The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1911-08-19

Every resident of Alaska vitality the forth
coming of Secretary Fisher which fraugt with much
significance We all ready receive him courteously
and extend the proverbial Alaskan hospitality. But at
the time people will lose sight of the purpose
of his coming
And every loyal resident of the territory will have
hestancy frankly setting forth the actual conditions
they appeal narrator Secretary Fisher presumably
honestly seeking light the present situation He wants
facts though they must be presented in seemingly
to reflection upon the policy of the government.
The Secretary candid and will undoubtedly adj
me the candor and eanesnes of the who tell the story
lof Alaskas wrongs Speaking in line with this thought the
Denver Republican says:
Secretary Fisher of the department of the Interior is
coming This will be his first official visit to that part
of the country with which his department most closely
nected.
He will be given welcome for the people of the
far hospabe and they habitualy show officials of
the federal all the respect due their office In the
Secretary Fisher this disposition will be strengthened
by the hope that he WILL upon returning to Washington be
guided what he learns of this part of the country and of the
sentiment OF its people.
Secretary Fisher is resident of Chicago but although
city, Chicago far removed from the Rocky
mountains and the Pacific coast to appreciate clearly the
spirit of the The learned in Chica
go what the people of this section desire what the cond
tons which give impulse and character to public sentiment
really There to believe that his conectures
corning far sentiment and his views respecting the
policy which should guide the administration of the depart
ment of the interior have been coored by the opinions of
residents of communities less touch than Chicago with
the interests the opinions and the hopes people living west
of the one hundreth meridian.
Before starting his tour Secretary Fisher should SO
far possible free himself from all preconceived notions
lest he view conditions through glasses coored
by prejudice.
''Whe in the far west he will hold many communications
with subordinate officials and agents of his department
and the department of agriculture. But he should not be
unmndfu of the fact that base his conclusions respecting
far western conditions and public sentiment upon what de-
partment officials stationed in the far west may would
differ but little from shaping his policy upon what the same
officials might say to him in Washington
'His western tour will be valuable to him in proportion
what he himself learns by observation and what he gains
by direct communication with the people who live in the far
west, who know about than the inhabitants of any
other section and who the most deeply interested in its
welfare Unfortunately it is sometimes true that when an
official of high rank visits this part of the country he
all unconsciously doub-the attitude Of who
to the people what the already has determined
to do rather than that of who desires to learn what
the people wish the government to pursue
Secretary Fisher will prove himself exception to the
rule he recognizes that the people of the far west
thing than petitioners waiting hear what
be made to their appeals He will do well and promote
the Of his administration if he reveals sincere desire
to conform the wishes Of the citizens of the far western
states He will still further do well he recognizes that being
the most deeply interested in far matters the people
of this section have the primary right to be heard regard
to what the policy of the government should be-
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In the latest issue of the Outlook President Roose
welt contributes article undeer the caption Aaska Must
In Of has