The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-11
RESOURCES OF ALASKASH0ULD
 BE DEVELOPED

Washington, Dec. Il - Declaring that flor lack of intelligent govern ment assistance the truly great re- sources of Alaska must perforce lie in idleness," Governor Thomas Riggs, Jr., in his annual report today, voic- ed a plea for the adoption by the government of a more liberal Alaskan policy. The report said lawlessness,
 particularly that fomented by pro- Germans, I. w. W. and Bolshevik clements was becoming a menace. Appropriations are placed at such a low figure as to preclude effective ness; rich mining regions are made
 unavailable for lack of transporta- ton facilities; fisheries are threaten
 ed with exhaustion for lack of pro i lection; natives, in time of epidenlics are allowed to die of disease and | starvation and, as a result of laws i and regulations, at every turn ap- pears the huge Teutonic sign Yer l boten'," the governor said.
 The people of Alaska, he added, 1 hold out their hands to Washington, not as supplicants for bounty, but in petition to be allowed to develop as were the Western territories, now the ] great Western states"
 Referring to the menace of in- ' creasing radicaIisn in Alaska the re-
 port said:
 i Indications point to a continued l Immigration as the result of army | demobiization and the closing of ! wartime industries. Alaska is re- 1 oeiving the extremes of the social 1 scales. On the one hand the fine 1 young men of the type who develop i ed the great Western states are be- i coming evident in increasing num- ! bers and, on the other hand. the I. ! w. W, alien enemy and BOIshevik, | knowing the unprotected condition | of the territory, are arriving in force i and making their presence known. | The great numbers of foreigners in 1 Alaska who can hardly speak the i English language fall easy victims to i the ins3dious propaganda of the se- l ditious agitator. It does not seem right that the decent, honest law abiding majority should not receive full protection at all times"
 The governors report deplored the ! action of Congress in failing to ap- l propriate money for the relief of the
 native population during the recent severe outbreak of influenza in the ! Far North. There were more than
 1,00O deaths chiefly among the ua-
 tives, Governor Riggs reported and i conditions in the interior of the
 country were beyond description. The
 entire adult population of many viii
 lagos were wiped out. the report
 stated, and hundreds of children
 starved or succumbed to cold.
 Despite this serious situation, said
 Governor Riggs, "a bill introduced
 in the Senate appropriating $1O0,OOC
 for Alaskan relief passed that body :, but failed in the House ''aIthough al
 the same time Congress was consid- eriHg appropriations of $1OO,OOO, ,OOC ; for the relief of the destitute in Eu- :, rope and $1.0OO,GOO for fighting in.
 huenza in the United States" ; Great credit was given the Amerf. can navy and the Red Cross for vol. $ untary assistance during the epf. . demic. The report incorporated the t following recommendations: , Reimbursement of the territory fol 7 money spent for the relief of natives Consolidation of all governmenta : authority possible in the Departmen of the Interior.
 Removal of restrictions on expor 7 of birch timber from public lands. Establishment of 9 uniformed. con stabu-ary.
 l Ass gnmeut of naval or coas . guard ships to continuous duty il Alaskan waters.
 Transfer of Jurisdiction over fish cries to the territory. Assistance to farmers by loan o l money and cattle.
 Restoration of national forests t, | the public domain.
 Appropriation for Mount McKinIe, - National Park.
 Increased teIegra ph service.
 Increased appropriation for wor1 I am Ons natives.
 Increased appropriations for tn q protection of game and the sup o ! pression of the liquor traffc. '. Increased appropriation for the es : tablishment of aids to navfgat ton. Increased appropris lions for coas
 surveys.
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