INTRODUCTION 



before the American people their governmental 

 and administrative rights and needs. 



Far too long and too much has Alaska been 

 left to work out her own salvation. Now Alas- 

 kans are beginning to clamor for the privileges 

 of statehood — long before their territorial re- 

 sources are sufficient for Alaska's many needs. 



It is the duty of Congress, and of all fair- 

 minded Americans, to take a proper amount of 

 interest in Alaska, and put Alaska in the list of 

 well-financed and well-managed political and 

 economic units of the American possessions. 



William T. Hornaday. 



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