The Alaska citizen., 1911-07-17

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 \ r,hc,n Commercial company.
 Northwestern Development m uauy
 North Coast Lightcrage company.
 kataIia company
 Northwestern Fisheries company.
 Yukon Gold company.
 kenuccort Mines company
 Yukon Goa, (, ,mpauN
 Alaska Steamship company
 Copper River Railroad company
 Copper River and Nor hweste3H Railway company.
 Why is il that extraordinary pre- cautions lo protect the coal lands of westward Alaska have been urged by government agents. that there k n single indcpoudcuf c.pprr mine in the entire distlict: that thc hOUS. flag of one giant corporation tlie- over he great majority of all passen- ger and freight carrying ships ply ing the northern waters; that the day Of the puor mans camp i- over; that $l2.oeo.ooe d year in fish k taken 1T m The waters ot the country by the packer, and uo return made. that land which has produced $15G.uUn.unu iu less than L. years and k capable of putting in tp circulation values in gold that will multiply those figures many times k today in The rhrors Of a stagnati0n the like of which has been witnessed in The history f America only in times af panic?
 Il iS because Alaska is Guggon- Aeimed. hams'rung and mc.hodically footed by systematically organiZ, ed combination fl powerful syndi- Cato. Alaska men and women are not any better uor are they any worse than the average run of human beings iu thc states They know the difference between right and wrong and when they are being WIunged they protcs' and demand protection from he recognized government. which. in all arher com ries. com pels obedience to th" law. but iu Alaska the charges proofs. appeals. prayers and threats fall on Uuh"aring eals the sutterings i the nOrthcrn- CTS. he impo,itioHS they cry out against SD far d. getting relief is concerned. are as empty as tn" win ter's wind Washiustou is far from them. Alaska k a land of loy1 and up to the present time has uOt beer strong enough 70 compel them [. break away.
 How Alaska Is "Guggenheimed."
 Subsidized newspapers and maga- zines will contend that the interests ut the Guggenhoilns and allied COL poratious ill the north cDm'ry are trivial but the tact is they are not. The Guggcnhrims control the Alas kan Steamship and several smaller spOr1ati.u companies and through traffic agreements dictate the ra'ea of freight and passenger hauls. I her own the only known copper deposits in Alaska. the Bcats5n and the Bo- lanZa mines. They control the Northwestern Fisheries interests the largest combination of caEne!ies in the district They own the majcr ity of the Wharyes of the towns. eith CT outright or manage and control them through lOng-termcd contracts No step is taken by the White Pass and Yukon railroad without first consulting the Guggenheims and the only other line of railroad ill Alaska now operating. is the Copper River X Northwestern, which is owned ell tlrely by the GuSgenheim Cumpan ies and which will eventually g. tC the Panama valley and drain all of the best country ill the territory When the Copper River X Northwest eln railroad is completed the Gus genheims will have control of al roads reaching the coast and vii own the most of the vessels which carry freight and passengers 10 the states. Well may those unacquaintet with the situation wonder how sucf a state Of affairs can exist in al American territory. It is a marvel but at the same time it is a fact.
 Trained men, well paid and allow ed big expense accounts, watch zeal ously the interests of the corpora tions in Alaska. They "help out" ,he newspapers. contribute to politica without regard to political atfilia ton, and when a man or company becomes a menace to their interest! they either buy the man or company
 
 emergency may require.
 Walter Ely Clark is governor O Alaska He succeeded Governor w B. Hoggatt, the latter a strong per sonality and good fighter; but witt honest convictions that the countr! should encourage capital. Govern Clark is weak little man, afrai, of the political organization Whicl put him into office - a pigmy deal ing with master minded exploiter: in great, wild section uf domain whose riches cannot be even esti mated.
 Governor Clark was fer years bosom friend of the treasurer of al of the Guggenheim companies operat ing in Alaska. The treasurer was thu man who drew the infamous canner. bill whereby one company was pei mitted tU take salmon worth 5000 900 a year from Alaskan waters aDt return to the government as royalt statement that it had replaced fr of so much worth that it was neces sary to pay ill cash for the salmon the sum of but 23 cents. When Gov ernOr Clark needed a house servan he was wont to send to the Gugger helm treasurer. and one was sell him, and when a few months az the Alaska executive saw fit to mak d change in private secretaries h went into the Guggenheim office and took therefrom clerk schoole in the methods of GuggenheimiSm. hnt nann1a