The Cordova daily times., 1922-05-06
DELEGATE HERE ON RETURN TO
 WASHINGTON

Delegate Dan Sutherland was in Cordova last night on his way to Washington, after having spent sev- eral weeks to the westward and the interior in the interest of his cam- paign, which resulted in his renom- ination as the Republican candidate for Delegate to Congress for the Mo- vember election.
 MT. Sutherland expressed the be- lief that there should be an enlarge ment of coal and oil areas to en- courage large cauital to come in and begin development Small interests might drill one well, he said, and if it did not prove success and they were not able to go further, the mat ter may end there; larger capital would continue until the resource was proven.
 "In any event." said MT. Suther- land, "when we hear one say It would create a monopoly, or en- larged development may occur the government is partner in the scheme. Last year the interior de- partment received $15000,000 in roy alities from oil, and in some cases royalty of as much as 30 per cent was paid in. For that reason the statement that monopolies would be created is not tenable."
 Speaking about development of the railroad belt MT. Sutherland said there was in Washington a strong antagonistic spirit to anything mat tering of government ownership, and for that reason unless the Alaska railroad was made to show some re- turn and a certain vindication Of the expenditures of the amount nec- essary for it's creation it would be impossible to get congress to ap- propriate additional sums for the maintenance of the road,
 In furtherance of this purpose MT. Sutherland proposes to have the Alas ka development fund created as a re- volving agency, drill for oil and lease the lands to the public; to es- tablish shelter somewhere along the railroad and thereby create ore tonnage and traffic attendant upon the creation of such industries.
 
 MT. Sutherland pointed out how faithfully Congressman Curry had la bored for Alaska and what staunch | frend he was, yet stated that as a l conservative MT. Curry would have to be shown the logic of such a measure as proposed by the delegate from Alaska to get it reported out of the Territories committee. This i can be done by supplying congress- ] men with accurate data on the re- sources of the Territory and a cor rect view of the exigencies of the situation.
 Among the outstanding needs at the present time, said MT. Suther- land, was the development of the coal | mines and the hauling of the coal to tidewater for shipment to the markets of the Pacific coast In this resource Mr Sutherland sees the quickest method of creating ton mage. Under his development bill it is planned to extend the governments | activities to examination of coal measures and the extension of spurs | to regions where profitable mining could be carried on, with ample fuel and activity in developing ore bodies along the railroad a smelling plant would be the next logical step.
 These things, he said, must be inn pressed upon Congress not only by the delegate but by everyone resld- ing in the railroad belt, that comp rehensive gauge may be gained by those not informed as to the won- derful resources lying ready for the development thus justifying the gov ernment in it's outlay of money on the railroad and in giving future aid to development of the country.