The Cordova daily times., 1918-06-11

ment, from the standpoint of the fish, ermen, the people of the United States and of the great territory of Alaska.
 requires the centering of the industry at the nearest ports on the coast of Alaska to the fishing banks. This would result in more favorable condi-I tions and greater profit to the fisher men, reduced cost to the consumer and the building of prosperous fishing
 communities along the coast of Alaska from Ketchikan to Kotzebue, a dis tance of more than 5000 miles.
 Alaska today presents the unioueI spectacle of possessing probably the greatest fishing resources of any coun-l try, and relatively speaking, no fish, ing population. This condition is re- sulting in the greatest economic wastel and the territory of Alaska is not re- ceiving in any appreciable measureI the benefit it should from the devel-I opment of it's great natural resource Such a condition cannot fail, as it has in the past, in arousng resentment, from all true pioneers and we'll wish CTS of the great territory of Alaska. It has been the earnest effort of the Alaska bureau of the Seattle Cham Der of Commerce and CommercialI Club to bring about a change that would result in the more economical and rational development of this in- dustry and build up a fishing popula- tion in Alaska that would assure anf allied industrial development the value and extent of which would be farreaching. There is no condition, climatic or otherwise, prohibitive of such development. The winter cli- mate along the south coast of Alaska is more favorable to the building of communities than is the case along the New England coast. The averagef temperature for the month of Janu- "i oiA thC oOAth CodOJ Ol AldShd lSi the same as that of New York
 It is only natural that the true Alas kan, with the welfare of his country at heart, should feel resentful that this great industry should be exploited without rendering a commensurate re- turn to his country, and especially so when it results in loss and waste to | both the producer and consumer.
 This feeling of resentment dates from the early operations of the in- dustry from San Francisco. If this method of operation is to continue it | is certain that the principal base will be Prince Rupert, as it is geograph- ically favored over Puget sound ports, as the latter were favored over, San Francisco; and it is certain that it | cannot fail but be the cause of in- creased resentment and friction by all Americans and Alaskans alike, as 1t ! will mean the ultimate loss of the in- dustry and fishermen to America.
 But countries of the Northland are new and in the making Home ties have not been formed as they have in the older communities along the North Atlantic coast, and there is nothing to hinder the man making his home where he does his business. In fact, this will be the tendency, due to the close feeling of friendship be- tween the two peoples of the North land. Conditions in this respect, as in many others, are just the opposite of those that exist on the North At lantic coast. There is not the same difference between the business and social conditions of Ketchikan and Prince Rupert as between Truro and Boston. Where the Canadian fisher men of the Atlantic would under no circumstances, due to old family ties, move his family to Boston, the Ameri- can fisherman of the Pacific coast would transfer his home to Prince Ru- pert without hesitation, if it became his center, and he would not be a truel man of the North if he did otherwise, for it is land of giving and not talk ing. The only reason he has not donel so is because he does not believe that such conditions of economic wasteI and national loss will be allowed tol continue