The Alaska daily empire., 1914-07-24
EXHIBIT QUESTION
 UP TO ALASKAHS


 Alaska mus. collect and prepare It's
 own exhibit for tho worId's fair that
 will be held in San Francisco next
 year if 1t is to have anything approach. ing an adequate representation of the
 resources, the development and, tho
 scenic beauties of the Territory. Such
 is the positive statement made by Gov,
 J. F. A. Strong this morning. And,
 1t might be added, there remains but a few weeks in which to arrange q collection from points in the interior and along the Arctic ocean and Ber. ing sea coasts, and but Q few months for the work elsewhere in Alaska.
 Speaking of the matter this morn. ing, Gov. Strong said:
 If Alaska is to have an exhibit of it's natural and other resources at the Panama Pacific International Exposl. ton at San Francisco next year 1t will be up to the people of Alaska themselves to do the work of collect ing and preparing exhibits. This fact Is made plain by the refusal Of Con- gresS to mako an appropriation for this purpose. Congress last year made an appropriation of $5O,0O0 for government exhibits of all kinds, in. cluding those of Alaska, Hawaii, Por. to Rico, District of Columbia, Pana. ma, Canal Zone, and Q half dozen scientific societies and museums. Of this appropriation the altogether in. adequate sum of $10,00O was allotted to Alaska by the government exhibit board whose headquarters arc in Washington. This amount will be ex. pended by the different Washington bureaus such as the Bureau of Mines, Bureau of Fisheries, Forestry Bureau, Geological Survey, ct cetera, and the Department of Agriculture in the prep. aration of exhibits. The government exhibit board will pay all costs of transportation of exhibits to and from San Francisco.
 An effort was made to secure m allotment from the Alaska appropria. tion for the employment of a collector of exhibits in Alaska who would also enlist the aid of the people in the various districts in the work. The government exhibit board, however, felt that the necessary money could not be spared for this purpose. The Alaska exhibits will be placed in the Miues building in San Francisco, Q floor space of about i've thousand feet having been set aside for this purpose, which from the present outlook will be more than ample.
 Tn order to enlist the cooperation of the people of the Territory In the work of securing exhibits, letters have been sent to all the commercial bodIesI of Alaska in the incorporated towns' and to the United States Commission. CTS of all the precincts, asking them to take up this matter with the people of their respective communities to the end that something definite may bel accomplished along this line.
 ''If Alaska Is to be represented at| San Francisco in anything like an ad. equate manner the unselhsh co-opera- ton of all the people of the Territory will be needed. Alaska Is In Q pecul- far position inasmuch Gs 1t has mol funds of it's own that can be used for exhibition purposes. The Territory of Hawaii appropriated $1OO,O0O from It's own treasury; the Philippines, S4OO,0OO, and Porto Rico, $5O,OOO, and these territories, therefore. will no doubt have fire exhibits at San Fran cisco. It Is a condition, therefore. and not a theory that confronts the peo. pie of Alaska. As usual, they will have to depend upon themselves if products and resources are to be effectively represented there.
 "The, GoYeronr's office will cooper. ate in every way possible, and inas- much as Alaska Is now commanding more attention than ever before in its history from the people of all parts of the world. and also in view of It's promised development on compre. hensiye scale, 1t is most important that a good showing be made at the San Francisco exposition"