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Wednesday, February 7, MKIti.
MINERS ASSOCIATIONS SHOULD CO
OPERATE.
Tht1 Fairbanks News says there is a
strong and growing sentiment among
the miners of the Tanuna that the
different miners associations of the ter
ritory should take steps to unite them
selves into a federated body, so that
concerted action may be had on matters
pertaining to their general good. The
idea is a gaod one, and has been thought
lunch of by miners here, as it undoubt
edly has by those of the territory at
large. There are difficulties to over
come, but they are not insurmountable.
Suppose that lightning should strike,
and Alaska should be called on some
tine day to elect a delegate to congress.
The delegate, when elected, might wield
but a slight influence; but even so, it
would Is- lictter to have one desirous of
developing the country than one simply
Iient on the exploitation of it.
Individually the miners know pretty
well what they want. Most of them
know that any scheme of taxation must
carry with it a certainty that somelsslv
will have t» |*jr the taxen, anil they
know pretty well who that aonielimlv in.
l.nt in their present unoruaiiixeil utate
if an eleetion i» ever ealleil they will lie
ua helplem*|iii')h>w a man totfiiiinl their
intermit* a!* if they Ini'l no vole at all.
If the miner* <l<• rim I a way, through
convention **r otherwise, to effect a
cotifcilc ration "f a**ociittions, they may
U-lievc it first—ainl it may lie t»*|—to
leave active politic* in the Ism Itgronml.
That i* a ipleition they will have t*» tc
ei*le (or lhriM*elve*. Hut if they once
pill thcinseWc* in within to co-operate
on one i Uw of «|iic*tt*ai* affci*tun| their
intercut iiinle*l action '*n |e4itlml Iptmo
tion* will ironic cnsy
The important thing to remcmlirr i»
that when the time rmw» if the muter*
ami other people the •hslrhl are not
prepared to protect their interests
through political action there will he
those at hand who will “skin them like
an eel.”
LAND GRANTS AND SUBSIDIES.
The Nome Nugget tells some truths
in it recent editorial, which, neverthe
less, might he considered somewhat
“inopportune” in certain quarters.
A hill has been introduced in congress
to grant a money and land subsidy for
the construction of a railroad between
Cordova ltay and Kagle. “If congress
wishes to subsidize the railroad by
guaranteeing the interest of the bonds
on the road,” says the Nugget, “well
and good. It has done the same for the
Philippines, then why not for Alaska?
To iw, however, it is a matter of ex]s -
diency and not of right. The principle
involved is decidedly wrong. A rail
road, or any other enterprise which
must depend upon extraneous aid in
order to live, or exist, should die forth
with. It is not worth the salt needed
to keep it from stinking. A railroad in
Alaska, or elsewhere, that can not lie
Imilt without it receives a government
subsidy should remain nnconstructed.
“Government subsidizing of railways
has always been a graft for the pro
moters. It was the case in the building
of the Pacific railroads. It will Lie the
case in the Philippines and in the nest
of promoters and exploiters will lie
found lots of government officials or
their personal representatives.
“The Pacific railroad companies got a
great part of the land—the people’s her
itage—as an outright gift. That was a
crime for which there never has been
atonement, and there never will Is1.
Congress took the land that was the
jieople's and gave it to a lot of thieving
plundering railroad corporations, which
have been following the trade ever
since they were made omnipotent by
legal enactment.
“It is sole to say that the idea of se
curing a land grant in Alaska has at
bottom the sole purisise of personal
aggrandizement and private graft for
the promoters of the railway project. It
is something that Alaska can well get
along without."
Mark Twain’s Tilth birthday, latch
passed, was the occasion of many happy
expressions of friendship and gis>d will
lo press and |ieo|i|c everywhere. Hum
part, like every other place on earth
w lie re Ktiglish is spoken, has a large |»r
cent, of |*s>p!e who feel a deep jicrsonal
interest in Mark Twain. In this con
nection it is interesting to note that a
con-in of Mark Twain lives here, with
but verv few aware of the relationship;
i> C Clements, an unassuming miner
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Since the annexation of Hawaii that
territory lias paid to the United States
government for customs duties alone an
amount aggregating about $40 for every
man, woman and child—American, na
tive, Chinee, Jap, mixed blood and other
incidental of the agglomeration—in the
islands. The governor says it is difficult
to realize how the territory has been
able to stand such a strain upon its
resources. Now an opening is there for
a bit of timely missionary work. As a
starter, we will suggest that the Ha
waiian executive begin and proceed on
the theory that the more his jieople pay
the richer they will become. Then when
be has fully mastered that vital princi
ple in political economy the next lesson
will be easy: The richer they become
the more they can pay. So far, he will
find his de-tic-ulty has materially les
sened, and he may with safety engage
in the more abstruse ramifications of
the subject. The discovery that the
higher price the islanders pay for goods
the more they will lie able to buy will
lie as interesting as a fairy talc. Strain
uimu the territory’s resources, indeed!
What an idea!
Intelligent Dogs.
“I have an unusually intelligent dog,”
said the man who likes to spin yarns
when with a party of friends, "lie was
taught to say bis prayers, and if you’ll
lielieve me. that dog now wags his tail
whenever he sees a minister anywhere
near him."
"I have a dog with even more intelli
gence than that," ipiietly returned a
memlier of the party. "One day w hen
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