The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-10-14
WHAT SULZER HAS DONE.

fDeople seeking information or for other req sons "what has Mr. Sulzer accomplished duff ing his term as Alaska's delegate?" 1t IS not within the limits of the space of this article to touch upon all the efforts of the delegate, and only general mention of the most nm portant things can be made at this time
 Brief reference only will be attempted, leav- ing particular subjects open for more comment later. As is proper, and Alaskans would not have it otherwise, Mir. Sulzer has placed be- fore all else his support of the administration in its war activities. Thus he has worked u11- tiringly to keep all Alaskans, irrespective of party well informed upon the great public issues of the day. He has secured more literature dealing with war questions than any other single congressman, and this has been mailed with regularity to all sections ot the territory He has kept in close touch with the Red Cross drives and Liberty Loan cam paigns, seeing that Alaska's wonderful record in these and other matters of patriotism has not gone unnoticed by the administration ot- fcials This was but the duty of the delegate and members of all political parties admit that it has been well done. And the attitude of friendliness of administration leaders to- ward our delegate show that his spirit ot help full cooperation has won him, and through
 
 cannot be overestimated
 Pending before congress today is bill glv' ing the territory full home rule. This meas ure is of vital import to the territory. It de- serves and will receive fuller mention later One of the main sources of Alaska's wealth, if indeed not the greatest of them all, is her fisheries. Our fishing laws are obsolete, de- signed to fit conditions which no longer exist Mir. Sulzer has introduced and has high hopes of having passed bill by which Alaskans will be enabled to have full control of this in dustry While no branch of this industry touches this dvision so vast is the wealth contained therein it is of interest to us, and we should pay as much attention to 1t as to our gold mining industry.
 There are none of us who does not recog. nize that the gold mining industry is in the hands of receiver. Already post mortems have been held on the greater part of 1t. It needs and must have stimulation. The dele gate is one of the first to give recognition to the fact and has already interested the govern ment, and especially the Secretary of the Treasury in the matter. In fact, through Mr. Sulzers efforts before the ways and means committee of the house of representatives when the tax legislation reaches Mir. McAdoo 1t is probable that he will be authorized to ex empt gold miners from excess war tax profits if he considers it advisable. Realizing that this was not sufficient, however, the delegate, in conjunction with Representative Taylor, of Colorado, has formed an organization of mem bers of the house for the purpose of devising ways and means of assisting gold miners and placing the gold mining industry on paying basis. This committee, of which Mir. Taylor is chairman and Delegate Sulzer, secretary, has been and is now endeavoring to have the government place bonus on bona fde produc- tion of gold in an amount sufficient to equalize the present difference between the market price of gold and the cost of production. The movement has extended into several allied countries and it is the belief of the members of the committee that an agreement will be reached which will be fair to both the govern ment and the mining operators. This step was taken at the suggestion of Delegate Sul- ger and all those interested give him full credit for his initiative in the matter.
 In the matter of road building MT. Sulzer has not been dlatory Shortly after his en- trance as delegate for Alaska he was success full in securing an appropriation for $5OO,OO0 which had been previously stricken out of a bill while MT. Wickersham was Alaska's dele gate and which he (Wickersham) had made no move to have reinstated This is matter of public record, if there should be doubting Thomases unwilling to be convinced. When the $13,OOO,O0O, 900 war appropriation bill was before congress MT. Sulzer introduced an amendment specifying that the Secretary of War be allowed to submit such estimates for Alaska roads and trails as he deemed advisa- ble, and although the debate on the entire ap- propriation was limited to few hours, Mir. Sulzer was allotted substantial portion of