The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-01

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 l. i~ true rh.; q pension system ,vA~ r.,nrcal.y d"yi~,'I l. h. which old Aud i"."r1cira;o,i 'np!ryr, O. the rompAuy cuuI secure tracts ui land for til" luIppS" cC cultivation. The ,ulu.Auy Was required ou i;S part ,o pdrrAa.r Ill" produ,r~ o' th" far mrr. Th,. prices oi th"S" purchases wr9r liked !y h. company at it's headquarters. presumably. however. upon AIvir" from the Chief Manager. That this system secured only the rai>iN& oI q gari"n i apparent. for ,J,. Jn rNprr,rur"d Agri"ulturjst had given his lifetime tu other occupations and even II his age and health and oN. prrirnr" permitted it. T" could not profitably give his whole time to the business oi raising d gardcn.
 Moreover. il il" wrr" ill recoip: Of a p"n-;an. there was no reason why he should work to secure certain sue cess. l. i> not strange. therefore that Prtro:f. a man we'll acquainted with the history of Alaskan agricul tural experiments. writing so late as lNSU. should stat" that:
 "Thy cH;c"."G "oaSt islands
 and mainland of Alaska will not
 support any considerable number
 of our people aS agricultural.
 istS."
 or that Guv"rncur Morris. in l>1I should state in his report as spccia agent to tn" Department Ot tn, Treasury:
 No man of sane mind would
 ever pronuoncc Alaska an agri.
 cultural land: that is simple
 rcductro ad absurlum and rc.
 Uuircs no demonstration"
 adding. however:
 "' but that there arc
 portions of the country where
 successful experiments have been
 made in raising hay. garden veg.
 ctablcs and other produCts,-is
 as plain as q nose on a mans
 face. and no good reason can ho
 aSsigncl why th"sC experiments.
 if they are to bC designated as
 such can not bc carried on upon
 a larger scale"
 ! Nor iS II strange that in IN" Burton killin. in q report to the Dr partmcnt of Agriculture. stated tha thcrr was hut uuC man making q Ii, ing in AlaSka as farmer. one Ba kcr al KilisnOO. statement whic might bc questioned.
 That the Russians failed aS agr Culturalists may bC asCribcd to the. concern in commerce or trade, { their system of government or maI agemcnt. whereby the individual va q mcr" employee and not hims"