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Show oncfijiBip j lira fori mU 'M uiL 111.111 ur Development of Territory Terri-tory BeinsjThrottled by Land Laws ' Ithaca, N. Y., Sept. 2. President Jacob Gould Schurman of Cornell university, uni-versity, who has just returned from an extended trip through Alaska, be-lieves be-lieves that the g,vernnient is throttling throt-tling the development of the territory terri-tory and keopingjlvts vast resources nearly Intact by nieans of land laws which are not applicable to that re-j re-j gion. In a statement given out on his arrival here, Mr. "Schurman declares that the government is pursuing an ultra-conservative policy and keeping capital out. ( - "The land laws of 'this country are applicable to agricultural regions," he says, "but in Alaska agriculture is unknown. un-known. Prhale enterprise is hindered. hin-dered. In a territory so vast as Alaska, Alas-ka, much capital is" required to stimulate stimu-late its development. I do not believe that the corporations should be given full sway. Developments should be under the control ofl the goernment. I would advocate 'that for every ton of coal rained, the government receive a royalty., ', "But the development-of Alaska can never come until capital is admitted and the- present land laws abrogated. Irithls-'c6iintry ItoWuecessar-yLtn.. possess large capital to develop, but in Alaska Individual development is too largo a problem to be coped with Much capital must be used to open mines and build railroads " |