The Sentinel=record., 1913-12-03


 and investments and a clear path Tn. dicated which they can travel with out anxiety.
 It is as important that they should be relieved of embarrassment and set free to prosper as that private mo- nopoly should be destroyed The ways of action should be thrown wide open
 turn to a subject which hope can be handed promptly and without serious controversy of any kind mean the method of selecting nomi- nees for the presidency of the United States feel confident that l do not misinterpret the wishes or the ex- pectations of the country when l urge the prompt enactment of legislation which will provide for primary cleo tions throughout the country at which the voters of the several parties may choose their nominees for the presi- dency without the intervention of nom- mating conventions
 duty faces us with regard to Alaska which seems to me very press ing apd very imperative; perhaps should say d double duty, for it con cerns both the political and the ma terial development of the territory. The people of Alaska should be given the fun territorial form of govern ment, and Alaska as a storehouse. should be unlocked. One key to it is a system of railways
 These the government should itself build and administer. and the ports and terminals it should control in the interest of all who wish to use them for the service and development oi the country and it's people.
 But the construction of railways is only the first step: is only thrusting in the key to the storehouse ana throwing back the lock and opening the door How the tempting resources of the country are 10 be exploited is another matter, to which shall take | the liberty of from time to time call 1 ing your attention for it is a policy | which must be worked out by we'll stages, not upon theory i but upon lines of practical eX3ediency | It is part of our general problem of 1 We have freer hanG | in working out the problem in Alaska | than in the States of the Union; and ] yet the principle and object are the l same wherever we touch it. We must use the resources of the coun | try, not lock them up. There need be | no conflict or jealousy as between state and federal authorities. for there can be no essential difference of purpose between them.
 Our bureau of mines ought to be equipped and empowered to render even more effectual service than 1t 1 renders now in improving the condi- l -ions of mine labor and making the mines more economically productive as well as more safe This is an all- part of the work of con servation: and the conservation or hu- man life and energy lies even nearer 10 our interest than the preservation from waste of our material resources.
 We owe it. in mere justice to the railway employees of the country toj provide for them fair and effective employers' liability act; and law that we can stand by in this matter will be no less to the advantage Of those who administer the railroads of the country than to the advantage ! of those whom they employ. The eX- , perience of a large number of tho states abundantly proves thar.
 We ought to devote ourselves tt meeting pressing demands of pain justice like this as earnestly as to the accomplishment of political and | economic reforms Social justice comes first. Law is the machinery | for its realization and is vital only as it expresses and embodies 1t.
 An international congress for the discussion of all questions that affect the safety at sea is now sitting in London at the suggestion Of our own government So soon as the conclu- sions of that congress can be learned and considered we ought to address ourselves. among other things, to the allevlation of the very unsafe,