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  ALASKA 
  FISHERIES 
  AND 
  FUR 
  INDUSTRIES, 
  1913. 
  

  

  variation 
  in 
  the 
  time 
  kept 
  at 
  different 
  canneries, 
  one 
  crew 
  would 
  

   sometimes 
  fish 
  an 
  hour 
  or 
  so 
  longer 
  than 
  another. 
  To 
  avoid 
  infrac- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  the 
  law 
  or 
  further 
  trouble, 
  directions 
  were 
  given 
  to 
  have 
  the 
  

   crews 
  fishing 
  at 
  Hetta 
  make 
  their 
  time 
  uniform. 
  Where 
  variations 
  

   in 
  time 
  are 
  more 
  than 
  nominal, 
  the 
  companies 
  fishing 
  later 
  than 
  the 
  

   standard 
  time 
  of 
  a 
  given 
  region 
  -will 
  be 
  subject 
  to 
  prosecution. 
  

  

  Various 
  rumors 
  and 
  vague 
  reports 
  were 
  received 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  

   time 
  as 
  to 
  alleged 
  illegal 
  fishing, 
  but 
  no 
  direct 
  evidence 
  would 
  be 
  

   forthcoming 
  or 
  could 
  be 
  obtained. 
  It 
  is 
  usually 
  the 
  case 
  that 
  those 
  

   who 
  note 
  infractions 
  of 
  the 
  law 
  feel 
  that 
  they 
  can 
  not 
  jeopardize 
  

   their 
  business 
  relations 
  by 
  reporting 
  the 
  matter 
  in 
  a 
  way 
  that 
  will 
  

   permit 
  of 
  an 
  action 
  at 
  law. 
  If 
  a 
  more 
  vigorous 
  and 
  healthy 
  public 
  

   sentiment 
  can 
  be 
  developed 
  along 
  this 
  line, 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  the 
  trans- 
  

   gressor 
  wiU 
  be 
  made 
  much 
  more 
  difficult. 
  

  

  Because 
  of 
  the 
  unattractive 
  price 
  on 
  chums, 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  cannery 
  

   men 
  were 
  not 
  very 
  scrupulous 
  as 
  regards 
  the 
  section 
  of 
  law 
  prohibiting 
  

   the 
  wanton 
  waste 
  of 
  salmon 
  or 
  other 
  food 
  fishes. 
  Several 
  cases 
  were 
  

   investigated, 
  and 
  one 
  was 
  brought 
  to 
  the 
  attention 
  of 
  a 
  grand 
  jury, 
  

   but 
  the 
  evidence 
  did 
  not 
  warrant 
  further 
  action. 
  

  

  It 
  has 
  been 
  construed 
  recently 
  that 
  violations 
  of 
  the 
  fislieries 
  laws 
  

   and 
  regulations 
  fall 
  within 
  the 
  misdemeanor 
  class, 
  hence 
  an 
  aUeged 
  

   violator 
  may, 
  in 
  the 
  discretion 
  of 
  the 
  prosecuting 
  officer, 
  either 
  be 
  

   tried 
  before 
  a 
  United 
  States 
  commissioner, 
  sitting 
  as 
  a 
  justice 
  of 
  the 
  

   peace, 
  ex 
  officio, 
  or 
  said 
  United 
  States 
  commissioner 
  may 
  sit 
  as 
  a 
  

   committing 
  magistrate 
  merely 
  to 
  give 
  a 
  preliminary 
  hearing 
  to 
  de- 
  

   termine 
  whether 
  the 
  evidence 
  justifies 
  binding 
  the 
  defendant 
  over 
  

   to 
  the 
  grand 
  jury. 
  

  

  Pursuant 
  to 
  an 
  opinion 
  by 
  United 
  States 
  Attorney 
  Rustgard 
  it 
  

   was 
  determined 
  this 
  season 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  event 
  of 
  violation 
  of 
  the 
  fish- 
  

   eries 
  laws 
  or 
  regulations 
  complaint 
  would 
  be 
  made 
  against 
  the 
  com- 
  

   pany 
  or 
  corporation 
  involved, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  against 
  the 
  individual 
  fisher- 
  

   men, 
  watchmen, 
  or 
  other 
  person 
  or 
  persons 
  immediately 
  concerned 
  

   in 
  the 
  violation. 
  

  

  If 
  it 
  is 
  found 
  that 
  difficulty 
  exists 
  in 
  obtaining 
  convictions 
  in 
  

   fisheries 
  violations, 
  there 
  is 
  good 
  ground 
  to 
  ask 
  Congress 
  tliat 
  greater 
  

   powers 
  be 
  vested 
  in 
  the 
  fislieries 
  agents 
  and 
  deputies. 
  This 
  might 
  

   consist 
  of 
  more 
  extended 
  authority 
  in 
  the 
  matter 
  of 
  confiscation 
  and 
  

   destruction 
  of 
  gear 
  operated 
  illegally. 
  This 
  is 
  along 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  similar 
  

   powers 
  conferred 
  upon 
  collectors 
  of 
  customs 
  and 
  other 
  Government 
  

   officers. 
  

  

  The 
  practice 
  in 
  the 
  Bering 
  Sea 
  region 
  of 
  putting 
  pink 
  salmon 
  labels 
  

   on 
  the 
  pack 
  of 
  chum 
  salmon 
  is 
  contrary 
  to 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  law, 
  

   and 
  hereafter 
  must 
  be 
  discontinued. 
  The 
  chum 
  salmon 
  of 
  Boring 
  Sea 
  

   is 
  no 
  better 
  than 
  the 
  chum 
  of 
  southeast 
  Alaska, 
  and 
  there 
  appears 
  to 
  

   be 
  no 
  justification 
  for 
  the 
  use; 
  of 
  a 
  pink 
  salmon 
  label 
  in 
  western 
  Alaska 
  

   on 
  the 
  chum 
  pack. 
  

  

  