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The Nome Daily Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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Alaska fishing companies launched a major lobby in Washington, funded substantially, to block territorial taxes on salmon and canneries amid fears of President Wilson's full government proposal imposing fair tax burdens.
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The companies have secured a big purse to defray the expense of the lobbyists, who are to remain in Washington and prevent the enactment of any law which will allow the territorial legislature of this territory to tax the output of salmon and prevent them from taxing the cannery buildings and gear of the fishing companies.
One single canneryman has been reported to have contributed $5,000 to this fund and every effort is being made, it is reported, to prevent hostile legislation.
The Wickersham enabling act, under which the present territorial legislature is organized expressly prohibits any tax on the fish output or the passage of any law regulating the fish or game sets of congress.
Under the present act of congress the canneries pay their taxes in affidavits that they have liberated salmon fry and do not pay on buildings, gear or traps, and against this affidavit every grand jury for many years has protested in vain.
The recommendation of President Wilson that a full territorial government be established in Alaska has caused the cannerymen much concern as they fear should the territory be given a full territorial form of government they will be forced to pay a fair share of the burden of the government.
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Alaska
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lobby organized with significant funding, including $5,000 from one canneryman, to prevent taxation on salmon output, cannery buildings, and gear; ongoing protests by grand juries against current affidavit-based tax system; concern over potential full territorial government leading to fair share taxation.
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Fishing companies of Alaska organized one of the largest lobbies to Washington to prevent enactment of laws allowing the territorial legislature to tax salmon output, cannery buildings, and gear. They secured a large fund for lobbyists to remain in Washington. Under the Wickersham enabling act, taxation on fish output is prohibited, and canneries pay taxes via affidavits on liberating salmon fry without paying on buildings, gear, or traps. President Wilson's recommendation for full territorial government has caused concern among cannerymen fearing forced fair taxation.