The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-10-24
DEVELOPMENT AT kENSINCTON
 NEXT SUMNER
Faulkner Reports Opera tions Will Start in Spring,
 Employing Many Men

tions Will Start in Spring,
 Employing Many Men
 A new industry for the Juneau area was reported at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon today by City Attorney H. L Faulkner, who re- gently returned from trip to the States. MT, Faulkner stated he has been authorized by A. B Trites' president of the Premier Gold Mn ing Company, to announce that Trites' company has bought mining property at Kensington, north of Ju- neau, from the Hayden Stone Com pany at a cost of $50,o00. An engi- neer, c. w. Racey. and party of men conducted a survey of the prop erty this summer, and crew of from 25 to 50 men will be employed about the first of May.
 MT. Trites contemplates a large scale development of the property, with the employment of from 600 to TOO men, and present plans call for a program of production of 1000 tons day within the near future, which will mean a new community in the Juneau area of from 1000 to 2,000 people.
 Road Needed
 Attorney Faulkner stated tn a [ while the proposed road from Eagle River to the site of the new develop ment would be decided advantage, it was not essential at present as heavy machinery will be delivered direct to the new mine by large steamers.
 If there is to be road work in this vicinity next year. MT. Faulkner said, T think it should be continua- tion of the Eagle River Highway. This new mine will involve an in- vestment of from one to two mil lion dollars of English and Canadian capital
 MT. Faulkner stated that while business conditions are apparently much improved in the States, there is "one fly in the ointment-labor troubles and strike conditions" He stated that strikes are not what they were a few years ago. when a strike meant that large group of men remained away from work in an at tempt to secure higher wages or oth- CT advantages. Now, MT. Faulkner said, strikes seem to be organized by small groups who seem bent on de- stroying something. He quoted sev- era1 recent instances, including the recent .hot cargo" trouble in San Francisco to illustrate his point.
 Labor Trouble
 Business would be much better, MT. Faulkner said, If that condition did not exist. I find the same condi- tion here"
 MT. Faulkner stated that there are three systems of Government in the world today-dictatorship, as illus trated in Italy and Germany, Direct Democracy in which the power of the government is scattered, as tried by Russia; and the Government of the United States with powers di- vided between Executive, Judicial and Legislative bodies, Constitution and liberty. The first two forms of government are failures, MT. Faulk- ner said, and there are many people in this country who seem bent on de- struction of our Government.
 T think the men in this country who go out and work are entitled to the best wages and conditions pos sible," he said. We should give more consideration to the men who earn the pay roll that keeps us all going ?
 MT Faulkner mentioned his visit to Montreal while on his recent trip He stated that Montreal is much larger than most people realize, hav- ing population of l,300.0O0 of whom between 100000 and 100000 speak only French.