Pillories Wickersham
Continued from 1st page,
to correct the transportation a
tmses from vhich the people suf
fer. If he was the fearless cham
pion of the Alashan people that
he professes to be, he would have
lost no time in introducing a bill
calling the attention of congress
<o the outrages perpetrated upon
the people and d»mand its pas
sage. But no, he waited until con
gress became sympathetic and to
a certainty they would have pass
ed the railroad bill without his as
sistance, •, it would simply
have bo- , ca . -ying out their pre
elec don nrornn.es, a part of the
Democrats; \ itional platform.
But Jinm, •••aims credit for the
passage . ...e bill. Still it will
require considerable scrutiny be
fore its beneficial effects are con
ceded.
Ihe br! gives the President ol
the U. S. the power to operate
ihe road or lease it to individuals
v- corporations. Now I do not be
Heve that President Wilson would
lease the road when completed,
but what assurance have wo that
his successor, whoever he may
be, would refuse to do so?
What assurance have we that the
■hext president of the U. S. will
not be a railroad attorney?
The trap is Well set and only
requires to be sprung.
if the railroad is constructed
and operated by the government
as it should be, it cannot but
prove a blessing to the people oi
Ulterior Alaska, as the govern
ment is not a profit hunter. But
if leased to private individuals,
we are still at the mercy of trans
portation combinations, and the
future of this territory is sealed.
Mr. Wickersham occupied two
days in congress urging the con
struction of a government rail
road in Alaska, but'in the 136 pa
ges of that speech, I fail to find
one instance wherein he ever
mentioned government operation.
But I can find in his address be
fore the senate committee to
which the bill vva3 referred where
ue has said, On principle I am
opposed to the government going
into the busings? of running coal
nnnct;, railroads or an,y other bus
ihess. ” But in his platform care
fully pr pared to catch votes,, he
declares that if re-elected he will
work to secure appropriations for
government constructed and ope
rated railroads in Alaska.
• Jimmie has often changed his
political affillialions and now he
eats hrj’own words to secure a
re-election. Will the Alaska voter
stand far his duplicity? If he be
ic-. os in government operation
of railroads in Alaska, upon the
floor of Congress is the place to
Kay so, but he failed to do so. 0
pinions of honcss men do not
change between Was -,gtcn and
Alaska.
fhe last measure that he has
p doted through congress is the
bib providing' for the leasing the
Alaska coal lands,
Would some of the wood cut
ters of this territory who have
been paying the government 25c.
per cord for the privilege of cut
ting wood on the public lands rea
lize discrimination there is made
between them and the man who
has capital enough to open up a
coal mine. Under the terms of
the coal leasing bill, the coal op
erator is required to pay 2 cents
per ton for the privelege of min
ing coal on the public land, and
that coal reputed to be the best
quality of ceal in the U. S.
A ton of coal for heating pur
poses is easily the equivalent of
three cords of wood, therefore
the wood cutter is obliged to pay
more than 37 times as much for
the privelege of cutting wood as
the coal baron is for mining coal
off the public domain, threat has
proved conservation! The moun
tain has labored to bring forth a
mouse. The royalties collected
from the coal barons will not pay
for its collection, and under the
provisions of the bill they will be
enabled to secure a fifty year
•lease. It is high time the working
men of this territory and others
weff beginning to take a few
I'essons in the philosophy of So
cia'ism.
Dan'McCabe, Vault, Alaska.
F-’S. There is more to say.
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gard the Social Democrats as
their pm t dangerous foes, and
rightly so. Every accession to
the ranks of the Social, Demokra
ten is a blow to the militarist po
licy of the Prussian ruling caste,
Hence it is that members of that
caste have declared, on more tin.n
one occasion, their intention of
sending the Socialists into the
firing line in the'event of war.
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