The Alaska daily empire., 1921-01-21

will do with this money after they get it, will be to buy the railroad from these crim- inals that they are talking about. And that is what they did.
 understand they bought the railroad at a reasonable price; that the Guggenheims were glad to get rid of it. They did not have any use for it. There were several other railroads being built up there and some of those taken over, and are on the edge of a situation that calls for more money and more money to continue the construction of a railroad in the clouds. We have no freight to carry there. Nobody has seen pound of the coal that we were going to bring down in large quantities to Seattle Half the American navy is in the Pacific Ocean. The ships burning oil or buying coal from England, but they are not get ting any of it from Alaska, and yet this expense is going
 Mr. Miller-I can no objection to the amendment proposed by the gentleman from Illinois (McKinley). I sincerely regret that the gentleman from Illinois (Madden) is scandalized by the railroad. He probably arrived at that conclusion because of his absolute ignorance of the situation (Laugh- ter) do not know that the gentleman has ever been to Alaska or seen the rail- road he would know that not dollar of appropriation made so far has been spent toward getting coal for the navy.
 But Congress did make appropriation and facilities under way by which the railroad which is laid to the coal mines will deliver coal to tidewater, and the coal be thus made available for the United States Navy.
 MT. Madden-That is what I have been dreaming of.
 MT. Miller-Dream while longer, but do not explode. Uaughter) MT. Chairman, it is a wild country through which the rail-
  if the people of the United States knew more about, they would not stand aghast at the terrible expenditure like the gentleman from Illinois, MT. Madden. There other places outside the great States of Illinois
 Mir Madden-Not many. Uaughter)
 Mr Mller-I am fraid that is cor rect survey of the mental horizon of the gen. teman from Illinois. (Laughter)
 Mir Garner, of Texas-There are none outside the area east of the Mississippi and North of the Ohio.
 MT Madden-That Territory does pay S4 per cent of the taxes.
 Mir Miller-Some people, from ignorance easily scandalized. MT. Chairman, know something about this railroad, I only wish that members of the House could see it and the country through which it goes. Alaska is the greatest asset held by any nation in the world There is not mineral known to minerology but what is produced in Alaska It contains the greatest gold mines on earth, through which this railroad runs and coal and copper, and when these minerals are produced in fabulous quantities which are useful in peace and useful in war, it will not scandalze the gentleman from Illinois
 1 am content with the amendment offered by the gentleman from Illinois (McKnley) to fix the salary at 10000 or not to exceed that But I do want to see that road completed my colleagues. It means great thing for the American people, and at no distant day you will see the great Pacific fleet using some of the finest coal produced in the world right from the district tapped by this railroad which is now condemned by the gentleman from Illinois (Madden)