Seward daily gateway., 1930-07-14
Editorial
WHAT THE PROBERs WILL FIND

Assuming the position that it is i'll wind that blows no good the forthcoming probing ot the Alaska Railroad and matters having to do with the success of this portion of the Territory, splendid opportunity offers for creating boomerangue out or senator HOW els antagonsm to the the railroad
 Had the Senator given as much attentlon eo Alash- n expression as he doubtless has to bureaus of his ere alton he would not find it necessary to make journey all the way to Alaska secure first-hand information
 The crv has echoed from Washington that 1t IS m possible to get guage upon Alaska deses anu iiee0 Now is the time to forever clinch that bromide
 To do this it will be necessary for patriotic Alas kans not seeking some Federal favor but rather en- bracing the entire Alaskan subject Tn thelr deouctos to present desires n words that cannot oe noiep resented. u ,:e;a
 There are men in the Railroad Belt fully quall1led to perform this servce-men who are capable o1 rising ahave the purev personal selfish aspect ot the ques lion and speak for the masses .
 If we were called upon to present tle hlaC'ei WI concrete form would suggest:
 In view of the fact that experiment. m soclaHsm has proven wholly impractcable and ncapable o1 ac complaining the aims sought when the rallroao vas co strlced Is 1t not about time to begn the process ol abandonment of the primary idea and revert 10 the time honored methods that have populated pioneer re- qions and enabled Territories to gain status or states
 What answer has the Senator and hls colleagues o the reiterated statement of capital that there IS too much government in Alaska?
 What expediency he offer to remove the s1lgl1a that has attached to Alaskas natural resources slnce lOckoC away 0SCOioA et1AN those promised when Federal promoters stood upon tne stumD and regaed the trusting citizens with hyperooc sonhistes- of thriving industrial cites when natu1a resources such as coal oil and timber were deVelopeo
 We have a bit of interesting paradoXlcal mstor! H the Rooseyetan order withdrawing all save pfeclous metals fish and farm lands from preempton under the assertion that predatory interests were eneaVofs o steal resources of inestimable value namey cos ue savino If the governments face with foreign mVest- o1snot Alaskans-by the railroad plan; the expenoC- nre of S6OOOOO00 in constructing the roao to CeSe ocoe. then the appearance of Dr. Il. Foster balll, dhtose nnder orders of his superlorsdeclar1ng Ins rosonrce insufficient in quantity and quality to WaIlai1 considering as an export article It Will pc refheoele rbat a that time the Pocahonas coal fields enVls0eu competition for supplying the navy Wl ;i iut, Poaars ,acaed that Secretary Fall, aided Dy Aolral tos' fter yielding to the pressure of Pocahontas coal o ons executed the Doheny Sinclair deal Wnele 'ie oo' 5o cross was given to Pocahontas ana Alaska. o
 Ona naturally arises to ask: Ii these resources a' a claimed of no importance then why are Cey ieVa''' d by the Federal government? ,,
 Tha answer lies in the bureaucratic system whereoy political debts may be paid off m olces wiilc o0' F,,ta annroximatey one in nine of our populatlon
 Insofar as the railroad is concerned, effort has haen made bv Washington to permit of it's becoming success Every manager who has undertaken the task hoe found himself robbed of initiative, and where ne e hh;ted those qualities bespeaklng ablhty ana lni crash of the problem he has seen them cfuc1eo upon the cross of political trickery, and been 1orceu U to an archaic system that may oe IoAlu @ ~ JI;od tho wreck of every business to which t mas been appe'
 It is 2 sad commentary upon governmental eclen- III hon II cost the treasury approx1mately 9lzOOO to ] ~ ; | bT,octaaders for the Railroad belt. Yet ths n attor of record It is because ot past errors ana re- f,sal to yield and acknowledge error Onoer Ce haC a rdnr If thnos had Alaska been made aVallaole lo C ,-orld as other nioneer frontiers were available 1