The Judiciary Committee offer
ed a substitute which merely re
duced the bounty to fifty cents
instead of one dollar. The House,
however> refused to accept the
bounty, and so the original bill
stood. On final vote this bill was
defeated by the vote of 9 to 7.
HOUSE BILL NO. 12
Was introduced by Mr. Elliott
of Nome and was for an act
to make unlawful killing of domes
tic animals a felony. This bill,
however, was withdrawn on the
twenty-fifth day by Mr. Elliott by
unanimous consent.
WHAT AILS ALASKA
The letter of Forest J. Hi.nt
on the above subject is so fine
that we reprint it for the reason
that the Alaska Weekly is not
generally read by th° common
run of people, and this letter
should be widely read:
Editor, Alaska Weekly,
Seatte, Wash.
Dear Sir:
Congressman Free created a wake
of indignation in the course of
his trip through Alaska; his asser
tions were so scurrilous, false and
ridiculous as to have no standing
with the populace of the Terri
tory, but the publication of such
rot, from a person in his position
gives it force among the biased
or uninformed who get their in
formation of the Territory and its
conditions from published reports
that exposure and condemnation of
his utterances becomes a patriotic
duty of Alaskans.
You have taken the right stand
in the matter, but I think Mr.
Free’s attitute cannot be too
strongly condemned, hence the
liberty I am taking of enclosing
an article, which I will be pleased
to have you publish.
I am enclosing a copy of the
Alaska Political Bulletin, issued at
Cordova while Mr. Free was busy
with hi9 interviews concerning
conditions and the needs of Alas
ka. You may have had a copy,
but another won’t hurt.
It is bad enough to have Alaska
misrepresented unintentionally, but
hired defamers are much worse.
Yours truly,
FOREST J. HUNT.
WHAT AILS ALASKA
Doesn’t this title sound familiar'
It Is the "Swsn Ron*" of overy
transient visitor of the Territory
who wants, to. iappear in print
and who has no conception, other
than a biased imagination, of wlhat
ails Alaska. Alaska needs just what
every preceding, undeveloped ter
ritory of the United States has
needed, viz., a square deal and
helpful consideration for as honest,
earnest intelligent, determined and
persevering a class of people as
ever cast their lot in the wilds of
a new country, and unflinchingly
met the tasks of pioneers. Con
gressman Free of California rather
outdid any before him, in expos
ing his ignorance and extreme bias
when he visited the Territory, as
the guest of the Pacific-American
Fisheries Company. He publicly
advertised our railroad as a
failure, the worthlessness of our
coal mines, chided the people tor
overtaxing foreign investors and
dwelt u.pon the fact that the only
prospect for the poor man of Alas
ka was that of servility to those
wealthy corporations that would
invest and operate large industries
in the Territory if not taxed; in
plain terms, if those who are
struggling to make their homes
and open up the country will stand
the entire expense incident thereto,
non-resident capitalists will continue
the practice, of ante-territorial days
of despoiling the territory without
complaint. History has proven that
new countries are not populated
and permanently improved by
transient investors, but by those
who establish homes, in which they
are interested. The Taxes imposed
upon corporations operating in
Alaska, by the Territorial Legisla
ture, will stand inspection and com
parison with taxes imposed upon
like industries in the states. Mr.
Free was on a political mission
instead of a quest for accurate in
formation, as was evidenced by bis
extravagent and untruthful state
ments brazenly made and repeated
whenever he was interviewed for
publication or spoke before an
audience within the Territory. When
Mr. Free mentioned the “intelligent
and delightful” people whom he
had met in Alaska, he was not
referring to Alaskan pioneers and
when he affirmed that these “nice”
people were not represented at
Washington, that we were repre
sented by “cheap Indian lawyers,
etc.” he was making a false and,
intentionally, damaging statement.
Mr. Free knows that the large,
non-resid|6nl^ corporate Interests,
operating in Alaska are more or
PUBLICITY
The customer at the small res
taurant called the waiter.
“What’s the meaning of this,” he
exclaimed. “Yesterday you gave
me a portion twice as large as this.”
“Where did you sit yesterday,
sir?”
“By the window.”
“Oh, that accounts for it. We
always give people by the window
larger portions.”—The Progressive
Grocer.
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Metlakatla, Alaska
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