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PltKCIOI/S METAL I'KODITTION I\CKEAKI\<
AX APPRECIABLE INCREASE in the volume of precious niciul
production of Alaska is shown in the 1921 report of the 1’nited States*
Geological Survey, a telegraphic summary of which was received here
few (lays ago. According to the report, the total mineral production
of the territory amounted In round figures to $16,109,000, of‘which gold
and silver comprised $8,475,000, copper $C.971,000, lead $46,000 and
coal $480,000. Compared with the output of 1920, the figures for 1921
show a decrease of five and one half million dollars in the total mineral
values produced last year. This discrepancy is explained by the fact
that copper production decreased from $14,006,000 in 1920 to $6,971,000
hi 1921. This represents a loss of $7,035,000 as compared to the preced
ing year. Yet despite this great falling off in the value of the copper
output, the total mineral values produced last year were but $5,538,000
behind those of 1920. This shows conclusively that there was a con
siderable increase in production in other fields. Inasmuch as the gold
and silver production exceeded in value that of 1920 by $1,061,249. it
will be seen that those industries wore the principal factors in reducing
the loss caused by the slump in copper production. While it is true that
the gain is not great, it nevertheless indicates that gold and silver pro
duction is picking up in spite of the numerous economic hindrances now
confronting the miner and suggests that another year or two may witness
an even greater augmentation of those long stagnant industries.
Respecting ourselves, the report not only shows a gain of $508.OoO
ever 1920 but also that the Seward Peninsula and Northwestern Alaska
districts, with an output of $1,825,000. produced nearly one fourth of the
total territorial gold production and considerably more than one third
of the entire placer gold output. This is both cheerful and encouraging
and also a convincing refutation of the oft repeated charge that the dis
trict is " worked out.”
THE ACTION’ OF THE Department of Commerce in closing all Al
ska salmon streams to commercial fishing comes as a timely ending of
the long continued controversy between the packers and their henchmen
on the one side and those who have the future of the industry and the
Territory at heart on the other. According to all unbiased observers the
past decade has effectively shown the necessity for such action in th.j
great diminuation of the numbers of fish appearing in the salmon streams
of the territory. Save for one year, during that period, the annual catch
of practically all species has shown a steady decline, while in several in
stances former prolific streams have become practically fished out. fn
the absence of effective restrictions, another decade or two would find
a majority of the Alaska salmon streams practically worthless as fishing
grounds or reduced to the present barren state of the Fraser River,
where years of unrestricted commercial fishing resulted in their utter
extinction as far as that once prolific fishing stream is concerned. In
abelated effort to remedy its mistake, the Canadian government is now
engaged in restocking Fraser River, but it will probably be many years
before it can again become more than a negligible source of fish supply.
The United States has to some extent avoided an eventuality of
this kind by restocking and imposing restrictions; but. in spite of all
'efforts, the quantity of fish available in the various streams has steadily
declined. The time has now arrived where drastic action must be taken
to prevent the wiping out of this valuable industry in the very near future
and the present administration is to be commended for appraising the
situation at its true value in spite of the blandishments of the fish packers
and others interested in plundering the territory of its wealth.
TO GET THEM HERE.
(From The Dawson News.)
HOW TO GET more prospectors and men with money into Yukon
to "open her resources is ojje ‘of the problems of the day. Yukon has
had sufficient experience to prove that men and money will come when
the facts are presented convincing them that there is something here very
much worth while. Only one effective means of presenting the facts offers
itself. That is publicity.
The press reaches the greatest number of people at the minimum
cost. This fact obtains in respect to mining and likewise in respect to
tourist travel. To such extent has this fact been recognized that the
neighboring territory of Alaska and the nearby province of British Colum
bia have maintained publicity bureaus and have advertised extensively in
their local press and have disseminated information through various
channels far and wide and have reaped extensive returns.
BEGIN THE NEW YEAR fiV HUBS!TUBING FOR YOUR HOME RARER
Editorial Views of Alaska Newspapers
Trading: at home in like making
love to a widow. You can’t over
The manner in which the move
ment to reorganize the order of Ala
ska Pioneers in Juneau ‘‘caught on”
is typical of the oldtimers and there
Is no reason why Juneau Igloo No. 6
should not flourish as a green bay
tree or a rampant potato vine and
have more members than any similar
organization in Alaska. The pio
neers are here and co-operation of
the pioneer spirit is always crowned
with success. Juneau Igloo No. fi
should have three hundred members
by the first of the coming year. It
is a distinctive order and every man
who is eligible to membership should
be affiliated with it.—Stroller's
A man's faith in his home town i."
never better exemplified than in sop
grating himself from money; double
so is this true when he is beset with
pessimists who so kindly express
great gobs of gloom about the fut
ure of the town and belittle his
business judgment. Anchorage
should rise as one and compliment
Art Shonbtck who in the face of the
* ver-present and irresponsible
knocker has contracted the mono
mental and expensive task of char,
ing the unsightly labor temple tmo
a magnificent building which, when
completed, will not alone be a credit
to Anchorage, but one more step up
ward on ihe ladder of success which
Mr. Shoubeel: '- rapidly climbing to
the pub:; : . « xj>r» d gratification
of the other t'dlow who looks thru
t h >i' op: 'mi- m with the plucky,
succ. ssful business man and secs n
wonderful future for a bigger and
better Anchorage . — The Anchorage
The fact that the authorities thus
far have been unable to put their
hands on the man who robbed the
postoffice at Fairbanks recently.must
not be construed as in invitation to
professional crooks to invade this
part, of Alaskft. Instead of letting
down the bars to the lawless element,
the theft of money consigned to the
Alaskan engineering commission has
put postal and department of justice
officials on their metal and the pub
lic is heartily in sympathy with their
determination to preserve tin* fair
name of interior Alaska as .-i place
of safe abode. Mail robbers and
holdup men arc not wanted in this
part of the territory, or the riff-raff
from the coastal region who live by
their wits, playing cards, picking
pockets and sneaking in unguarded
doors. As large as is interior Al
aska there is no room here for such
as they, and the few who have drift
ed in lately by mistake should advise
their pals along the line that there is
not even a whistling station for
crooks on this end of the govern
ment railroad.—Nenana News.
The children of today are the men
and women, the fathers and mothers
of tomorrow. The children who are
born or raised here. have their
home? here through the years they'
are being taught, or gaining their
education, will not be like those who
came here only for a time and home
stake. Should our children wander
to the outside they will always lie
"REAL ALASKANS." and from them
rw« will gain, and when they have
j made their homeatake outside, or
before, they will be bark again to
STAY FOREVER, and tarry on the
upbuilding of THEIR Alaska. So.
when the "laat boats" leave and the
la*t stages depart, if 15 old timers
have "went" from here, forever, and
15 new scholars are added to our
school attendance, we should worr\
—the dep.irters would have goae.
sooner or later for they were NEVER
permanent residents: the new achc
lara were horn and raised here and
will atay forever. And ONE perm
anent resident is worth a dozen par
asites who are here only for what
they can drag down and who will de
sert as soon as their "drag” is laree
enough to allow it The Fairbanks
WORK FOR ALASKA
(Prom Anchorage Daily Times.)
Favorable action by congress to
ward Alaska’s railroad project boars
out the statement that the present
administration is friendly to and
will look after the int rests of the
territory. With proper and intelli
gent assistance from the people
there is a chance for Alaska to maki
gn-at strides , comm, rcially within
the next four years. Delegate Dan
Sutherland has proved a true friend
to his constituents; in many instan
ce . hot): largo and small, Mr Suth
erland has deliver <1: he will con
tinii>- to deliver. It is only a ques
tion of • etting the problems before
him nod the proper authorities in a
many things yet to be don* ; .*oi»
for all Alaska. Now is the time to
put the questions up to the adinin
WIH NOT TAX TIIH < WNIililKS?
We publish elsewhere in this issue
an article from the Ketchikan Daily
Chronicle objecting to Alaskans
handling the fisheries, on the ground
that the canneries would be a prov
to “politicians'’ and it is presumed
legislators. The main objection of
the Chronicle to tff*» New bill appears
to be that Ketchikan is not recogniz
ed as “the fishing center of the First
division" to the extent of securing
representation in the House, and that
bills were passed bv others than
lk* this "as it may the fact remains
that the cannery interests are not
paying anything near a proportion
ate share of the expenses of the Ter
ritory. They pay a small case tax.
it is true, but this is less in propor
tion than the taxes of the average
citizen. They pay no taxes on can
nery buildings, boats, gear or machi
nery. and they buy their supplies in
the States and bring their labor from
the States, returning with the finish
ed product, from which the’Territory
gets but little revenue.
If the canueries were taxed a dol
lar a case for the finished product,
they would be getting off cheaper
than do the business men of the Ter
ritory. who stay here the year round,
and develop the country instead of
tearing down its resources.
The First division has been deplet
ed of its fish, and the Third division
is in a fair way to witness the same
condition of affairs. When the fish
are gone Alaska's principal resource
will have vanished and th** Territory
reaped no benefit.
We believe the canneries would be
better off under Home rule than un
der Federal control It is true they
would be taxed heavily, but Alaskan
fare pay-inn heavy taxes and get f in
1 by. and the canneries would do like.
| wise, the consumer absorbing the ihx.
1 Fnder Horn*- Rule th<- companies
{would secure easement from the var
ious ills the government thrusts upon
The Miner is a friend of the can
nery interests, and would strenuous
ly object to seeing them forced out
of business by drastic regulations;
but it is only fair that th-y pay *<
on their canneries and sear as well
as on their finished product. Other
business interests do this jyid are not
injured by it
thk .io\i:s mi.
(Prom V.ddez Miner)
One of the greatest rrgli mentis
why Alaska should ho divorced from
the panhandle is given in the propo
sition advanced by the inhabitants of
the First division for the repeal of
the section in the Jones bill forbid
ing Canadian vessels from encroach
ing in American waters. Juneau and
Ketchikan would be benefited un
doubtedly by allowing the Canadian
vessels to skim the cream from the
transportation trade and taking the
short hauul from rb • American \
seltf. Every sseuger hauled by
on from an An • ruun ship, and add
dian port it costs from $S0 to $100
for fees and pil.if an incorpse
into American per.* for the entrance
and clearmue fee. which is $" < h
way. This is unfair to American
ships. Leaving patriotic considera
tions out of tht> argument, residents
of Alaska proper believe it is unwise
to allow the best part of the trade : >
j be given foreign ship- to the detri
* KIXIHIM) ISSI KS
Mr. Dunn, the new Clerk of the
District Court, at the Juneau Com
mercial Association luncheon called
attention to .1 condition which makes
all Alaska kin. Me said the prob
lems of Juneau and Southeastern Al
aska are the same problems they
have ai Anchorage and Nome and
elsewhere in Alaska. Mr. Phelps,
the Whitehorse attorney and member
of the Yukon Territorial Council,
would extend the kinship to include
Yukon Territory, for he said that the
problems across the Canadian bor
der were about the same as those of
Mr. Dunn’s observation is a very
strong argument in favor of an All
Alaska commercial organization-—or
at* least, a very much closer affilia
tion among the commercial organiz
ations which we have. With prob
lems to solve that are very much
alike in all parts of the Territory
there should be more and better
team work in' their solution. All
.Mask.in organizations should pull
together on those questions that con
Icern the whole Territory, and th*i
commercial organizations should |>o
organized on a basis that would make
[that more feasible than it is it the
present time.
I Let it be said here. too. that our
| Canadian visitor hit the nail square
ly on the head when he said that the
•great trouble with the North i= too
: i • ■i',b Fedor ,1 control. H- s.*i(t
> nk t. Territory got to govern
! i- * 1 f from Ottavi. Well. Alaska
• gets too little home government.
I The great need for Alaska is a
very wide extension of the powers
!of the Territorial government. W®
I should have all the powers of gov
j eminent that States have with the
j exception, probably, of participating
I in National affairs, and with the aid
j that the Federal government has
j always extended to Territories. No
people develop so fast or along such
! sound lines as those who govern
I themselves. Alaska and Yukon Ter
j ritory should have control of their
own destinies.
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