The Alaska daily empire., 1921-07-23
LEGISLATIVE NEEDS AGAIN.

Postmaster H. l.. Faulkner, speaking the Juneau Commercial Associations banquet in honor of Gov. Bone suggested, and Gov. Bone later in the evening endorsed the suggestion that Alaska's great est needs are economic rather than political. And that true. Alaska needs men to do the work that must be done if the country is to and prosper she needs the capital to the men who do the work She needs men to organize and carry on new enterprises the necessary capital to sustain the organizations She needs money and for the development of resources and opportunities that are Tot utilized.
 However this does not that Alaska has not legislative needs. The distinguished speakers did not convey that idea Alaska does need legislation. She needs legislation protect her fisheries industry from destruction She needs legislation to provide for better and the protection of her game She needs legislation that will remove some of the limitations to the activities of her municipal and Territorial ernments. She needs legislation that will permit eff more local improvements She needs legislation that vii bring government closer the people and allow of cooperation in public works
 The greatest of Alaska's legislative needs is to have more authority conferred the Territorial Leg islature. The Territory should have the power to- permit local communities under proper safeguards o create an indebtedness so that public improvements may be carried in systematic and economical manner. At the present time the Territory and the municipalities not only not permitted create eny sort of public indebtedness, but they per mitted even to contract for street road work, or public buildings any other municipal Terri toral necessity whose would be beyond the anti cipated revenues for the year in which the contract is made. The Territory should have the power tol provide for the organization of County similar local governments that would permit of cooperative progress in those things that limited sections of the Territory. At the present time the government here is combination Territorial and County govern ment. Imagine the Pacific Coast States if you can in one combined State and County Government with single combination county seat and State capital This is practically what have in Alaska. It is a situation that often the government far from the people It frequently puts matters that wholly concern those of one section of the Territory under the control of those from the other parts the Territory.
 In all these matters of local government, matters ton, and other things other countries have found frequent change in the laws necessary That is the way governments developed Successful leg islaton is. always matter of growth. Changes are made expernce discloses the necessities Congress is too far to do this work nelligently too busy with the affairs of great Nation to give the time needed to become informed of the facts and needs which circumstance the evolution of StateI Territory. The work should be transferred to' toral government that Washington and Idaho anal the other Territories had They had practically all the authority that States have except that of par tcipatng in National matters. We should have full Territorial form of government