The Alaska citizen., June 25, 1910, Image 2

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The Aiaska Citizen
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I’HOM.
Two persons have \.ome back” recently:
Theodore Foosevel. and James J. Jeffries At
fres» nt th* * ng nech and neck in a
fublicitv ami TotJi are opee'ed to
io some hard fighting tvfare long
Bad reports are p oring in from the IJit.i
n>d What did the stampeders expect to tind
lown there ' Gold growing on the trees * If
There is any gold there it .an only be got out
5v digging And tho- ugh prospecting may
ret demon.'traN* a good .atnp
The f > J \ \r cf the attorney gem-ral to
Alaska cm d - hum V little closer ac
' could be an
vantage to m nv 1 r WV'-ngton legislators,
amd might ft- -i—• them * tr,-.t♦ us a little
flatter th in th*v hav civ >:i the past
Hit Cl! urn -i. L>.'w-on have prepared a per- i
rttion a-J<un£ that the Dominion go;. nment in- '
e v i c i n i I y of
n ( i be
ren opt m stic lot What thmwe would Fair
banks stand of iie'.bn*. similar a s>; stance from
Washington '
Iho.re i a c.. :1.7c. , ' h-*n or.-ar. /c«i outs’de j
‘0 advi rttsr the Pu,. ; Sound .01 ntry as a sum
mer '.our? What wrong with the idea of!
adiertdsioj in riyr Alaska as a summer re- ;
iort • It r. ivnv alu ..1 of Puget S und so far
**» htc-.'.- • • . .1 tnd its . en.. ittrac- i
"i are infinitely superior
Hi.- new- 11 om G. -manv to tue effect that an '
pa . • iratcd
s of cuuiJ.-r.it h- : .,-v. k A la: ka and,
.-oun'-ies s'm ’ r!y h.vai-d One of the most
argen* reeds of this country .« cheaper trans
portation he Uf. ana the installation of an
urlme to the . i t should rot pre-ent -my in
superable diff 1 jltie?
The in*.reave In the « »varies of the assistant
•district attorneys fleets > i'h general approval,
f is never a wise policy tu starve public ser
vants Gold men can onlv be secured through
'he p ivme * 1 fair rcii.unera5i*\n and f«w
won’ i cj.t'end tint 53 IX'*0 a ye .- is an ext rav a
jant sura f x an as . nt rbstru1 attorney.
It i- .1 pity that here a not more congress
men like .Hr Su1. . .V Sr’ •• never lets an
ippiiitjndv slip L > to s.r. o- something for
Mask 1 and not
from hearsay h - remarks are always timely
and *.o fh.c point The great trouble i« that
very few . n,: smen rtallv understand the
.llask an s-.tua ’. m
Vbeaever 40art/ mei ivned in connection
with thin camp, some idiot with a genius for
knocking v\:il immediately say ‘stringers."
Sol that he knows what ;t stringer is; but he
Likes to look’.vise---and he likes to knock. There
axe some stun ,* rs being worked at present
which iv returning those working them high
fv satisfactory amounts. But in addition to
■he stringers sever; l ledges have been uncover
ed of great richn *ss and more than satisfactory
width
The expos are ot Ballingers secret relations
with George W. Perkins of J P. .Morgan & Co.,
m Alaskan matters, has. started reports that
the usefulness of the present secretary of the
interior to-even the iand-grabcerj has bttn de
alloyed. It is anticipated that as a comprom
ise the investigating committee will not only
whitewash Ballinger, but wiil enamel him as
white as the lady of spotless town, and that m
acknowledgment of this courte.-.v he will ..and
a his resigna‘ on
The gratifying increase in the amount of
travel coming this way at the present time is
due in a large measure to the splendid adver
tising which this country received during the
A -Y.-P. exposition in view of this fact the
Fairbanks chamber of commerce should take
steps to carry on the work so well commenced
at the exposition. Once the people outside
realize the enormous latent wealth of this coun
try there will be little difficulty in obtaining
capital to develop our resources
fi this country is not to be hindered in its
development, it is necessary to take steps to
immediately change the m ning law which ah
tows the abuse ui the power of attorney, and
*Ju staking of enormous areas in association
daims. Dealing with this aspect of the case
at Washington some time ago a leading capital
ist said that they, the capitalists, wmuld have
to do some ‘‘queer stud, if the power of at
torney were abolished We agree w'ith the
capitalist that a little hone:,, toil would be a
“qoeec stunt" for many of his kind
ADVERTISE RESOURCES
Now that constantly increas
ing numbers of people are turn
ing t> oil* attention to the North,
it would seem that the time was
opportune fur the business men
of Fairbanks to get together
and outline a wide-reaching pub
licity scheme, having for its ob
ject the advertising of the re
sources of the Tanana valley.
There are many people who
would come to the Tanana if
they only knew what a riel)
field awaited them here, and it
certainly is within the province
of the local chamber tc* father
such a scheme.
At present all the coast towns
are endeavoring to attract set
tler-- and investors, Juneau es
pecially being active in this di
rection It is therefore surpris
ing that Fairbanks should lag
behind, and allow smaller and
less wealthy communities to take
the lead
No part of Alaska is richer in
mineral wealth than the country
tributary to Fairbanks; but it is
not to be expected that strung
ers should he aware of this. It
is necessary that they should
be informed as to what we have
to offer, and the chamber of
commerce is the proper author
ity to undertake such a campaign
of education.
There was never a better op
portunity for doing this than at
present, when the word Alaska
is in everyone's month and all
that is written and said about
the country is eagerly devoured
by thousands of interested peo
ple
It is safe to remark that not
one person in ton tiiousand has
any conception of the vastness
of our resources, and the mag
nificent opportunities which this
country offers for the invest
ment of capital and labor. Hut
carefully planned educational
literature would do much to re
move misconceptions which pre
vail regarding the North, and
would be certain to result in in
creased prosperity to every in
habitant of Alaska.
HAS HK?
In n long and careful urti,
cle the Fairbanks Sunday
Times seeks to prove that the
present occupant of the White
House has made good. We do
not know by what method such
a conclusion has been formed,
but we do know that it is a wrong
one, and that it will not appeal
to the thoughtful people of
Alaska.
In this country it is custom
ary to judge a man by what he
does, and not by what he says,
and if we look at the record of
President Taft we have to admit
that he has done very little for
Alaska
President Taft's commission
plan is a case in point. There is
not a single Alaskan worthy of
the name who would accept such
a form a of government if it were
in his power to preveilt it, and
| when the president proposes
j such a measure it proves that he
is quite out of touch with pioneer
sentiment and aspirations.
President Taft proved him
self an admirable administrator
in the Philippines; but able gov
ernance of a subject race does
not necessarily connote a fitness
to rule over a free people.
In spite of his admittedly great
abilities; in spite of his good in
tentions; President Taft has not
made the most of his opportuni
ties. Had he been so minded
he could, as Champ Clark re
marked, have written his name
in history as a champion of the
common people in their fight
against the trusts: but ho has
let the opportunity slip by.
President Taft's "magnificent
record" exists only in the imag
ination of those who are so
blind that they will not s.-e, and
unless ho changes considerably,
his name will go down to poster
ity as one of the least of the
galaxy who have so well filled
the presidential chair in the
past.
COl.. ROOSEVELT
The return of Colonel Roose
velt, after an absence of over a
year, has been heralded by many
as an augury of better times and
a square deal for the people.
Such an assumption is found
ed upon false premises, and is
likely to lead to considerable
disappointment.
The ex president is one of the
most astute politicians that the
l 'nitod States lias ever produced
and it is r.ot likely that he is
going to do anything which will
injure his chanct s or impair bis
standing with the regular Re
publicans.
Colonel l’ooscvelt is not going
to throw in his lot with the in
surgents. Ih1 is far too clever
to do anything like that. When
lit; re-enters public life it will be
discovert d that he is a support
er of the present regime. It is
not likely that he is going to go
hack on the president whom he
elected.
CGPFiR SITUATION
It was surprising last month,
says the ilevicw of Id-views for
February, to find govt rnnu ntal
regulation suggt stetl for so pri
vate an industry as copper min
ing and by so prominent a fig
ure as the head of the great st
smelting and refining company,
Mr Daniel Guggenheim.
At the time when he spoke
tho rumor was persistent of an
enormous merger of copper
mines. The report that no less
a banking firm than .1. 1*. Mor
gan & Co. would manage the
combination was used in the
stock market to attract invest
ors to the purchase of the stocks
most likely to enter into such a
merger—at much higher prices
than their present yield would
justify.
,\o\v copper stocKS mean orcau
land butter to thousands of fam
ilies, especially in New England
and Michigan. Then, too, the
United States gets a credit with
other nations of some sTb.OOO,
000 gold fur it.-, yearly exports
of tlie metal. In fact, copper
production exceeds in value the
output of every other mineral
except iron—which plays no
such part in the world market.
So Mr. Guggenhein aroused
wide anxiety by his flat state
ment that tlie policy of the lead
ing American copper producers
was “bad.” He suggested it
limitation of the output by tlie
government, perhaps by a meth
od similar to that used in Ger
many. There the very highest
price is paid for the product be
cause the government regulates
| the sale and production “even
to encouraging and fostering
combinations for tlie regulation
and production and the fixing of
the prices by mutual agreement.
Such stableized prices should,
in the copper industry, be suffi
cient so as to show much more
| than a usual commercial proiit
even to miners showing the
higher cost. Otherwise the in
centive will not be given to seek
for the original prospect.”
But Americans, by their ex
travagant over-production and
competition, declared Mr. Gug
genheim, “are throwing away
millions of dollars, wasting the
mineral resources of this coun
[ try-'
! In the Review of Reviews,
three months ago, attention was
called to the copper estimate of
j the London Statist, the English
| financial authority that is most
i friendly to American enterprise.
As much as 15 per cent of Amer
ican copper was being produced,
the Statist calculated, either
without profit or at a loss.
A careful student of copper,
R C. WOOD. Pres. LUTHER C. HESS, V. P GEO HUTCHINSON. Caslnrr
FAIRBANKS, ALASKA
DM t 1,1) hTATEsS l)EPOM I ^12 Y
Capital. Surplus and Undivided Profits £*125.000.00
Unexcelled facilities for the transaction of ev ery
brunch of banking. Your account
respectfully solicit* cl.
DIKF.t*T( >KS :
Henry Riley. H. E. St. George. Frank B. Hall. Luther C Hess. R. C. Wood
Horace .]. Stevens, expected
that “the steady increase" in
the consumption of the metal
and a “somewhat smaller in
crease" in its production would
make the year 1010 satisfactory.
< >n January 11 the Copper
Producers’ association reported
a decrease of 11,2:17,41ft pounds
in the stocks on hand. Con
sumption was about 7,000,000
pounds more and production
about 4,000,000 less than the
month before—an encou raging
tendency.
THE TARIFF
In last week's issue the Citizen
printed an article which showed
conclusively that the effect of
the l’ayne-Aldrich-Smoot tariff
had been to increase the cost of
living. In face of this accepted
fact it is difficult to understand
how the president can think so
highly of Senator Aldrich and
his efforts.
President Taft, in an inter
view, printed in the Juno Mc
Clure’s, praises Aldrich to the
skies and says, “there were not
a few reductions in the tariff
schedules which were introduced
at his instance, or with his con
sent. In other words, conces
sions in legislation which was to
affect the cost of living to 00,
000,000 Americans could only he
had with the “consent'’ of a po
litical boss, and that political
boss the acknowledged repre
sentative of the tariff trusts and
Wall street millionaires.
It Ls estimated that in 100*i the
cost c>£ living was nearly 12 per
cent higher than it would have
been without a tariff. Hence,
calculating that the average
family consumed Soil worth of
supplies per annum, its increas
ed payment on account of the
tariff was Sill. Of this Sill,
SIC.50 went to the government
iu collections, and SO4.50 went
to the trusts in high prices- Of
this SOI.50, SO.25 was on woolens,
more than $17 on other clothing,
Sti.25 on furniture, $4.25 on beef
and mutton, and pork; S10.25 on
building material and soon.
lh 1010, the cost of living be
ing 15 per cent higher than in
100*, the average family pays
S10*o, of which 10 per cent, or
SlO*, is tribute to the trusts and
other protected industries.
FIRE THE FISH TRUST
Through the Jarvis steal the can
neries already cheat the govern
ment out of taxes every year; they
'employ almost exclusively Orieut
! als; they do not benefit the territory
‘in any essential, and alter robbing
the government of just taxes they
: mistreat its wards, not only de
bauching and spreading diseases
among them, but robbing them of
j their labor. Isn’t it about time
sell-respecting people in Alaska
j raised their voices against such
wrongs? Is the press doing its
duty to know of these things and
remain silent? One of the first
necessary steps is to force the can
neries to pay lor Indian labor in
good money. It our chamber of
commerce, for instance, would get
busy on this subject, and secure the
co-operation o! other chambers and
organizations in Alaska, we may
be sure that good would come of it.
Publicity is the very last thing de
sired by the cannery companies.—
Cordova .North Star.
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WI_G W A M
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