Seward daily gateway., 1923-12-08
Governors Message
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 and equable and it's ports are open all
 the year around. Moreover, although
 rich n resources, exaggerated ideas
 that it is an Eldorado, with it's noun
 tains and streams laden with gold, are
 being diSpelled. Visits such as have 3 memorable, disclose and promulgate , these facts.
 Size Precludes Possibility VsuaIzine
 A fortnight's travel, if it extends
 beyond the Inside Passage, is illumin-
 ating and general conditions may be : seen and grasped; but the colossal F size of the Territory precludes the | possibility of visualizing it as whole even in month or a year. Alaskans l themselves, in major numbers have intimate knowledge only of sections Ol
 the great domain, and thus, naturally
 consider and discuss Alaska questions | largely in local or sectional terms. But , they are as one in love of their adopt ed country and in confidence in it's l destiny. Nowhere else is the Ameri can Spirit more pronounced and ada | .4lont.
 , lneifciency Of Government Ot the inefficiency Of Federal ad q nlinlstration in Alaska, through innu-
 l.lertble agencies constituting Du- : tesumony, based upon experience, is in full accord The system is too con- piicated to render satisfactory serv- ice, however earnest it's aims, and this fact has been uniformly attest ed and emphasized by those who have been brought into direct contact with I ritory and upon whom administration as whole has chiefly devolved. Upon this point there is and has been per
 feet unanimity of opinion. A simpli- ! fled and concentrated system brought : cioser nome 10 Alaska is urgently and : obviously needed to speed the pro- gress o1 the Ierritory-'a shortening O. tue line ol communication as much as possible between Alaska ana Wash inglon,' as suggested Dy the late . President, ill order to bring about ! the closest co-Opera tiOn ana under :. standing DetWeen the national agen- cies" operating in the Territory. i, Better Understanding Attained
 It is gratifying to report that coop : eration in fuller degree and a better : understanding have been attained and that further coordination and increas- ed efficiency are surely coming about. It is altogether manifest, as stated in the report for 1922, that Alaska's des- tiny cannot be shaped at long range through multitudinous bureaus operar- ing at long range, however commend able their aims and activities,' and in this connection, to prevent miSunder- standing, il is well to repeat that con- ! demnauon of bureaucratic control |. does not imply criticism ot the bu- reaus as such, constituting the sys- services is not gainSaid or undereSti- mated.' A centralized and coordinat- , ed organization, consistently advocaL- ed by Governors in succession for years, cledrly would not rob Alaska of . the expert service Of any needed bu-- reau or minimize its usefulness in the very least. On the contrary, in pro- !. noting efficiency, it would manifeStly turn such expert service to fuller ac- count, and increase the usefulness of the bureau.
 Resistance of administrative reform invariably finds expression in the out cry that sinister influences are seek ing to despoil Alaska and waste it's resources. Such unworthy propagan- da too often serves it's designing pur- pose. Jealousy of official prerogative rather than concern for service plain ly inspires it.
 Alaska Welcomes Conservation Alaska requires conservation-fav- ors it and welcomes it, and gives steadfast support to every practical safeguard, existant or proposed, nee essary to prevent reckless exploita- tiOn in any direction in the develop ment of the Territory. A conceptra- tion of authority and responsibility of authority and responsibility-a busi- nesslike organization of Alaska's af- fairs in lieu of divided authority, and nsibility-certainly would make for administrative efficiency and hasten the safe solution of Territorial problems. That government through bureaus is good for any land or any community is too untenable for sober discussion. Equally so is the thought that conservation in Alaska is depen> dent upon such system or that the abrogation of bureaucracy would ren- der the protection of the resources any less secure.
 The Territory since it was granted a limited form of self government ! Hrricn