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Show IAL IS BEING EITJPKA Ititf Which Has Immense aeIDeposits Compelled to import Large Quantity. JRXOR'S REPORT FAVORS AID FOR THE RAILROADS jBcutive Scouts Idea That Hnop.olies Can Flourish Uri-jH Uri-jH dcr Present Laws. aEHINGJON. Nov. 27 Expressing BBk his opinion that, the want or cheap laBjYind the delay in opening the. Alaska BjficIdf arc tho strongest adverse fac-BBBHr- the present problem of territorial BBfres. Governor Walter E. Clark of mmmm'tn In Ms annual report to tho snore -BB of the interior, .innde public today, Ib&tu that "the Ill-advised policy of iBaKidlns all development of the large Bj itfourcep of Alaska, or of placing BK restrictions upon development as IBBKake the embarkation of private cap-Htnpofsiblc. cap-Htnpofsiblc. la to be deprecated., whilu lllftollcy of conservation by proper use BBVbe encouraged. IBbKiIj coal," he nays, "is needed for BBMjlniJuFtrieK of tho territory and for Rphyglcal comfort of our people, and IjBjBJp account should It be 'withheld from mis." i K nresent lmnosslbllltv of mlmnsr IK cither under title or lear.e. he exit. ex-it. It 1" st measure responsible for Ifuspcnslon of one of the principal loads. This lias caused a general fcjr-of discouragement over the busl- tltuation in those partH of Alaska r, development and settlement ought fc going on most rapidly. I Wants Fuel Fiolds Opened, ferernor Clark says It' appeared In Be dlscuFhions of the subject that the Idtlon to opening the Alaska coal b "(.primes chiefly from two sourcos k persons who fear a monopoly and jeiwliG would have this coal hold as Krvt! supply for the future." Me Ear says that while the prtBcnt coal llaw If "not a good one. "It certainly fr no hope to monopolists, but rather Ejculated to discourage the embarka-Fof embarka-Fof capital." declaring his hope for the adoption b leasing avstemo develop these i. Governor Clark says: IS will be found quite feasible, nc-Ins nc-Ins to the best authorities, to devise jfolti terms for lenses, protecting both public and the, operators, and Insur-llntclligont Insur-llntclligont conservation." jc governor nys thai the views of Extremist that "all the Alaskan coal jtld be kept as a reserve supply has Snp to commend' it. A conservative liato. he says, made by Alfred . H. bin of tho geological survey, shows Dil tin' present rate of consumption (marketable Alaska coals would last fcr six thousand years. It the end of that period." he eon-h, eon-h, "posterity may bo using solar en-fcor en-fcor " some other means other than LW light, heat and power." Jtle progress has been made in rall-fbulldlntr rall-fbulldlntr In tho- Northwest territory je the past year, it Is asserted. The 6rs of the Alaska Northern railway, p will tap the Mantanuska coal fields, fro that the principal factor in pre-ins pre-ins U Continuation of construction e unspttled stat of th coar land Won nnd tho Inability of any cltl-to cltl-to obtain title or lease, to these Wants Aid .for Railroads. . ynrnot Clark rccommenrls govern-' govern-' aid for tho railroads in .the form guarantee of interest on their bonds, declare that tho opening of new i rends nnd trails, with the ac-lanying ac-lanying lower frelcht rates on sup- enabled mining In be oanici1 h'i districts which cither could not h opm'd nt all,, nr would have, of-b of-b onlv a precarious opportunity to miner ' , , . m governor ref'ommndK thai unuT L.t,.nl .-miHIt innv .nf fllfil SUIinlV Ip Ita and until the Lfrritorv reaches rc advanced stac oT development wvernment should make no charge lie rutting ol .firewood. fr'Hlsn reomptnded thai larcr P""-, P""-, if pot all. .f Mie Chugath nation f. h- re-stored to the pulV.ii; domain, rianv thousand acres of this rcuer-iii rcuer-iii are almost treeless nnd the conns con-ns are such as to render any mcas-?fov mcas-?fov ibf conservation of water ab-y ab-y Jinnorossarv Agricultural possl-its possl-its in the territory, declares thu-oy. r. nro no longer In doubt. Haln rlninge" In tne mining law ar; (nrnotiii'-fl TIioko- nrr- (.liar.tclurizc-tl ilwyinrnce speculation among von-frnt von-frnt claimants wlm clve powei of at-iy at-iy to jomn tvrvou In the territory, j Ship Coal to Alaska. lh.11 'iTs men who have charge of ftlpRmp)i svs(fii) In Alaska are com-ijwl com-ijwl hv the governor. They endure I hunlshlns in tho maiiHenaucc of t tit the lines and are "to be com-for com-for their brave efforts which ro-flh ro-flh keening th- llnOK open with re-Ikablv re-Ikablv Xv Interrupt lout:." He de-fi de-fi the nooiii cable will have to be pofl hi p t"W voarv. "unless a large ii'l'l In UtrCIOSK COUiinuiiM.u.iiun '"" . .... I It of Attorney Geneni! V Ickr-il Ickr-il STielarv of ComiiHTce and gei u Alaska in -Inly and Aug-itvs Aug-itvs "was extremely gratifying ople." . lug the ".serious defect tn t.ic : raus-'d by the absence or legal jut for the regulation of blrllis. . and deaths In the territory, nioi pitv.s that Instances? havis 1 In the lust Tew yearn lllus-i lllus-i a striking way tins evils which elv result from the absence ot Urdu, :h- coal to t'nu value of J2ns....n to Alaka from tin- United irlug the fiscal year ending -'unc rllag to the report- In addition foreign coal valued at $Hn, -' orted during the year, brliigln? I cf all con! Importations for up in $r,i;4. 73 1.. The IncreHsr In value nf ihe domestic coal l?i-lurlns. l?i-lurlns. the year over 1&09 was tportatlonii of domesilc merchaii-fn merchaii-fn the United States. Including nber. hardware and machinery. s. Iliitiors, t'tc.. showed an in-H9I0 in-H9I0 nver 1U09 of $7Kr;202. indite am precious motals ship-"i ship-"i Alaska to the I'nlted Stales IP10 amounted to $3l,G2S.1.'i. an over 1UTJ of 5203. l'OO, according ItMJll. |
