The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-01-13

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report says is the poor transperta {
ton facilities. The committee calls
attention To the fact that congress I
mas provided a good government for
The district 81 Alaska but @abatan
tially na legislation calculated @ aid
lila people tn tha development % great
areas oi gold and copper producing
territory Outside the few and seal
tered settlements called towns. most q
OF which are only the centers Of min.
ing interests. there is not 10 he
found single public wagoG road over
which vehicles can be drawn sum
mer or winter In that connection
the committee says:
THE development Of Alaska de-
bends more on the Improvement OF
transportation facilities than on any
other one instrumentaliy substan |
tally everything consumed by the I
people aud everything required to /
carry ON business must be brought in
from outside The inactivity OF our
government is manifest 1t has done
nothing to relieve this condition. The
action of the Dominion government
has been marked contrast to the in
action of the United States
"As soon as gold was discovered in
the region Of the Klondike the Do.
!. minion government Immediately be-
b ran The construction Of roads leading
! from Dawson TO the camps. i now
l. has 225 miles Of thoroughly butt
s roadways over which the heaviest
! freighting is done. The results are in
a. dicated by the fact that in 1902. when
il the Canadian Yukon miner could have
- -four delivered to him at IS per hun
fred mounds. the American miner al
Chicken Greek had to pay SS2' In Inc
summer of 1903, when the Canadian
was paying $3.50 for his -four hls
American friend Was paying SIS ih'
linererce in the price Of ham an'
bacon III the two places was nearh
n cents Der pound The price q con
densed cream was doubled 70 th'
American. the same was true
onions. while the price of potatoe
yns three times as great TO the Amer
ean What Is true of this district J
eaually true of the Copper river va
Iav the Tanana. the Koyukuk an
other gold fields before mentioned.
The committee is Of the opinion tha
Great obligation rests on the uhlte
states TO adopt a system Of WACO
rnads for the relief Of miners IN Y
American territory II says 4 We
constructed wagon road should 90
nnct the waters of the Pacific WI
thosc Of the Yukon river at Eagl
The distance Is about 400 mile
With this road built Eagle by re
son of her location. should he the q
tributing point for American goo
for great portion of the Yukon basl
The report says so many and val
inc are the abuses practieed una
the mining laws that the commit
made general investigation oi co
nlaints and recommends amendmet
TO the laws.
1he fur seal industry II treated
tonslyely by the committee, but
announcement Is made that this
dustry will be given separate cons
GRAFTON.
II Is recommended that the goYe
ment improve the harbor az
Michael in order to permit un
4tricted passage TO the mouth OF
Yukon: also that improvements
made al the mouth of the Snake TT
in order to permit the safe land
of passengers 10 Nome
THE business Of Alaska IS carr
on hy citizens Of the United sta
# is claimed by them to now b
white mans country To all int
and purposes such is the TACT
every contest for gain the white
dwell ,n rotror Poverty
'no tremo and pitiful prevails among
"i'' natives and develops their teha'
ass 70 disease. Death Is ever presen
i''au' their doors Justice and homa
70 )" alike demand legislation for thell
'''''' lief"
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