. Seal and salmon fisheries and general resources of Alaska. ons whichshould govern their joint action in regard to the natives. It was asimple agreement that these people should have a certain amount ofdried salmon furnished them for food every year: a certain amount offuel: a schoolhouse, and the right to go to and come from the islands asthey chose; and also the right to work or not, understanding that incase they did not work, their places would and could be supplied byother people who would work. The company, however, went far beyond this exaction of the Govern-ment. It added an inexpress
. Seal and salmon fisheries and general resources of Alaska. ons whichshould govern their joint action in regard to the natives. It was asimple agreement that these people should have a certain amount ofdried salmon furnished them for food every year: a certain amount offuel: a schoolhouse, and the right to go to and come from the islands asthey chose; and also the right to work or not, understanding that incase they did not work, their places would and could be supplied byother people who would work. The company, however, went far beyond this exaction of the Govern-ment. It added an inexpressible boon of comfort, in the formation ofthosedwellingsnowoccupied by the natives, which wasneither expressednor thought of at the time of the granting of the lease. An enlight-ened business policy suggested to the company that it would be muchbetter for the natives, and much better for the company too, if thesepeople were taken out of their filthy, unwholesome hovels, put intohabitable dwellings, and taught to live cleanly, for the simple reason Plate Plate 31,
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