It has taken the people of Alaska something like thirty years to get any sort of recognition from the Government. and if it is to be thirty years .more before we pass another bill of this kind. we should make provision for the future. Something has been said with reference to the chaiacter of the population 9f Alaska. The impression too generally prevails that people who go westward. who emigrate to the "wild and woolly West. are rough. uncouth. only partially civilized. Now. I wan t to call attention to the fact that in one of the towns of Alaska.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization that people who go westward are rough, uncouth, and only partially civilized.