Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-06-23
CORPORATIONS and ALASKA'S
OPPORTUl tiles.

That Alaska is land OF opportun-
ity, that it offers great chances for
men who wish to develop its vast re-
sources. has bee acknowledged by a
number OF capitalists who have been
endeavoring to take over Tire well
stored coal lands and the places In
which gold, copper and otbs. mineral
products abound. .Ht,
The Ballinger-Pinchot dispute was
due in n measure to an attempt on
the part of interests which are fa,uil-
lar with the resources of Alaska to
grab lands containing East mineral
wealth. Incidentily this dispute has
brought the people to n better krowl-
odge than ever before possessed Of
what Alaska really Is. With the idea
OF enabling the people OF the United
States to share in the products Of
Alaska, the Government M Washing.
ton must stand for the conserv,,, ion
which was one of The pet ideas Of
former President kooseycit. and
which was upheld in such a manner
by former Chief Forester Pinchot that
he actively opposed Secretary Balm
gers alleged participation IL con-
spiracy to grab the best coal lands in
Alaska.
Daniel Guggenheim, the active head
Of the Morgan-Guggenheim Alaskan
syndicate. before his departure for
Europe recently, expressed the opin-
ion that the United States Govern
ment was retarding the development
OF the territory through its conserva-
ton policy Just remember" he
said, that Alaska is not one mans
land. or a set Of mems land, but ey-
cry mans land. II is an empire with
out people and is waiting to be
people. would advise our husky and
enterprising young men anxious to
| succeed, who are willing to work and
have backbone and stamina, that they
should go to the magnetic North .
H. Very little, In my Judgment, can
be said OF advantage for the people
OF the United States by adopting oner-
GUS Legislation against corporations
or individuals that are willing to
spend their money to dig or to manu-
facture, whether In agriculture or
minerals or anything else. We seem
to be ut a period OF turning the clock
back by radical legislation, while Ger
many Is adopting the reverse policy,
thereby rapidly putting that country
in the front rank as the greatest COM
! mercial nation"
Mr.. Guggenheim is correct in his
assumption that the resources of
Alaska must be developed by corpor-
ations, responds the New York
World. Individual effort alone will
not conquer that inhospitable waste
cor wrest from It's mountain sides the
wealth stored there.
IL Is not necessary, however. to as
sumo, because the people are inclined
to guard the Territory with some
care. that hostility to corporations Is
going TO keep II wilderness. Even
Mr.. Guggenheim will admit that there
are good reasons why the wide-open
days OF the past cannot return.
The peoples suspicion OF the great
corporate exploiters Is not basec on
the fact that they are organized as
ioint-stock companies. 1t is due TO
experience which has shown in too
many cases an entire lack of public
responsibility on the part OF these or
CARNATIONS, Some Of them have been
dishonest, Many OF them have cor
rupted the peoples servants. Nearly
all Of them have operated secretly and
deoeltfully.
Let the corporations which want 10
open Alaska TO Industry and CON.