The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-11
DEvEL OPMENT OF
 ALASKA HALTED BY DEMACOCUEs
Rustgard, Attacking Capii- tai Eaters, Declares
 Investors Needed

Qe1HdBUBlc cSplJal DalterS or the type that successfully stopped de- velopment of Alaska's rich resourc- es in the last two decades, John Rustgard, candidate for the Repub- lican nomination for Deleg e opened his campaign last night ir a speech at Petersburg in which he asserted that Alaska must irl- vite capital to come to the country to start things moving@a
 "If we want the natural resourc es developed we have to bless and not curse the men who are willing to come here with their money to start the industries and furnish the jobless with jobs," he told his audience.
 Attacks Opposition
 With MT. Rustgard were c. T. Gardner and Walter P. Scott, can- didates respectively for Republ- can nominations for the Senate and House in the Territorial Legislature The opposition, he charged, that is consistently attacking the Fed eral bureaus, is solely responsible for the bureau system which they created by anti-capitalistic propa- ganda and attacks on foreign capi- tai coming to the Territory to de velop it's raw resources.
 Easing his address on the recog- nized need for industrial develop ment. he asked the question, How can this be accomplishment" and | declared
 Our opponents, judging by their actions, seem to think that sthe proper way is to vilify men oi means and create enmity towards all those who seek to start the wheels of industry moving. There is not a great industry but is the object of their attacks.
 You who are old timers remem- Der how our troubles. started. Those of us who came here thirty or more years ago believed then that in a few years the Territory would have a million inhabitants. We saw the vast natural resources, we saw the metals, the forests, the coal, the oil, the fish, and we said to our selves all these things humanity needs and wants, and soon there will be large cities and busy com munities all over this land supply ing the human needs; and we all had vision of sharing in the general prosperity. But what hap pened? We have gone backwards and not forwards. The industries did not come except the canneries and even they have had a strug- gle. Scores of them have gone bankrupt and been dismantled or sold at bankruptcy sales. The coal oil and timber have remained un- 1 touched.
 Capital Driven Out
 Why is this? You well remem- Der that 25 years ago representa- tives of capitalists swarned over the country looking for opportuni- ties to start new industries and were ready with their money tc go ahead Then the cry went up from a thousand throats that they came to steal the country from the poor man, and the demand was made that the government step in and stop the theft. The maga- zines and newspapers were full of demands that the government con- serve the resources of Alaska so in- dividuals or corporations could not get them. The government, as was proper in democracy, acceded to the demand The public lands with their natural wealth were with drawn from individual appropria- 1, ton and put into reserves.
 This ended the growth of Alas ka. At that time retrogression set in.
 Who are responsible for this sit- uation? Not the government. The government is only the obedient agent of the public.
 Bunked by Demagogues
 "The responsibility for our stag nation and retrogression rests upon the shoulders of those who in- famed public sentiment against private ownership and individual in- dustry. The people of Alaska are not alone responsible, but we are responsible for supporting this sys- tenn of conservation by sending men to represent us at the Capital whc joined in this hue and cry against capital and this demand that the Territory be protected against the investor
 We are paying dearly for allow ing ourselves to be bunkoed by demagogues. Can we correct oui
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