Stay on the Yankee Side of the Line

Alaska Mining Record
February 16, 1898

There is gold in Alaska, and plenty of it too,
But don’t rush on to Dawson, for surely if you do,
You’ll remember what I’ve told you in the Record of this place,
Which has never printed else but truth about this golden race.
Keep on the side of freedom; I mean don’t cross the line,
And millions of our countrymen may settle down and mine,
For the Stars and Stripes are free to all, our canyons and our gold,
And ten percent is robbery – and ten percent, I’m told,
Must be paid up in solid cash or else your claim is lost,
Infringing rights and all that’s dear, your liberty and time;
Dominion law is slavery; let’s brand it as a crime.