With a competing route to Dawson. that country would be greatly benefited. and it would aid in the settlement of pending questions with the Canadian government. The advantages whioh would accrue to the vast territory which would be opened by a system of wagon roads and trails can not be overestimated. The development of its mineral resources. whether of gold or copper. requires the use of heavy modern machinery. which it is impossible to bring in under present conditions. but with the introduction of such machinery and the use of numberless streams of water which now run to waste vast enterprises would be established. immigration would be induced. and a permanent population wedded to the soil might result. . An additional reason why the road should be built is the increased and more economical postal facilities it will make possible. That this is vastly important will be conceded when it is remembered that the people of the interior sit in darkness. so to speak. for eight months in the year without the receipt of a newspaper. magazine. or book to put them in touch with the outside world.
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