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MONDAY. APRIL, 7lh., 1919
TERRITORIAL TRANSPORTATION
The suggestion made by Governor Riggs that the Territory establish a
steamship line as a means of overcoming the present transportation difficulties
is an excellent one and will undoubtedly receive du<^ consideration from the
Legislature.
Monopolistic control of Alaskan shipping is daily (renting conditions
which are steadily forcing thfc territory back to that state <>f primeval unde
velopment from whence it emerged a decade or two ago to astound the world
with an almost unparalled display of miner.*] and other wealth resources. Ry
far the greater measure of the riches then revealed still remains in the ter
ritory. in spite of the intervening yea»'s of exploitation. The wealth which has
been taken from the soil and woods and adjacent waters represents only an
infinitesimal tithe of the fabulous riches which are still! locked within Alaska’s
lock bound shores. And as surely as there is a sun in Heaven, it will eon
itnue to remain where it is, unexplolted and undeveloped, save perhaps in a
few favorably situated spots, if the present transportation conditions are not
relieved. Another decade of the present piratical control of traffic by private
transportation corporations will surely throttle the few industries which have
managed to survive the plundering of the steamship companies during the past
twenty years. Relief must be had from some quarter or Alaska will again
become the wilderness it was before the days of the gold rush. This is certain.
The proposal that the Territory take over its own transportation is,
therefore, one which is bound to attract the attention and interest of everyone
who is interested in Alaskan development. The establishment of a territor
ial transportation line under proper management will undoubtedly tend to re
duce transportation charges, thereby enabling the industries which at present
are being systematically and with Hun-like ruthlessness •‘milked" to death by
Hie steamship concerns to grow and expand on a fair basis of competition with
similiar industries in other parts of America: and will also encourage the de
velopment o fnumerous others which the plundering propensities of the
transportation concerns has prevented from even getting a start up to the
present time.
Holding these possibilities, the establishment of a territorially control
led steamship line, covering all parts of the Alaska coast and operated for and
in the interest of the territory and its people, is a matter which should re
ceive every support and encouragement from those whom it is designed to
benefit. But, at the same time, we submit that every precaution should bo
taken before such a proposal is put into operation to secure that proper man
agement and control which alone can make it a success. Without experience
and thorough efficiency in the management, a territorially operated line is
likely to prove an equal or even greater hindrance to future development than
the private steamship corporations.
if. fox’ instance, it is to be established in a way which will permit fac
tional poltical control or direction, it would be likely to become more of a
white elephant than a benefit. In the hands of the Alaska plunderbund head
ed by Donohoe, Grigsby et. al. which at present dominates Alaskan politics,
the logical end is easy to forsee. Under the control or dominance of the Dom
e-ratio machine, it would probably be speedily turned into an avenue for graft,
and plunder, which, if we are to judge from the petty pilfering propensities
already displayed, would be devoted primarily not to honefitting the ter-,
litory and its inhabitants, but to lining the pockets of the machine grafters.
And if graft is to be allowed sway in any respect, the ultimate result will bo
that transportation conditions will he as had or worse than at present. With
t!’e machine and its satraps battening on tlie proceeds there will be mighty
little hope that the public will receive any benefits as a result of the innovation.
1 he gang that will fllc-h the price of telegrams will not hesitate to appropriate
the increment of such an establishment ns a steamship line.
If we are to have a territorial controlled transportation system we
should see to it that no Grigsby’s or Donohoe’s or others of similiar ilk are
permitted to liav* a controlling voice in its direction. Gonernor Iliggs, in pre
senting the proposal to the Legislature, is said on good authority to have sug
gested the suave Mr. Grigsby as one of the commission to control and operate
the proposed line. George is a bright man and endowed with more than av
erage business acumen. He would undoubtedly prove a good administrator,
in a business sense, anywhere he was placed. His capacities we do not at
tempt to belittle in any respect. Hut George’s machine affiliations, and also
the knowledge of his characteristics born of certain unsavory political revel
ations are enough to cause the suggestion that he and others, who are also not
above suspicion of machine affiliation, should be placed in control*of the pro
posed line, is almost enough t(» damn the entire project in the eyes of people
v ho apprehend what the consequences of such a connection might he.
The establishment of a territorially operated line appears the onlv |
means of complete escape from the transportation pirates who hold lustful
‘•.way over the territory at present, but if it is to become a political tool for
*ho aggrandizement of a bunch of unscrupulous rascals it is certain to prove
i failure. And that is practically certain to lx* the result unless every pre
caution is taken to remove it beyond the sphere of political control, either
through the control being vested in a non-political commission or by hiring
competent steamship men fj’om outside the territory and placing them under
:• commission selected by the Legislature and answerable to that body. With j
few exceptions, the present territorial officials from the highest to the lowest,.
are adherents and supporters of the noxious Democratic machine whose graft- j
*ng propensities have been established beyond refutation. Hence if we are I
to expect beneficial results from the establishment of the proposed steamship
line, it behooves the people of the territory to see that it is run by some one
else.
HOW ZIMMERMAN CAME TO MAKE BAD BREAK ;
Special to the Nugget By the Associated Press.
AMSTERDAM, —The German plot t<> incite Mexico and Japan to war
{•gainst the United States originated with Herr von Chemitz who bore the
title of Legation Counselor and was employed in a subordinate capacity in tlie
German Foreign Office, it is now asserted. This is disclosed by Professor
Bonn, Rector of the Commercial Academy at Munich, Bavaria, according to
the Munich Neuoste Nachrichten.
"Von Chemitz," says the Munich newspaper, "imagined himself an
authority on Latin-American affairs and suggested the scheme to Dr. Albert
Zimmerman," then German Secretary for Foreign Affairs. "Zimmermann dis
cussed it with other foreign Office officials hut they thought it unfeasible.
"Zimmermann kept the matter in mind. Presently, Von Chemitz came
and told him that'in the next few days an especially reliable messenger would
leave for Mexico, to whom the message could safely be entrusted, and that it
was a matter of now or never.
"Zimmermann allowed himself-to bo over-persuaded and so the fatal
step was taken.”
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