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Show f charges. The only coal now obtain ' I able comes from British Columbia and commands prices ranging from S10 to 111. It is a well-known fact tnat coal Is one of, the most necessary neces-sary adjunct in opening up a new country, but the Alaskan coal ro-tources ro-tources ' ore unavailable because of the 6hart-ighied jolicy of our government." govern-ment." ' . . Corumontlng on progress already made, Mr. Schlff! declares that tho Copper River railroad. M2 rolles of hich will be completed this year, ran ba compared, as regards con-ttructlon, con-ttructlon, only with the Pennsylvania lystem, Tho road .will tap the rlcd Klnnkotto copper mines, where $16,-(100.000 $16,-(100.000 worth of copper Ip said to be awaiting transportation. Mr. Schlff I draws an unfavorable comparison between be-tween the failure of the government to construct roads to connect wltii the Copper River railroad and the aI-tltud aI-tltud of tho Canadian government which has already rpxended large puma In tha construction of a magnificent mag-nificent wngon road In Yukon territory. terri-tory. Mr. Schlff and parly will leave Vancouver for Quebec over the Canadian Can-adian Pacific, returning from that point to New oYrk. ALASKA HELD BACK BY GOVERNMENT POLICY In ri Vancouver Interview Jacob . SchlHff declares that the future of Alaska depends upon the attitude of tint government, "which alone Is retarding re-tarding Its development by procras-llcatlon procras-llcatlon In not letting capital know definitely what its policy is to be," bays the Wall Street Journal. "Unless such a declared policy on the part of the government Is outlined out-lined in the very near future," said Mr. Schlff, "Alaska will be locked up for a generation to come At the present time, the attitude of the government gov-ernment ls distinctly discouraging to -apital and once capital ls dlscour-pged. dlscour-pged. It will take a long time for it to get Its courage .back. Of this I am convinced after' a qulto comprehensive compre-hensive tour of that territory or ihe first time. "I cannot quite make up my mind whether it Is wise for the Alaska syndicate controlled by Morgan-Gug cenhclm Interests to go Into Alaska under present conditions. I found people everywhere dissatisfied, and going away, due to the government's attitude. "The governments p'ollcy of delay in opening tho Bering coal fields t-j patent Is preventing the construction of a railroad already surveyed, to tap tlfese fields, which are over 100 i tiles In area, enabling the sale of coal at S1.75 a ton plus small freight |