The Alaska daily empire., 1920-12-07
GOVERNOR PLEADS FOR TERRITORIAL NEEDS IN REPORT
Recommendations of Vital Import Made to Secre-
 tary of Interior. DEVELOPMENT RETARDED
Lack of Definite Colonial Policy Diverting Capital
 To British Columbia.

WASHINGTON, Dec. i-AppeaI for greater coordination of policies in the government of Alaska and the "greatest measure of sef-gov- ernment" runs through a series of recommendations made ty Gov. Thomas Riggs, IT,, in his annual re- port for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, made public here today.
 "Sentimentalists are doing more damage to Alaska than can ever be undone, unless a broad policy of development is undertaken which recognizes the rights of invested capital and the welfare of individu als in Alaska" he declares.
 Laws should govern instead of revokable regulations but where regu lations are necessary, they should be promulgated by an authority located within the Territory" the report con tinues.
 The Governor urges definition of some sort of colonial policy, asserting that lack of such policy has caused capital to turn to British Columbia and elsewhere for investment
 The report recomends enactment of the Alaska Development Board Bill declaring that it will do more for the Territory than any other legisla tion and is opposed only by bureaus in Washington.
 Gov. Riggs asserts that the Condl tion of laboring men in Alaska is far better than in the States with better opportunities for saving.
 He predicts that should the Devel opment Board Bill be adopted, appro priations for Alaska can be cut be low similar appropriations for any state or territory and that Alaska can become self-sustaining.
 If the taxes paid by Alaska were paid in proportion per capita by the whole United States, the yearly na- tional revenue would amount to moro than 220,000,000. he declared. The re port, probably the most complete com probably the most complete ever conl- piled by any Alaska chief executive goes into every detail of the econom-
 
 legislative matters connected w.th the Territory and contains many defin- ite recommendations regarding mat ters of vital concern to Alaska Fol lowing are some of the high tights of the report:
 High Lights of Report
 Honest efforts have been m ade to open up Alaska by the Government but in the meantime, little attention has been paid to the proper develop ment of the great natural resources"
 The fisheries es............h have been neglected to everlasting until the industry faces exhaustion"
 National forest regulations, while ....... more enlightened, still con tain provisions which capitalists view with askance when asked to make heavy investments in pulp and paper factories :"
 "coaI and oil-Ieasine laws are not entirely satisfactory
 "The Government. .......in its en- deavor to protect its interests and those of posterity has pursued an un- co-ordinated policy hardly fitted to sparsely settled pioneer country
 "In Canada the founder of great new industry gets knishted; in Al aska, very often, indicted"
 Laws should govern instead o' revoeabIe regulations. but where there must be regulations. such reg uiations should be promulgated by authority located within the Terri tory and not four thousand miles away"
 "Sentimentalists have done and are doing more damage to Alaska thar
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