Seward daily gateway., 1925-07-13
SAMPLES MESSAGE
 IS DELIVERED AT
 CHAMBER LUNCHEON
SECRETARY GARFIELD OF ALAS kA BUREAU, SEATTLE CHAM BIER OF COMMERCE, CRATES AT LOCAL LUNCHEON.
Mining Club Activity Helps
LARGE SUM IS EXPENDED AN NUALLY IN SEATTLE FOR PRO- MOTION OF THE WELFARE OF ALASKA

At the honorary luncheon given Saturday afternoon by the Seward Chamber of Commerce in behalf of c. D. Garfield, secretary of the Alas ka Department of the Seattle Cham Der of Commerce, MT. Garfield deliv- ed the following message to Seward and Alaskan citizens:
 "The Seattle Chamber of Com merce, especially the Alaska Depart ment, and the Executive Committee, consisting of 32 prominent business men of Seattle, mostly of whom are interested in Alaska in some man. ner, extends her heartiest greetings. I wish to state emphatically that the Seattle Chamber of Commerce and the Alaska Department are not un- dertaking to guide or direct Alaska affairs. When I was first asked to go 10 Seattle from Alaska to take up this work l welcomed the oppor- unity realizing I could accomplish a great deal more there than by working from Alaska have al ways been for Alaska, first, last and all the time.
 MT. Warehouse, a former presi- dent of the Seattle chamber, intro duced this slogan to the chamber: Help Alaska help themselves.' This should cooperate more extensively with one another, in order that Ter ritorial questions may be presented in a more concise form, so that the Seattle chamber may act according ".
 Tn the past and even today the remark is heard that the Seattle people are trying to run Alaska. As an example in the early days, par ticularly during the gold rush days, special equipment was made and sold. Other merchandise, it has been reported which could not be sold elsewhere was foisted upon the Al askan. In the succeeding years a ten dency of ill feeling developed and a spirit of antipathy was created in Alaska against Seattle. So in order to counteract this, Seattle business men are united and determined to analyze conditions with the view of putting their shoulders to the wheel assisting, in whatever way they may, the interests of the Terri tory as a whole.
 "As all know Seattle and Alaska have always been closely interlocked and that Alaska, is responsible for the early development of Seattle. In return, Seattle is strongly endeavor- ing to give Alaska such support which will accrue to Alaska's benefit. Seat tie played a most important part in securing the Alaska Railroad for Al aska.
 Seattle is not endeavoring to run Alaska, neither are we trying to guide the political destiny of Alas ka,' MT. Garfield repeated, but we have strong organization of $500 members, which means Alaska has B. 800 Alaskan boosters in Seattle. Thousands of dollars are being ex- pended by the Seattle chamber this year for national advertising. Every bit of this literature, advertising Se- attle and the Northwest, also men, tions Alaska. Last year 17,OO0 pieces of Alaska literature were dis tributed from the Seattle department. On an average 30 letters day are mailed from the Seattle bureau, in answer to Alaska enquiries. The Al aska Bureau in Seattle was main tained last year at an expenditure of $l2,OO0. The Washington, D. c. de- partment, in charge of Jack Under wood, is maintained annually at a cost of $15,000. Alaskans can see from these figures that much effort is being put forward to aid Alaska
 Anything initiated for the good of the Territory must come from Alaska first, not from the Seattle depart ment. At dinner given on the steamer Starr in Seward last year, by Captain Johansen, the difficulties Of navigation in these waters was brought to our attention It was stat ed 90 per cent of the lights in West