The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 28, 1934, Page 19

¢ . o . L3 ; b ‘,- » ¥ y v \4 . DEVELOPMENT EDITION—THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SUNDAY, JAN. 28, 34. 19 B s - 4 To Extend Aid to Alaska-—Predzctlon Substantial Growth In Alaska D By FOSTER L. M'GOVERN Manager of the Alaska De; Seattle Chamber of Com If the number of inquiries wh the ttle Cha is re g concern the lage: nd oppe 5 of A is an index of the futun holds for ‘the then I Should say th tantial growth is in sig Ahl‘ ln(lux ‘price of gold is giving the urge to many people to go to the Territory and p ct, or to buy a proper- ty and develop it. During the past few montha there has been a cong sfant demand for facts relative to| mineral areas. In this regard we hope that United States Bu- reau of Mines will re-establish its officé in Juneat on satistactory | pasis, for in the next year or two | there is going to be greater need | than ever for facts about mining | possibilities in Alaska. The Seattle | Chamber’s Board of Trustees re- | scenily approved the resolution of the Alaska Committee, pledging our aid to the Ter 1 Chamber of ‘Commerce in securing adequate ap- propriations for this office. | The depression has influenced many people to seek new homes, | and Alaska is bound to attract its share of these new settlers. International Highway Support During the past year the Cham- | ber’'s Alaska Committee has been active in many ways helping to ac- | complish projects approved in Alas- | ka. One important effort made was to solidify support for the Pacific International Highway in the lhlef‘i Pacific Coast states, California n and Washington. Evi or and Representative of the| State of Washington is pledged to | do everything possible to advance this project, and the Chambers of Commerce in the other two Coast ! states are obtaining the support of | their Congressional delegations. | This Chamber, for rs has spent an average of $75,000 annually in| attracting touri and mew settlers | to the Northwest and Alaska. As many as 45,000 inquiries have come in a year as a result of these cam- paigns. Visualize the tremendous | growth in the number of tourists if | it were possible to go to Als by | a highway. Great benefit gome to Alaska, to Seattle, d the territor: acent to the high- way. Alaska Appreciated We know that Alaska is Seattle's bést customer, and that this city detually began to grow when gold was discovered in the North. We appre: that a prosperous Alas- ka means a prosperous Seattle, and to that end the Chamber’s Alaska Committee is ready and willing to help at all times in every way to bring about a legical devel- opment of the Territory’s resources. | And ‘our efforts are particularly effective because the Chamber maintains an office in Washmg-} ton, D. C. in charge of Mr. J. J Underwood, who has speat many yeéars in Alaskz, and is very fa- thiliar with the Territory. He works in close coopération and harmony with the Delegate from Alaska. For the past two and one-half years Mr. Underwood headed up the national campaign to remedy the depreciafed currency situation, which has caused many of our in- dustries to practically cease oper- | ations. Important among these were the pulp and paper indus- tries. The remedy was finally se- ctired through the embargo clause in the National Recovery Act. Im- mediately upon the passage of this bill our pulp mills began to oper- ate again and now many of them are working three shifts daily to fake care of their orders. If the embargo clause is made effective and foreign pulp is kept out, there wiil be greater need for the manu- facture of domestic pulp. Doesn't that offer a hope for the develop- ment of the vast timber resources of Alaska in the near future? To promote closer relationships between Alaska and Seattle, 130 of our business leaders and their friends took part in the Chamber’s Goodwill visit to Alaska last June. Those who participated in this tour are still talking enthusiasti- cally about the wonderful time thiey had. They deeply appreciated the cordial hospitality extended to them by Alaskans in every town which they visited. 'If a tour was scheduled for this year I am sure we would have double the pumber of last year. Our next trip will be in 1935. The Alaska Committee holds its regular meetings on Thursday moons in the Chamber’s dining rooms. All Alaskans are welcome and are urged to meet with us.| We are happy to hear from the Chambers of Commerce of Alaska, functioning koth for' their local communities and for the Territory as'a whole, as to projécts or prob- lems in the accomplishment or so- lution of which we may render a service. In conclusion permit me to ex- tend the congratulations of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce to the Daily Alaska Empire in the celebration of its 21st anniversary, 1| hope with an intern '| treated as aliens, as dependents or S b Northwest and Alaska United by Strong Ties: Seattle C. of C. Program Predicted uring Present Year . | FOSTER L. McGOVERN and to express the confident hope and expectation that your journal will in the years to come attain the still greater power and influ- ence that its policies and perform- ances have so richly merited. e Sound Development Of Alaska Forecast By | EDWARD W. ALLEN, | Chairman, Seattle Chamber of | Commerce’s Alaska Committee. | Alaska is entitled to treatment | and consideration an integral | part of the United States. To be| sure it is separated from the main portion of our country by inter- vening foreign territory, yet with| excellent marine t with airplane servic t and soon we| ional high- way linking Alaska’s own road‘ system to that of all Ame aration and distance are as This of all our nation’s tories, same race, the same characteristics, the bitions, the same patriotism as our states. Such people should not be terri- is settled by people of the y, the as objects of charity or condes- cension, but as our own flesh and blood. The Alaska Committee of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce con- sists of sixty-six Seattle business men, men who know mining, fish- ing, fur, reindeer, lumber, agricul- ture, transportation and industry. They know Alaska and are sympa- thetically interested in its progress and welfare. They have a humani- tarian feeling of brotherhood for the people of the Territory and their problems. They believe that what is good for Alaska will in- evitably be good for Seattle. Hence they welcome suggestions from all who are sincerely concerned with | 3 |lines of business | pose. | words that the sound development of Alaska. to us— her full share— EXCHANGE BUILDING By CASSIUS E. GATES, Seattle Chamber of Commerce Bearing in mind the mutuality of interests and the reciprocal re- lationship between the business of Seattle and Alaska, it will be the policy of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, principally through its Alaska Committee, ‘to cooperate | with Alaska on all its problems and and development to the Territory. The paragraph above is the pre- amble to the Alaska section of the | Northwest Recovery Program which | the Seattle Chamber of Commerce {is undertaking during 1934 to bring about a return of better conditions in industry, agriculture and .We are asking |our business men and citizens to invest $274,000 in our Chamber of Commerce to accompush this pur- And may I emphasize the “Northwest and Alaska” in our program, for it signifies the broad attitude taken by our or- ! ganization. It indicates Seattle is | offering its leadership to a plan based on the fact that only by an |improvement of conditions through- out the Northwest and Alaska can recovery come to this city. It is a | sound program and our people will | enthusiastically support it. Will Assist Projects A few of the more important projects affecting the Territory on which we hope to give our earnest | cooperation and assistance during the year, are: Securing a reasonable share of the Public Works Fund for Alaska. Encouragement of mining de- velopment, which is especially im- portant because of the present price of gold Securing more adequate appro- priations for roads, biological and geological surveys, as well as other important federal activities in Al- _ aska. projects whiech will briflf growth § all & CASSIUS E. GATES in accomplishing this purpose. It means employment for Alaskans and an inducement to prospective settlers who have been eagerly looking for a chance to make a new home. I do not iook for a boom, but I confidently expect that conditions in Alaska will be measurably bet- ter in ‘1934 than in 1933. Our Goodwill Tour last summer was a most enjoyable one. We ap- preciate the courtesy extended to us by Alaska people throughout the Territory. My best wishes for e [EFTESSFFFOSPEIINT STTS T - S IS SISPGSBS SISy Compliments 0. akat Packing Corporation a prosperous year. e - Harbor improvements. Every effort will be made to ob- g tain money from the Public Work: Fund to commence construction of the Pacific International Highway Now to what the future holds a! I fully appreciate thc |danger in making any proph in- these quickly changing time: yvet T will venture the stateme analysis of recent natio trends and events, as they affect Alaska, point very definitely to the coming of better times. In the first instance, business in the States has improved and our people are going back to work, both because of recovery in indus- trial and business conditions, and through the employment offered by the civil works program. This is important as it affects the mar- ket for those things which Alaska produces, particularly the fish prod- ucts. ) Stimulate Mining | In the second place, the increase in the price of gold most certainly | will stimulate activity in gold min- | ing. 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