Evening star., 1883-10-24
A NEW BURNERS. BONANZA.
The Future Possibilities Of Alaska.

From the Chicago Times
The discovery of a river in Alaska Of greater
magnitude man the Mississippi is fortunate in
many respects. 1t will furnish something new
10 Drag ABOUT IN Fourth of July oratons. Mag
ara mas done duty in this respect about long
enough. 1t will also furnish a new subject
for poets. 1t will afford pretext for
spending large sums of public money in
making surveys of the river. Most likely
the exploring or surveying parties will
nave difficulty with the Indians, which will
result in war Indian wars are always expen-
siye. and the further off they are the greater is
their cost. The war Will result i'm creating
iarSe army OF pensioners, who will live to an
hefeme she a,sas oa x aTe c. The f., su6usation OF
to look after their welfare When Indians
become the wards of the nation they Cease
TO be self-supporting. They must then be
sheltered. fed, clothed, and instructed at the
expense of the governments. Educating Indians
always results in making them helpless and de-
pendent. Civilized Indians are expensive luxu-
RES that only rich countries can afford to in
dulge in. AS the civilized Indians become bad
by excessive pettng. it will be necessary to pro-
better behaved This will call for large
army. BY degrees different tribes will
lind out that they can become wards
OF the nation" by killing some Of the
whites. Possibly some of the soldiers sent to
sutjugate them will discover little gold or sill
yer If this is the case there will be grand rush
OF fOrtune-hunrers. 1t will then be necessary to
extinguish the Indian title to the mining terri
tory. and this will cost an immense sum. With
a large mining population territorial
government will be necessary. and this
Will provide places for many politicians.
The formation Of a territorial government will
make it necessary to select place for capital.
Fifty places will assert that they offer superior
advantages. AS soon as one Is selected, there
will be a demand for division of the territory
Dividing the territory will result in some more
capital fights and provide places for more poiti-
cans. The political party in power will discover
on the eve of a presidential election that few
more electoral votes are needed and one or two of
the territories will be admitted into the uniOu In
the meantime mail routes will be established
and enterprsing persons will take the contracts
for carrying the mails. 1t will be necessary to
encourage commerce on the river that is the
rival of the Mississippi. Mr.. Roach will demand
subsidy for this purpose. or course the river
large appropriation. Most likely it will be
found that it overfiows its banks in some places
If such Is the case it will be necessary to build
levees. To build and keep these in repair will
call for an enormous expenditure of money.
Or course the country cannot get along
without railroads. The corporations construct
ing them will demand a strip of land fifty miles
wide on each side and large grant of money
These roads will be chiefly used for the trans
portation OF foreign excursion parties. Once
year the President will travel over them for the
purpose OF getting where ne can catch a large
bass. To raise the money necessary to carry
out all these schemes, it will be necessary to
keep up our present tariff. Protectionists have
long been in q worry lest there may be no use
for the money received for duties after the ma
ti0nal debt is paid off and the claims of pension
ers satisfied. 1t will all be needed, however,
for developing Alaska,