The Alaska daily empire., 1916-05-11
OF
 ALASKA ARE TO
 BE ASCERTAINFD

mond are the five engineers who have been appointed by the Naval Consulting Board to act as board of directors for the Territory of Alaska in collecting data on the In- dustries of the territory for the in- dustrial inventory which is being complied in response to President Wilson's urgent appeal.
 According to instructions, the di- rectors have appointed as many field aides as they think necessary to secure the inventories required. The lengineers and sections of Alaska represented are as follows:
 Anchorage-F. Mears.
 Ketchlkan-G. H. Garfield.
 Valdez-W. r. Way
 Chichagoff-H. N. Bauman. Jr
 Cordova-G. c. Hazelet
 Ellamar-L. l.. Middlekamp.
 Flat City-E. A. Austin
 Jualin-H. G. Young.
 Juneau-R. D. Murphy.
 Kennecott-W. Fl. Seagrave.
 Latouche-K. c. Stadtmueller.
 Strelna-C. N. Anderson.
 Thane-G. T. Jackson:
 Treadwell-R. G. Wayland
 Nome-W. Fl. Nelman.
 The fifteen assistant engineers will return the data which they have col llected to the directors of the Terri tory, who VIII in turn forward lt to the Naval Consulting Board All in- formation. SO collected will be regard ed as strictly confidential and will be used by the government only in helping to reach true estimate of the resources of the country. as an industrial insurance policy In time of war or peace. It is hoped to have the inventory or resources ready by the end of this month.
 The following extract from Q re- port of the Committee on Production, Organization. Manufacture and Stand ardization of the Naval Consulting Board of the United States, to the Secretary of the Navy at his request, will help to give the public a clearer conception of the work which the engineers of the country are doing.
 Industrial inventory.
 As the first step in the cemehta- ton of this national engineering or. ganization behind our army and navy, and as the very foundation of any and every plan for military prepared ness for defense. we are instltuting an industrial inventory of this coun- ! try's producing and manufacturing resources based upon practical busi- ness lines. Information now on file in the various departments in Wash ington is not of such comprehensive and of such national character as to serve the practical needs of the government in its plans for defense. The engineers of this country have created its industries.
 They are tho men best fitted by training and experience to catalogue the products of their work. No gov ernment could afford to hire the en- gineering talent thus permanently Q mobllized. Without fear of contradic ? ton, we may state that we have at President Wilson's request enlist ed in the service of the army and navy of the United States, througf cooperation with the Naval Consult ing Board, the most powerful engin eering organization the world ha' ever seen.
 Ward Of Fatal Delays
 The second vital step in any an' all plans for the military prepared ness of this country lies in the prac tical application of the data com piled through the Industrial Inven tory. No manufacturing or produc ing concern can in time of nationa emergency begin, without month of fatal delay, to turn out any pro duct to it's usual line unless tha concern has during the normal time of peace manufactured at least som small amount of such emergenc product. The actual experience Q hundreds of American manufactw CTS in connection with foreign nun tions orders may be cited.
 The best manufacturing concern in the United States have been an are months behind the promise times of delivery, even after nearl two years of the war, under tn most favorable material and labo conditions. in A peaceful country ul disturbed as to transportation m commerce, and with every advantag of manufacturing equipment.
 Work In Time Of Peace
 No inventory of our countrys r' sources can be made of practice service through the most careful planned educational work in time peace. The army and navy depar ments must be permitted throug Legislative means to place small ai nual minimum orders (educauon' orders) for the development Of ne sources of supply throughout ever industry and throughout the entiE country
 The total volume of such order will not be large. The paymel should be made upon cost plus small profit basis, and the munitlor or goods resulting from such order should SO to swell the reserve su ply necessary for the plans for n tional defense Through no othl ayrtnrn f1nv ,ro hone to occomnli.