The daily Alaskan., 1921-06-23
Observations Of
 North1and by
 Visiting Scribe

EDITORS NOTE-DeWitt Harry, special writer for the Portland ore- gonion, visited Skagway as a passen- ger on the Princess Alice. MT. liar " is a D. c. NJ. man, with the Can adian forces overseas, serving with the Famous Western Canadian In- fantry Brigade, and is an accredited correspondent for the Associated Press:
 By DeWITT HARRY Where such great writers as Jack ] London, Rex Beach and our own Robert Service have devoted some of the best of their time to giving fairly accurate word picture of this country, it is folly to expect that first time tourist can do anything worth while. However, nowadays, we are not so interested in the fic- ton or keen story appeal in the | United States as with the problem of making q living, and that is what is so intensly occupying the time of Alaskans at the present, possibly even more so than with the remain der of the country.
 Community interests between the North and the other states is not as pronounced as it might be for this territory must be content to live in a certain isolation on ac- count of. location, but the rest of the United States feel that Alaska is a part of their country and are trying 10 get the thought of closer rela- tions. If some of the visitors re- turning can do the great service of spreading this gospel, it might as- comes the further problem, that the majority of the visitors here come to be entertained and do not watch out for business interests.
 In connection with the recent shipping board strike, that now seems to have a chance for settle meut. the Pacific Coast especially have come to realize that Alaska has it's place and it's right to con sideration. The cruX of this matter came with the realization that Alas ka faced a mighty difficult emergen- cy in the supplying of actual neces- sities of life and commercial exist ance. and it has seemed to awaken the feeling that in any case the rest of the country must help Alaska.
 Now can the difficult emergency that faces the country today, that of economic adjustment. be- made to work out for Alaska? Undoubtedly Alaska has a more difficult position to face that the other ctates, and again Alaska has been harder hit. Can it rally from the blow? Can 1t step back and become the great pro- ducer that it once was?
 Here again We in the south realize that Alaska faces a further difficult " in that the gold market has fail ed to take the rise of other commodi- ties. and that rising costs of produc- ton have strangled production. The recent creation of the Alaskan for estry district should assist materi- ally in helping the working of the pulp forests and the numbering and other conservation and production opportunities of the federal re- serves. It is a dark proposition that Alaska faces in some ways. but not a hopeless one, and the indications are that the rest of the country will be found eager to assist, now and later when the resumption of indus try makes it possible for the terri tory to try and again take it's place as a real producer.
 Every state has nearly a similar set of conditions to face as has AL aska, though the north was unques- tionably the hardest hit. In the rest of the union that are not los ing hope but are trying to keep a stiff upper lip and face the world with courage Alaska will take her position again and will likely find, at the same time, that the rest of the United States is more appreciative than was formerly the case. In any event the states to the south have unboundcd admiration for the Am ericans who make their homes in the north and will be willing to give them more than passive support, l am sure, in the future.
 IOWA EXCITED