The evening world., 1895-06-29
A MAGNIFICENT DOMAIN
some Facts About Alaska Not Cen
orally known.

tFrom the Washington Post)
A newspaper that has attained an I'm.
exceptional reputation for accuracy ir
computing. comparing and contrastlns
areas of Ltates. territories, countries
continents and the isles OF the sea. as.
serts that "twenty-one States OF the
union may be named whose combined
than Alaska" We viii not name any
or all OF the twenty-one, for any one
VINO Is curious IN the matter can find
ment presents an impressive idea Of III
magnitude OF our la test real estate MIR.
chase. Another way of putting il, Win
f"a Forty-twap tpfessS'osress OF o,r would be this
states Senators stand for states who's
combined area Is less by ten Thousand
square miles than that OF Alaska, which
mas mas no representative in Congress as
torial privileges Prior 10 the Louisiana
larger than this Russian addition to 1ur
or the island OF Attu goes to- To- sitka ikarIm Nv
has to travel $500 miles II such a resi-.
dent were elected to Congress he would
ps enriched .hTna,o In mileage for the trip 70
miles. or 1900 for the round 'uip trip A. ~ !,
cents mile. Attu Ia 1000 miles furthe,
west OF San Francisco than that city
Is Is west OF New York City. From .Attu
globe circumference. ''''
Is claimed on apparently good
sr0un,d sunn,H that the Alaska canneries can
wants. The latest report Of Gov. ''sn"a sheak. e.
ley. recently published, gives a list Nf
twenty-five canneries which market al.
tosether nearly 10000 cases of salmon
year. Their combined product In 1891
almost reached SOO.OOO cases. which wa,
more than the world wanted" saws the
t.r;II Governor In his report. The marke,
hheS,aned. heva ,rsn. and since then the cannerie,
course and have endeavored not to over.
stock the market" Besides this grea,
canning Industry Alaska has twenty,
shipping salmon with an annual outpu,
OF q 600 barrels, And another compan,
markets nn,rn, one or, a., thousand barrels OF sal
and 1000 tons OF fertiiizins materia nat la
every year. The Governor reports III,
goldfish banks OF that territory mex
haustible and halibut "in great mum
hers" ALSO that about a hundred othe,
species of edible fish are to be fount
| In Alaskan waters. From all this n,
naturally concludes that Alaska foo,
fishes Will be source OF wealth for al
| time"
There is wealth in 1t on the ground n
well as IN the waters OF Alaska. An in
exhaustihle supply of lumber Will b
one Alaska gold mine netted sii4,0HN Il
| 1894. Its owners have the largest quart
mill IN America. According to the Gov
| ernor's report Alaska has minera
| belt from two to twenty miles wide ex
| tending from Point Barrow, the mos
| orthern point. in southwesterly direC
| ton through the Territory.
II the seal industry has not been los
! or destroyed as the result of suhntttin
to arbitration a right that we shoul
| have maintained against any and a
claims and claimants, II may be sourc
| should vanish, we shall still have a m -
nhcent domain that will be productiv
Of wealth for centuries. In the Mort
! Pacific. The purchase Of Alaska
whether viewed as a question OF interna
tional policy or a matter OF business
was one OF the best official acts OF Sec
retary Seward.