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Gratifying awmiance i». ^Wun 'by^Secretary ’Waitlace. ot the Depart
ment. <r Agriuvlture oli.the ITniwid :«tates, that the attitude of the Adminis
tration, in the » onduct <©f affaire in .Alaska, outline*! by President Harding
< In his last forvial address in StssiMe.-will remain imtihangec under the
directiox. of Pw-sident rGoolidge, lit is fair to aiMsum* that Secretary
.Wallace - speaks- authoritatively .and .with . hull permission . ! his chief
.Any change in the oulliued status .qf the Territory's affairs, it is in-di
■ rated, wtll be maidc only j.as uuftstnesHen, conditions arise.. It is • ncoura.g
- lug and gratifying, as ■w.dll to the people of Alaska as to th^e of the
States, wlK'se interests arnrommoii. that a definite fc«rware step jbas been
taken in the administration of the •northern country's affairs as a result
of the sincere thought anj-ihc persona) inspection undertaken »u hope
;fully by Mr Hardine.
It is important- first *tt all. to have it uniBerstood. as Mr. Wallace
makes it plajn. that there *. contemplated no organic eh..nge i» the
manne- of a& uinistra'ion affairs. Mr, Warding, in th»- oourse of his
Seattle speech, said, as he is quoted by Mr. 'Wallace "Th-rc is no t eed
(for a sleeping re-organization *<? the federa'l machinery of administration
{In Alaska. Wihere there is a possibility of betterment, improvement
should and will he effected.*’ This is accepted, apparently, as a sufficient
answer to those who have criticised Government mefn<»d< of utilization
and conservation, especially as they affect. the two great natural re
sources. the fisheries and the forests. Concerning tV-se industries it
.is made clear that greater eJtforts wW be made to prevent .their monopoli
zation by the- designing and selfish exploiters, but always with a view to
t heir application to eocnomlc -uses.
The conviction is unavoidable, viewing the matter without preju- |
dice, that the intelligent application of the plan outlined will result in j
ist the natural development and growth, .industrially and socially, which ;
is recognized as Alaska's need. Tremendously rich in undeveloped re- !
sources, the-Territory invites those who seek permanent rather than spec
ulative interests. With the promise of more and better highways and I
the construction of feeders connecting the Government-owned railroad j
now being operated at a loss, there seems reasonably assured that desired i
growth in population and material development which somtday w rnak*- '
Alaska an empire rich in many of those things which find a -*ady market j
In seaports of the world.—-Christian Science Monitor.
MMH* ROADS.
In the editorial column the Industrial Index notes that “road
budding has developed into a great—a really tremendous—industry in
America. It is .an industry with many ramifications-—the mining or
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manufacturing of rond-bruigc building statiriaic: the transportation o.
these bulky rom modi ties; the distribution of these materials by agents
and jobbers; the professional energy of the many engineers who have
made a special study of this branch of construction; the activities of i
thousands upon thousands of road and bridge contractors; the armies of
workmen who are out on the tiring line of the«e innumerable projects.
The investment in road building, when considered in its various aspects,
is enormous. And it will grow heavier with each passing year."
It will, indeed, grow heavier. Road building is shortly to be the
premier industry (not considering f.triuing) of the United States. It
will be as much greater than is automobile making, in the men and money
required as that industry, now the first in this country, is greater than j
railroading, which for so many years held premier place.
And as jet we havp scarce begun to build roads! In all our j
years of national existence we have -.ucreeded in building less than three
hundred thousand miles of improved roads, although we have almost
three million miles to improve! Of course, the need of roads was not :
felt until the automobile demonstrated the economy of a new transporta
tion. but the automobile is already old: men and women now in college
do not remember when there wer« no automobiles.
It is not enough that this < .untrv build roads; it must build roads i
which connect w th each other, thus securing th* maximum use of e:n h
mile, and :t must build roads wh:< h LAST. As ;h.- several States have
found that only a central Highway Commission can lay out and con
duct a State Highway system to which counties and towns can buiid .
their feeder roads, so must fhe nation come to realize tbit only a central
National Highways 'Commission can lay out and build (and forever main- \
tain) a national system <>f roads, to which States can build as a part of l
their own systems. Those roads which will make the national system serve
all the people
Ten years ago any sort of P*«d«ral participation in road building
was looked upon as a chimerical idea. Since 1'916 we. have spent hun
dreds of millions of dollars of Federal money for Federal aid roads. In
another ten .or twenty years we will spend not hundreds of millions, hut :
;i billion or more for a national highways system which will, indeed. lift1
America from The mutt.
THK -OTIIBR FELLOW
TIMM 111/KS.
li has been rather sarcasficallj -uggest.-d that people art1 the
most philosophical about (he olh<*r fellow's troubles.. Hut when we get
into difficulties ourselves our philosophy is apt to forsake us like a fair
weather friend.
For the sake of argument. let us assume that philosi»ph> is entirely
for the other fellow. Even then it ha- an indispensable spare in th
scheme of thing*
A rope is a at ms 1 thing with wbi< h to pull a man out of a pit, hut
! usually when a man falls into a pit. he does not have a rope with him
la-ad probably he eould not make use of it if he did. Generally someone
Lelse has to throw him a rope and pull him out.
It is very comforting when we are in difficulties to talk with some
time .who is philosophically inclined and who claps a hand on our shoulder
and gives us hearty words of encouragement and optimism. You have
been pulled on! of Th** doldrums many a time by another's philosophy, and
Now, whatever •philosuphizing we matv do on our own account does
unquestionably have a. positive constructive-effect on us. However, such
'meditaton is not likely to immediately revolutionize one's outlook on life,
hut a persistent application of wholesome, .•ptimistic thoughts to our
daily ultairs will inevitably hav»- a good effect. The process mat he so
slow as to be discouraging unless \ve m..-asure tie* results by years instead
of by day*}.
For instance, if you did not know anything about automobile tires
and had the -job of wearing «»ne out. you would he discouraged after run
ning the lire five hundred miles. You would examine it for signs of
wear and tear and declare thai nothing in trhe w*.rHi would ever wear it i
oat. Bui people who own autos- can give a J**l of testimony to the con
trary. It is the keeping everlastingly at it that counts in philosophic '■
thinking as well as anything else.
However, if we apply philosophy only to the other fellow's trou- '
bles., .'ts value, is beyond estimation anyhow. Because with it we can .
pull each other out of th* slough >*f despair and despond wheneve- wi- ,
fail in. Exchange.
HI VISION IS FAVORED
Anchorage, Xenam and Fairbanks residents have expressed tltem
telves favorably as to a division of the Territory. The advantages ac
cruing from such a change are apparent to th.* most careless thinker.
\ division of the Territory would give Northern Alaska a capital close at
band, where it would not cost a small fortune to interview them. It
vould mean that the Second and Fourth Divisions would be many days i
nearer to the capital, with boats touching Nome and Seward eliminating j
the ueceasiiy oi going Irtra Noma to Seattle, anti thcuco to Juneau,
won Id no an that residents of th»- Fourtr. D.vision could roach the cap
at a small cost doing away with a 1,200 tn^je ocean voyage. It wo
mean a greater increase i-n tourists, who to reach Alaska would not a
at the southern division It won' 1 mean th*- expenditure of sev«
hundred thousand dollars in Government money which is now being sp
in the First Division.
And. furthermore, it would mean that money from the Third I
ision. paid i-n as case tax. would n-*t be turned into the Territorial Trt
ury at a point hundreds of miles from the source of the wealth, but wo
be retained at home. in the near future the Third D.v.sion will be do
the great bulk of the cannery business, with th*- First Ihvision turn
its attention to timber products. Read the Treasurer’s report and
where the money comes from and where it i« sp.-nt. and you will faj
division Seward Gateway.
AN Kl'ONOMIC XKAStHK
Our General Squires is advocating the abandonment of the rr
tary telegraph 1 n«: between Valdez and Fairbanks and the construction
a now line from Seward along the ritrhf of way of the Government railw
This is not a new thin-': .• has been rejected for any number of good i
sufficient reasons.
The General characterizes the present line as an "unprofitab
one, and no one will dispute the correctness of the stateno-nt. and
these grounds he might well have gone further and on the same grou
advocated the abandonment of the new Alaska Railroad. We do
believe the General means to insinuate either, that the projected 1
would he anything else but unprofitable.
As we have always understood the situation, th' cable, the t<
graph line, the railroad, were not built, for the purpose of profit, but
the development of the Territory. They are not profitable in the se
that they yield a direct revenue in excess of the cost of operation, but
directly they yield a handsome profit through the aid they have el
and will continue to give to the development of the country.
At the present time there is a railroad telegraph line parallel
the railroad right of way. operated hy the railroad. The abandonment
the Valdez line would mean the placing of the only means of coimnun
tion between the coast and the interior over one route. When it
taken i-nto consideration that during practically every winter since
railroad commenced, there have been periods from a few days to t
weeks when trains on the railroad have been dispatched over the Vale
Fairbanks wires because the railroad line was out of commission. Wi
it is further considered that the Valdez-Fairba-nks line is in the best
condition: that there is seldom an interruption, and never for more tl
m hours; that it runs through a suction of country in which the line
be maintained at a far lower cost than is possible along the rallrot
that the interest on what it would cost to construct the proposed new 1
and the quarters for the operators .along the line would maintain the pi
ent line;that with the present railroad line and the Vald-z-Fairbanks 1
there are two separate means of communication with th- interior, wli
is a safeguard against the total cutting off of communication, the falls
of abandoning the present Valdez-Fairbanks line is at on<. apparent.
If. however, aside from any consideration of s<rvlee. Gone
Squires bases his recommendation solely upon the ground that the s
of every government activity in the Territory should be -’ent red in j
small section served by the railroad, as have others befor • him. then 1
iiu.!i Jmi’alded aid the de.-elopinenr m the Territory by r Fed©
Government is not what it purports to lie. Valdez Miner.
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