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Show ALASKA CALLS FOR NEW LAWS. Natives Starve Because of Canners' Greed, Says ; Missionary Bishop NKW V"RK .Tan. 9. Urgent need) for legislation to nld development of Alaska' resource was cmphaslzr-'l hart the Rt. Rev; Peter Trimble ftowe, Episcopal bishop of Alaska, here en route to Washington In the Interests of fiahlng rights of the tcr-i rltory's natives. Opt of the best moves that the shipping ship-ping hoard couhl make, he .said, would bo to establish a government line of steamships to Alaska. "Sui-h a line, offering a reasonable rate to colonists col-onists would greatly facilitate dovel-j opment of the territory," he added. CHILDREN 91 IRVING "T am not one of those who con-' liemn corporations (n Alaska out of hand" he aald. "They have done a lot of good work in developing the territory and descrvi credlL But Just now, one of those concerns is not only threatening tho future of tho salmon interests, but Is making life Impossible Impos-sible for a considerable body ot the natives. "I ani referring to Q company which' Is taking? Nulmon from the Yukon anJ Copper rivers. It Is on the l'lshlug In these rivers that natives depend for food. There is a broad stretch of coast where these canning corporation corpora-tion can get all the fish they want: but It Is eeatar to take the salmon from the river--. The result )s ibut the natives aro hard pushed to secure food, and I know of many Instances 'her their Children are starving and they have had to kill their doga be-! cauue thev had no food for them " NI .OU) DISCI l.ltY He said old prospectors were pre-' dieting a new gold rush In tho Chan-: delar region, about 20' miles north of Yukon-, which It was believed would compare with tho oM Klondike field.' But even should no more gold be dls-OOVersdi dls-OOVersdi he snld. Alaska was not to bo regarded merely as a worked out mining camp "Aiaaka is all right with her tish, fur and oil." he added. "The territory presents a broad field for development, develop-ment, hut her difficulty is thai she has been grossly neglected In th'e mafter ot legHl.itlon which will pro-j mote that development." |