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The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-06
SOURCES OF REVENUE FOR STATE UNCERTAIN

It is certain that the costs of administering a state gov ernment would greatly exceed the cost of the territorial ad- ministration, and it is impos- sible to see at this time any additional sources of revenue which would be available to the people of Alaska, if it were made a state.
 If the state took over com plete control of the fisheries, it would not affect the reve- nue from the fisheries, which now go entirely to the terri tory, but it would require ad- ditional appropriations from such funds as the state was able to raise by taxation, amounting to nearly S7O0, ,00O a year.
 It might well be that if Alaska were made a state, the financial task of providing care, education, health facili- ties, disqualification. etc. of the Alaska Natives would de- volve upon the new state. The cost of this care, based on appropriations recently made to cover the fiscal year 1943- A, is S1,909, 300. If Alaska were made a state, it is very likely that Congress might continue to care for the h. dians and to continue the large appropriations now deemed necessary for their welfare, but there is no assurance of
 Qt is a) vastly more com plicated and expensive govern ment we maintain now com pared to the earlier territories. There were no governmental social activities then as now, absorbing half or more of the territorial revenues.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-06
THESE ARGUMENTS DESERVE AM ANSWER

There are fields in which men are legitimately entitled 10 diff fer. Many of the arguments made in the two sections above fall in these fields. It is aretf- able, for instance. that Alaska s economy is not sufficiently di- versified, it's population suffi- ciently large or it's experience in exercising governmental la- sponsibility sufficiently bread 10 make statehood desirable at the time.
 In addition to these arguments which are debatable, there are others which can be automati. cally proved to be false. All that is required to disprove them, aud thus clear the field for a discussion of the real issues, is an examination of the :acts about the allegations. Unf0riu- nately, there are among tha ar- gumcnts which have been made against statehood some which belong in the second category, as fer instance that having to do with the care of the native gopuiation.
 All these arguments require careful consideration. They will be examined and elabo eated upon in this study, to the end that the real issues may be con- sidered on their merits.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-06
SPECIAL STATEHOOD SECTION

over most of the area in South eastern Alaska where salmon fishing is now carried on. This also applies to the game in those areas.
 We should certainly acquire no additional sources of reve- nue while at the same time re quiring a greatly increased budget. This could only be att tained by very drastic in- creases of present taxes and by the levy of additional taxes. Any legislature of the terri tory at the present time, or the legislature of the State of Alaska, would be very reluc- tant to materially increase the burden of taxation so long as it can be avoided. This is so because of the heavy tax de- mands of the federal govern ment, which we know must and will continue for genera tions.
 We are still in the position of having 10 discover and de Vcloo additional natural re- sources before we can assimi- la.e Say considerable number of new residents who would in turn have to build up tax able accumulations of wealth before there will be any addi- tional tax sources.
 Whether there will be an influx of population after the war, is again speculation; but if there is depression in the states, or some millions of men are out of employment, as seems very likely during the years of readjustment fol- lowing the war when ten or twelve million men are dis charged from the armed forces and ten or fifteen million others are released from war production, it may well be that there would be an influx of population here, but far from being a desirable thing, it may place an additional fi- nancial burden on the terri torial government.
 We feel we must not over look some mention of the care of the insane. This duty and the expense involved would surely be transferred 10 the State of Alaska. =. The appro- priation for the care of Alaska insane for the present fiscal year is S273, ,000. This cost would be the same under statehood.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-06

have to go through the beWild- ering and frustrating process of trying to obtain from a preoccu- pied national government the attention which would be Alas ka's as a matter of course were she a state.
 As the present Delegate, E. L.. Bob Bartlett puts it:
 All it would take to con- vert the most uncompromising foe of statehood into an enthu- siastic supporter would be to have linn come 70 Washington and take over the Delegates job for a week.
 Judge Dimond, whose twelve year experience in Washington as Delegate preceding Bartlett should qualify him to speak on the subject, says:
 The political advantages of statehood, inevitably embrac- ing economic benefits, as com pared with territorial status are simply immense. Alaska at the present time has no vote in the Congress of the United States. That is the out standing fact which should be remembered every day by every citizen of Alaska. When statehood comes, Alaska will have two voting members in the United States Senate and at least one in the House of Representatives, more in the House when population shall
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-06
COST OF ALASKA ROADS WOULD RISE

All of the present states of the Union are contiguous one to the other. Alaska would be a non contiguous state, and on account of its geographical position, it would be deprived of certain revenues which are obtained in every other state through gasoline taxes.
 The Public Roads Admins tration builds roads in nation al forests and their vicinity, but after these roads are built, where the national forests are within states, the cost of main tenance after the first two years must be borne by the state .. Therefore, the cost of maintenance of the system of public roads within the na- tional forests, which would have to be borne by the State of Alaska, would be approxi- mately S150,000 a year, for the present system of roads. This would increase, of course, as more roads are built. . Regular appropriations for the Alaska Road Commission aye. rage about $750,000 a year.
 This would naturally be abolished under statehood and in its place we would probably have aid from the Federal Highway Act. :. These appro- priations, however, are match ed funds and the states are called upon to supplement the appropriations made by the f e d era government. If Alaska were to become a state now, with land reservations unchanged and about 98% of the public domain under the control of the United States and if the Federal Highway Act were applied to the new state, its proportion of con- tribution to the funds appro- priated for road building would increase with any in- crease in the public domain over which it would be given Jurisdiction, and the larger the amount that came under the jurisdiction of the state, the larger would be ifs re- quired contribution. The standards required under the Federal Highway Act are very much higher than those re- quired by the Alaska Road Commission, so that whatever roads should be built would be several times more
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-06

warrant. With statehood, Alas ka is no longer a beggar at the national table but a recog- nized member of the house hold, eligible to share in all the benefits and all the re- responsibilities of the nation At present, what we desire for Alaska of the national gov ernment we must ask for re- spectfully, almost with That in hand", but when statehood comes we shall have the digni- fled and powerful position of an equal among equals. The results of this improved status, as affects all types of legisla- lion, are incalculable. To have that place alone will be more than worth all the additional the support of state govern taxes which we must pay for ment.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-06
INDIAN RIGHTS CALLED THREAT

Another serious question is the current agitation for turn ing over 10 the exclusive use of the Indians along the coast the most valuable fisheries under asserted ancient tribal rights. /. If (the claims) are successful, it would deprive the federal government, under the present state of affairs, and the state, if Alaska were created one, from exercising a ny regulation whatsoever
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-06
TIME IS CALLED INOPPORTUNE

Those who think through the problem and base their calculations upon human experience rather than on speculation, and place on one side the possible benefits 10 be derived. and, on the other side, the probable disadvan- tage and the vastly increased burden of tax~tion, they will
 be forced to the conclusion that the present is an inoppor- tune time to change the form of government in the terri tory. -.
 The above, which in length is about half of the Juneau Cham Der of Commerce Legislative Committees report, which was printed and given considerable circulation at the time, is pre- sented as a fair summary of that report. All of the points made in the report are made above. In the interests of conserving space. excess verbiage has been eliminated. None of the Ian guage of the original report has been changed. It is, of course, with apologies 10 the Juneau Chamber of Commerce and to it's present Legislative Commit tee, that the matter is quoted at all.
 There are other points which might be raised against state hood. These include the follow ing:
 1. Alaska is too remote from the rest of the nation 10 develop interests and problems of the same nature as exist in the 48 states.
 2. Territorial status is one of governmental adolescence. As was maintained by a congress sional subcommittee only last year, Alaskans have not grown up to the point of showing will ingness to accept a proper share of the cost and responsibility of maintaining desirable govern mental services.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-06

written form is a report which was made three years ago by the Legislative Committee of the Ju- neau Chamber of Commerce. At the time, this report was adopt ed by only the Darrowest of margins when submitted to a vote of the membership. Last year a greatly modified attitude. on the whole favoring statehood. was taken by the committee, whose members remained the same, with a single exception. and this later report was en- dorsed by a much more repre- sentative Vot e of the whole Chamber. So it would be unfair to cite the earlier report as em- bodying the point of view of this particular organization today: but it is not unfair to cite it as a well considered and carefully prepared statement of the argu- ments against statehood.
 For the purpose of allowing statehood opponents a fair pre- sentation of their arguments, un- alloyed by the statements of those whose attitude may differ on the question, pertinent ex- tracts from the 1913 report of the Legislative Committee of the Juneau Chamber Of Commerce are here set forth;
 Along with the privileges (of statehOod) there would be responsibilities. The ones your committee b Ii eve s should
 have mature consideration are those connected with the costs of operation of the proposed state and whether the economy of the territory, as at present constituted could, without un- due hardship, take on the add ed financial burden of state hood =.
 The costs (of the present ter ritorial government would all continue under statehood. In addition, we would necessari- ly have to set up state courts ;. The cost of four courts based on actual District Court cost records would be
 $500,000 per year. This rep resents cost of the courts, in-
 cluding all operations, mar shals, commissioner, operation
 of jails, etc.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-06

expensive per mile to build.
 We neglected to mention the capital investment of the federal government in the fa- cilities for caring for the Ma tives. Unless all this prop erty were given by the federal government to the new state, we should face the necessity of an expenditure of over S2,- 100000 for its acquisition.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-06
ECONOMY BEGINS ON TERRITORIES

Simply because it is a terri tory, Alaska loses vast sums in appropri1tians every year. It iJ we'll known that in general, un- der the prac.i which is known as log roll ag," members Of Congress simply do not slash each others appropriations. The delegation from Montana, let US say, is going to support the rec
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-06
THE CHIEF ADVANTAGE OF STATEHOOD

TIE DIFFERENCE between territory and a state is in
 the rights of each political entity age ever- increasing federal control 1t undeniabe that Alaska su fers acutey from the lack of any control whatsoever over Congress and the administrative agencies of government This disadvantage is matter of daily Alaskas Delegate to Congress to her Governor and indeed all who
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-06

ka's chief executive, the Gov ernor, possessing veto power over acts of the Territorial Leg
 islature. is appointed by the President, while the people of California elect their Governor from among their own number.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-06
THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST STATEHOOD

HERE are few who would contend that territorial
 is preferable to statehood There have been some how ever who have taken the coroay position that statehood for Alaska is not to be desired.
 Probably the most complete and ervent exposition of the ant-statehood viewpoint which is available in organized
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-06

The vast natural resources about which we have heard so much and know so little will not stimulate settlement nor produce tax revenue unless someone finds them and de- Velops them. They might ex- ist, as heralded. We do not presume 10 know, but we can find no reason to believe that statehood, with higher taxes inevitable, would encourage development. If taxes were ex- cessive, the reverse would likely be true.
 We believe the prevalent idea that the rapid settlement and development of territor- ies, now states, was due to statehood has no foundation. People change residence and capital moves from place to place for many reasons, but not for the reason that a state is preferable to a territory.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-06

the Alaska Legislature could be amended or abolished by Congress, while the laws of the
 California Legislature are not subject to national review ex- cept by the courts as to their
 consitutionality; finally, Alas
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-06
TERRITORY UNIQUE; STATEHOOD ISN'T

3. The federal government, through it's many agencies, now takes an interest in Alaska mat ters and spends much money in he territory, which it would not do if Alaska were a state.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-06
ONLY CONJECTURE
 ON OTHER RESOURCES


 We have now and would have under statehood, two ma jor industries which largely influence our economic deVel- opment. The commercial fish cries are now very well stabil- ized and may not be greatly enlarged unless or until means are found to profitably take and market the several Varie- ties of the less desirable food fishes. It is impossible to say at the present time just what will be the future of gold. From all accounts, there is no immediate pros pect of development of major forest products, and of other natural resources there is only conjecture.
 Although under the existing law our present delegate Di- mond) has no vote, he has very ably represented the ter rItory in Congress for many years and we have not sui fered from lack of an able rep resentative at the nations cap- ital. We would undoubtedly have the right (under state hood to elect our own Gov ernor and judges and other of- ficials, but we do not believe the people of the territory, as a whole, are of the opinion that we have suffered any great hardships because these officials are appointed and not elected.
 Even if we took over the administration of the forests, with again a very consider able cost of administration, we would have gained noth- ing, for we cannot say that the national forest reserves could be administered any more efficiently or fairly than under the present law and by the present administration of the Forest Service.
 The f e d ral government now has about one-half of the entire area of the territory in reserves of one form or an- other. This committee feels that it would be unwise to dis turb the present system of for est reserves. If (other) res ervations are continued, and there is no assurance that they would not be, the new state would be deprived of all jur- isdiction over them. In many of these reservations, mining, prospecting, settlement and development have been made impossible.
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Jedediah Smith passed through the
region in 1926, and John c. Fremont
traversed it with an exploring party
few years later.
Colonized by Mormons.
Brigham Young, the Mormon
leader, who settled the Salt Lake
basin, concluded that what is now
Nevada was part of his domain.
In March, 1849, he announced the
organization of the State of Deseret,
which included Nevada. In that
same year, N. Ambrose, Nevada's
first farmer, settled near what is
now Genoa. Colonization by the
Mormons continued until 1857, when
Young recalled them to Salt Lake
City in order to mass his forces in
the conflict with the federal gov
eminent.
Until the discovery of the famous
Comstock lode in 1859, there were
only about 1000 inhabitants in Ne
vada, chiefly Mormons and Califor-
mia gold seekers who had tarried
along the way. But silver and gold
brought stampede of fortune hunt
ers from all over the nation. The
population of Virginia City spurted
from handful of men to $4,000.
Bonanzas were struck and devel-
oped, and men became wealthy be-
yound their dreams overnight. For
many years the Comstock lode was
the richest silver mining center in
the world, and from it has come ap-
proximately one billion dollars in
gold and silver!
Soon Nevada became a territory,
and on October 81, 1864, President
Lincoln by proclamation made Ne
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smaller than Virginia City, was
made the capital. Nicknamed the
Battle Born State" Nevada had
lived. through lawlessness, bicker-
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chicanery to take its place as one
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He knew what sphygmomanom-
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White House; gave congress a criti-
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Neither, physics wizard, talk
on atomic theory.
Jim is one Of 40 bright young high
school seniors selected as finalists
in the fifth annual science talent
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offered by Westinghouse Electric
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every section of the country, took
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things as sphygmomanometers and
decigrams; wrote essays on my
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viewed by leading scientists. Three
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F Famous Lode Not
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The Comstock lode at Virginia
City was named for Henry Com
stock, man who did not discov-
er it, and who would have been
too lazy to work it if he had!
In June, 1859, Peter O'Riley and
Patrick Mclaughlin discovered a
rich lode, though neither one real
lied how valuable it was at the
time. Old Henry Comstock was
prowling around as. usual, watch
ing others work, and Immediately
laid claim to the spot himself,
insisting that he had already TAX
en- up CLAIMS there. 80: &c.,
The. two Irishmen, however,
were unimpressed. comstock
went away to, find help and re-
turned the next day with Nanny
Penrod, who cheerfully backed up
Comstock's story. Pete and Pat
= probably knew the two claimants
were liars, but the site was lonely
and they didn't want to 60 to
court. They agreed to give Com
stock and Penrod equal shares in
the discovery, -.
But there was plenty of silver
and gold for all of them! g. .,
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Former lumberman, rancher
and banker, Governor Pittman is
now publisher Of the Ely Daily
Times as well as the states chief
executive. He has also served
as state senator and lieutenant
governor Of Nevada.
capacity to aid the war effort. Thou
sands of people came to the state to
swell its 1910 population of 110,247.
1--WE in Nevada are Individual
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;Elko last fall. 1--WE enjoy the thrill
and satisfaction, as well as the
profits, which our work brings u.s."
The democracy and hospitality of
the Old West still live in Nevada.
The states richest citizen and the
lowliest cowpuncher, miner or
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