The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-29
ALL ALASKA 4. CHAMBER CALLS. ON REFERENDUM.
Small and Foreign Vessels Are Among Matters
 Considered

 polling all motor vessels in excess of Is tons burden to undergo fed eral inspection and of firbidding foreign vessels to book passengers between American terminal ports, will be taken by the Chambers of Commerce of Alaska, the Territorial Chamber having decided at it's meeting Saturday to refer the is sues to it's member organizations.
 Other matters considered by the Territorial Chamber at it's Satur- day meeting related to proposed excursions to the North of ship load of students from the Univer- sity of Oregon and of students of the Floating University conducted by the University Travel Associa- ton Of New York City; letters from the Seattle and San Francisco Chambers of Commerce relative to control of fisheries, utilization of herring and the abolition of agri- cultural experiment stations; com munications from Representatives in Congress and Senators regarding the agricultural stations, and Gov. George A. Parks request that the Territorial Chamber act as a me dium in collecting information on Alaska commerce and in transmit ting it to the Department of Com msrce in Washington. D. c.
 Small Craft Inspection
 Enactment of the bill introduced in Congress by Representative F. H. LaGuardia, Republican of New York requiring all motor vessels in excess of Is tons burden to under go inspection by the United States Board of Steamboat Inspectors, would be disadvantageous for small craft in the opinion of the Terri torial Chamber. It was decided to refer the protest against the meas ure to the member chambers. If the protest is approved by them it will be forwarded to Congress.
 The forbiddfng of foreign vessels to book passengers between Ameri- can terminal ports, as proposed irs Dill before Congress sponsored by Senator Wesley L. Jones, Republi- can Of Washington, was brought to the attention of the Territorial Chamber by the Skagway Chamber of Commerce, which set forth that the proposed legislation would prove infmical to Canadian passenger chips operated to Alaska ports and would diminish travel to the North. The issue, the Territorial Chamber decided, should be referred to the member Chambers for action.
 Excursions Of Students
 The University of Oregon stud- ents will charter a steamship next summer to make their third annual excursion to Southeast Alaska, the Territorial Chamber was advised in a letter from Ernest Walker Sawyer, of the Interior Department. Information as to the contemplated visit of the Floating University was likewise received from MT. Sawyer. The Floating University in charge of Dr. Edwin B. Lough of New York, will have approxinna- tely 500 students. The vessel, Of 20 900 tons, will leave New York in December 1892. It will visit Euro pean countries and return to Am erica by way of the Orient. Prom Vladlvostok or from a Japanese port it will cruise along the Aleu- tian Islands, visiting Bogoslof, the disappearing island.
 May Make Inland Trips
 The students may make inland trips to Aniakcfak Crater, and the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. Their vessel will touch at Anchor age, Seward, Valdez and Sitka. It will stay several days in Juneau, probably in June, 1893, giving the students opportunity to see the Alaska Juneau mine and mill, and nearby glaciers and to study relics and records in the Territorial Mu- scum. Enroute to Seattle, the Floating University will make brief calls at Wrangell. Ketchikan, Van couver and Victoria.
 The letters from the Seattle and San Francisco Chambers of Com msrce indorsed the action of the | Territorial Chamber with reference to control of fisheries, utilization of herring and abolition of agrisul-
 tural experiment stations.
 The. communications from Sena-
 tors and Representatives in Con-
 gress as to the experiment stations numbered twelve. The gist of them , was that the abolition of the sta
 tions was regretted but that it could not be avoided now.
 Reports On Commerce
 , In compliance with Gov. Parks
 request the Territorial Chamber
 will ask its member Chambers tC
 communicate to it every month
 information respecting trade anc , commerce and this information
 from all the member Chamber Twill be consolidated by the Terri turiai Chamber and transmitted tt
 the Department of Commerce fo, : it's Weekly Commerce Report. Thi