Items of Interest
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Enlarged application of the leasing principle as applied to public domain, especially a liberal leasing law for the development of the mineral resources of Alaska, particularly its coal lands, and immediate consideration by Congress of the whole subject of water-power development and control, are the most important recommendations contained in the annual report of Secretary of the Interior Fisher.
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"We have twenty Switzerlands in the United States, yet last year Switzerland took between one hundred and fifty and two hundred millions of dollars from tourists, while the United States is actually losing money by not developing its national parks.
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The congressional joint committee on printing has discovered that "adulterated" paper has been used for years in the government printing office.