The Alaska daily empire., 1921-07-20


 Service and its willingness to meet prospective investors half way on any reasonable proposition, The pol. icy and attitude of the Forest Serv ice, he said, had not been an ob- stacle to investors and cited per sonal experience with officials of the service in connection with negotia tions involved in the Thane paper mill project. The question of re- appraisal of timber, he said, had been adjusted willingly by the serv. ice. Economic conditions which made it impossible to enlist large capital said MT Faulkner, had ! hampered the launching of the pulp and paper industry in Alaska and not the attitude of the Forest Serv- ice MT Faulkner added that by this time next year, he was sure the big Thane project would have been launched. Alaska Center of Attraction tion of the Forest Service with Al askan national forests and it's eff forts to attract men with capital to the Territory. He gave short re- sume of the pulp and paper industry in the United States. All the news print consumed in the United States 10 years ago was manufactured al home, he said. In 1919 he contin- ! ued. two-thrds of it was importe: i from Canada. He traced the move ment of the industry from the At lantic seaboard across the continent to the Pacific Ocean states and into British Columbia. The necessity for a new source of supply, he asserted was realized by everyone connected with the industry and that the for, ests of Alaska are now attracting great attention.
 W Pioneer Venture Needed
 The imperative need has been, he asserted, for a pioneer venture on a large scale in the industry in the Territory. One has now been ob tained in the Alaska American Paper Corporations Shrimp Bay project and when the success of this 5. has been established Eff not sooner, the development of the industry will take place rapidly <, ...@ <.sfss The Chief Forester, Colonel w. B. Greedy, he said, is actively and deep ly interested in the work of the bu- reau in the Territory and called at tention to the visitsfmaae by MT. Greeley last year to, Alaska Asso- eiate Forester Fl A. Sherman and E. E. Carter, timber sales agent for the bureau, are now in Ketchikai and will soon arrive here, he said. They are seeing what, if anything additional, can be done by them and the Forest Service to speed up Al. dskan development. He referred to the field work being done by the Forest Service in Alaska at this time. There are available in Alas kan forests supplies for 100 such projects as is proposed at Shrimp Bay and the United States can ob- tain one-third of all of the newsprinl it uses from the Territory, he de clared
 In conclusion, he asserted that there had been no instance of any protests made from the appraisals Of the Forest Service in connection with timber sales. He attributed to halt in the pulp and paper industry, unfavorable economic conditions, the This, he said, was temporary and the time would soon come when more ia vorable conditions would prevail and permit extensive development to be accomplished. He asked for cooper ation from local. business men.
 Fishing Industry Revived | Senator w F. Britt spoke. on the subject of "The Fishing Industry | The fish which abounded in Alaskan waters, he declared. first drew the white men to the Territory. The greatest need today, he declared, is sane and wise legislation for pro tection and propagation of certain species of fish in Alaskan waters and for a tariff on herring from abroad to permit the utilization of Alasks herring. The fishing industry, he olassed, as Alaska's biggest industr, and one from which for the next two years so per cent of all the Terri