CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FAVORS
The main business transacted at a
special meeting of the Cordova Cham
ber of Commerce, held last night, was
to approve the application of the gen
eral principle of the Alaska develop
ment board bill recently introduced in
congress by Representative Curry of
California. This act calls for the ap
pointment by the President of three
members of a board, who shall reside
in Alaska, and take over the adminis
tration of such of the affairs of the
territory as are now handled through
g the different departmental bureaus at
^Washington.
The hopelessness of the attempt to
accomplish anything in a constructive
way under the present cumbersome
long-range administration of national
affairs is apparent to all, and benefi
cial results will only be secured
through a co-ordinated administration
of all national affairs in Alaska by a
federal organization with offices in
the territory, charged with the re
' sponsibility of Alaska development, as
outlined in this new measure. While
the bill is not all that is desired, it is
a move in the right direction, and in
order that amendments may be sug
gested to congress for its improvement
a committee consisting of Messrs. T.
J. Donohoe, G. K. Betts and Malcolm
Brock was appointed for that purpose.
Their report will be submitted to the
Camber for its approval before being
forwarded to congress.
* The house and senate committees
are preparing to take up at an early
date an exhaustive study of the ad
ministration of federal affairs in
Alaska, to formulate a policy and ef
ficient administration that will result
in the utilization of Alaska’s resources,
to the end of creating local industries
and building up a stable, prosperous
citizenry.
J. L. McPherson, manager of the
Alaska bureau of the Seattle Chamber
of Commerce, is conducting the fight
on behalf of the territory, and he has
written the different commercial or
ganizations to take up the study of
this question and furnish him with a
statement of all facts as to the ob
stacles to development in the respec
tive localities under the present di
vided and inefficient method of admin
istration of federal affairs in Alaska.
These views and facts will prove in
valuable to the congressional commit
*tees in their study of this question.
A committee consisting of Messrs.
A. J. Adams, J. L. Galen and H. G.
Steel was appointed to gather and
compile this information. There should
be valuable data obtainable on the
loss and delay due to the administra
tion from Washington of the land, for
est, coal land lease and oil lease laws,
which have tended to retard and dis
courage development; the necessity of
construction of roads and trails into
the mining districts; the difficulties
of the homesteader in the Copper
river region; cost of clearing land, ne
cessity of measures of aid or credit
that are essential to the success of the
pioneer homesteader.
Mr. McPherson says that he has
every confidence that from the ex
haustive study to be made by the com
mittees on territories we can be as
sured of a constructive policy that
will result in a prosperous Alaska,
TRADE PROBLEMS OF
CENTRAL AMERICA ARE
SIMILAR TO ALASKA’S
SAN FRANCISCO, April 22 by As
sociated Press).—Revision of the mail
routes to Central America so that mail
from the Pacific coast may go down
the west coast or else follow the most
direct lines on the east coast is be
ing sought by trade development bod
ies of San Francisco.
At present the only method of utiliz
ing the speediest route is to specify
the name of the ship on'which the let
ter is desired to travel. Otherwise
mail goes through New Orleans and
may go as'far as Panama and then
back to Nicaragua, instead of enter
ing the latter republic by a shorter
and more direct line, according to
those interested in the move.
The experience of one San Fran
cisco business man who had to send
a, package from Montevideo, Vruguay,
to Panama via France, instead of di
rectly up the west coast of South
America via Valparaiso, is cited. This
was merely because of an old postal
agreement, and resulted in the pack
age being delivered just.a year later,
because French steamship lines to
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! Panama had been withdrawn during
| the war.
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i STRANGE WORKINGS OF
MIND OF CHINAMAN
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GRASS VALLEY, Cal., April 22 (by
Associated Press).—The strange spec
tacle of the grave of a horse being
kept in tidy condition and decorated
once each year with flowers and flags
is witnessed near Forest Hill, Placer
county, southwest of here.
The horse, a common stage animal,
on July 3, 1902, was shot dead by a
bandit who was attempting to hold up
a stage.
Among the passengers was a China
man, who, following the robbery, care
fully buried the horse and placed
American flags on the grave. Once
each year he has reappeared to renew
his ministrations.
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Useless Employees Must Exchange Non
Productive Work for Production.
By E. T. MEREDITH, U. S. Secretary of Agriculture.
Useless, employees, no matter in what line they
may be engaged, must be released from non-productive
work and given an opportunity to become producers
upon the fanh or in the factory. If this is done and
if jobbers and retailers recognize the harm that must
ultimately come from profiteering on the farmer and
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content themselves with a reasonable profit, the ques
tion of the high cost of living will largely solve itself
to the permanent^ood of all. But unless the whole
country—all business and all labor—does recognize
mis as » common prouiem ami does ao me in mgs neces
sary to solve it, less and less will there be of farm produce to divide among
the whole people and higher and higher will go the price of that which
is produced.
I he farmers must certainly produce. They have produced and will
produce—that is their business. They-are on a piece measure basis, and
given satisfactory conditions they will do their part, as the farmers of
America, have in every situation or crisis that has faced the country. But
this q 11 os thin of “satisfactory conditions” is a big one. It is not a satis
factory condition for the farmer to receive reduced prices for his pork,
wht-at, hides, while the prices of his machinery, lumber and shoes are
raised.
1 his high cost of living problem is a mutual one, and the farmers
asK tnat it he approached by all the people as a common problem. They
ask that those engaged in distribution eliminate the lost motion and put
a less burden upon production. In other words, they ask that there be
an adequate number of producers of wealth, and this includes property
and food of all kinds, and only such number of distributors as is necessary
to | erform the services required. * They ask that the banks, railroads,
wholesale houses, retail establishments, factories, be speeded up along
with them, that the work now done by three men may be done, if possible,
bv two. and the burden of transportation and distribution be thereby
lightened.
COAST TRIALS
TOBEHELDFOR
OLYMPIC MEETj
SAN FRANCISCO, April 22 (by As
sociated Press).—Tentative dates for
the Pacific coast trials preliminary to *
the final elimination tests for the
American .Olympic games team, to be
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held in Eastern cities early this sum- :
mer, have been announced by Sam
Goodman of San Francisco, vice presi
dent of the A. A. U., on his recent
return here from Antwerp and New
York.
Goodman said that- primary try-outs
for track men would be held in vari
ous localities, -and the best would be
sen* to Pasadena June 26 for the finaj^
Pacific coast try-outs. The successful
men at Pasadena are then to go East
to compete for places on the team to
represent the United States.
Most oC the American athletes go
ing to Belgium for the games will
sail from New York July 24.
Swimming trials will be held at Hon
olulu and San Francisco July 3 and 4.
Portland, Goodman said, had been
awarded the boxing and wrestling
trials.
Olympic games committees are to be
formed at Los Angeles, Portland, Se
attle and San Francisco.
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