The daily Alaskan., 1913-12-30
BUSINESS MEN ARE
 AFTER ALASKA TRADE

From late telegraphic advices received from the outside it appears that the business men in the Pacif- ic coast cities, especially in Portland Oregon, that have heretofore view ed with complaceucy the usurpation of Alaska trade by Seattle are now, in view of the wid4 publicity which is being given the territory and it's resources by the federal govern meut and the almost certainty of tn appropriation by congress of large sums for it's early development, awakening to the fact that they hay been overlooking for years the op- portunity of establishing commercial relations with a section of the Unit ed States that is destined shortly to astound the world with the var iety and immensity of its prOduc- Cious.
 The fabulous richness of the aur- ferrous deposits that have for the past two decades poured their streams of gold into tho channels of trade, the fisheries business that has furnished a large proportion of the worlds supply and the fur in dustrv that has flourished in AL aska for over one hundred years, and been the source of untold wealth to the concerns which monop olized it. are matters of general l knowledge.
 Of the resources of the terri tory other than these, which will | in time rival, if not surpass them, in value, but little is known and even less said. The innumerable 1 fertile valleys throughout the terri tory that are adapted to the propa- gation and growth of cereals, all the hardier vegetable and hay; where the shortness of the summer season is amply compensated for by the extreme length of the days, and where the temperature in win ter. although cold, is far pref able to that experienced in many of the middle western states, are things that have never been brought to the notice of the people.
 ! Across the coast range on the interior there are thousands upon | thousands of square miles of coun- 1 try that is ideal for the raising of stock; g. country of low, rolling ! hills, intersected with mountain i ranges. covered with unlimited quan | titles of nutritious bunch grass that attaius a growth Of from 12 to IS l inches and which in the more favor
 ed spots has such a stand it is sus- Iceptible of being cut for hay; q country that Is heavily wooded, with Inc uuderbrush or fallen timber to Ispeak of except in the river bot l toms. and where rivers, creeks and
 rivuIets of pure, sparkling water, are to be encountered within short | distances of each other, and where the climate is the most invigorating and healthful that can be found up on the footstool.
 Tn these vast interior reaches there are also wide and fertile valleys where the alluvial soil will at some time be placed under culti- yatiou and provide a means of live lihOod for thousands of thrifty and ! industrious people.
 Cranberries. huCkleberries, blue berries, and in some places, straw berries, are native to the soil and flourish iu the warm summer sun in every part of the territory and ev- en alongside the cold and forbidding | glaciers the bushes and vines grow t in luxuriance and mature their fruits in perfection. Domestic raspberries, blackberries and strawberries have also been planted by many people living in the coast towns and are now in full bearing and producing as prOlsicly as do the same varieties in other and supposedly more favor ed localities.
 The above are only a few of the