The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-28
Carpets, Mattin1s,
LlnOleumS and DraperieS.
largest stock. Lowest prices. We made iarges
coafracts, anticipating the advance In
prices. We Interest You.
FREDERICK, NELSON & MUNRO
Furniture. Draperies. Stoves, Etc. :

Of timber is a trespasser. The people real
ize that they are there on suffrage and
there is TO attempt made to cut timber for
export out OF the country.
THE fish industry can be regulated best
by commission. Il is one OF the greatest
interests In Alaska. The business amount
ed last year to 100000 The cannery men
should be called together in conference 20
decide the many questions which should
be settled where a fierce rivalry exists. All
sides could be heard and more intelligent
laws than those now governing would re-
suit. There are number Of Instances l
could give Of the necessity OF a commits
sion. There Is now an absence OF govern
ment machinery. which makes il imrossi-
bic for even properly constituted officers
to enforce their authority. A case In
point was the confusion which prevailed at
Skaguay after IL had been created q sub
port Of entry and Customs Collector Ivey
attempted to collect revenue from the men
who crowded In from every arriving boat
The passengers and freight were dumped
of on the rocks. There was no customs
house. and while the collector was making
one entry a dozen men would pack their
goods off into the woods. Not that Col
Ieetor !yey has not been doing good work
IL was simply impossible for him to accom-
plish more than he did under the circum-
stances.
The smugKt1nE Evil.
within thirty days after his appoint
ment. Collector Ivey succeeded In captur-
ing one of the heaviest of the smuggiers
engaged in running whisky in from Can
ada taking his vessel with 800 gallons Of
Canadian whisky, and that without any
revenue boat TO work with. The SNUG
Cling evil. by the way, is one Of the most
important with which the commission will
have to deal During the last year p, 600
gallons of Canadian whisky have been
smuggied into Alaska. The more vigilaut
the customs officials the better the SNUG
glers like it. for then the value OF whisky
is enhanced and they get a better price for
the cargoes they bring in.
Agricultural Resources.
Il believe that some day Alaska will be
valued for It's agricultural resources as
well as for its mines. ] remember when
was boy in Indiana how We cleared away
the forests to make farms. Often In my
mind l have compared Alaska to Indiana
as | knew Ii as youngster. l have cattle
and am able to raise pigs with little diff
Guilty II is some trouble TO get feed. but
there is plenty of grass. The western ISL
ands and Cook inlet are covered with grass
four feet high. Some day there will be
farming population in Cook inlet. The
transition will be from gold to coal and
from coal tn agriculture. / have heard 1t
said that the Yukon valley offered fields
Tor barley unsurpassed anywhere in the
world, even though the soil one foot or
eighteen inches below the surface Is eter-
naliy frozen.
Think OF the future of the fish industry.
The grounds on the Atlantic coast are CIV
ing out, while ours are untouched. Some
day ma jority of the fish consumed i'm the
world will come from Alaska.
THE fur industry has seen its best day.
On the western islands foxes. blue and sill
Yer. are being cultivated and I understand
those interested in the venture are having
very good success"
GOV. Brady will be in the city for several
days. His presence here has no general
significance. as he has come down on bust
ness of a purely personal nature.