Seward daily gateway., 1925-10-28
SEWARD CHAMBER ON THE JOBSAYS
 SEATTLE LETTER
FIRST TO CALL ATTENTION TO PROPOSED CHANGE IN AL
 ASkA MAIL SERVICE
JOINS U. s. CHAMBERS
Meat Company Takes Out Member ship-Copies of Gateway To
 Be Mailed.

healthy condition with resIect to bus mess activities, stated Cal Amy, at'ornty, Who returned 1o Seward last week rom many months stay at Lost Harbor Mr. Amy was a guest at the local chamber of com II. -rc. .unch-on ard t1;n..- r. ti,.x which was held yesterday at noon, during which meeting he informed the members briefly of the past and existing Westward conditions and outlook.
 A check was received by tha cham Der from the FryeBIuiln corTany of Seattle, which company owns 1he To- cal store, to the an 1unt of $25 in payment of membershio fees.
 It was unanimously agreed that the Seward organization take out a membership in the United States Chamber of Commerce.
 Though previous action has been taken, prior to the receipt of the following letter in the last mail, the communication brings to light the fact that thru the answering efforts of the local chamber the matter of the proposed mail change to Alaska was called to the attention of the Seattle chamber The Seattle communica- tion, signed by the Chamber of Com merce of the Queen City follows:
 Tn the GATEWAY, Of the 18th
 ultimo, under items relating to the
 actions of your Chamber it is not l '. ed that a reference fs made to
 the probability of the Alaska
 mails being forwarded as freight,
 and the elimination of a postal
 clerk.
 This was rather startling infor-
 nation for this office as we had
 not the slightest intimation that | any such plan was in contempla- 1 tion. We do not believe in get ] ting excited over anything that r may happen, but it appears that 1 your Chamber would not have ta-
 ken the steps it has without some pretty reliable information. Please l advise us the source of this in- l formation
 The handling of mails in this manner affects the whole Terri
 tory, and every organization
 should get busy at once to fore l stall any such change from the
 present system, which is working
 out very satisfactorily and to the
 best interests of Alaska. We still recall the undignifed, careless and un-business-like way in which the mails were handled l during the war period. It reflect ed upon the government and seri- ously retarded commercial and in dustrial progress of the Territory, besides hampering and greatly de-
 
 Not only should the business or ganizations of the Territory be- come aroused, but the Governor,
 delegate, and every other official
 having to do with public affairs, should join the line of protest
 against any such action. Please
 send copies of any resolutions
 which may be passed by your
 chamber respecting this matter
 and we will get busy upon it at
 once.
 Copy of this letter is being sent
 to the other Commercial Organiza-
 tions of the Territory.
 Numerous enquiries are being re- ceived by the chamber from citi- zens in the States requesting infor nation regarding this and the Far Westward district. It was decided in addition to mailing out circulars to also send them a current copy of the Seward Daily Gateway. Little other business appearing for discus sion the meeting adjourned.
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