The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-10-28


ming an exhibition of international
1909. 1t is to be called the Alaska
Yukon-Pacifc Exposition and will
aim to tell the world of the hitherto
untold and almost unknown resources
of Alaska andethe Yukon country, and
the Pacific Northwest.
Furthermore it will attempt to
bring the United States into closer
relations bordering upon the great
est fund ever secured for any object
in the space of one working day. On
October the people of Seattle
bought stock in the fair corporation
to the extent of $650000, an unheard
of accomplishment. 1t was the aim
of the management to raise 100000
in one day, and Will H. Parry, chair
man of the Ways and Means commit
tee, proclaiming Everybody Helps"
as a slogan, declared that this could
and must be done. The city would
have given a million if it would have
been necessary.
The legislature of the lusty young
state of Washington is to be asked
this winter to appropriate at least
million dollars with excellent pros
pect that this vast sum will be given.
The Western States will make big
appropriations, and nearly every
State in the union will be represent
ed. so that it is not unreasonable to
presume that another million Will
come from the commemorative coff-
ers The exposition's commissioner,
Major T. S. Clarkson, has met en-
couragement at every hand. The nat
ional government is certain to make
a generous appropriation for a series
of buildings filled with exhibits, and
the federal appropriation may
amount to a third million
The fair will aim primarily to ex-
plot the resources and tell the world
of the inestimable possibilities of the
land that Uncle Sam bought for ST.
100000 and whose exports and I'M
ports are yearly nearly four times
that sum- Since the discovery OF
gold in the northland, the city of
Seattle has received in round num-
bers s1S0,000,000 worth of the yellow
metal Recently it has been learned
that Alaska is marvelously rich III
copper, tin and many other minerals,
and that vegetables, grasses and even
grains can be raised in the short, hot
summers An Alaska building filled
with interesting displays, is planned.
The resources of the adjoining terri
tory Yukon, will be no less interest
ingly exploited.
Asia and Oceanica, which border
on the Pacific, have ten times the
population of the United States, in
three times the area. Oriental trade
has long been a commercial asset of
the coast ports. and the Alaska Yuk
on-Pacific exposition will attempt
to foster this trade by encouraging
the states of the far east to make dis
plays. and to send representatives to
The exposition who will be shown
what the United States produces
which the lands across the sea pro-
fitahle might use.
The fair will emphasize in its ex-
hibits. displays of the products of the
Pacific Northwest, a country which
recently has come 10 be of more in
terest TO Americans than any other
section of Uncle Sans broad domain.
There is 200, 600. 200. 900 feet OF timber
in the country which calls Seattle
the gateway, and vast wheat fields
stretch for miles without break over
the prairies of Eastern Washington.
Fruits of nearly every sort are rails
ed on the irrigated stretches and
in the sheltered valleys. Wages are