The Stroller's weekly and Douglas Island news., 1921-08-13
SOME EFACTSABOUT ALASKA
Published in Recent Issue of Honolulu Md-Pacihc Magazine Article Caused Many Letters of
 Inquiry to Be Received Here
n1 ! J WHITE

.sHm. fIwc iHHt December letter u.. received by Ono author from Alexander Uumo Ford. editor ot Che Md-paafo Magazine. published at Honolulu rorueuue pm article on An.ka for publication. Tho TO- rurst was complied vith and in Che February number Che following ap- near.I and resulted in hundreds Of letters being received ut tho late Bureau ol Publicity au ot them ask- rr or information concern.ue NassaI.
 Authors Note While Che s,atis- u.s and figures given iu hIs article may appear lo be small in eompari- son u.lh those of manufacturing. .rwuaI and other industrial ..rus ot moro densely populated district. ol Che United States and other countries. Che reader In pcrus- ne th.s .s asked to keep constantly r mind m. nct chat Alaska has only about s.0Ho white population. r..uUne men. women and children. u. E..nre tn. not u mind .t win n. observed .at the exports ol Alas E. ur m. yer laf9 amounted Go mo-. chan s-00o for each white resident of One rcutorl
 
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 And nat Is Alaska Che greatest th. .anI... Che mo. majestic and sublime .1n.us. %. ozone and climate .n m. world. and a, One same dune m. known and appreciated
 trs.. embraces 56Su0 square mI. or mor. chan 3-5 million ..-.. being .rrir. Ume. One s.ze Of m. ut. ol N.N Yors and embrac- .re mor. territory than England. Scotland r.auI Norway and sWc- don combined Russia perhaps cou- rr-.I t..t arc vm putting somc ohm. 0..- ou ru.'. sam when she mro.G.I Alaska on h.m for ic chan t.. ..... per a0r. and Russia was right ur au either she or Uncle Sam .n.u ol Che resources O, the ..uu... at that rme. u iact now l..t . .mucrue knowledge ot che resource. or tt. country .s known. t..-. . uo I.uvue Che ac. chat tE. cent. Hor acre was a good price for considerable portion Of Alaska
 ..n much tor vast areas O, t hu. when tn. law ot average Is ap- piled .t must hc conceded that One .N.us.. uas the party that cor. nuu...I t.e puHue orer lea- mr. ul Che Ioal
 In H. matter ol both imports and export. A'a.sa has been ou Che Wauc .u.. t.e year Igl1 which Was Che biggest Iu her history and Che two a-r.et.d SIUa-tSS5. of which amount t.U05fae- was tor exports. leaving ba'au.e n favor or Alaska u. mor. than s5n0l0UO0. m l9lS m. import. and exports aggregated sf.-. .0.UU0H of which Che latter aas tsI0nHU00. and u 1919 Che total of One teo dropped to tloa- 000o00 of which tlfO0U.0oo was maor. and st5.0ooOoO was oz- ports leaving a balance iu favor of Alaska of S2I00Nn0n. which when t |. considered that she had lost r..r.. oue-hlIr her population with- .a ..e two years reetoued. e not a h.I H1a.ne
 An. r.re Che question naturally arises Why d.I Alaska lose haI here population between 1917 and rs1o- Tn. answer is casy Alas sas principal Industry is that of mining and war prices ou supplies. labor and transportation Vcro n-. .ueuu.. -tbo price or gold rcmaiu- me H. same while ia purchasing power was reduced 5U. and even more -It became mpracugablc Go. ...mnt io mme gold under coud.- Hor M tHer existed. The result ua. Chat many heavy operators c'o... .h..r mines to await Improved conditions and Che output was de- ..deI'. .muueI .u consequence. As Na... had ro war industries Che outside ...reI moro end greater in- du.ou.n. tn ahorer and Che result was cha. thousands lon che Terr.- .orr ui.h One natural sequence that. Dor industries became idlc With che duIuduue ot her population Che. demand for agricultural products diminished with Che result, that many lomasteadeu were forced Col abandon tler farms and sock other means of support and many ot chem er Che Territory entirely
 Government Ineficiency
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