The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-06

OD in Scafile Times
 made great strides since he first gie- ited them twenty years ago
 eYeas ago.. he said. "l predicted that Seattle waa- destined to become the commercial metropolis of the Pa cigic coast What has been accom- pNshed here in the intervening years dcmonstrates ,he truth of that proph- ccy Seattle is a great city and 1t win become greater and more ia- nous. am fond of it and take pride in its growth. success and prosper ity. At the same time ] want to say to its Inhabitants that Seattle owes much to Alaska and should be the best friend Alaska has in an the country Alaska is Seattle's door of opportunity.
 Aiaska's Opportunities
 "Ninc-tenths of the people of Amer. ica. he continued nave. no idea of the vastness of Alaska; the extent of her domain the grandeur of her cli- mate: the greatness of her noun iains. the length of her rivers; the possibilities of her fisheries and her forests; the grazing advantages in her valleys for sheep and cattle; her splendid agricultural resources; her incalculable mineral wealth and her splendid homes for the multitude in the land -up there that spells oppor tunity for the earest worker and the brave pioneer
 "Alaska's production of mineral wealth is growing apace. The miner al production for 1914 is estimated at S2S.370.0OO. of which SiTl50,o00 was copper and gold The gold produc tlon of 1914 amounted to S1i12S,7i9. The copper output is estimated at S2, 90o00o pounds for l9i4. against 2,- 2ii6Ss pounds in 1912. Alaska mines and quarries In 1914 also produced silver tin, coal marble and gypsum to an estimated value of $790.0oO an increase of SiO0.0OO of Si00,ooO over 1912 The total value of Alaskas mineral production since 1880, when mining first began. Is. in round r. gures. SS06O00,00o. or more than for ty-three times the sum paid to Rus sia for the Territory
 "l repeat now" said the exGover- nor. "what ] have said often before Ih~t ffrrf-r f- fftn ,.-.f1 .r,frr.T uf fnr world Gods own country. No words can adequately describe it. The time in my judgment is at hand when the vast Territory must be developed, by American genius American capital. and American enterprise and take my word fer it there win be no more prosperous section in all our pro- gressive country for American brawn and American brain. Alaska is the place for the new settler-for the hustler-for the man who wants to go ahead end get on.
 Wants Her Rights
 Politically speaking. Alaska wants her rights that's all.
 
 Alaska must have her rights That is destiny Alaska with her in- creasing population Of patriotic peo- pie Alaska with her invigorating cli-| mate; Alaska with her beautiful seem cry; her magnificent distancesi her snow-cappod mountains her majos- tic rivers; her fertile fields; her great industries of fish and fur and timber Alaska with her great agricultural possibilities; Alaska with her ina mense wealth in gold and copper and silver and lead and tin and iron and coal mineral wealth beyond the dreams of the .mosts imaginative per son in the world; Alaska with her brave and loyal and cod-fearing Am- erican citizens Alaska with her churches and schools her splendid public pstitutions her towns and her villages Alaska under the wonders of the Northern lights. and ln the shadow of the midnight sun Alaska with her inspiring sights, her ancient glaciers Alaska with her great har bors and innumerahie lakes. and countless cascades; Alaska in the name of all these, and more that q have not time now to enumerate. sim- ply asks from Congress, just treat ment and she must receive just treat ment from the President and the pol iticians in Washington"