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Show I THAT RAILROAD IN ALASKA 1 he anti-conservationists Id con- gross, who have been shedding tears , over the fate or Alaska between sobs explaining that the backwardness of i he territory is due to the IMnchot policy, have had an opportunity with in the Week of demonstrating how deep Is their anguish. A bill is be-fore be-fore congress providing for a government govern-ment owned railway In Alaska, to or n up the coal fields. So far the! most determined opposition lias come , from those who have had so much to say as to the retarding, blighting influence of conservation. 7 he fruth is being brought out. The schemers who opposed the Pin-chot Pin-chot policy were not concerned over the general welfare of the people of Alaska They simply desired to monopolize the resources of the country and would have fought Dgainsl anyone or any system that promised to deprhe theni of their rich haul. They were buccaneers of the high seas in disguise; pirates garbed in gowns of piety With the government planning to construct a railroad 733 miles from the southern coast of Alaska to the coal field, these false friends of Alaska Alas-ka are now driven to extremities to find an excuse to support their opposition op-position to the measure. . oo |