Seward daily gateway., 1927-03-04
GET AT THE CAUSE

GET AT THE CAUSE
 Many political expedients have been offered for re- ievng Alaska of bureaucratic control but of them strike at the root of the whole vconservaton as at present applied With the natural of the Ter itory controlled by the Federal government which turns proportion of the herefrom into various Territorial activities the Federal has cuse for insisting upon representation all bodies hay ing to do with disbursement of these funds Give the back to the people and will have sufficient population to create State and something taxable from which to draw revenue to sustain it's offices.
 It is not too late for the government to set date when these will be opened for preenpton with the provsor that all residents of the Territory for two years previous will have prior right in the drawings and that the residence rules applied with respect to lands and timber in the States apply in Alaska and that all subsequent preemptons subject to the applicant having established residenc and dwet in the Territory year previous to exercising rights of pre-empton
 If the government must have something for posterty let it demand royalty all output from the acquired together with the establishment of rules with respect to reforestaon cutting, it would apply to timber lands
 The revenue to the Federal government would be sui cient to for all purely Federal activities such as rivers harbors aids to navigation surveys etc., while the taxable increment would suffice to meet all Territorial demands
 The old cry of "stop thief employed by the bureau crat to balk and change in Alaska is all moonshne No desires the of the Territory safeguarded against monopoly than the Alaskans themselves. And desires the entrance of unhampered capital more than AaSkanS On that pfnc1ple the people are willing to accord capital fair deal and ask only the same in return gaugng rules and regulations to fit the exigen cies of the situation as they arise
 Standing in support this contention is the fact that any system refusing to the people the right of guidng their destiny is despotism nuifying the funda- mentas of free government And Alaskans much unit in the United States the residents of Massa chusets or Pennsylvania.
 By releasing the tenton of conservation Alaska would with peope-not predatory interests ing opportunity to enlist in carrying the work of claiming the wilderness those who before have reclaimed it in small way and planted every emblem of Anlercanism through it institution.
 It is needless to talk of taking powers from the bu until the incentive for power is taken and that is the treasure house of natural resources which is beng gnawed at after the of pack of rodents spoil ing more than they devour
 Attorney General Rustgard makes this comment on the question of bribery "Our penal code was adopted before the Territory had Legislature As result the sections dealing with and denouncng bribery omit to de- nounce bribery of member of the Legislature make it crime for member of the Legislature to accept or solicit bribes."
 Which occasions someone to arise and ask Say, John, what do you know?"
 One advanced for shearing the Governor of his powers and placing them in the hands of elected Comptroller is that it would not be costly, there is al million dollars in the Territorial treasury How that