The Alaska daily empire., 1923-04-23
OUTLINE OF WORK
 SEATTLE IS DOING FOR TER R|T0RY
Alaska Department of Seattle Chamber Gives Summary
 of What 1t Has Done.

pdreu d summary or tne OutStanulng work that it has done the last year and is doing for Alaska. It is an. nCunced tirat the work has been and is being conducted on the principle ''To Develop Alaska along the lines desired by Aaskans.'
 Work in Progress
 The summary follows:
 Maintenance of Alaska reference library with government reports. miscellaneous information, Alaska newspapers and other publications on the northern territory; also U S. Coast. and Geodetic Survey maps and U. S. Geological Survey maps on Al aska; literature for distribution in- cluding reports issued by Alaska de- partment and by Alaska commercial organizations; "A albums of photo graphs on Alaska, depicting life in all sections of the North.
 Maintenance of general Information department on Alaska with Alaskans in charge.
 Maintenance of exhibit of Alaska resources, including agricultural prod ucts. minerals, coal, oil. marble, tim Der and. fish products.
 Maintenance of rooms where Alas kans are invited to make their head quarters, have their mail forwarded and make themselves at home while they are in Seattle.
 Publication of illustrated Alaska pamphlets and folders for free distri- button, giving complete information on the resources and general eondi- tions of the Territory.
 Distribute general and specific in- formation annually to more than 2,O00 visitors to Alaska library and exhibit rooms of the Chamber.
 Making additions from time to time to Alaska exhibits.
 Record increasing demand for liter ature on Alaska from universities, libraries, public schools and indYid- uals throughout the states.
 Delivering lantern slide lectures on Alaska before commercial, education al and civic bodies in Seattle and vicinity.
 Hold regular semismonthly meet ings of Alaska committee to dis cuss Alaska needs and to confer with Alaskans who are temporarily in the city and who are invited to these dinners to give their views on the needs of the Northland and to suggest ways and means whereby this organization may cooperate in the constructive development of the Territory.
 Working through steamship com, panies to secure better steamship service to Alaska, especially during the summer tourist season.
 Inaugurating plans for Seattle Mer- chants excursion to Alaska this summer.
 Working for reduction of port charges on freight shipments Ill and out of Alaska.
 Extending invitation to Congress sional delegation to visit Alaska as guests of Alaska committee.
 Working for success of Presidents visit to Alaska.
 Planning to send local photograph CT to Alaska to photograph industrial, scenic, social and educational phases of Alaskan life with a view to givlag widespread pictorial publicity to the Territory this year.
 lAppropriating large funds for ad- yertising Northwest and Alaska through national publications, includ- ing the Saturday Evening Post, Lit erary Digest and similar publications.
 Working for the establishment of Federal industrial bureau in Al aska for the development of the nat ural resources and the settlement l, of the Territory.
 General encouragement of tourist trade to Territory.
 Adoption and transmission to Con- gress resolutions providing for the l following:
 Constructive governmental policy
 which will result in the centraliza-
 tion of the administration of AL
 askan affairs in Alaska and the
 development of natural resources Ibv A permanent population of home 1 builders. Adequate passenger, mail and i freight service to Alaska, pdrtlcu- l larly to Alaska Peninsular points
 Protective tariff to encourage AL aska's fresh and frozen iish ln- I dustries.
 Protective tariff on platih im tres to stimulate production of platinum | ores in Alaska.
 Protective tariff on nickel to encourage Alaska nickel pfooue- 1 tion.
 Extension of Federal Hisa yav
 Act to Alaska.
 Abrogation of Alaska fur seal
 skin contract and sale of skins in
 raw state.
 Negotiations pending between the United States Chamber of Commerce and commercial organizations Of Bra gil and other Latin-American couh- tries for the purpose of extending market for Alaska fish products 10 South America.
 Cooperating with U. $. mall service for improved mail service between points in Alaska.
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