Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-10-31


Tor II unanimously, and every western
state 10 mnn, woman ana child wa,
Tor 1.-THE entire nation was In favo
OF giving those 30, 900 struggling Ter
iltoIallsls relief from transportation
bondage.
lie Was Against II.
There were two single exceptions
out Of all tho officials Of tho nation
ana practically an the people. and
those Two were Scott Ferris ana James
rs Davenport of Oklahoma.
The only other man, set of men
or combination Of Interest. opposed
TO tho hlll was the Guggcnhcims.
Tho Guggcuhclms own absolutely
every snip from the United states TO
the const Of Alaska except the Hum
bolt
Tho Guggcnhclms own absolutely
every ship on the yukon river for
| 2lU0 miles ana on every tributary.
mn inland absolute couuo! Of trans
| port1tlon of moro than 5000 miles.
ana positive control of 1000 miles
Of coast, with the single exception Of
one littlc ship the Humbot
The Guggonhctms own absolutely
every smcltcr IN the territory Of
Alaska
The people are absolutely at the
mercy Of the GuRGcnhelms who
charge whatever rate they desire
There have been several attempts
made to finance independent railways
IN Alaskt and all called. and II was
brought out In congress that men
were murdered when attempting to
build dtpcndCnt railways
Scott Ferris. on the floor of the
house during the speech Of James
Wickcrsham, delegate from Alaska,
led tho fieht against the building of
the railroad, but when The scene
showed that was practically alone, ne
withdrew from the nrht Daven-
port after Ferris got out Of the fight
in the interest of the Guggonhcims.
stood singly and absolutely alone in
his support of the Guggenhoim inter
csts and against President Wilson
and the unanimous senate and the
house
These facts are borne out by the
record, and which |
shows during the presentation Of the |
matter before the house 10y Delegate |
Wic6crsham. Davenport continually |
interrupted him. until he was refused |
recognition by the chair, when Wick |
ersham further refused TO yield and |
when he was openly and publicly |
hisscd
The rate charged for food by the |
iuggcnhcims was SIPS a ton
The Guggcnhcims even have charge |
Jf and fix the passenger and freight !
rates over n rond built by the United
states government. The government
wagon road from Fairbanks to Val
icz. 1870 miles. was turned over To the
.iuggonhcims In 1905, and the passcn-
ger rate on the Guggenhcim stage be
ween those two points Is sl35. aud
runE weighing 93 pounds cost sac. so
rciEht That is more than $1,000 a
ON.
Rates ENorbitnnt.
The Guggcnhcim rate from CordoVa II
q Chitna 1871 miles for grain and
eed Is $25 per ton
The same grain and feed is hauled
rom New York city to Seattle, 3.164
niles, for $15 per ton.
Those figures aro shown here to
,ivc an idea OF what monopoly the
iuEEenhcims hold i'm Alaska and why
hey fought the Alaskan railway bill. II
nd why CNcrhody-almost everybody II
n the United states with the oNccp-
ion Ot Davenport tnnd Ferris who
.uiD was In favor Of It.
why did Davenport oppose tho rail-
oad2
Does the fact that the Guggcuheims
wn three smcltcrs In the First okla
uma congressional district have any |
hiug to DO with It?
when Davenport was nagging |
Nickcrsham the doughty Alaskan
clcr1to called his attention on to
he fact that oklahoma constitution |
llowcd the state of Oklahoma to en-
age in the building of railroads. and
Skcd the oklahoma congressman II
.hy ho favored oklahoma owned
,nds and opposed government owned !
Dads for a suffering people in AlasEa.
Ii HN..1