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Pertinent Facts as to
Election for Delegate
(Edited by Chn*. A. Derry)
Followers of “Alaska’s True Friend’’ Still Harp on the
Contest “Decision”—Excellent Work of Delegate Sul
zer in Behalf of the Gold-Mining Industry of Alaska
and of the Country at Large
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Wlckershamites may succeed in
deluding themselves Into the belief
that the Wickersham-Sulzer election
contest has been decided In favor of
their champion. But their difficulties
commence when they attempt to de
ceive others. The Alaska voter is not
so "easy" as to believe that a contest
the final hearings of which have not
yet been held already has been de
cided by a committee of the house of
representatives, and that the princi
pals in the proceedings were left to
learn the nows from a correspondent
of a provincial newspaper. This is
merely trying to befog the minds of
the people When the elections com
mittee of the house of representatives
makes its report in the matter it will
be heard on the floor of the house,
and then, and not until then, will the
decision of the committee he made
public. And even in that event, the
house itself is the final arbiter of all
election contests.
Sulzer's Work in Behalf of Miners
For the agitation now in progress J
whereby it Is hoped to better the con
ditions in the mining industry of the
United States, and particularly for
the aids that have already been se
cured for miners, credit is due Charles
A. Sulzer, delegate from Alaska. It
was through bis efforts that the grctt
government investigation that is now |
in progress was started. Govern- j
meat aid has not yet been extended, i
but Mr. Sulzer has hoped that very!
material assistance will be given be
fore the end of the present congress
Unchanging Price of Gold
In the minds of many there has
been confusion on to what the gold
miners of the country and their
friends are trying to do. There has
been some talk of changing the price
of gold, but the best economic au
thorities are strongly opposed to this,
bitterly so. declaring that a change
In the price of gold would disrupt the
credit systems of the nations of the
world And furthermore, they point
out that a raiso In the price of gold
would mean that owners of gold which
Is in jewelry or in the arts might im
mediately turn the precious metal
over to the mint at a big profit. For
these and other reasons the consensus
of opinion at the national capital and
elsewhere seems against a raise in the
price of gold.
Hut a bonus on production is an
entirely different matter, and while
It was met with much opposition at
first in the national capital, Mr. Sui
ter and others are winning converts
gradually. Under the proposal of a
bonus the aim is for the government
to pay out of the treasury of the
United States such sums as may be
lecided upon for every ounce of gold
produced from the earth. And the
;reusury would bo authorized to make i
<u h rules and regulations as neces
sary to compel the owner of the gold
:o prove when and where it was pro
duced, thereby preventing fraud,
h'riends of the movement insist that
t can be worked out quite as simply
is the matter of offering a bonus on
:he production of beet sugar or do
mestic tin. as was done by the gov
ernment some years ago.
The present price of gold, twenty
Jollars and sixty-seven and a frac
ion cents per ounce, was fixed by the I
Bank of England In 1873, and legal
zed by an act of parliament. Shortly
iftorward the United States adopted
he same figure, und other countries
!rMowed suit. And it has remained
at the same figure ever since, al
diough the cost of producing the
metal has increased enormously.
History of Work for Mlnsrt
Although Mr. Sulzer has realized
for some time that the war was af
fecting the gold-minnig industry, the
matter was not brought forcefully to
his attention until last winter. Then
Ite began to receive letters, particu
larly from Yukon river points, from
old and patriotic Americans who had
been prospecting for years, in which
the writers expressed the opinion
that gold mining was non-essential,
that the men engaged therein were
doing nothing toward winning the war,
and urging the delegate to introduce
a resolution in congress declaring
gold mining to be non-essential, and
ordering that the miners turn to
some other work wherein they would
be more useful.
Other letters received by Delegate
Sulzer from larger operators com
plained that they were being discrim
inated against in the matter of ob
taining supplies, the merchandise
men having gained the Impression
that gold mining was a non-essential
occupation, and some of them also
complained against paying excess war
profits taxes, which they considered
manifestly unfair to them in view of
the fact that they not only made no
excess war profits, but that, in fact,
they sustained serious losses because
of war conditions.
Matter Taken Up with Committee
Last winter Delegate Sulzer took up
the matter of excess war profits with
tlic ways and means committee of the
house of representatives, which had In
charge the work of framing the new
revenue legislation. He was assured
that the matter would Ite investigated
thoroughly, which promise was car
ried out later.
Next Delegate Sulzer took up the
question with William 11. McAdoo, sec
retary of the treasury The delegate
laid the situation before him and set
forth the necessity for assistance, and
asked the views of the cabinet mem
ber as to whether or not gold mining
should be considered essential.
Mr. McAdoot replied with a letter
that has now become historical, and
which has been quoted in the mining
Journals the world over. In it he
said emphatically that next to pro
ducing food and munitions for the sol
diers of the allies, nothing was more
important than keeping up the gold
output of the country; that the very
foundation of the United Stntes, Its
credit, rests upon the supply of the
precious metal.
Armed with Mr. MicAdoo's letter,
and with a volume of facts and figures,
Mr. Sulzer secured a hearing before
j the priorities committee of the wai
i industries board, which resulted in an
order being issued in which the gold
mining industry was placed near the
j head of the priority list.
Believing that more could he ac
! compllshed by the joint action of all
1 representatives of the gold-mining dis
i tricts, Mr. Sulzer consulted with sev
oral and asked them to meet together
for discussion. Twenty-one congress
men responded and organized inform
j ally by appointing a sub committee of
five members, of which Mr. Taylor
was chosen chairman and Mr Sulzer
secretary, to go Into the question
with the departments and to decide
upon a plan of action The meeting
was also attended by representatives
of the bureau of mines.
Five recommendations were made
by the meeting which, if carried out.
would do much to relieve the condi
tion of the gold-mining industry These
recommendations favored a deelnra
tion that gold-mining was an essential
Industry, that operators be exempted
from excess profits taxes, that more
and better roads and trails be built,
that better mail service bo provided
for remote districts and that a bonus
be offered on production.
Secretary of the Interior Lane and
other officials took an active and sym
pathetic interest in the matter
Sulzer Initiated the Movement
Assurances of assistance in carry
ing out the suggestions have been
given by various government depart
ments and the priorities board already
has declared gold-mining to be an es
sential industry, thus facilitating the
buying of supplies on the part of the
miners, in Washington it is generally
conceded that Delegate Sulzer was the
originator of this important move
ment, and that the agitation for the
relief of the gold-mining industry,
which has become nation-wide, will
be fruitful. Delegate Sulzer is the
central and one of the leading figures
in the movement, and no step is taken
ill Washnigton In this importanl work
in which Mr. Sulzer is not consulted
or advised.
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