| OCR Text |
Show Can Be iNo Industria! Peace Without More Democracy. ST LOUIS. Mo . Nov. 21. ' There can be no industrial peace until there is more deinberac in Industry," John Leltch, of New ork, asserted in an addresB a1 t h closing session nt the convention of the American Mininc Congress todav. Preceding Mr Lcitch. John Pavls, governor of the congress' Alaskan chapter wn'-ned that unless power is used more justly In the far north. Alaska would lose its gold raining in duatry and its population. "Our industrial government has been autocratic." said Mr. Leltch. "We Been) to have ben convinced that, 'Provideneo in His wisdom had left in our h.mds the management of the common peoph 'I did not believe the management I seeds changing, but I am convinced the methods of management can be made less unpopular. The manage-, :nent must b made popular, or the; Nislnesa cannot be profitable." More Democracy Needed "We must work to bring out the' spiritual power of man and arouse b is i onsnence. to hi" duty. This will help ( )Ut until ther is more deniocrr.ev in ndustry there can be no industrial! leace in the world." Mr. uavis said Alaska s problems would be solved if the government 'erected a $9,000,000 power plant there. I "Lignite for fuel is available in huge quantities." said Mr Davis, "but jth thirty per cent of moisture in it j makes it cost excessively high when transportation facilities in Alaska are considered. Then transportation is only good between May and October and it is impossible to store, or erect, stock plies of lignite owing to this j moisture. "But even if this fuel is utilized in a central power plant, located in the heart of the lignite field to avoid al transportation charges, and employing em-ploying modern equipment designed to burn lignite to its best advantage power can be generated and transmitted trans-mitted electrically to the mining districts dis-tricts at one-fourth to one-sixth of the present cost of generating it at the individual minr-s." Government Plant Needed 'This power plant should be built bv ihr- government because it is most vitally interested in the future of Alaska. It is today building a railroad from tidewater to the Interior at a cost of $52,000,000 based on a -well grounded faith in the development of ihe districi But the realization of this faith depends inevitably upon Ihe future of the mining Industry for which cheaper power is absolutely essentia! es-sentia! "The work must be undertaken quickly, however, because the mlninc industry of the Interior of Aluska is facing a grave crisis. Costs ahe pro hibitive, except for extremely rich bonanzas and the cream has nlrrfuiv been skimmed from most of these The! completion of the railroad will help by reducing the cost of supplier, but It cannot furnish cheaper power. "It rests with the people of the na-tipn na-tipn to determine the future course! of the interior of Alaska, whether the1 outcome of the crisis is to be unpar-1 nlleled development or a rapid and sudden reversion to the conditions Of I sparodic hunting and fishing that prevailed pre-vailed before the discovery of gold " |
