The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-02
Stream of Gold.
(Alaska Weekly)

It is seldom that The Alaska Weekly presun crib" an editorial, but occasionally we mething that has much of forcefully put trl it that we are tempted to keep it rolling I itorial which follows is from the Anchor; mes. Because we have a considerable outs 'culation and it is to outsiders that the messs primarily addressed we are reprinting it in tirety:
 Migratory Aaskans have been moving southward the last few weeks, following the general course of the migratory land and waterfowl--and concurrently there has been moving a stream of yellow weath-gold from the numerous mines of the Territory.
 Airplanes and trains from the Interior have been coming in with capacity loads of people hurrying to Seattle, San Fran cisco, Los Angeles and other Southern coastal cities-carrying out their earnings of a season and sometimes the savings of years.
 The ships from Nome have sailed with many passengers and millions in treasure and cash reaped from that region, while from the great Kuskokwim country, the Tan ana the Koyukuk and other Yukon Valley points the procession has been witnessed hurrying southward through Anchorage
 The placer gold from Alaskan gold fields alone amounted to $4,7OOOO0 last year This year, from all reports, it should be more
 Gold from the quartz mines of Alaska annually adds millions more to the Terri tory's southbound stream of wealth-and as the quartz mines increase in number and the people become more quartz minded the yellow stream is bound to swell and at the same time become gradually heavier winter as well summer-addng to the army of wage earners as well as to the year-rund tide of outflowing wealth
 What becomes of all this gold-and the money carried South by the annual tide of travellers? It goes into the pockets of the people outside of Alaska-chiefly Washington California and Oregon. And what does AL aska get in return for all this magnificent ? gift? There is a question with which to conjure
 Alaska should get not only pat on the back, but she should get the staunch friend ship and backing of her beneficiaries. The representatives of Washington, California and oregon-and for that matter many other States-who benefit indirectly if not directly should stand back of Alaska in her fight for development. The Coast States in par ticular should do this. It is to their own selfish interest, and Alaska will look to the CongreSsmen and others from these Pacific Coast States to lend loyal support to the Delegate of this Territory-both in the coming short session and in the several ses- sions following under the new administra- tion
 Alaska will need many grants in order to develop to the maximum and her magnif- cent contribution of gold and other wealth in these strenuous times when many another country is slowed down or at a standstill entities her to even greater consideration
 If they want to see Alaska continue to pour out this stream of gold, and augment it, then let them see that she has generous allowances commensurate with her generous gifts and measureless possibilities. Just one other thought we would add N ly should Washington, Oregon and CaliTorr ople see to it that their respective Compression oresentatives stand solidly behind Alaskan dew ment, but the business and industrial concer realty owners should also get behind the u ilding of the Territory That same stream of go ch caused the Times editorial has been and W ntinue to be the greatest single influence bized buiness and property values the cit the Pacific Coast have known. Speaking 1 attle alone, the intensive development of flask sources could make of this city a city of a mlli quickly it once turned a logging village r city.