SEATTLE’S MESSAGE
IS DELIVERED AT
CHAMBER LUNCHEON
SECRETARY GARFIELD OF ALAS
KA BUREAU, SEATTLE CHAM
BER OF COMMERCE, ORATES
AT LOCAL LUNCHEON.
Mining Club Activity Helps
LARGE SUM IS EXPENDED AN
NUALLY IN SEATTLE FOR PRO
MOTION OF THE WELFARE OF
ALASKA.
At the honorary luncheon given
Saturday afternoon by the Seward
Chamber of Commerce in behalf of
C. D. Garfield, secretary of the Alas
ka Department of the Seattle Cham
ber of Commerce, Mr. Garfield deliv
ed the following message to Seward
and Alaskan citizens:
“The Seattle Chamber of Com
merce, especially the Alaska Depart
ment, and the Executive Committee,
consisting of 32 prominent business
men of Seattle, mostly of whom are
interested in Alaska in some man
ner, extends her heartiest greetings.
I wish to state emphatically that the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce and
the Alaska Department are not un
dertaking to guide or direct Alaska
affairs. When I was first asked to
go to Seattle from Alaska to take
up this work 1 welcomed the oppor
tunity realizing I could accomplish
a great deal more there than by
working from Alaska. I have al
ways been for Alaska, first, last and
all the time.
“Mr. Waterhouse, a former presi
dent of the Seattle chamber, intro
duced this slogan to the chamber:
‘Help Alaska help themselves.’ This
means the organizations in Alaska
should cooperate more extensively
with one another, in order that Ter
ritorial questions may be presented
in a more concise form, so that the
Seattle chamber may act according
jy.
“In the past and even today the
remark is heard that the Seattle
people are trying to run Alaska. As
an example in the early days, par
ticularly during the gold rush days,
•special equipment was made and
sold. Other merchandise, it has been
reported, which could not be sold
elsewhere was foisted upon the Al
askan. In the succeeding years a ten
dency of ill feeling developed and a
spirit of antipathy was created in
Alaska against Seattle. So in order
to counteract this, Seattle business
men are united and determined to
analyze conditions with the view of
‘putting their shoulders to the
wheel’ assisting, in whatever way
they may, the interests of the Terri
tory as a whole.
“As all know Seattle and Alaska
have always been closely interlocked
and that Alaska, is responsible for
the early development of Seattle. In
return, Seattle is strongly endeavor
ing to give Alaska such support which
will accrue to Alaska’s benefit. Seat
tle played a most important part in
securing the Alaska Railroad for Al
aska.
“Seattle is not endeavoring to run
Alaska, neither are we trying to
guide the political destiny of Alas
ka,” Mr. Garfield repeated, “but we
have a strong organization of 3,500
members, which means Alaska has 3,
500 Alaskan boosters in Seattle.
Thousands of dollars are being ex
pended by the Seattle chamber this
year for national advertising. Every
bit of this literature, advertising Se
attle and the Northwest, also men
tions Alaska. Last year 17,000
pieces of Alaska literature were dis
tributed from the Seattle department.
On an average 30 letters a day are
mailed from the Seattle bureau, in
answer to Alaska enquiries. The Al
aska Bureau in Seattle was main
tained last year at an expenditure of
$12,000. The Washington, D. C. de
partment, in charge of Jack Under
wood, is maintained annually at a
cost of $15,000. Alaskans can see
from these figures that much effort
is being put forward to aid Alaska.
“Anything initiated for the good of
the Territory must come from Alaska
first, not from the Seattle depart
ment. At a dinner given on the
steamer Starr in Seward last year,
by Captain Johansen, the difficulties
of navigation in these waters was
brought to our attention. It was stat
ed 90 per cent of the lights in West
ern Alaska, were out. Also that a
lighthouse tender should be station
ed in Seward to serve the Westward
districts. The matter was later brot
to the attention of the Seattle cham
ber, a which time a resolution was
passed and together with data on
the situation, sent to the chambers
of commerce of Los Angeles, whose
membership is 12,000; to Portland
and San Francisco. The importance
of the cooperation received from these
chambers, resulted in getting behind
the resolution and it is almost a
certainty, government aid will be se
cured.”
Mr. Garfield repeated to the mem
bers, the article published in Satur
day’s issue of the Gateway, with re
gard to the coast and geodetic sur
vey improvements the Rivers and
Harbors conference in Seattle, the
formation of a new permanent organ
ization in Seattle, at Foreign Trade
Convention.
The importance for the Seward
chamber to pass a resolution endors
ing the construction of a trail and
shelter cabins at Katmai to the Val
ley of Ten Thousand Smokes, by the
government, was stressed by Mr. Gar
field. The people of Seattle want to
see the conditions at Katmai improv
ed. Mr. Garfield was instructed by
Mr. Cameron, head of the National
Parks, during his recent visit in Se
attle, to get expressions from Alas
kans, in regard to Katmai, for his
consideration this winter. Many let
ters are received in Seattle asking
for information of Katmai and the
valley of smokes. These letters have
all been forwarded to Mr. Folsam of
Los Angeles, who conducted a tour
into the valley a few years ago. The
outcome of this has beer that Mr
Folsam has two parties of tourists
going into the valley of smokes this
summer. The Seattle chamber will
get behind this strongly, if the local
chamber will pass such a resolution.
The importance of the seal treaty
was discussed by Mr. Garfield, who
said the people to the Westward
were in favor of the re-establishment
'of the old treaty. Owing to the con
siderable agitation over the seal mat
ter, it is certain. Mr. Garfield stat
ed that Alaska would get a certain
portion of the net proceeds, if not
| the gross proceeds from the seal op
erations carried on by the govern
i ment. He said he thinks it worth
while to have the present status quo
of seal herd maintained. The Sew
ard chamber should also pass a res
olution in favor of the continuation
of the existing seal treaty, he said.
If a special transportation rate was
made to mining operators, prospec
tors and settlers to various points
along the Government Railroad, the
development of this district would
be helped considerable, Mr. Garfield
continued, for, such a rate would not
materially matter to the operation of
the road, where on the other hand
the present rate retards development.
: If this is not done, Mr. Garfield stat
ed, the railroad, instead of function
ing as a development medium, would
be simply a mode of travel to the In
terior districts. He believes the Ter
ritory can absorb a certain number
of settlers annually, but that the
country in general, is not ready for
a colonization scheme, as has been
discussed.
He notes a tendency for better ho
tel lacilities, as the tourist traffic in
creases, which class, is growing more
exact. Interest is increasing all thru
the Lnited States and in Aaska. The
mining department recently organiz
ed in Seattle, and which consists of
S3 members, is an important factor
to Alaska. This association meets
every week. It purpose is the ex
ploration and development of mining
in the Northwest and Alaska. Prop
erty is listed and all data relative
to these properties are kept on file.
Bulletins are published once each
month, which in turn are mailed to
all points of the United States, to
tamiliarize others what mining prop
erties are for sale, lease, or now in
operation. It has been extremely
hard to arouse Seattle people, with re
spect to Alaska mining ventures, re
gardless of the fact its citizens rec
ognize the fact Seattle was built
practically from Alaska. Seattle pa
pers have long refused to publish
Alaska mining news, but of late, this
prejudice is being done away with,
and articles are frequently now ap
pearing.
“Let us know how we can assist
you and we will be only too glad
to do so, bearing in mind that Seat
tle chamber cannot become too active
I ARMY HEADS ON
STEAMER ALASKA
SEWARD BOUND
General Harry Taylor, chief of en
gineers, U. S. Army, and General W.
P. Richardson, retired, who was the
first president of the lAaska Road
Commission, and who has spent many
years in the Territory, departed from
Seattle Saturday on board the steam
er Yukon for Seward. The army offi
cers will be joined at Juneau by Col.
James G. Steese, president of the
Alaska Road Commission. Col. Steese
will accompany the two Generals over
the Alaska railroad to Fairbanks and
out over the Richardson Highway,
named after General Richardson to
Chitina and Cordova, from which
point they will depart for the South.
Knute Nafsted, proprietor of the
Club lunch counter at Cordova, pass
ed thru Seward yesterday on his
return home. Mr. Nafsted has been
in Anchorage for the last week,
spending his first vacation for a num
ber of years.
in community affairs, but only in
such matters as will be in general,
productive to the development of the
Territory. These problems we wel
come and will do everything in our
power to cooperate.”
Mr. Flickenger, who presided over
the meeting, responded to Mr. Gar
field’s speech, stating Mr. Garfield’s
remarks were to the point, thanking
him, the Seattle Chamber of Com
merce and the Alaska bureau, for
their cooperation in all things Alas
kan, hoping that the relations will
always be cordial, for in cooperation
success only can be attained.
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