Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-01

lAtion and developed resources of the
country have increased to such an extent
as 10 warrant the division OF the territory
into more limited areas, where the in
habitants Of each would have an OPP
portunity of becoming acquainted and
where there would be some degree of
similarity OF interests. Before such an
experiment an earnest effort should be
made to secure a larger percentage OF
permanent residents and endeavo to at
tach some Of the population to the soil.
Commission IL Proposed.
MY own judgment Is that the only way
properly develop Alaska for the benefit
OF everybody in it is to bring the territory
under the management Of one bureau and
department in Washington so that all the
officials in the government shall have to
respond TO one head and also that the in
terests Of the entire territory sha be
centered in one responsible bureau chief
in Washington, whose business it shall be,
through his department chief, to present
to congress the needs of the territory as
to legislation and to attend to everything
at the national capital in which the people
Of the territory are interested.
ut is not necessary that the delegate
shall be dispensed with but an executive
office with records, with information
constantly active can greatly contribute to
the welfare of a territory for which it is
responsible when located at the national
capital and when understood to have the
proper authority and responsibility.
Certain general laws, like the mining
laws, the forestry laws. the custom laws
and the land laws should be passed by
congress and perhaps executed by national
officers, but this would leave a wide
domain for domestic legislation. which II
seems to me ought to be entrusted 10 some
local authority on the ground and having
a knowledge of local needs
President Taft here suggested that local
legislation be vested In a resident commits
sion OF five or more members to be APP
pointed by the president and to act in con-
junction with the governor Of Alaska.
Aid for Railroads.
The future Of Alaska fs big with pros.
perity and great 'productiveness. but II
needs intelligent legislation to develop II
quickly and in the right way, and 1 know
no better method of securing such a re-
gult than by a properly constituted com.
mission. There is no opportunity for con-
gress to aid in the construction of certain
railroads that will largely develop the terri
tory and which private enterprise Is no
able or willing to undertake unless 1t re.
ceives some sort OF guaranty from thu
government. That I would unhesitatinglS
recommend, because Alaska Is a territory
in which private capital cannot be expected
to build the first railroads. '@"'i.'9i1
"Since 1 last visited sttSe coast I am GLAD
to say that the Philippines ave had ex'
tended to them in the matter of a tariff
law & measure OF justice, which ought Il
have been adopted nin years ago. II 4
had been adopted then Seattle, San Fran
cisco and the whole Pacific coast woult
have profited by its enactment.
Pacific Center 81 Awakening.
There are many industries in the Philip
pines, the products Of which will sell wei
in the United States now that the tariff
is lifted from them and with similar relic
from burden in entering the Philippines
American manufacturers will ave q IA
wider sale in those distant islands on tn,
Pacific.
1.-THE Panama canal will be completes
on or before January, 1915, and with IL
completion the trade between the eastern
and western coasts Of this country will b.
revolutionized, for the carriage Of heav!
bulk merchandise between the Pacifi
coast and the AtlRntice ocean is almos
certain to be by water.
The many ~prophesies that have beer
made that in the next half-century thu
commercial progress of the world is to b.
seen more decidedly In the Pacific thar
anywhere else are certainly well founded
and under these conditions II behooves u
Americans interested In pushing our trad,
into every quarter Of the globe to taxi
steps to repair a condition that exists II
response to our merchant marine hat 1
humiliatinE to our national pride and mos
burdensome to us in competition with otheI
nations in obtaining International trade.
Need of Merchant Marine.
I'VE maintain a protective tariff to en-,
courage our manufacturing, farming anC
mining Industries at home within our juris
diction. but when we assume to enter int
competition upon the high seas in trad'
between International ports, our jurisdic.
ton to control that trade as far as tn,
vessels OF other nations are concerned, Of
course, ceases, and the question we have t
meet is how with the greater wages that W.
pay, with the more stringent laws that W,