The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-21
pay-Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin,
for instance.
PINCHoT ON HIS POLICIES.

| lpi lpD llbIbHEtu SlIiHPt DN an Hubi Cc
al New Rochelle, New York. in whicl
he. rs usual. considers his policies tn,
great question before the country; bu
these policies, popular Us they are IL
the East. where they have no practi
| cal applications, ara menace to Tho
West and an absolutely pnralyzing in
fluence in Alaska They aim to ii,
up all the water power, the coal dc
posits, all the timber and. in fact. tc
repress in every possible way the ust
hy the present generation of the ma
tural resources of the country in whicl
the settlers are trying to make then
home and establish profitable indus
tries We ALI know and realize how
damagin the Pinchot policies have
been throughout all this region We
know that they make coal dear, make
timber high priced and would, if they
were fully enforced. prevent the use
Of water power for the generation OF
electricity for power and light, and
also for any ether purpose. We also
read in the dispatches daily how
Alaska is held back through the con.
servation ideas for which Mr.. Pinchot
stands
The population of Alaska, by the
Twelfth decennial census. taken in 1900
was 1882. The population of Alaska
taken at the thirteenth census, last
year, was 64,356. The increase in ten
years was 764
That is a fair sample of the paralysis
caused by Congressional neglect, Joined
with the restrictive conservation poll
cics which have been in force for the
most OF the ten years The land laws
need to be remodeled to fit the case
of Alaska. There must be provided
some way whereby the people of that
region can obtain the lands for all pur-
poses that are usual in American com
munities They must he able to obtain
coal lands, and mine the coal. They
must be able to obtain agricultural
lands, the use of the timber, of the
water power, and everything that is
needful in the building up of new com
munities. 1t is a shocking situation
when an American community, rich and
inviting like Alaska, as held back In
ten-year paralysis by unlawful com
binations, in the name of conservation,
and by the neglect of Congress to pro
vide means whereby settlements can
be made and land opened,
Alaska is naturally a very rich, at
tractive country. Ia similar parallels
of latitude populations of millions are
found in Europe. And Alaska is in
finitely richer in natural resources
than those countries, and with more
salubrious climate. it is, also, attract
i've TO those who 90 there, by reason
of the natural beauties and of the slim
ulatlng environments. The Rj. Rev. p.
r. Rowe, Episcopal Bishop of the mis-
sionary district of Alaska, while on n
recent visit TO Seattle, preached ser
mon on Alaska, enthusiastically in
praise Of it and Of the attractions
which il affords. In the course of that
sermon he made the following EXPIRES
sions:
Women of Boston. the New England
States. the most cultured and refined. go
up 10 Alaska TO work in cur missions.
and we can't induce them to leave the
country, even when they have sacrificed
their health for their work.
Alaska Is the great treasure house for
the nation. But the country will be slow
to develop as long as the transportation
facilities arc held back 10 the dog team
and canoe methods.
The Tanaua and tho kuskokwm val
leys can support vast populations, and ]
look 10 see the day when the ranges
will he covered with cattle. That is the
best place for stock raising. as the prod :
net can be shipped TO market much
cheaper than from Montana.
The men who have opened up Alaska
have rlsked their lives and wasted for
tunes II is crime that these men
can't have the use of their discoveries.
The claims are so tied up they can't
act quickly, so Justice may be done.
1t is cause of shame and humiliation
that Alaska is held back in the way
it has been held by the inattcntion of
Congress. and by the lawless whims Of
a lot Of faddists in power. Alaska
will welcome the day when Congress
shall give to that Territory some wise
and helpful legislation, and allow the
people there a form Of clf-governmcnt t
comparable to that enjoyed by the peo-
pie Of other Territories in the United
States, aud also permit the people to
mine coal. freely take up agricultural
lands. and use the timber and water
poWer rs they have need