The Stroller's weekly and Douglas Island news., 1921-07-23

| program. thcy having Co tutt Inc last lcrry Go Che Island. Thcy wcrc |M. J. O'Counor and p. R Bradley Che latter general manager of Che Trudwcu and Nas0 Juneau Gold Mining Companies. While it is dii- Gcmt to urm.ae what tho former
 would have said. it .s a safo bot he
 would have said something worth
 hearing Whom Mr. Bradley was asked two days aftor Che dinner what hc would have said had Che
 ferry schedule permitted. ho replied. .WcI get out your notebook and ] win teu you" And here Is Che re-
 ult.
 "Qmtc few magazines oi recent issue have contained articles on ! Alaska and it seems that thcre is a revival of publicity iu regard to. Alaska and conditions generally within hc Territory In connection u.h Che publicity given to Alaska both ou Che outside and from with- . Iu. hcro should be a certain degree of caution as to b cchmac,er of hs publicity Alaska Is already suffering from ,oo much publicity of. .hc wrong character and thIs is. something chat should by an means br avoided u thc future
 "rbc development ol Alaska mp Go within ay ta1 years ago was quite similar Co the early doyclop- meut of Ono western mining states m uc.. .atcs the pioneers had practically free hand In tboir af- fairs and It wa. not until thoy had horo1eny established themselves
 and sur..I Che development of Che .nm.r.s re,uroea hat there was amy governmental regulation In thc.r activities In Che early days a miner could euf io" Co build himself cabin without .oar ol Interference ht au ouo.r ol Che Forestry ucnar.- muU bc could Nu such game as was required without fear O. an on-| counter Wh Che umc warden. Whenever regulation. or restrictions N.r. ue.ea.ry m ang mining camp Che miners organized mining dIs.| urt and mlde .hor own rulc lIs was au extremely successful method .or Oh. reason UHat Che miner
 know exactly what bc wanted. had ho.o regulation. and restrictions boon imposed by oI.ccu located aH00 miles away horc would baye| 1eoa mo end ol hardship for lhe rca- .on Chat oU.cer located at that dis- anoo have mo clear conception of| exactly what a wanted m hc| .our. o. rmc as One country became developed modern legislation was enacted. but without bIudrmcc. as Che Industries ol Che country were Ncu established
 "m Alaska .lc situation h1e been quito similar except for Che fact chat modern legislation has been applied borc long before conditions Justified It Nassa came into undue prom meHoe on account Of tbe publicity it| received during tlc public careers of| Mr. Buuueo- and Mr. piuehot The general advertising given to Alaska at tha time educated Che people of Che United States into Che belief Chat ths territory was a great s,orohouso ol treasure that needed Che most careful governmental guardianship to avoid is being footed by uhicwng corporations Legislation Chat was proposed to mcot such a situation was eagerly enacted and Che result s at Che present time Aloaka's n- dus.uo arc controlled by 3S Uucr- ent bureaus This IS Che penalty Alaska is now paying for Che wrong kind ol publicity
 "To show Ono result of this un-' timely legislation. take Che ease oil
 Che coal mines The department having under is control Che coal deposits Of tbe territory have issued regulations for mining these de- poas which make It impossible Col coudue, coal mining on commor- c.al baas The Alaska deposits arc quite handicapped by lhc.r location. Amy company undertaking lhc miu- ne Of coal u thIs territory must
 supply transportation from Che mine. Go ulewa,u; at udovator there must bo provided storage and dock aee facilities. herc must also bel provided Independent shipping fa- cHu@. and at some terminal point i'm Che states thcrc must again be provided buukcr8 for storage and distribution Of Che coaI An of thIs would run Into au investment Of at. least twenty million dollars I'm face of hIs tremendous investment Che
 rceuutous restrict Che arca chat any one company may own and op- outc to such smal amount that Che investment is not justified. And this Is not aIl I'm foco ot Che tre- moDdous investment and in spite of ho Emitted aroa Che regulations SO one step further and impose a roy- aly on an ccai mined. This is