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Show , FCa J' L ZL"; WonJJ naTe Iti rTrc-'s Owned and All T:: rc-? j GoTcrcneit Cc:-:r:i:; I. NZEriDTorrr.'.:: . x cr:?crr:::::::-Y Farcrs TczrJ cf r.":: ' ,Thttt Terr::cry. ' ' , i ' . - WAHrWOT0!r, A i. 21. E- - V aoberl M. La roll.tte. In a ae.h, earn trt openly to favor of govern. Bent ownership of tUe railroads of Alaska and of government control of . the natural resource, of the rich territory. terri-tory. He referred to a blU which-be -Introduced four rear ago provldlcg -for tbe leaeing of, all DilnerU r' v' la the United Btetee, altlior h t e oieaa-mrt) oieaa-mrt) Was Inteaded to be . ,li able e ore eapedaUy to Alaaka. ! VTb sensible tad pra-tiral thirj to Jo," be aaid.'"ia to create a board of publis works for Alaska, .to he -appointed by the president aad confirmed by the, senate, similar to the isthmian renal oommiMion. . This board of pnh- -'lit works should then undertMi-e. n-'t merely to build 'a' rsilro.-! fronf ( on-trolUr on-trolUr bay' to the ro. filrl h"t 'o geqaire all of the railroads in A and settle at onsi the poiiry of , ernmeat ownership. . .. .. . Frovlde for Development. v I, "It should similarly provide for . .Velopment of other pul.lic nti;-: , such ae the telegraph and tepn".. It should. OTerate and develop t e ' wharves aad dorks and steamship h-i if -necessary,- to deliver the proa . a ( of A'eska to the roxt. . .' 'fThe Morgaa-Uiu enheim sv?i 'i. eate. aeeustomed-to Hue hisrheet rr-" en tneir investments, end de. nil . r to a greet evtent immediate retnrr. i t , te .e eaorhitaet ind tiM -i-'iip f v .1 ue people of the l'n i 1 . 1 f- i -s o -demaad,aa itnme'i h"- re- -o. I . one teetneelv- . .ki "r money at an tip ..ret r - - if i ' i I , per eew . . Itut'-. f ' m.- .-n i ' a J fn G f ,i t , . i H i- I v ba.loe, a..n t..e r I t--. i all as. the liii't wn.id In u l . peo.-'e. . J : v . ' .4,iit Important of all Ja control of . the transportation facilities b- tne g ,-ernment. ,-ernment. It would forever remivs tue irresistible . temptation of diMrimin). tioo re be tee and corrutition which have eharacteriicd the worst, period of our , railroad operat ioa. 1 Oorporatloag Winning right. i Mr. hm Follette doclorcd that the people' were waging a losing 6i't . againet the coroor.ti.ne in Alaaka. Be-tweer Be-tweer the wrest storehouse of -na-tiiral -resources and thow who are trying to develop it. be .aid. was to 'be found "the enormous power of the greatest eoaeeatratioa of capital that the world baa ever known." - - '. Mr Jk t oilette round a nsrmiei to, the present situation In Alsak in the straggle la tbe anthracite coal fields ef Peaasvlvaaia a Quarter of - a century ago. H traced the legislation of I'.on-vlvaaia I'.on-vlvaaia sad declared that in every Instance it had 'ailed to break -the grip of monopoly. ..." ."Whoa we have before o the history-of this anthracite struggle." he demanded, "low consummated in the ' complete eontrol ef .1. P. ' Morgan ' agaiaet the whole American people, can we expect any diflereat reault, if w permit the. Morgaa-Guggenhaim syndicate syndi-cate to gat eontrol of Alaaka t This power will lie ia their control of the " dorka, wharves, mountain -posse aad ' -limited outlet of - those markets."., (Hta Faaasa Canal. ' ' Jestifviag hi contention that the government should engage is. transportation transpor-tation ia Alaaka aad the conservation of ita resources. Mr. La Follette pointed to the work being done now on tee Panama canal. He aaid - that the ae- lotion of transportation problema, the eiiminatioa of unsanitary conditions , aad the betterment ef the iahabitanta . showed what the Americaa people could do "when called on to meet n great emergeaey requiring direct government eontrol in ths public interest." "We are new ' required to decide -which of tbeae two method the Amen- eaa people shall adopt ia Alaaka," be continued. "ITp to tbia tune we have beea going bliadly along the road of . the anthracite eoal combination, but it , is possible for ae to accomplish permanently per-manently in Alaaka all that ia being accomplished temporarily in Panama. "There ia, however, oae difference. The people of Alaska must be permitted to develop ia tbe highest, degree their own social aad political conditions and individual enterprieee. But the Americaa Ameri-caa people are the owner of the resource, re-source, ef Alaska. .These have been preserved - up to the present time by withdrawing them from occupation and use. The people now clamor for- their use aad for -the traasportstioa which is eeecntial for their nae. They are entitled en-titled to get tbe beaefit ia reduction ef cost of living which will come from n utilisation of Alaskan 'treasures.' Ooal la treaded. "The Pacific coast demaada aeeeae to the esermoo eoal depoaita. The pen- pie east of the Becky mountain will gaia bv their development. Even the navy department is compelled to pev g to gll for eoal on the Pacific co..t which coeta si to 4 oa the Atlantic eoest. The test whi.k hv beea maoe ' how that aamplea of eoal from wins as thick aa thirty-three feet in tne Controller bay regie have a higher heating value thaa eoal eecured by toe aavy depart meat oa tb raatera tiae-water.'.' |
