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Show ALASKA IS Guggenheim Advises Young Men to Go j to 'the North j .New York, May 20. "Alaska must j ultimately benefit from the federal in- i vesication of her affairs," fas Daniel Guggenheim, head of the Morgan-Gug-Rcnhcim Alaskan syndicate, In an Interview In-terview pi ven out here today Mr. Guggenheim will sail for Europe on Wednesday, "These investigations." be sayj, "have brought to the attention of the pcoplo of the United States as norli-ing norli-ing could have brought It to their attention, at-tention, that there Is a great slccpin.? empire of enormous wealth at our very doors. Now Is the lime for the government to stop talking and do something which will give the people the opportunity to go to Alaska ami take part in the work of development develop-ment There has been n lot of talk about syndicate control of Aiaika, because a Fyndlcate happens In be building a railroad there. Hut ll'.tle has be.-n accomplished as yet. "The thing to do Is In stop talking and act. W'e have large undeveloped quantities of gold, silver, b ad, copper, tin, sine, coal oil. etc., at our very dorrs an drefuse to avail ourselves promptly of this proffered wealth is to bold tho country back. . . "Just remember that Alaska is nit one man's land or a Sf-t of men's land, hut every man's land. It is an empire em-pire wtlhou r'"'pl-'4' is w-jillig. I would advi:-e enterprising oun? men. anxious to succeed, willing lo work, and having the backbone and stamina, that they go to the 'mag-M-tlc north.' "It Is true, though that our country fcecnis to be bent on legislation adverse ad-verse to corporations and if this is pi-rriisted. It will finally legislate them out of business " |