those operating or closing it doors
 Salmon canning is Alaska's greatest industry but if it were not for the that Alaska has the great est annual run of salmon Of any place in the world and has fish traps there would be the number of salmon canneries in Alaska that there are today.
 C4ruening and Fixit would like to tax them out of existence Salmon once the common mans inex- pensve delcacy, is a luxury and rapidly getting out of reach of the pocketbook oi most housewives.
 Most of the industry of the Territory is based on the fishing. economy and the Territory must naturally draw most of it's tax from it, but there is a limit to what the salmon industry can stand and survive particularly in the face ofegrowing fish imports from other nations
 c4ruenng and Fixit haven't said much against the lumber industry but they didn't do anything to help the Juneau lumber mill when Bridges Longshore Union picketed it for months in a jursdictona dis pute with another brother CTO union and shut it down Ciruening and Ffxt apparently sided with the union-at least they did nothing to condemn its ineustrv-killng tactics. And the union wrong, very wrong as proved by the Federal jurys award cf s7500o0 in damages to the lumber mill
 What Alaska needs is industry and il it is wrong to side with industry, how going to attract 1t here? Gruening and Fixit pride themselves on being
 Liberals Hitler and NIssoini liberals, but look what they did to Emopei Stalin brides himself cn being liberal and his whole life has been devoted to eliminating free enterprise.
 Yes, we cannot name anybody else, one industry these two gentlemen have interested or brought into the Territory but there have been many which have ceased operations since Dr. Gruening has arrived ably assisted by MT! Fixit Yes we cannot even thnlk oi one Community project which MT. Fixit has sponsored Why the Alaska Steamship Company or any other business should advertise in the propaganda sheet which thinks it crime to side with individuals and firms which create payro1s andare developing Alaska is more than we can understand.