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Simmons, F. M., of N. C. Speech in Senate, Jan. 23, 1914. (In Congressional 

 Record of Jan. 24, vol. 51, no. 32, pages 2397 to 2400.) Paper, 12c. 



In favor of bill. 



Sims, Thetus W., of Tenn. Speech in House, Feb. 5, 1914. (In Congressional 

 Record of Feb. 6, vol. 51, no. 43, pages 3203 to 3208.) Paper, lie. 



On the Government ownership of railroads. 



Small, John H., of N. C. Speech in House, Jan. 28, 1914. (In Congressional 

 Record of Feb. 20, 1914, vol. 51, no. 56, pages 3998 to 4000.) Paper, 7c. 



Opposed to the bill because it involves the Government ownership of a railroad. 

 Steenerson, Halvor, of Minn. Speech in House, Feb. 5, 1914. (In Congressional 

 Record of Feb. 21, vol. 51, no. 57, pages 4047, 4048.) Paper, 6c. 

 "I am in favor of this bill, because I believe it is our duty to develop Alaska." 

 Switzer, Robert M., of Ohio. Speech in House, Jan. 21, 1914. (In Congressional 

 Record, vol. 51, no. 29, pages 2116 to 2119.) Paper, 12c. 



" From careful examination of the record of the hearings on this bill, and from all the information 

 so far brought to my attention, I fail to find any justification for the expenditure of $.'!5,000,000 : 

 in building railways in a territory inhabited by only 65,000 people . . ." 



Thomas, Charles S., of Colo. Speech in Senate, Jan. 22, 1914. (In Congressional 

 Record of Jan. 23, vol. 51, no. 31, pages 2300 to 2303.) Paper, lOc. 

 In favor of Government ownership of railroads. 



Walsh, Thomas J., of Mont. Speech in Senate, Jan. 14, 15, 1914. (In Congres- 

 sional Record of Jan. 17, vol. 51, no. 26, pages 1929 to 1950.) Paper, lie. 



In favor of a Government railroad for Alaska. Includes as an appendix an article on the expanse 

 of operating a Government railroad in Panama. 



Watson, Walter A., of Va. Speech in House, Jan. 28, 1914. (In Congressional 

 Record of Feb. 2, vol. 51, no. 39, pages 2921 to 2925.) Paper, 12c. 



In favor of a railroad built by the Government in Alaska. 



White, George, of Ohio. Speech in House, Jan. 28, 1914. (In Congressional 

 Record of Feb. 10, vol. 51, no. 47, pages 3457 to 3460.) Paper, lOc. 



Although Mr. White lived for 2 years in Alaska, he does not consider it at all profitable for the 

 Federal Government to construct a $36,000,000 railroad there. 



Wickersham, James, of Alaska. Speech in House, Jan. 14, 1914. (In Congressional 

 / Record, vol. 51, no. 23, pages 1673 to 1714.) Paper, lOc. 



Mr. Wickersham, the delegate from Alaska and the author of the bill, gives an extensh e descrip- 

 tion of Alaska, dwelling on the climate, mineral resources, and possibilities of agricultural devel- 

 opment, also on the evils the Territory has suffered from the Alaska Syndicate and othe. corpora- 

 tions organized to exploit the Territory. 



Williams, John S., of Miss. Speech in Senate, Jan. 14, 1914. (In Congressional 

 Record, vol. 51, no. 23, pages 1661 to 1665.) Paper, lOc. 

 Against the bill, but in favor of unlocking the resources of Alaska. 



RAILROADS. 



Alaska. (In Message of President [Taft] concerning work of Interior Dept., etc., 

 Feb. 2, 1912, pages 3 to 6.) Paper, 5c. Pr 27.8: In 2 



Advocating the building of a railroad by the Federal Government to develop the resources of 

 Alaska. 



Alaska [hearing, Feb. 6, 1905 on bill to construct railroad and telegraph line in 

 Alaska]. 26 pages. (Territories Committee, House.) Paper, 5c. 



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Contains statements of Edward P. Brown, David H. Mercer, Charles II. Dietrich, Henry Brat- 

 nober, and Andrew F. Burleigh. 



Commission. Message of President [Taft, Feb. 7, 1913] transmitting report of the 

 Alaska Railroad Commission. (In Congressional Record, vol. 49. no. 51, pages 

 2737, 2738.) Paper, lie. 



Commission. Railway routes in Alaska, message transmitting report of Alaska 

 Railroad Commission; with maps and profiles. 1913. 2 parts, 172 pages with 

 separate case of maps and profiles. (62d Cong., 3d sess., H. Doc. 1346.) Paper, 

 per set, $1.25. 



Defense of Alaska, union of white race and problem of universal peace. Exten- 

 sion of remarks of Albert Johnson of Wash., in House, Aug. 30, 1913. (In Con- 

 gressional Record of Sept. 10, vol. 50, no. 110, pages 5074^ to 5078.) Paper, 9c. 

 In favor of connecting Alaska with the United States by a railroad through British Columbia 

 and of making necessary treaties with Canada. 



Hearings on bill to construct railroad and telegraph line in Alaska, and bill to aid 

 in construction of railroad and telegraph and telephone line in Alaska, Feb. 

 2, 6, 9, 1905. 69 pages. (Territories Committee, House.) Paper, 5c. 



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