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  ALASKA 
  FISHEEIES 
  AND 
  FUR 
  INDUSTRIES, 
  1913. 
  

  

  of 
  southeast 
  Alaska, 
  such 
  a 
  practice 
  could 
  be 
  carried 
  on 
  with 
  little 
  or 
  

   no 
  fear 
  of 
  detection. 
  

  

  While, 
  as 
  a 
  result 
  in 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  agitation 
  at 
  Juneau 
  during 
  the 
  ses- 
  

   sion 
  of 
  the 
  legislature, 
  a 
  much 
  more 
  effective 
  patrol 
  system 
  was 
  

   inaugurated 
  this 
  season 
  in 
  southeast 
  Alaska, 
  tliere 
  is 
  need 
  of 
  consid- 
  

   erable 
  more 
  expansion 
  along 
  this 
  line. 
  More 
  men 
  and 
  boats 
  are 
  

   needed. 
  As 
  a 
  beginning, 
  the 
  steamer 
  Osprey 
  was 
  put 
  in 
  commission 
  

   this 
  season, 
  and 
  three 
  additional 
  agents 
  were 
  detailed 
  into 
  this 
  section 
  

   of 
  Alaska, 
  where, 
  by 
  reason 
  of 
  the 
  extent 
  and 
  character 
  of 
  operations, 
  

   there 
  is 
  greatest 
  need 
  of 
  regulation 
  of 
  fishing 
  if 
  the 
  potential 
  value 
  of 
  

   the 
  waters 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  preserved. 
  But 
  rather 
  than 
  to 
  be 
  dependent 
  upon 
  

   the 
  unsatisfactory 
  method 
  of 
  chartering 
  boats 
  to 
  further 
  the 
  needs 
  of 
  

   the 
  patrol 
  system, 
  the 
  Bureau 
  should 
  have 
  in 
  service 
  at 
  least 
  three 
  

   fast 
  power 
  boats 
  of 
  65 
  feet 
  or 
  upwards 
  in 
  length 
  and 
  of 
  staunch 
  and 
  

   seaworthy 
  construction 
  to 
  withstand 
  the 
  sudden 
  and 
  violent 
  gales 
  of 
  

   southeast 
  Alaska, 
  and 
  to 
  navigate, 
  where 
  necessary, 
  outside 
  waters. 
  

  

  Inspection 
  op 
  Canneries. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  last 
  year 
  or 
  so 
  there 
  has 
  developed 
  a 
  feeling 
  among 
  

   various 
  cannery 
  men 
  that 
  a 
  Government 
  inspector 
  should 
  be 
  stationed 
  

   at 
  each 
  cannery 
  to 
  pass 
  upon 
  the 
  condition 
  of 
  fish 
  packed, 
  also 
  to 
  see 
  

   that 
  sanitary 
  features 
  are 
  fully 
  observed, 
  in 
  manner 
  similar 
  to 
  the 
  

   Federal 
  inspection 
  of 
  meat-packing 
  houses 
  and 
  product. 
  The 
  theory 
  

   of 
  extending 
  such 
  inspection 
  to 
  Alaska 
  is 
  sound, 
  but 
  no 
  funds 
  are 
  

   available 
  for 
  the 
  employment 
  of 
  the 
  force 
  of 
  50 
  or 
  more 
  competent 
  

   inspectors 
  required 
  to 
  put 
  the 
  plan 
  into 
  effect. 
  The 
  managers 
  of 
  

   two 
  companies, 
  realizing 
  the 
  practical 
  benefits 
  of 
  announcing 
  the 
  

   sale 
  of 
  goods 
  packed 
  under 
  Federal 
  supervision, 
  have 
  stated 
  their 
  

   willingness 
  to 
  pay 
  the 
  salary 
  and 
  expenses 
  of 
  an 
  authorized 
  and 
  

   impartial 
  Government 
  inspector 
  stationed 
  at 
  each 
  of 
  their 
  plants. 
  

   There 
  are 
  practical 
  difficulties 
  in 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  accepting 
  pecuniaiy 
  aid 
  

   from 
  private 
  enterprise, 
  however, 
  tlierefore 
  provision 
  by 
  Congress 
  of 
  

   a 
  personnel 
  and 
  funds 
  is 
  the 
  proper 
  way 
  to 
  effectuate 
  the 
  plan. 
  

  

  FiSHWAYS. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  several 
  streams 
  in 
  southeast 
  Alaska 
  well 
  adapted 
  as 
  

   natural 
  breeding 
  grounds 
  for 
  salmon, 
  but 
  impassable 
  to 
  the 
  fish 
  by 
  

   reason 
  of 
  falls 
  at 
  or 
  near 
  salt 
  water. 
  It 
  is 
  hoped 
  that 
  steps 
  can 
  soon 
  

   be 
  taken 
  to 
  open 
  up 
  these 
  waters 
  eitlier 
  by 
  blasting 
  out 
  resting 
  places 
  

   for 
  the 
  fish, 
  or, 
  better 
  still, 
  by 
  installing 
  suitable 
  fishways. 
  Of 
  course, 
  

   it 
  is 
  realized 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  difllcult 
  to 
  do 
  much, 
  or 
  even 
  anything, 
  in 
  the 
  

   case 
  of 
  various 
  high 
  and 
  precipitous 
  falls, 
  but 
  there 
  are 
  several 
  

   streams 
  where 
  comparatively 
  little 
  work 
  would 
  make 
  them 
  available 
  

   to 
  spawning 
  salmon. 
  In 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  streams 
  not 
  far 
  

   from 
  Wrangell, 
  it 
  would 
  seem 
  that 
  a 
  few 
  well-placed 
  charges 
  of 
  

  

  