The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-20
GREAT YUKON ASSET
Dawson News)

Dawson News)
 One of the greatest of wealth creditable tothis Yukon Territory long has been overlooked by tEose compiling statistics of this region and by those striking the federal allowance due annually to this Territory. That great asset lies in the whaling and kindl ed industries off the Arctic Coast Whales seals, walruses and other creatures of the Arctic Sea long have been pursued by quiet easysoing aud long-headed traders who send out expeditions from ports far remote from this Territory.
 It is time the Dominion government began to look into possibility of having the resources of Canadian Arctic diverted much to the enrich fitting of Canadian expeditions to those waters And it will do harm for this Territory to keep in touch with the industry and to claim all the credit possible for the annual catch of the whaers and others who rendezvous off Herschel Island which lies within the geographical bounds of this Territory.
 In order to keep Herschel Island tied to the heart of Yukon government radio station at the island with connections at Dawson would not be amiss Perhaps station also at Rampant House would act as the connecting link Radio stations further apart now are common in many portions % or Territory Pdc Of Alaska nos the Rampant House, Hersche Island and Fort McPher son. These are isolated, and during the winter can and hazardous trips with dog teams. The saving the costs of these trips would go long way toward the stations established they would have ample time transmit all correspondence by air which parts of the realm constant daily service This close contact with the world would encourage many more people to go into the remote sections and to undertake develop not only the whaling, fur and similar pursuits of the region but also to there de velop mining and other resources of the realm.
 Whaling looms in new light and may be come of the big sources of food supply In such an event. Yukon Territorys Arctic waters an Yukon port become important food supply center The present backyard of the Yukon Terri tory thereby would be brought into the charmed of and allurng
 Papers throughout Canada and America ring ing with the praises and the changes the possi- bities of the development of the whale as future supply, based the successful introduction of whale meat recently into the Seattle market. Read here sample editorial from the Jeffersonan of Cambridge, Ohio
 According to Some of the correspondents
 the whalers up around Washington and Alas
 ka appealing the authorities in this
 country to aid them to introduce whale meat
 They state that millions of pounds of it goes
 to waste every year, and if there were mar
 ket for it, it would help along the meat
 ply and prove to be cheap diet besides
 They would be glad to do their part in intro
 ducing it and in furnishing it after it is intro
 duced
 The Japs have been using whale meat for
 thousand years-and they like it. The Eski-
 mos it to some extent. but prefer the fat
 blubber-the very part of the animal we would not prefer But our whaers after se- 'curing the animal and obtaining from it the
 oil and bones they desire. turn the balance of
 the huge thing adrift, to be eaten by the
 hints and the birds.
 There is no reason why whale should
 not be good-f only could acquire taste
 for it. The whale is an animal not a fish,
 and it's food supply is clean and wholesome
 and fresh It is in no sense scavanger The
 flesh resembles beef, little darker red and
 is tough. It is rather highly favored.
 but that ought to be in its favor. since we
 have acquired taste for such highly favored
 food turtle and the terrapin. to say nothing
 of the groundhog and Besides, man has
 learned to like the taste of tobacco. and there
 isn't other animal earth that seems
 to like it.
 Further while learning to like whale meat,
 if liking for it has to be learned, we might
 acquire taste for of the weeds that
 are now useless. and serve something new
 with whale How would a ragweed salad
 do to along with cut of whale.
 burdock stew the side? If only we could
 learn to prepare and to like the weeds. what
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