The Alaska daily empire., 1919-04-23
Co-0peration.
Fairbanks Citizen.


 Cooperation is of the most powerful weapons that has been in the hands of civilized man. When more than person begin to work together their is many times greater than it would be if they all working separately At time is this more true than when it is applied to collective body of men, to communities, or even countries. An organization wherein the all working to- ward the same end is a factor with which the most powerful forces reckon It is simply the idea of heads being better than raised to the nth power.
 In country that is beginning to develop this spirit of cooperation is vital The development is hastened or retarded in direct ratio the of cooperation that there is among the forces work ing for this development and its success depends upon this spirit entirely
 Alaska is beginning such period of development, and those people who really interested in this
 life endeavoring foster and encourage co-opera ton between the different parts of the country and between the different potential industries of them all Mining is bound to be the main industry of the ter ritory because it is essentially mineral country. But mining and farming should hand in hand, for they dependent upon the other. Their inter ests are identical. The miner furnishes the market farmers produce while the miner looks to the farmer lower his cost of living and production by supplying him with goods at great reduction in the price that of food brought in from outside
 And since their interests closely associated there should be the closest cooperation between them Certainly any miner who expects to follow up min ing in this country that every dollar that goes out is for good It should be put to work right here for this country should be established. Any who is here just for the purpose of getting the riches of the ground to elsewhere to spend il does deserve the cooperation of the farmer And the gold would better lie buried bed rock for all time.
 It is highly honorable to get gold but to use it rightly is more honorable The natural treasure of any country should belong to that country in which it lies for that the making it possible to develop the country and bring it up to it's max imum production eventually We need gold and more gold but right along with it need food more food then still food and wherever there is land that will produce food the citizens of that try, what their particular interest should be determined that the food is produced.
 The farmer is much interested in the miners power project the miner, for it will mean cheaper production for him. They will all benefit by it either directly or indirectly Those farmers who within reasonable distance of such power will become sumers, and will it for all the stationery machinery that is essential for the uptodate far mer. It will revoutonize his farm life and bring comforts of the city to the country The farmer deserves the establishment of such plant for he knows that it will more miners and bigger market.
 On the other hand, the miner should realize that when this country is producing all the food it produce the of living will be reduced to the point where much of the low grade mining ground be will develop and the future of the country will be assured. They must work together and when they bring this spirit cooperation to it's full capacity there will be need to worry the development of the country, Alaska will be made.