The daily Alaskan. [volume], June 22, 1904, Image 2

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Daily Alaskan
JOHN W. TROT, EDITOR
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TORT FIGURES
The misleading and frequently ex
ploded report of a pair of New England
senators, who spent a few weeks in
Alaska last summer, seeking for ex
cuse* to refuse any recognition of the
people of this district that could in any
way be construed to be a first step to
ward statehood, has been again dragged
out and misquoted for the purpose of
bolatering up faltering courage of the
handful of lories who remain in this
district. Later, the Daily Alaskan will
hav* something to say as to falsity of
the figures quoted in this report, which
''?Mimate*" the "expenses of United
Stale* courts" la Alaska for the hscal
yew 1903 at 1634,000.' At the present
time It will only show that the figures
have been misused.
The report gives the following table> |
of Alaskan revenues for 1903:
RECEIPTS.
Customs $ 70,938 66
Internal revenue 17,494 St*
Sales of public lands 2,286 56
Tax on seal skins 286,133 40
Kent of fox islands 100 00
License fees collected out
side incorporated towns .. 46,413 98
License fees collected in in
corporated towns. 26,985 00
Funds available for court ex
penses 7,814 89
Funds not available for court
expenses 2,311 35 1
Customs fees, fines, etc 4 547 44
Rent of government build
ings, etc 2,451 04 1
Registers' and receivers'
fees 506 04 I
Miscellaneous 35 10
Total $468,017 04
EXPENDITURES.
Salaries, governor, etc. .. $ 51,124 43
Contingent expenses of the
t?rrltory 2,000 00
Salaries and expenses, of
fice of surveyor general . 8,692 06
Collecting customs revenue 60,814 64
Collecting internal revenue 2,400 00
Salaries and expenses.
agents at seal fisheries. . 10,502 45
Protecting salmon fisheries 6,138 38
Reindeer for Alaska. 12,1m 50
Schools outside of incorpor
ated towns 30,207 >0
Salaries and commissions,
land offices 3,556 39
Pay of Indian police 2,000 CO
Expenses of United Slates
courts. *534,000 00
Expenses, office of United
States mars ha!... 2,016 72
Expenses of revenue ves
sels in Alaskan waters. *115,000 00
Military telegraph and ca
ble lines 384,007 20
light and fog signal sta
tions ? 183,485 12
Supplies for native inhabit
ant*. 19,586 30
Miscellaneous 5,940 52
Total.
..$1,433,666 41
?Estimated
After quoting the table of receipts as j
given above, a tor; organ says:
"As against this total sum of $468,
011.04 received for 1903 and which in
cludes revenue* amounting to nearly
?400,000 more than Alaska would re
ceive from the same source were it a
territory, the government for 1903 paid
oat on account of Alaska the sum of
?1,433, 666. 41."
How unfair is this even from the New
England senatorial view point is shown
from the following extract taken from
the senatorial report and appearing on
the same page with the table of expend
iture* given above:
"If the government of the United
States were to assume the payment of
such items as it assumes and pays in all
the territories of the United States
where a territorial government has
been established, the following items
should not enter into the account, to
wit:
Salaries, governor, etc ? 51,124 43 1
Expecses of United States
courts *534,000 00 1
Expenses, office of United
Stales marshal 2,016 72 1
Expenses of revenue ves
sels in Alaskan waters . *115,000 CO |
Military, telegraph and ca
ble lines 3*4,007 20 1
Light and foe signal sta
tions 183,485 12 1
Supplies for native inhabit
ants 19,586 20 I
Miscellaneous 5,?40 42
Total ?! ,295, 160 19 j
?Estimated
The senators continue:
"With these items thrown out the
legitimate charges which should te
paidfiy the people of the district would
appear to amount to only 1138,506 22,
or the difference between ?1.433,666.41
and (1, 295, 160 19; and as the receipts of
the government (in Alaska) are |468,
017 04 a balance of ?329,510 82 appears.
WHICH IN THE OPINION OF THE COM
TERNAL IMPROVEMENTS WHICH WILL
TEND TO DEVELOP THAT DISTRICT."
But with the tory knocker, of course,
the senators are only right when their
statements and figures can count against
Alaska. The senators say. for instance,
that Alaska is entitled to the 1286,
133.40 from the tax on seal skins; the
tory knocker says, nay. The senator*
say Alaskans should have the rent of
the fox islands, and other revenues, the
knocker says, nay. It is willing that
the cost of collecting the customs rev
enue, the internal revenue, the cost of
the maintenance of the revenue cutter
fleet and all the other items should be
charged against Alaska, but not one
cent of the revenues derived for which
this money is expended should be cred
ited to the district!
For the sake of argument, however,
we will admit that the senators ha+e
given Alaska ere lit for some things for
which the territory should not have
credit, as for instance, customs revenue,
internal revenue, sales of public lands,
etc., which may be extended to include
all in the quoted table of receipts ex
cept license fees, court funds, etc.,
though there is no question but that
the tax on seal skins should also go to
Alaska as even the senators admit),
then to be fair it must be admitted that
in addition to the 11,295,160.19, deduct
ed from the table of expenditures by
the senators as not properly chargeable
against Alaska, the following items in
that table should also be omitted:
Salaries and expenses sur
veyor general's office J 8,692 06
Collectingcustomsrevenue.. 60,814 64
ollecting internal revenue.. 2,400 00
Salaries acd expenses,
agents at seal fisheries .... 10,502 45
Reindeer for Alaska. 12,19150
Schools outside of incorpor
ated towns (for Indians). . . 30,207 80
Salaries and commissions,
land offices 3,55t> 39
I'ay, Indian police 2.000 00
Total 1130,367 84
All these are items that could in no
way be charged against the revenues of
a territorial government. Subtract
them from the $138,506.22 which the
senators have charged against territor
ial revenues and it leaves $8,128 38 to
be charged against the #73,398.98 which
the tory knocker itself admits would be
properly territorial revenues. That
would l?ave to the credit of the terri
tory ???>5,270. 60.
But the figures quoted by the sena
tors are wrong in many particulars.
Asamatterof fact the First judicial div
ision of Alaska alone contributed
as much license revenues to the fedt ral
treasury in 1903 as the sum credit for
which the senators give the whole dis
trict, and one company, the Alaska
Packer, s Association, paid in the
second .division last year more than
$56,000 in one check.
The people have shown by their of
ten expressed opinion that they are not
fools to be caught by chaff. |They un
derstand that liars may figure if fig
ires cannot lie.
The re-election of the members of the
old school board by such decisive ma
jorities does not indicate any lack of
confidence in those who were candi
dates against them. It simply means
that the people are satisfied with the
work that has been done by Mr. Ash
lev, Mr. Haraden and Mr. Britt, and
they made use of the opportunity af
forded them to^express the'satisfaction.
It was generally believed that if mis
takes have been made they were made
in good faith, and that they are as like
ly to be rectified by the old board as by
others. In fact, the people were in a
re-electing mood. They have been sat
isfied with the conduct of city and
school affairs, and they voted against
any chunge.
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