The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-09-16

give <Jt.VV al AL % "hfth 20 TOYS s-s-.A
81 per year per acre, not counting
anything for seeding. transplanting,
thinning and other work beside inter-
est on the money. From an economic
point of view, the Forrest Service
should be able to find something morr
worthy of offering to the public as
an investment
The Spanish American Republics,
with the aid of the United States,
are maintaining in Washington the
/ biggest and most energetic press bu-
reau on earth in the Bureau OF Ameri-
can Republics. II is the avowed pur-
pose Of this institution to promote
the internal and external commerce
Of its members, and to bring about
better feelings between the nations
that make up the twenty-one ad-
herring republics.
The biggest of these friendly sisters
Of the United States is Brazil, which
in the month OF July, of this year
sold the very large amount Of So
O2O.Ss2 worth of goods to the United
States and bought of us goods worth
s2,07s,l75. We buy coffee of Brazil,
which amounts for the balance of
trade against us, but Brazil would
buy more of us II we had 1t to sell,
and in fact is steadily increasing her
purchases. She sold us during the
past seven months over fifty million
dollars worth of goods. In order to
increase her exports Brazil is giving
bounties for raising rubber, wheat and
other articles.
The great countries of South Ameri-
ca are growing very rapidly in wealth
and power and influence. and some
day this country will be making siren
uous efforts to gain their trade,
which has been going largely to Eng
land and Germany
Alaska will undoubtedly make
demand when Congress meets again 7.
for legislation which win permit OF .
the opening of the rich coal fields /
in that Territory. The entire Pacific |
Coast will benefit by having the Alas
ka coal made available. The Govern
ment, which is paying about one mill
lion dollars a year in Freights to .
get Pennsylvania and West Virginia /
coal carried around to the Pacific |
Coast for the use of the fleet in or
der that the Alaska coal may be con
will also benefit On this
point Senator Perkins. chairman of
the Committee on Naval Affairs, said
recently.
If that coal is as good as they"
namely, the Geogolical Survey say
it is and we can get it at reasonable
rates, it WOULD be of very great bene-
fit to the Navy as well as to the COM
mercial interests.
Admiral Dewey, president of the
General Board of the Navy in a re-
port to Secretary Myer, made a SINH
lar statement.
THE report of the Geological Sur
vey," to quote Senator Perkins fur
Their, was an agreeable surprise to
many of us. We ought to be able to
put it down at tidewater at SO or
$3.50 per ton, and We could then get
II to San Francisco and other Pacific
Coast ports for about 81 a ton, duty
free"
las chairman of the Naval affairs
Committee, | WOULD like very much
10 see the mines opened Private
;apital would do ii with a chance to
get title to the lands. | think we
might charge a small royalty, based
On commercial usage. We must give
some inducements, but the question
,ould be handled on a business basis
Congress has bungled the coal sit
iation in Alaska. In order that there
nay be an understanding OF this sub
ect which has been persistently be-
ore the public for many months. let
Is see what the Government geolo-
list, Alfred II. Brooks says in Bulle-
in 442-of the Geological Survey,
ntoitled. THE Mining Industry in
9O9 and Alaska Coal and it's Utiliza-
ion." Mr.. Brooks remarks that two
actors have held back the develop
nent of the Boring River and Matan-
ska fields, one being the advances I
made in the California oil fields |
nd the other 1.-The unfortunate con-
itions existing in regard to the laws
nder which Alaska coal lands can '
G taken up He explains the legal l
ituation very succinctly as follows"
Though laws intended to enable
he individual to obtain title to coal
inds have been on the statute books
m tha last daaada mt m ipolIa Y