The Nome nugget., 1927-04-16

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 COL. sTEEsE IL is sott,n b taxation of industries in the Territory. For in. anc. mining is taxed. The fishing industry $ taved. There are certain trade licenses of varfo5s kinds
 SEN. REED. There is general system of real taxation?
 COL. sTEEsE. There is land all.
 SEN. JONES. Why is that?
 COL. STEEsE. think the Organic Act that.
 SEN. JONES. Is it not b.cause there is but very little the land in private ownership?
 COL. STEESE. Over 9sl2 cent of the land in the Territory is in the public domain.
 SEN. JONES. That is what say.
 MIR SUTHERLAND At the time authorized to establish system of taxation, had choice between property tax and tax on pro- auction. We felt that tax the real estate or 6 tax on an would be about the same thing. We had property tax in the Territory
 SEN FLETCHER These privately owned lands are not taxed all, as understand it'
 COL. sTEEsE No. sir. Getting back to your question sir. is thing that makes this mileage so great We have these relatively small mining communities with great per capita produc- tion and with intervening waste spaces be- longing to the Federal Government
 SEN REED. did not mean to imply any criticism but anxious to get the information
 COL sTEEsE But. has direct bearing on whether figure per capita basis or a mileage basis Each one will give you different result
 SEN JONES The ony to get into any new territory or into mining territory Is by means of roads and trails
 COL sTEEsE Yes, sir The coast is serv- ed by ocean liners The navieable streams Used in the summer time, We parallel no navi- gable streams We do parallel the railroad We do parallel the coast. All of our roads are rross-connfry roads. connecting with the head of boat navigation stream. over the divide into fhe river valley. tie into the railroad at 2S different points and wo can claim very ,qt 70 part of the credit for that reduction of $500. .nne in the railroad deficiency appropriation for this a. We hope to decrease if snbsanfiallv nevt year mean by that tha the roads are the largest snsla faetnr in increasing prod4eton fnefeaslna the enues of the railroads and aavaneine she general =perttY of the people
 Mir. Netcal the general nan e,r. of 'b- Fair- hanks E>p'atron Company, vitcb las -ps'a nir. len million dollars in building this ao mes of ditch, has told that they know they have S12o.ooo,ooo of gold that is workab" Th"y Iurtjng aredaes there. and they will be 3" years taking i ru
 SEN. JONES What do they do in the mat building roads?
 COL. sTEEsE They havr spent a great am ount of money on their own roads tributary to our system They have assisted the trunk line We their equipment Wp their camps Right negotiating for us to do work their expense during the winter get ting ready for the early spring As it will take them B years take that gold. and within years they will have increased the railroads business so per cent. That that one-half the existing deficit will be wiped by that company alone.
 SEN. BAYARD They use the railroad both ways, bring in their supplies and ship their products?
 COL. sTEEsE Of course gold does moi re- ouire much outgoing shipments.
 SEN BAYARp. But it brings people with il?
 COL. sTEEsE Yes sir Of course. it both ways. There are additional merch- ants; additional stores workmen have ther families It means schools; just q healthy development of the whole community.
 SEN. BAYARD Do you make of the ditches?
 COL. sTEEsE. The ditch is under tion. They pick up their at Faith Creek and bring it 90 miles in ditch and distribute it to three other creeks where they going to have these dredges. They w'il spent be tween nine and ten millions of dollars before thev back cent. Then, they will get back the s12o 100000, less what it has cost them to get