The Cordova daily times., 1920-11-09

but even if true, it does not alter the fact that the intention of the administration was good.
 True, the administration has failed in many ways with respect to Alas ka, but so did all former administra- tiOrs. It is not to the past we must look, but to the future. We must prepare the way to present argu- ments and proof of what is needed and what must be done if the coun- try is to make the rapid progress that it can make with proper fed eral assistance.
 One of the first problems that must be brought to the attention of the new administration, one that can be remedied readily is the de- plorable conditions under which our mails are handled, and the lack of cooperation of the postal depart ment in aiding in the development of the resources. MT. Sutherland, as delegate, undoubtedly will be able to present this matter in the prop CT light to the new postmaster gen. eral without difficulty. It is even to be hoped that he may induce the postmaster general to make a trip to Alaska, for if he does it will be an easy matter to show him the need for better service.
 But better mail service does not mean alone that we should get our mail other than as freight It means that the postal department should take a broaded view than that it is necessary only to get the mail to it's destination at the least possible cost The government should take the attitude that one department should help another, and not that each is a separate institution Each is part of the whole and the object should be that each should not work for it's own glory, but for the good of all Subsidiary contracts should be let for the mail with specifications that the boats must be of sufficient size to act as freight feeders for the-main lines and as aids to the developers of the outlying sections.
 The mail is but one of the ques- tions that need to be called to the attention of the new administration Others include more adequate means for law enforcement, aids to naviga- tion, Improvement of the waterways, larger road appropriations, new and broader regulations for the fisheries with sufficient appropriations to en- force those laws, mining experiment tai stations, surveys of the water ment, surveys of the timber re- sources with a broad dissemination of data regarding them that capital may be interested.
 Alaska is fortunate in having Con- gressman Curry of California as chairman of the committee on Ter for he is devoting his life to the study of the problems of the north and he is a friend. It is to be hoped that he will have an op- portunity to visit the territory within the year and MT Sutherland should endeavor, immediately after taking his seat to so interest the whole con- mittee so that it may come north next summer.
 In the past, as in the administra- tiOn just drawing to a close, cabinet officers never came to Alaska until their terms are about to expire. Every possible effort should be put forth by the delegate and all parts of Alaska to induce the heads of all departments to come to the territory soon. Everyone that has ever come north has been impressed but the unfortunate part was that they were able to do little as their tenure of office was of but short duration after their return to the states.
 The new administration has a big job so far as Alaska is concerned and so has the delegate May they tackle them with a will and if they do the Northland will advance as never before.-Ketchikan Chronicle.