The weekly Alaska citizen., 1920-01-05

by the government of a power plant in interior Alaska are bright is the opin ion of John A. Davis. governor of the Alaska chapter of the American Min ing Congress and head of the local experiment station of the bureau of mines. Mir. Davis. in an excellent speech delivered at the last annual convention of the American Mining Congress in St. Louis during the latter part of November eloquently advocat- ed the establishment of such a plant and introduced a resolution endorsing the movement which was unanimous ly passed by the convention
 \ copy of the resolution was re- ceived by the Fairbanks Commercial club on the last mail from the outside. It reads as follows
 WHEREAS, the interior of Alaska is vast storehouse of mineral wealth and agricultural possibility requiring only systematic development to be- come an empire comparable to that produced by the development of the west since the Civil war: and
 WHEREAS, settlement naturally follows agricultural development and such development is only possible where there is market for produce. and this entire district depends directly or indirectly for its present existence and future growth upon the development of its mining industry to furnish such market and a foun- dalton for future prosperity: and
 WHEREAS, under present condi- tions of inadequate transportation facilities and the practically prohib- tive cost of power which have all but annihilated an industry that has produced sS5,O00,0OO in gold. which is only a fraction of the amount which may be recovered the mining industry of interior Alaska is today id'llS tue 'liSlS bl I'tSSIDit tAtllc- ton: and
 WHEREAS. the congress of the United States realizing the national opportunity inherent in the systema- tic development Of this territory in which the nation still owns 9S per cent of the land has already ex- pended S35 5.000000 in the construction of railroad from tidawater 10 the interior of Alaska to furnish trans portation facilities. and has provided an additional s17,o00 900 to insure
 its completion at the earliest possible moment: and
 WHEREAS. the construction of a power plant of sufficient capacity 10 supply adequate power for industrial and mining development at a reason able price can only be accomplished by goN ernment effort but will quickly repay the investment with interest:
 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, 'idt lllIS tIt Wtlll -Sttollu Allludl Convention of the American Mining Congress does heartily indorse these acts Of the Congress of the United States and the provision of funds to carry the railroad to completion and urges upon congress the continu- ance of rolicy of systematic de- Velopment of Alaska by constructing a power plant of sufficient capacity to provide reasonably cheap power for the mining industry of the in- terior, thus insuring the successful development of the mining industry, of agricultural and of the settlement of the public lands on the Last Frontier"
 AND BE TT FURTHER RESOLV- ED, that copies of this resolution be transmitted to His Excellency The President of the United States, to the Honorable, the Secretary of the In- terior, and to the senate and house of representatives thru their respective presiding officers.