The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-04-17

stopped her, he said.
 dustry but is the object of their at- tacks.
 You we'll remember that 25 years ago representatives of capitalists swarmed over the country looking for opportunities to start new indus tries and were ready with their money to 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 a democracy, acceded to the demand. The public lands with their natural wealth were with drawn from individual appropria- tion 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.
 "The responsibility for our stag nation and retrogression rests upon the shoulders of those who inflamed public sentiment against private ownership and individual industry. The people of Alaska are not alone responsible, but we are responsible for supporting this system of conser- vation by sending men to represent us at the Capital who joined in this hue and cry against capital and this demand that the Territory be pro- tected against the investor.
 We are paying dearly for allow ing ourselves to be bunkoed by demagogues. Can we correct our er- TOT by sending the same men to Washington now?
 ''If we want an opportunity to make a dollar we will have to let the | dollars come to the country to start things moving. If we want the nat ural resources 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.
 My opponents shout themselves hoarse against the bureaus. But who made the bureaus? They and their kind did.
 "Who caused the public lands to be withdrawn from private appro- priation? Those who run hotfoot over the country shouting: 'Guggen- heim!' whenever an investor ap- peared.
 "Who are responsible for the Bu- reau of Fisheries?
 Those who wrote the reserva- tions into our Organic Act and put the White Fish Bill through Con- gross.
 We had the bureaus forced upon ornuorn.1aapf hu dam Q oOO11ao vUh n show their friendship for labor by denouncing all who engage in any productive industry, and there is no hope of getting rid of the bureau in the near future. Under the circum- stances I propose to cooperate with them.
 By friendly cooperation there is a chance to have some of the restric- tions placed upon business relaxed viting to capital Nothing whatever of good is accomplished by constant ly barking at the bureaus and at capital Such attitude was never designed to accomplish anything but to fool some of those people who are never at peace with themselves ex- cept when they are sombody's dupes."
 MT. Rustgard discussed a number of other topics of interest. How ever, space will not permit of mak- ing a more detailed report of the speech.
 The attendance was alrge and all of the speakers were listened to with l deep attention.