The Cordova daily times., 1920-12-22

system of long range administration would be impossible Effective man agement of these public resources in Alaska is possible only by lodging au- thority in men on the ground to act without waiting to consult distant SUI periors, and through a helpful atti- tude on the part of local forest off cers, who are in touch with the islo- later settlers and small places scat tered through the forests, to help them maintain contact with the out side world. There is close co opera tion between the forest service and the territorial government, and the animating purpose of the forest of ficers is to make the forests serve the welfare of Alaska.
 The greatest need of Alaska is for the investment of capital in enter prises for the development of re- sources which can be developed in no other way. The pulpwood supplies of the coast forests offer the best i'm mediate opening for capital To the task of securing their utilization on large scale the energies of the for est service are now being directed, with every promise of success 1 Thrugh such enterprises, the popu- lation of the territory will be built up, its wealth increased, and other forms of development stimulated
 American farmers face situation due to falling prices for farm prod ucts which should be dealt with as a national problem, Secretary Meredith declared in his report.
 There is perhaps no single solu- tion for the situation which the farm CTS are now facing, but there are many steps which can and should be taken to place Our agriculture on a more satisfactory basis and to stabil- ize the business of farming, not in the interest of the farmers alone but in the interest of the nation as whole A sober national thought with re- gard to the importance, the absolute necessity, of sustained agriculture in this country is imperative"
 The farmers of America "have again justified the faith of the na- tion to meet it's requirements" MT Meredith declared, and have produced crops estimated to be worth $13,300.- 1 000,000 this year. The combined yield Of the ten principal crops was F per cent above the average for five years.
 The corn crop of 3,199000,0 ,000 l bushels is unprecedented, represent ing about four fifths of the world $ production.
 Tt ought to be fact" Mir Mere dith continued, that when the farms of the country produce abundantly, the consuming public will be literally supplied with food at reasonable prices, the farmer taking his profit l because of large productio and the consumer receiving his increment of benefit from having an adequate sup 1 ply at reasonable cost.
 "In general, we should expect it to be true that the farmers condi- tion is improved in direct propor- ton to the number of bushels of wheat or corn or the number of bales of cotton he produces. It frequently happens, however, that when all farmers have extraordinarily good crops during the same year low prices leaves him worse off than he has been in other years with short crops and high prices"
 This year. MT. Meredith said, high prices for farm products continued until they were ready to sell, when the price reduction set ill, covering everything the farmers had to sell and materially affecting nothing they were compelled to buy.
 'The years output, produced at an abnormally high cost" the secretary added, lis worth at current prices $3, 900. 100000 less than the smaller crop of 1919 and $1,O00 0000,000 less than the still smaller crop of 1918. The best estimate that can now be made indicates that the total value of animal products in 1920 is $S.757,00O, 900 or about oOOOO, ,OOO less than in 1919.
 "There is probably no other indus try or business that could suffer a similar experience and avoid insolv- ency'