The daily morning Alaskan., 1903-05-29
GOT IN WORK.

The Seattle Post-Iutelligcncer made good use of the president, visit at St. attle Co enforce upon his attention the needs Of Alaska. and as usual it asked for the only true remedy for the ilis with which che dis,ric, is afflicted. It urged the necessity of territorial goy- ernmen, for the district. The Po,,-Iu- telligencer said:
 Since June las, che treasury de- partmeut has kcp, official records of The trade between the United State, and its n0n-coutiguous territories, inc cludjng Alaska. Prior Co that time there were no odicia, data from which even guess could be made as Co che rNac, amount ot good, entered or de- parted from that territory. save that which came from or wen, to foreign countries. Here iu Seattle. through which place thc great bulk oi che trade with Alaska wa, transacted, there wa> a fair idea as Co it> magnitude. Else where iu the country there was u0 knowledge ot the great importance which che trade with Alaska had a~- stunned. With che official record, now kep, for che district che eye, ot che pco- pie ot Che whole United States will hr opened Co the magnitude and volume of the trade already developed, and Co che euormou, expansion ot this trade which will be seen when the resources of the vast territory. now barely touched. really commence Co develop
 According Co che official figures the commerce which has passed between the United States and Alaska during the first nine months ot thc present G,- cal year ha, reached the enormou, ag- grega,e of sl5.l17.g65 10 l, con,erva- tiveIy estimated from this cha, for thc full fiscal year ,he aggregate will be- not less than s30,OO0.OOO. The amount of commerce transacted between che United State, and Alaska is already in excess of che commerce with the Cuit- ed States of the Hawajiu islands, ot Porto Rico or of the Philippines.
 "SO far as concern, it, trade. tne great district ot Alaska, tn i', present stage Of development, !, worth more Co the United States than any other of .,> nou-coutiguouS possessions, and it costs the country less. While the Philip pines present many problems rhc ,o.u- tion of which is, task for rhe wi-o,r ,,a,esman,hip. and while ,he islands contribute nothing Co the fedora, goy- ernment. they yet remain heavy our- den upon it; Alaska is taxed tor fedora. purposes more heavily than any other portion of the territory over which the American flag floats, and thc only ,eri- ous problem presented in itS govern ment is the problem ot how long th" congress of the United State, win roe fuse Co give Go che white Americans resident there % decent form ot govern meut, iu which thr people themselves have a righ, Co participate.
 "Iu Hawaii. with a white population very much smaller than that Q, Alaska. and with that white population 'n % small minority as compared Co che ua- live, and Asiatics. there i>a t1' terr.- torial government ju operation. Nc.'h- er in its number of resident whites. iu itS poten,ialitie, of producing wealth. nor. indeed, in it, volume oi trade. i, Hawaii the equa, of Alaska Nctuo one for a moment proposed tha, Hawaii should be denied a form O. ,e.tgoyeru- ment. On the contrary. ,he effort vJ> 70 see how large measure o' iber;y could be given the du,Sy native, who compose the bUlk ot thc population.
 "Thc Filipino of mixed blood. th, negro oi Porto Rico. the kauaNa oi Hawaii. have all been considered fully qualified Co exercise some share ia the government of their own country. The native American white citizen, ot Alas ka. who have developed % commerce worth more Co the country than that ot any oi the other. non-coutjguou~ terri tories. arc alone considered unfit t0 eN- ercjse what Is the prerogat.ye of every American citizen or subjec, elsewhere. %