Show BIG COPPER LANDS LAIS BY TRUST Guggenheims See Rich Prof Profits Us in Vast Fields of Alaska PLAN GIGANTIC SM SMELTER EL TER Natives Not Opposed ed to lo Hi His Interests Interests- tt but bitt Want Jn JUl l a n Litti Itt Left Lef I Washington Jan 31 Behind 31 the cry cr for for tor autonomy which feebly reaches Washington from the iho hardy settlers of or far ar at QI las Alaska Alasha a Is n a fight save r c ive the thc territory from the clutches of a n trustY trust one of whoso whose members members- Simon Guggenheim has has has just been elected u a united States Stales senator from the state slate of or Colorado Already tho lie monopoly has placed Its Is grasping hand handon hanl on tho ho marvelously mar fruitful soil of ot the tho I territory and amI step slop b by step it i is making its Us control more secure Denied self self- government and amil the means of oC striking j for themselves and directly at nt this threatening power the thc of Alaska 1 are arc doing what thc they can to prevent tho the mineral wealth of ot the thc t ter territory or- or r- r rHo I from rein falling lute Into time the possession of ot a handful of shrewd and duLl designing men It I is however an uphill task I I that can cnn only be he successful oven even in part through the unceasing watchfulness watchful ness nS of the lie friends of the territory at attIm tho tIm national capital The smelter trust of which Daniel Murray tUllY Isaac Isae and Simon Gu Guggenheim arc aro the moving factors is that which menaces the wealth and amI tho tim freedom of ot competition In Alaska a so Alaskans sn say and it is is- ably abb ailed aided aldel and amI abetted by Imy financial Interests that center conte about J. J Morgan Time The prize which this combination seeks Is what Is re regarded regarded re- re by geological experts as the greatest undeveloped cop copper field fell Inthe in inthe the world OIW and amul an au area arca rich In Jn coal and other deposits That the largest smelter smeller In North America will vIll wi some sonic someday la day be 10 located in title re region lon Is the firm belief of or persons familiar with the time situation but whether its is owners are lo to b be absolute despots in the time Held fold Heldor or 01 01 a are to do lo business as co competitors 1 pct to of or in Independent concerns is Js one of or the he Important questions now being asked by tho the citizens of ot the territory After Copper Valley The area which the trust covets Is he the Copper River aley valley running 00 miles mies north and south and amid 00 00 east easl easland and west the thc Chili na copper bel belt which stretches 50 miles mies from east to lo cst west est with wih a breadth of or ten to twenty miles nilles mies the Catalla Catala coal fields twenty miles square tho ho petroleum belt bel which skirts the coast from Catalla eastward to for Cor a distance of or thirty miles mies and breadth of or from live five J e Jeto to ten miles mies and tho the de tie- le- le posit In the thc district Isho is isho ho tho only known occurrence on the Pacific Pa Pa- due cic coast of or anthracite deposits anti and the coal Is declared to toe be e as good as a the product of the anthracite fields of Pennsylvania The attention of oC tho the lit Gu Guggenheims was as first attracted to thIs region by reports report made mado b by officials of tho the United Slates States Geological Survey as to the e ex- ex tent Lent and richness of oC tho ho copper ore The Thc smelter trust magnates ever ready to lo look Jool into matters mailers maters that that give promise of an for fOI an extension extension ex ex- x tension of its is vast ast operations sent Its Its- own experts to the scene and their reports were of such tuch a glowing character character char char- acter acler that the thc directors of or the combination com corn were not nol inclined to give gi e credence to them Other Othel experts men mep hi In whom the fullest reliance was wa placed were ordered to the district and the they not only med confirmed the most I optimistic estimates of previous investigators investigators but bul even evon went further and anti were more molo emphatic in their declarations declara declara- Lions lons as aJ to lo the resources resource of the soli soil Their reports Indeed indicated that tha t nature herself v was ns playing Into lh the hands of the Guggenheim family for Cor forIt forit It IL was said sall that much of or the semi semi- anthracite and bituminous coal deposits depo lepo- lepo sits wore were admirably adapted for smeltIng smelting smelt smelt- ing lug purposes ru Guggenheims Guggenheim's First Tir-st Move Mote nc With Ith those conclusions in Iii hand han the lit Gu made malc their first moIn mo move move- in lit the game of monopolization Quietly Quiet Quiet- I ly lh all au al the options pos possible possible Ible I- I ble from Crom placer miners miner who had gout gope into the distrIct when the stampede of or 1 came oil un UI Some of the miners pinched for mone money for the time we were 1 glad to sell chi out while others refused to dispose of their belongings The he reluctance of the latter class did dil not net cause causo tho the Guggenheims much concern concern con con- cern for fOI experience had shown them how to proceed in n 1 such a situation Tho The next step of or lie tho smelter trust trus was to find an outlet for fOI their thel product when whon once their sm smelter W was in operation opera opera- iou tion lon They also appreciated that the pO possession of millions of dollars worth of or coal is of little lle real value so lon long longa longas a as you yop f 1 have not nt the tho the facilities for tor ci- ci transporting it to lo the thc market Nor were the Guggenheims unmindful of ot the fact that If it thc they controlled thes these facilities another reason would be furnished fur fur- t nili to the lie independent holders of ot the he lic copper anti and coal lands land wh why tho they should sell sel out to the trust which could haul its Jg own 1 0 product and amid on one ono pretext or another refuse refuge to carr carry that thal of th the outside ut Id operators lh rho arc are not miot builders of or but it I did not take them long lo to get Into Inlo communication with certain interests In Now VorK Vori that made mado malo a specialty specially of or engaging in such Huoh enterprises Mr r. r Morgan org n him hims s self lr It IK is said all looked over 1 0 the field neld and ami having convinced him of its Is great 1 possibilities tho rest iest was wu easy that moment dated the fhe f light ht that is isnow isnow I now on to prevent enl the railroad monopolizing mono mono- AI Alaska sl a. a Enl h ppe r Close Clos Brothers Co of London England J very y much alive alve to tv the wa way things timings were drifting la in In the thc t territory even before this had hal begun the construction con con- from Cordova a bay of or the White Pass t Cor Cordova ova Bay railroad under the time direction of M. M I J. J Honey Hene It I looked at first as If Ir the tho projectors of this line lne would be satisFIed with the of or such mch freight f as they could obtain without invading In the Iho section which tho the GUJ had haiL set their seal eal upon upon the the Copper River vale valley and vicinity But Bul realized re re- re that within a n comparatively ely few fow years ra the hc output of or copper and coal and petroleum there thelo would call cal for lal large o transportation facilities and he began active preparations for Cor piercing th the tho district t with his his l tracks whereupon where where- upon 1101 ho was wa promptly Informed that thal thalIe if Ie he lie undertook to tu do so the Qu acting actIng- through the Morgan Interests would parallel his lines linos into Ih the Iho Yukon on all all' valley haul their own 1 0 freight ht anti and nel cut rates to toa toa toa a point where ho he could coul not nol stand tho the competition made a survey urey of oC the size of ot tim the respective t e purses amid mil carne came to the thc conclusion lon that hint he hc would lel better belter r content him Hh ili the thic bird In iii the hand T This 1 is about the tho situation as H it I stands today to The actual construction construe construe- lion tion of or railroads from the Copper Rh i- i region has not been begun but it i i is Ix simply for the reason that the time are arc alc not not rc ready for the lY work to start Alaskans conversant con with wll tho the facts appear to have c no ito doubt toul that thai the smelter smeller trust and Its railroad allies ales simply design to repeat tho the history of or other vast combinations of capital under like circumstances at aria ana to carry crr the product of ot others 1101 finally starve the lent dents Into submission Why im h They limey Pi-oi Pi I vt These Alaskans in Insist that lint tho they aC are arc not opposed to the development le of or the country by the Gu Imi in fact that they welcome welcomE al aid from rota this or any other quarter qUarter hut hut the they do lo protest against the territory being handed handell over el bag bas and amid bagg Je to the contro control of or this his or any other othel trust trusi trust Prominent residents of Alaska recent recent- I ly 13 In Washington said sid that If IC autonomy autonomy au au- wa was granted there thero would bo ho holess be less les danger an r of monopolies getting a firm fern foothold on the tho valuable mineral minerai deposits than under the present arrangement ar ar- ar- ar by br which legislation affectIng affect affect- Ing lug th lm h people Is enacted thousands of ot miles mies distant from the locality af af- a- a b by it and b by persons who can enn cannot not be expected to have that degree rec of oC knowledge of or tho the l basis for lc action that lint hand first hond acquaintance acton gives I c They hey added that the tl same objection presents Itself in li-i connection with wih th the nets lids of ot r administrative officers in Washington when whon dealing with wih territorial terri tori-i- tonal affairs The charge Is also made malc here herc that lint thata linta a i studied campaign of or suppression of the tho facts acts as to Alaska's possibilities Is being carried on 01 In the Interest of the railroad smelter combinatIon Tho The great wealth of or the territory is boing hoing minimized with wh the tho object of or not attracting too much attention to 10 the lie locality nt until I the lie trust rust has obtained an au impregnable lodgment tu there ro |