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Reasons Why
The U.S. Should
Develop Alaska
A splendid argument as to why
congress should be generous in
its allowances to Alaska in its
coming session, and help speed
up the development of the Terri
tory for the benefit of the State
as well as Alaska is embraced in
a communication brought to the
Fairbanks News-Miner office re
cently.
That communication was writ
ten three years ago, and the ar
gument is just as applicable to
day as it was then.
The writer show's that Alaska
-pent many millions in the year
of 1935 for staples and luxuries
purchased in the States, and ship
ped to the States virgin gold, fish
and furs worth over $35,000,000.
Now it is buying far more in the
States, and shipping out a great
er mineral wealth. Otherwise the
argument in the communication,
applies now as it did then. It is
very much worth while reading,
and is as follows:
The figures are of course based
upon the Seattle invoice price of
the goods and does not include
freight from Pacific Coast points
to Alaska.
When one considers that the
government tax on cigarettes, to
baccos and intoxicating liquors is
in some cases as high as the man
ufacturing cost of the articles
themselves it is not unreasonable
to estimate that the government
taxes on these three classes of
merchandise alone is around a
million dollars a year. Add to
this the tax on the incomes of A1
aska wage earners, and the tax
on the privilige to do business in
Alaska and it doesn't seem un
reasonable to assume that Alaska
is repaying Uncle Sam each ye.ar
nearly as much as is being ex
pended by the government for
the administration of justice and
mail service.
During 1935 we shipped gold,
silver, furs, fish, and other pro
ducts of Alaska to the United
States to the value of $53,026,355
We can assume that every person
firm,and corporation engaged in
the handling of this vast product
made some profit and that Uncle
Sam got trs divv. This indirect
benefit to the nation cannot be
estimated in dollars and cents,
but it must be of major propor
tions.
I am of the firm opinion that
if Uncle Sam would honestly bal
ance the benefits and revenue,
direct and indirect, that it receiv
es from Alaska against the appro
priations made by congress for
Alaska, the balance would be in
favor of Alaska, therefore, when
we ask for and receive money
from Congress, we are not mere
ly begging and asking for tax
payers money from elsewhere in
the United States but we are
simply asking Uncle Sam to blow
.back with what belongs to us.
We are asking Uncle Sam to
build us more roads in Alaska,
more landing fields and to give
us air mail in Alaska. Why. To
develop the country, of course;
to make more jobs for more peo
ple so they in turn buy more
cigarettes and tax paid booze and
thus increase the revenue of gov
ernment from Alaska. To in
crease the production of fur, gold
•fish, so that more people can
make more money to pay Uncle
Sajn more taxes, direct and indi
rect.
We are asking Uncle Sam to
reduce the freight rates on the
Alaska Railroad and thus relieve
the residents of the railroad belt
from a heavy direct taxation in
the form of freight rates. Why.
Because we believe the present
freight rates are retarding the
settlement and development of
Alaska which would mean more
taxable revenue for Uncle Sam.
if more people could be induced
to live in, and help devdlop Al
aska.
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And not much cheer, sure enough.’’
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