The Alaska citizen., 1912-06-03

uhi ne was adNOCalng given the unanimous port of the house. MT. Suzer is familiar with ter rtory having visited the North several occasions and outside of the delegate Alaska James Wicker sham, is perhaps better qualified speak cf it's sources than other member of congress
 MT. Sulzer said:
 MT. Chairman: Alaska $ a wonderland Nine tenths of the people country no idea of the vastness of her boundaries extent of her domain the grandeur of her the saubriy of her climate the greatness of her mountains, the length CTS. the possibilities of her fisheries her forests; he grazing advantages in valleys sheep and cattle her splendid agricultural incal cnlable mineral wealth and her splendid homes for he multitude in the land up there that spells op- portunty for the Worksr pioneer
 Alaska is marvellous land She would make 47o states he size of Rhode Island She has the greatest gold and iron and copper, and lead, coal tin deposits in North America Alaska has 5994 square mics of erritory-more than 3S3645.44O acres of land and the greatest fishing in all the werd, 'eemng with the best food fish earth.
 Alaska is Gods country. She is twice the size of the German empire; II times the size of the stae of New York, and has copper known today than Michigan and Arizona combined. She is cne- ttE the size of he entire United States has paid herself five times over ill money actually collected Alaska and deposited in the federal treasury Alaska was purchased from Russia for $7,2ooooo, less than cents acra. and has produced in gold and silver alone than 29 times she cos,-the cheapest bargain iE land in the annals of ;ime
 Alaska has known coa15earing area larger than all the res Of tae coaltearing in the United Stae-. Alaska has he and sheep ranges ION in the nons. and agricultural possibi b youd the magnat of the firite miad-a mighty empire is Alaska that welcomes heroic man.
 WEa does Alaska want? Alaska demands home rnle-tha rish' of her pie govern themseIves-an inherent American right that Congress has never de nitd to of people any part our domain ill all our past and which should longer be denied 10 te hardy men who have gone e the norhland and made heir homes in Alaska. The Alaskans ter r'orial government They the right that every other territory in the union had-the right to make their local laws, levy own local taxes to regulate their internal affairs and to spend the mcney gathered by ,he collectors for own use for teir own schools for their charitable institutions for he own municipal affairs for their trails and ads ard for their own peace and happiness. This is not asking too much. It is fundamental right.
 Alaska is entitled local sefgovernment. She has population the present time of upward of o9ooo bona fide citizens. II is they are scat tered over vast territory but il is also that they are honest braye intelligent sober Gcdfearng people who our kin. and who ought to be treated as American citizens.
 Alaska is one-fifth the size of the United States. Here is the map of Alaska Look it. Study it. If you take this map in actual area and put it map or he United States proper, of Alaska will be in the Atlantic Ocean opposite Charleson; part of Alaska will be in the Pacific Ocean opposite San Francisco; another par Alaska be in the Gulf of MeAleo of New Orleans and another part of Alaska will be in Canada north of the Great Lakes. People have conception of the of this ter rory and there has been disseminated throughout this country fir several years past transformation regarding Alaska and her resources and her people than about other matter public moment in the recent history of country.
 Let us examine this map This part of Alaska is called southeastern Alaska; this part Alaska is called southwestern Alaska; and this part Alaska is called northern Alaska These divisions marked on this map are the natural divisions of Alaska. Nature made them Congress cannot change them. In straight line from Cape Chacon, in southeastern Alaska Point Bar row, in northern Alaska. is about 5000 miles In straight line from Cuba Greenland than 5000 miles. nearly as much difference in tho