Seward daily gateway., 1931-07-17
A STRANGE SITUATION, VISITING CONGRESSMEN!
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 that amount would be brought out to Seward ill logs for manufacture into pulp pulp and newsprint paper
 That freight haul in itself would produce revenues for the Alaska Railroad of $299oo per year. wr4 % % recty and indirectly to several thousands of men, It would solve the development of the farming industry the tens of thousands of fertile acres along the A.
 Why is that potential pulp and paper industry not developed? Why efforts being made by respon- sble officials to have it developed Going further why are high officials at Washington secretly opposing de- vecpment of that industry of tremendous possibilities?
 The answer to those questions, gentlemen of the Congressional Committee, would furnish you and the people of t. united States with some amazing trans actions and relationships in high politics and high fi nance It would take the cover from the Alaska prob- lems nothing else could. It might possibly uncover condition worse, many times worse, than the bribery, treason and corruption of Albert $. Fall.
 And of birch, there forests the ridges in the Susitna valley and along the mountain slopes containing than 100000 of the best qualities of birch timber to be found in North America Tests prove it to be equal to the birch of Wisconsin and Michigan It is r urgent need in the markets of the Pacific and Atlantic States Why is that birch not being shipped out? Why efforts made by responsible officials in Washington to have it developed and shipped out? Why?
 That cottonwood and birch alone if developed to meet the demands of waiting markets would supply traffic for the Alaska Railroad more than sufficient to meet all operating expenses Why efforts made to have that magnificent resource developed? Why?
 The United States had Naval Coal Reserve the Matanuska district of $500 The coal Tn that reserve has been fficially rated high CT in heat producing qualities than the best Pocahontas coal The Naval Coal Commission found that this Naval Reserve contains probably much 30,0000OO tons all of it "sutabe for in standard Naval boilers."
 Why it is not being used by our American Naval vessels on the Pacific Ocean? Why? Although most of our Naval vessels burn o yet Navy the Pacific consumes annually 100000 tons of bituninous coal, all of it brought from Pennsylvania and West Virginia
 Naval officers have testified before Congressional Committees in Washington, again and again, that Penn sylvania and West Virginia coal delivered at Pacific Naval stations costs about $500 ton Tests and official reports show that coal be delivered from the Naval Coal Reserve in the Matanuska district to our Pacific coaing stations at lower cost per ton. That would saving to the Navy of thousands of dollars year in in that item At $2 per ton for the haul from the Matanuska district to Seward it would yield the Alaska Railroad $600000 per year in revenues di rect besides large revenues from incidental That source of would more than wipe out the Alaska Railroads annual deficit
 Why are these obvious sources of revenue being ig- nored by the responsible officials in Washington? Why? Who is to blame?
 Congressmen, these simple and elementary facts before your eyes You them for yourselves. And they but few of the multitudes of opportni ties that could be applied to make the Alaska Railroad of the most profitable transportation systems in America.
 The grazing lands of the country tributary to the Alaska Railroad rich with grasses to support sev- era millions of reindeer and cattle Study the reports
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