Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-08-11
I. R. Deceived?
certainly MOTT.
INCIDENTALLY, SOMEBODY WAS
EITHER HUMOROUS OR FALSE
TOUCHES CONTROLLER BAY
Government Must Control Alaskan
DcNclopmcnt--Artlclc UufaN-
Orablo to IHft


New York, Aug lO.-Ex. President
Theodore Roosevelt has an article en-
Titled Alaska Again" in the current
number Of tho outlook, After taking
issue with a newspaper statement
mat during the Roosevelt adminstrd.
uon the same course had been pur.
sued as had been pursued later In
connection with Controller Bay, Mr..
Roosevelt discusses some Of the gem
cIal phases of Alaskan development,
ana adds
Tho government must itself con-
troll the development of Alaska, and
adopt as the guiding principle the
Idea Of shaping that development in
the Interest primarily of the people
as whole, the syndicate or other de-
rcloping agencies thus receiving ben.
eft only as an incident 20 conferr-
ing IT,
~ do not think the task is a very
difficult one, II only we, the people.
personally and through our represen-
ntivcs, approach 1t with this purpose
clearly In mind, and If we Insist that
the agents of Government act with
an understanding OF the needs Of the
people and a rcsolute purpose to see
these needs accomplished even though
IT be necessary to override the repre-
sentauvcs Of the great interests who
wish to prevent Alaskan develop
ment unless 1t Is shaped primarily to
benefit those interests"
-
with reference to an article from
the Washington correspondent Of the
New York Tribune ~ July 2S, iustl-
Tying the withdrawal Of the Controller
Bay lands from the Forest Reserves
ON tho ground that similar action
had been taken by Mr. Garfield and
Mr. Pinchot IN eliminating certain
areas 40 EyalS ana valdez Arm from
the Forest Reserves. Mr. Roosevelt
continues
"rhe article assumed that I was
deceived by Messrs. Garfield and PIN
shot IL is hardly necessary TO say
that any such assumption must bo
made either with intent to be humor-
Gus or with n fun knowledge of lts
falsehood. ] was IN peculiar sense
responsible for every act Of Mr.. PIN
chot and Mr., Garfield when they held
office under mo They represented to
a very especial degree the policies and
principles which l had especially at
heart and, while, OF course, there
were necessarily many actions took
on their recommendation with tho de-
tails OF which II was impossible for
me TO be acquainted ! was absolutely
and entirely cognizant Of the prncl-
pies I'm accordance with which each
one Of these acts was taken, and each
act faithfully represented the putting
into effect Of the principles IN which
] believed and which | had laid down
for the guidance Of my adminIstra-
ton,
I'm every part OF the country in
which there are Forest Reserves II
has been found, and It Will In the
future be found necessary to make
elmlnatons for town sites, for agrl-
cultural purposes, for manufacturing
purposes, and tho like. Each such
case stands on IT'S own merits; each
such case depends FOR its Justification
]
time II Is made, and Is in no sense
n precedent for any other case, aris-
| Ing under new conditions. or when
/ facts hitherto undiscovered have been
made known. It may not only be
proper TO eliminate n given tract of
| land but highly improper not TO elm
Inate it; and yet II tho elimination
OF another tract OF land will give
monopoly to a mining company, or
transportation company or any other
company, Il may be TO tho last degreoi
improper. At the time the elimlna-
tlons AT Eyak and Valdez Arm were
made no suggestion had been made
TO mo from any source, nor was thero
any public knowledge that there was
the slightest danger OF tho Guggen-
| helm Syndicate. or any other syndl-
cate, obtaining control Of Alaska, as
tho developments during tho past
thre years have shown TO be the case,
and as has been a matter OF public
notorIcty for at least two years.
Months after the date OF these
olmlnations Cunningham made am
davit that no knew OF no entrymon
I'm tho Cunningham group that had
any contract with the Guggonhelm
syndicate, the elimination being made
I'M July and September 1907, and the
Cunningham anldayit IN September,
1908. when these ellmlnauons were
made, there was not q vestlge Of evl-
dcuce 10 show that we should be on
our guard TO prevent such @ monopoly
as ls now evidently threatened. Incl
dontally, anont the assertion Of Mr.
Ryan that he has no interest whatever
IN the Guggonhoim Syndicate let me
point out the explicit character OF
the Cunningham affidavit that tho
Guggenhoims had no interest IN their
claims. and IN any event, our entire
past Industrial history gives US war
rant for saving that, II the RYAN road
IS built as planned It will be but q
matter of time and probably a very,
very short time before Ryan's road
and the GuggouhcJm interests arc
merged into one,
"The state of affairs brought TO
Irht during the administration Of Mr..
Pnlluger showed concusIvely and for
the first time that we had TO guard