ALASKA vs NORWAY and SAVE DIN, by I ANDREWS.
WESTERN ,RITER MAKES TELLING COMPARISON AND INTERESTING PREDICTIONS.'
SAYS, CLIMATE & RECOURCES ’ARE E'^TJAL. SCANDINAVIAN PENINSULA SMALLER
WITH LESS RECOURCES, BUT SUPPORTS 10.'OOO.OOO PEOPLE,MOSTLY Bvi FARMING.
Copy of part of an article- published i*n the ALASKA-YUKON MAGALINE, in
July 191C,writton by C.L.Andrews who made careful investigations as to
the reconrces, climate end possiable markets in Alaska over thirty years
ago. This article through the courtesy of M.D. Snodgrass.
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Mr.Andr-- v.s s? vs that whilo Alaska
has much greater recources and that
the dim* tic conditions arc nearly,
equal th-t the three Scandinavian
countri-■ a have ten million nopulnt
ion in comparison to All ska's less
than on hundred thousand. He think
that Ala.’kas recources -in fish-and
* lumber a-coeds by r large• amount.
The comb'ned aeroa of Norway,Swed
en ■ nd Mnla.nd is 441.OCO sq,miles
in cofop? risor. to Alaska's 586.00,0.
VIore th- n half of all of tho. people
are suppot ted by at-ricultral rctiv
ti-.s, an-’ tho writer notes that the
arrn r.dirted to farming is larger
in Alaska than ov r th're.
Alaska iso excells in the number
'anf amount of min r;ls, and with th
possiabl exception of iron, has
much mor than the- combined country
H predict'd that Air ska would'have
a population of 250.000 by 1020 and
th- t it would have a hrIf-mi1]ion
people bv 1930. The first WorldWar
may ha'v boon the cause of the
failure of this prediction to mater
ilize? The writer notes that the •,
Copper-River • nd Susitna Valleys
ar as well located .as the main
farming districts ovrr there.
" If Alaska's rgricultral possibilit
ios aire only utilized,"says the arti
cle in summery" to the extent of fur
nishing its miners with fresh vegeta
bles °nd small fruits it will give
homes to thousands of farmers.
3Small farms well cultivated will be
the rule. The- fisheries will afford
employmentto thousands more, while
the coal,copper,marble rnd s: lmon
will afford additonal employment."
"Along the shores of the Inlets and
islands of Southern rrd South-East
Alaska, is room for additional thous
ands of small farms.There is timber
for building and fur-1. There is ver.
Ison and trout in the streams. The
Bays are peopled with cod, herring
flounders, halibut.black bass, sal
mon, shrimps and crimps.There are
’berhies on the hill-sides and in the
Valleys in.unlimited quantities.
The time is not far distant when
fine strawberries, as fine- as are
’grown in the Puget Sound in dune wil'
bo shipped to Seattle in August.from
-South-Enstern A1a s ka."
•hr. Andrews was born thirty years toe
soon,we believe,rnd the next thirty
years will prove v/hoather the above
statement will prove true.