Krsdi'V,
February
28,
1929
fiSHING
BOATS
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Position
Position
of
of
I
tin,
impractical.
'ini'SJS
to
we'
will
ist
year,
which
is
.inc.
our
American
landed
in
the
various
1
1
niing
to
the
follow-.
w'.h
are
takes
from
I
Fisheries,
Statist!-n
So.
810:
.
9.623.700
-rt
.
21.177,169
13.7S4.39f.
Pounds
portion
of
fish
land
;.
w.i
landed
'
iii'
sres'
are
"ft
ion
of
flph
land
lowing
the
enactment
of
the
desired
law.
Is
it
just
to
the
fishermen
and
fair
to
the
great
Industry
to
as
sume
that
the
expenditure
of
mil
thr
enmm
tlPA
of
ivv
COUIQ
bo
emnlovMl.
Mnnv
!mvali..i
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t).;umuu
muuiu
iiouuivoh
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icai,-
ftcAOOner
Ori
......
J'l
tl.r
house
......
of
retire--the
passenger
,--
steamers
which
""'v..,
op-'
handled,
mm
eery
its
nine
quality
a
ircau
is
reduced.
-jiou
m
,
'
,n
,
competition
with
...nu
i
both
iv
the
pounds
,
pf
,
ha.
.
ill.
tvaniiipKLuii
retriinj'
uttnnn
mtia
unu
wasn-
,ni
.
rdii
wllli-their
request
ington
are
compelled
to
wait
for
,
(l
iirii
h
remain
as
at
pres-
storms
to
abate
before
crossing.
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fll,.iu..
I
era
-nnM
l.i.
nn
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t
V.
!
F
i
ihfug
Vessel
Owners
As-
ferry
service
as
proposed
i.
t
umiriHing
about
90
per
went
s
calculation
will
northwestern
Ameri-
sirate
that
the
additional
dls-bimt.
fleet,
respectfully
in-
charge
of
halibut
at
Ketchikan
.:
attention
to
a
proposed
which
this
proposed
law
seeks
to
m
the
present
tariff
law
compel
would
not
be
sufficient
if
adopted,
will
seriously
cargo
for
the
character
of
vessel,
!
II
Miiiio
fUh
taken
from
the
I
the
north
Pacific
A'M.crican
fishermen
in
'i
ittoms
and
consigned
American
markets
to
be
t
.
yi
h
markets
over
all
null's,
or
in
bond
from
:.n
iort.
i
nis
eno
'nilihed
by
placing
ail
American-caught
'I
ai
a
Canadian
port,
of
his
proposal
is
to
ale
of
American
hal-
1
1
Rupert,
Br
tint)
Coin
c-nmjiel
the
sale
of
ii
iv'U-hikan.
Alaska.
and
the
halibut
attempt
to
its
on
the
investment.
Both
ele-"en'"
are
wanting
in
any
transportation
enterprise
which
would
-on-ert
Ketchikan
with
the
fresh-fish
markets
of
the
east.
In
the
first
place,
nothing
but
ocean-going
steamers
could
be
'mp'oyed
in
any
service
between
Keti
hikan
and
Prince
Rupert
due
to
the
character
of
the
water
to
be
croned.
The
service
would
have
to
be
practically
a
daily
serv-'ce
as
delays
would
necessarily
'ic'u'le
tiie
product
from
fresh
fish
markets
of
the
east.
If
the'operate
entirt-
amount
of
halfbut
disc
ha
rg
ed
at
Prince
Kupert
were
diverted
to
.Ketchikan
;t
would
iot
warrant
Mie
tremendous
expenditure
necessary
to
install
pnper
service.
i-ery
week
there
are
days
when
only
one
or
two
boats
come
in
to
nort
brhiiring
possibly
20,000
pounds
each
.
Would
it
be
prmcti-to
rend
a
large
steamer
to
Prirce
Rupert
with
only
40.000
ere
Mjr?-
hafHe
our
catches
we
wwBjlaoly
market
them
'bare.?
1U
olJeiona
to
Ktchi-
llf$flM'&
-
frtsh-fllh
-isrltet
are
Let
us
:
.
Kuiiert
'onorKoieM-
nnwo
mrf
prTmT
WOfl
ilal
-
tn.m
the
banks
in
the
beoa
suggested
is
feasible.
Who
ka.
and
to
toe
went-
is
goinr
to
bear
the
burden
of
its
K
l
ak
Island,
some
700
cost!
Certainly
no
one
thinks
that
ni
K.
t.
hikan.
It
requires
':h
can
b
marketed
as
cheaply
f
ir
an
average
halibut
from
Ketchikan
as
from
Prince
-
in
cover
the
distance.
Rupert.
The
consumer
is
paying
i
ui'h
weather
't
some-
n
WPKwnura
price
for
halibut
now
r.
.
liivs
twice
this
time.
M
ean
be
exnected
to
pay
.
is
located
on
an
island
more.
The
housewife,
rather
.r.
a
itern
part
of
Alas-
han
pay
the
added
price,
would
'
Pr,
i,
re
Rupert
U
located
turn
to
some
other
food.
Tjie
mer-away
in
northwestern
chandiser
would
not
aMutne
the
i
I
imliia.
The
'w
towns
cost
and.
as
a
result,
the
producer
...
.I
l.y
the
rough
waters
hears
the
burden.
He
pays
for
Ktit'fance.
Ketchikan,
'the
elaborate
an4
expensive
trans-
i
t
h
location
on
ifr
Snrlsrtn
systemloy
Mcftiving
re-
s.
Khip
all
f;sh
out
by
duced
jirices.
Trim
Rupert,
which
tt
,
Xfinu1nr
oor
Supposition
that
-
i
iih
nf
the
Canadian
'he
fsrry
scheme
U
possible:
Con-i.
,'iuiv,
hips
its
rtih
by
tralhtng
the
sale
of
fish
in
one
l'
-ribution
cojitrre
in
nort
would
(destroy
-the
present
'
.
Viiit.
d
States.
'competitive
market
for
halibut,
i
m
.
nt
time
the
only
es-
Buyers
would
be
in
a
position
to
M
a
importation
facilities
dictate
prices
and
the
halibut
fish-K.Miikan
and
Princejerman
would
be
compelled
to
ac-isist
of
service
supplied
cent
whatever
figure
was
offered.
V
m
-.els
wW
h
make
the
,
In
rare
cases
a
boat
owner
could
the
two
(it
en
about;
take
his
fish
to
Seattle,
but
the
V
nd
a
xmall
motor
distance
practically
removes
this
'i
runs
as
traffic
per-;as
a
possibility.
It
requires
an
'i
i
,
service
is
entirely
In-1
average
halibut
vessel
a
little
less
whi.-h
fact
is
admitted;
than
foun.day
to
traverse
the
680
nents
of
this
tariff
miles
between
the
two
ports.
The
Th.
y
propose,
however,
fish
would
arrive
in
much
poorer
I.
adequate
facilities
fol-
condition
and,
as
a
result,
th.-
I
l
rx
ti
lape.-'
.me
work
ir.tencv
'
:
"Wat's
a
squure
root,
Grandpa'.
Fr
possibly
n
bulb
that's
been
knock-The
Panning
Show.
would
be
handled
two
additional!
In
connection
with
this
con-
cents
and
6
cents.
times.
When
the
schooner
arrives
troversy
we
would
like
to
snl-
The
same
day
the
Albatios
at
Ketchikan,
the
fish
would
be
mit
a
few
facts
for
your
con-
sold
88,000
pounds
in
Prince
Rup-
A
mo-;
unloaded
into
a
fish
house
where
sideration.
It
has
been
mentioned
trt
for
13
cents
and
G
cents.
On
it
would
be
iced
and
boxed.
Then
that
the
Canadians
have
a
hold
it
would
be
removed
from
the
fish
on
the
halibut
Industry.
This
house
into
the
hold
of
a,
refrigerils
entirely
erroneous.
In
the
ated
ferry
steamer,
during
which!
first
place
American
buyers
operation
the
iish
would
be
ex
posed
to
warm
air.
The
steamer
ill.
halibut
industry,
which
to
wit,
ocean-going
steamers,
would
thon
leave
1
or
Prince
Run-
.-iluable
to
Washington
which
would
have
to
be
employed
I
ert,
where
the
fish
would
again
Alaska,
and
the
means
in
any
service
between
Ketchikan
be
exposed
to
warm
air
during
the
we
mitke
our
livelihood,
and
Prjnee
Rupert.
oneretion
of
transferrins
the
which
we
have
over
one
Before
we
can
reasonably
ex-
boxes
from
ship
to
refrigerator
hall'
million
dollars
in-
pect
the
expenditure
of
large
sums
car.
The
fish
could
not
stand
the
of
money
in
an
enterprise
we
must
:'
r
to
a
proposal
by
the
be
uble
to
demonstrate
to
the
in-ial
Clyb
of
Ketchikan.
ve3tor
the
safety
of
his
investment
Im
effect
of
which
would
and
reasonable
prospects
of
pror
ation,
forced
THE
DAILY
NEWS
PAGE
FIVE
"
-.-9
fisherman
would
receive
less
for
fact
that
their'
market
is
the
erican
port,
and
to
do
so
when
it
it.
We
have
experienced
the
re-
same
as
ours
and
that
they
are
is
practicable.
We
can
not
prof-suits
of
centralizing
the
sale
of
compelled
to
pay
a
2-cent
dutr.
itably
land
all
our
fish
in
Ketch-fish
in
one
port
when
Seattle,
in
A
change
in
the
method
of
mar-!ikan,
and
in
order
to
remain
in
1915,
received
the
hulk
of
halibut
ketinsr
American
halibut
would
business
we
roost
land
our
cat
I
lions
of
dollars
will
follow
the
en-
j
caught.
The
dealers,
realizing
cau8e
a
large
influx
of
this
fish.'ches
wherever
they
can
be
landed
,actment
of
the
law?
An
asBump
jtion
such
afc
this
is
unfair
and
can
not
survive
an
investiiration
.
Into
the
facts.
Ketchikan
and
rstktement
American
,
;
,,
"-i-
"e,:aieu
Owners
ol
aw
uupping
I
,
"
"
"
y
""T"
.
"
cia,
From
Prince
Kupert
:
T,
ui,
,,
J
f
this
course
across
Dixon
En
trance
is
extremely
dangerous
F
!
bijig
Vessel
Owners'
As-
during
frequent
storms,
and
no
if
Seattle
submitted
a
vessel
except
one
fit
for
any
sea
the
hold
they
had
upon
the
situ-,
The
iast
two
years
have
seen
at
a
profit,
of
its1
the
price
dovyn;4or
the,
of
j
jn
reaB)
reason
until
until
fina
finally
y
stopped
stopped
-fro,en.ffth
-Wfth
market
market
,n
ln
the
the
United
United
of
of
a
a
many
months
railroad
by
the
United
Mates
district
at-
'W
Japanese
haVe
uii-ffit
can
If
the
proposed
idea
were
feas.
limited
banks
close
'
to
-their
country
and'
are
able
to
land
tat
where.
The
i
prices
pid
ir
ice
Rupert,
by
tit
nk
us
-it
-a;
matke'i
nuiVkiV
if
ei
equaled
any-
fferenca
between
J'rince
Rupert
and
iblc,
and
If
the
fish
were
shipped
hniihnt
in
the
United
Ketchikan
represents
our
profit
by
this
plan,
the
product
would
stateg
flg
cheaplyi
,r
not
cheaper.
This
is
shown
by
the
following
be
much
inferior
to
the
product
than
can
the
AmerjCang.
a
example,
which
if
a
common
on.-,
shipped
according
to
present
fa-
Monf
tT,Iirl.ofif,
.....
cilities.
It
is
common
knowledge
!
"
irrrJ
.un
.
t.
increased
handling.
Under
the
present
system
the-
vessels
must
remain
on
the
banks
as
long
a
possible
in
order
to
catch
a
sufficient
quantity
of
ftah,
to
make
operations
pay.
If
their
catcher
were
subjected
to
the
additional
Mt
in
ketch
Ikan
vnZTC
rtfKBw.
Panese
and
'Canadians;
inrf
reiveprlce
of
10
the
following
day,
the
day
when
,
the
Foremost
would
have
been
1
in
Prince
Rupert,
had
she
ctio-
j
sen,
the
Yakutat
sold
36,000
New
England
Fish
Co.,
Booth
pounds
for
14
8-10
cents
and
G
Fisheries
Co.,
and
San
Juan
cents.
By
choosing
to
sell
in
Fishing
Si
Packing
Co.,
all
large
Ketchikan
the
owners
and
crew
American
buyers,
have
branches
of
the
Foremost
lost
(1,2K),
at
Prince
Rupfert,
and
purchase
which
sum
represents
the
dif-
the
largest
portion
of
fish
lan-
ference
between
the
price
paid
in
ded
there
by
American
fishermen.
Ketchikan
and
Prince
Rupert.
In
the
urnnil
nlnrp
ihp
mnnv
r-
Tirp
are
timea
when
KetchiaJin
JA
PAN'S
PEAKS
MOUNT
PEERLESS
SKIES
An
interesting
aerial
view
of
Mount
Fuji,
Japan's
most
bciut-
ceived
for
fish
sold
is
not
spent
buyers
refuse
to
even
make
a
bid.
uu,
"ng
me
cone
rearing
its
superD
lines
niKh
over
in
Prince
Rupert,
90
per
cent
Can
anyone
wonder
that
fisher-
I1c3r
pastoral
lands
of
azure
skies.
of
the
outfitting
is
carried
on
in
Tien
market
their
catches
in
'
.,
Ketchikan.
No
tuning
gear
can
trince
Kupert
in
preierence
to
tne
Canadian
railroad,
over
be
purchased
in
Prince
Rupert
Ketchikan.
which
our
product
is
npw
ship-
as
the
duty
on
lines
is
prohibit-
e
appeal
to
you
not
to
des-
id.
Any
change
from
the
sys-
handling,
the
boats
could
not
re-',ve-
teoy
the
halibut
industry.
The
tern
under
which
the
industry
main
on
the
banks
as
long
as
they
;
It
is
conceivable
that
under
the
industry
which
we
represent
has
grown
will
bring
ruin
to
it.
do
at
present.
In
order
to
make
operation
of
the
proposed
law
consists
of
260
vessels,
valued
at
We
beg
your
careful
censid-
up
for
the
deterioration
through
Ketchikan
will
profit
slightly
increased
handling
they
would
but
not
in
a
measure
as
would
have
to
bring
the
fish
to
:rt
in
warrant
the
hazard
to
this
In-a
fresher
condition.
Any
reduc-
jdustry.
We
are
American
citi-tion
in
the
number
of
days
spent
!zens
and
would
therefore
prefei
The
proposed
scheme,
if
carried
throagk
would
be
ruinous
to
the
fleet
of
ee1fl
operating
out
of.
Seattle.
-At
present
there
are
I
about
ISGmall
vessels
"operating
,
out
of
this
port.
Because
of
the
war
city
of
fish
on
the
close-in
banks,
their
catches
are
small;
and
1
in
order
to
make
ooerations
pay,
their
f
sh
most
receive
a
compare-1
tiveiy
hfgk,
price.
This
phin
is
v,tinrt!i
of
finh?
How
pouH
opern:wMi
Id
f
orce
some
of
tne
,
transportation
service
pay
under
I
Prtig
on
northe-n
banks
sueh
conditions?
If
Ketchikan!0
l"d
pe'r
catches
in
Seattle.
Only
suofl
-vessels
as
w
ere
able
to
j
catch
a
full
trip
in
tfcreeor
four
day
and
had
stifijejit
speed.
could
do
io.
Instead,
of
cominff
I?
via
KeteMkon
they
would'make
.H"
re
perHoas
seven-day
WtttW'
n
1
m
At
-V-
WL.
Hi'"
across
me
iuu
oi
-iasKa,-.
ine
manner
in.whteh
these
large
els
from
the
northern
banks
ar-
feet
the
Seattle
prices
is
given
by
i
me
loi
lowing
niuNraiion:
On
October
Ir.
I02S.
five
local.
Seattle
vessels
sold
32,000
lbs.
of.
halibut
for
prices
ranging
froni
19
1-4
to
25
cents
for
medium
hal
ibut
or
haftbut
from
10
to
60
nounds
and
from
13
to
1G
cents
for
chicken
and
targe
halibut
or
hall-j
but
under
10
and
over
60
pounds.
From
25
to
80
per
eent
of
the
fish
I
chicken
and
targe
halibut.
On
Ve
next
day,
the
Pioneer,
a
vessel
from
the
northern
banks,
market
ed
37.00
pounds,
and
seven
smelhj
Seattle
boats
marketed
30.000
vwind.
Because
of
the
presence
''
the
finh
from
the
northern
banks,
the
price
dropped
to
16
1-2
o
20
cents
for
mediums
and
12
to
16
cents
for
the
other
grades,
or
an
average
drop
of
3
cento
per
pound
on
the
first
grade
and
one-
half
cent
per
pound
on
the
second.
On
the
20th,
30.000
pound
more
of
northern
fish
was
offered
with
42,000
pounds
of
local,
which
re
ceived
IS
to
16
1-2
cent
and
13
to
16
cents,
or
another
drop
of
3
cents
on
mediums.
This
is
n
situation
which
occurs
every
Mme
a
vpssel
frtm
the
northern
binks
lands
fish
in
Settle.
Wth
an
Increase
in
landings
that
would
result
following
the
enactment
o'f
the
proiwed
lew.
the
126
Seattle
essels
would
be
forced
out
of
bus
iness.
These
vessels
represent
an
investment
of
$625,000,
arid
provide
a
living
for
626
me".
The"
benefit
derived
by
Seattle
by
the
arrival
of
these
few
vessels
from
the
north
would
more
than
be
offset
by
the
loss
of
the
vessels
that
operated
entirely
out
of
Seattle.
An
increase
in
the
cost
of
marketing
fish
such
as
this
prnposod
law
would
cuuse
would
1'y
ope"
our
industry
to
competlt'on
of
foreign
fish
Our
twiners'
competitor
at
the
present
time
is
Canada.
During
the
past
year
approximately
60
Canadian
ven-l
el
landed
9.524.728
pounds
of
halibut
in
Prince
Rupert
These
vessels
are
small,
and
fish
on'
eloe-ln
banks,
and
as
a
result!
are
able
to
operate
more
cheaply
I
than
the
American
vessels.
Their
output
is
held
in
heck
by
the
over
one
and
one-hall
million
eration
of
tnese
questions,
gentle-
dollars,
and
gives
employment
to
men.
They
affect
us
most
ser-2,500
men.
This
industry
has
iousiy.
We
wish
to
continue
in
grown
under
the
present
system
business
and
remain
in
this
great
of
marketing.
Its
start
begins
industry,
and
we
say
with
all
on
the
banks
would
decree
theirtn
discharge
our
fish
at
an
Aiu-
with
the
construction
profit
to
such
an
extent
titat
it
'
witd
be
unprofitable
for
them
to
in
1916
of
confidence
that
investigation
of
thj
the
facts
will
demonstrate
that
t
tho
source
of
the
activities
in
behalf
of
the
measure
will
Do
found
self-interest
that
hns
ne
proper
regard
for
the
gooH
0f
this
industry
or
ignorance
that
fails
to
view
it
in
its
broader
and
more
generous
-sense.
Respectfully
jubmitted.
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VF?:
TL
OWNERS
ASSOCIATION.
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why
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,
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Prince
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