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Alaska and as such their school
studies should be selected so as
to give them special training in
making a living from the raw re
sources of the country. To mine,
to farm, to fish, to use forest pro
ducts, should be their future
plan. I believe three-fourths of
the present education given them
is a waste of time and money:
they are taught too many refine
ments, and trained to he dissat
isfied with the simple life, lire
manual training courses of ex
pert plumbing, cabinet making,
fancy cooking, algebrae, ancient
history, dead languages, oratory,
piano playing, etc., do not fit the
natives, or mixed-blood, to de
velop natural resources of their
^homeland. Some of these insti
tutions and schools are training
their pupils in soft living, where
comfort and luxuries are the first
consideration.
LABOR
Tire practice of hiring boys in
their teens in men’s jobs, by the
railroad and other Government
departments, should be discour
aged. Many high school students
who come from well-to-do homes
are given good positions by the
Government during the thTee
months school vacation. I know
of many instances where the
family income is wholly sufficient
to keep the boys in school with
out additional income from their
labor—there is no objection to
the boys doing some kind of
work, but preference should be
given to men supporting fami
lies. or who need the work to
make a living.
I suggest as a discouragement
to winter migration THAT A BO
NUS OF FIFTY CENTS OR A
DOLLAR PER DAY BE PAID
TO THE LABORER WINTERING
IN ALASKA. A certificate for
the amount to be given him at
the end of his labor. It would be
convertible into cash in April of
the following year, when present
ed with the endorsement of some
public official as to winter resi
dence.
All railroad repair work, recon
struction work dna new work,
j that is not necessary for immcd
iate use should be done during
the winter months so as as to
j provide work for the many men
I who are usually idle during the
winter; prospectors, cannery work
1 ers. farmers and road employees
. The proposed factory, or cannery,
| should also be constructed for
j winter use if possible.
COLD STORAGE PLANT
The idea of establishing a large
cold storage plant here to take
care of reindeer meat is certain
ly constructive, and if built will
encourage the grazing of animals
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along the railroad. I suggest that
' the plans embrace the handling
of fish, berries and any other
fresh food products on the rail
road belt that need cold storage.
Such a plant would not be self
supporting for several years if it’s
use were confined to shipments
on the railroad. But it would be
a paying investment on its com
pletion if halibut was handled as
other plants do. To engage in
local busines swould not harm
private establishments as they
could not handle fish brought in
here if accommodation was sure,
and prices reasonable. So soon
as the railroad business was suf
ficient to pay operating expens
es dealing in halibut could be
dieontinued.
APPROPRIATIONS
As elsewhere, the cry for steady
and greater expenditures of Gov
rnment money will be heard at
every point in Alaska, especially
people living off this railroad, but
j IT IS FOLLY to continue to pour
MONEY INTO a PROJECT THAT
HA SFAILED TO ACCOMPLISH
IT’S OBJECT IN IN ^5 YEARS,
UNLESS THAT PROJECT IS
COMPLETELY ALTERED IN ITS
CHARACTER AND POLICIES.
It is foolish to keep on spend
ing money year after year to op
erate this railroad IN THE SAME
OLD WAY, but to just shut it
down, without trying alternatives
in operation, or providing a high
way to take its place, WOULD
BE A CALAMITY TO ALASKA.
In the many radical changes
and extensions of policy I have
proposed above, there is call for
the expenditure of a great deal
of money, BUT THEY WOULD
BE THE LAST APPROPRIATION
NEEDED. It is a question of in
vesting an additional amount
ibut in a far different way than
has been done up to this timet,
or losing all the benefits of the
work already done.
OPERATING EXPENSES
It is my belief that if this rail
road were operated under the
policy of NECESSARY SERVICE
AND UP KEEP ONLY. IT CER
TAINLY WOULD PAY its WAY!
AFTER DEFINITE WORD WAS
RECEIVED, that an investigating
commit te was coming, hundreds
of men were laid off. Why? The
railroad is running just as well
without then, which shows that
labor was NOT NEEDED, and
could have been used with far
better results on resource devel
opment.
WEEDING OUT
Some department heads of the
railroad have been on the job so
long that they have lost interest
in the country and purpose of
this road. THERE SHOULD BE
A GENERAL WEEDING OUT.
Officials have had plenty of
time to show results. They have
no interest in the development of
the country, only using Govern
' ment money to please fellow
townsmen and bring praise from
I tourists.
Had the new manager, on arriv
| al here, started a general, but
! gradual, weeding and pruning
1 until he had 'reached the mini
mum force for necessary trans
portation. diverting the unneces
sary labor to DEVELOPMENT
| ACTIVITIES, there would be
PROSPERIT NOW instead of the
two or three hundred men sud
denly thrown out of work along
the railroad.
Great big, express engines,
drawing luxurious steel coaches
over a fancy road-bed, at high
speed, pull into Seward after the
470 mile trip, WITH LESS THAN
A DOZEN PASSENGERS, time
after time. Service—service—Yes,
but how ridiculous, to transport
a few passengers in royal style
on their journey to “The Happy
Spending Grounds’’, (Seattle).
Yes it is imperative that a gen
eral weeding take place, and a
different crop planted to bring
forth fruit.
Sincerely yours,
DON CARLOS BROWNELL
Seward. Alaska. Aug. 19. 1930
I P.S.—It is a passion of mine to
; see things run efficiently and yet
I economically. The waste perpe
trated in building and running
this is of irritation to me. and I
hope that the recommendations of
I t he committee are radical enough
to accomplish the change neces
sary to bring renewed growth and
prosperity to this section of A
laska. So I close, wishing that
something I have said will be of
■ help.
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