The Alaska daily empire., 1921-03-10
C0-0PERATI0N IN DEVELOPMENT OF TERRITORY URGED BY MANY
 AT COMMERCIAL CLUB MEETING

lllt past cal III tiiC WI liir bu 1T realize the vast importance of thu i agricultural industry. Not man, men realize its possibilities. There is 8 wonderful future for it il ! Alaska" He strongly advocated the | Alaska Agricultural College anC School of Mines at Fairbanks, say ing that the many similar institu- i tons in Europe, some even above l the Arctic Circle, and the agricui- 1 tural industry there is ill lands further north than the Tanana Val 1 ley and the Matanuska district, had ! proven their value. He advocated the encouragement of immigration from the Scandinavian countries to Alaska as means of promoting agriculture in the Territory
 He described conditions in the States as deplorable. II was glad to get back to Alaska, and get back alive" he said. He saw hundreds of people in the bread lines, most of them young men, he declared. Il am convinced we will have a big influx in population in Alaska and we will have to provide labor for them" The three most important subjects for legislation, he gave as transportation, srhools and roads.
 Third Division Conditions.
 Senator Price deplored the lack of knowledge on the part of the peo- pie of one district regarding those of the others in Alaska, and strong ly endorsed the idea of cooperation among Alaskan commercial clubs.
 The Third Division, he declared, is progressingly more rapidly at present than any other section Of the Territory. The railroad between Seward and Fairbanks, he declared, would be completed on time and would open up an immense country of incalculable value. Coal from Alaskan mines, he said, would soon be available The installation of a coal washer at the Chickaloon mine would make this possible, he stated There are great agricultural pos abilities in Matanuska Valley where many farms are already To- cated and worked. Cooperation Of Alaskan commercial organizations, he declared, is essential and repre- Gentatives from every club in the Territory should meet at least once q year to get together on def mite policy for development.
 He advocated strictest economy in Territorial governmental affairs es- pecially at this time. He also urged encouragment of immi grafton and Investments.
 Fewer and Better Laws.
 Fewer and better laws for the Territory by the Territorial Legis- lcture," was advanced as a watch word by Senator L. C. Hess. of Fairbanks In the past, he said, there had been a tendency to pass all the laws possible without care enough as to the quality. It would be better for the Legislature, he said, to pass one good law that would accomplishe something than 100 that did nothing.
 Cooperation, he said, is one of the great things. The people or Alaska, he said, he had found to have strong opinions of their own and it was difficult to get them to agree on a policy, each being sure that his was the best. This condi- ton, or characteristic. he said, had been reflected even in Washington when Alaskans have appeared there and were unable to agree on any particulary policy. A central com mercial body he said should be formed.
 He reviewed briefly conditions in the Interior of Al2ska. Relief to that section, he said, was sure to come when the rGilroad should be finished. Many mines would oper- ate on low grade areas now unpro- iitable because of high costs. The outlook for the Interior, he said, is brighter than for years past.
 He reiterated in closing, the ne cessity for caution in enactment oi laws. The disposition, he said should be to pass the few essential lGws and do nothing that will dis courage any legitimate industry.
 Hunt Speaks.
 Senator Forest J. Hunt, of ket chikan, reviewed the fisheries situa tion. He declared that the develop ment of other industries would re ! lieve the situation and that Al tskas prosperity was not dependen on any one resource or industry.
 Clubs Are Representative. ! Speaker Andrew Nerland. of tn House, endorsed the idea of coop crative work by the various com mercial organizations. He said tha l they are fairly representative or tn section in which they are situate' and should be able to speak 10 their districts.
 The 2S,000 white residents nov in Alaska, he said, are people VII
 have made the Territory their nom e,, oil tirna Tbov bayn ctOOd tl