Show Print Paper From Alaska Secretary or of Agriculture Meredith pr projects a highly tinted rainbow of promise regarding the scarcity of newsprint news newsprint newsprint print paper He stretches it from Alaska and the day has nas passed when one may feel inclined to doubt or scout th the resources of this region once relegated relegated rele rele- gated by popular Ignorance to Arctic Ice alone Too much gold and coal have been brought from the territory to Justify listening longer to 10 that now Invisible choir which once sung jeerIngly jeeringly jeeringly jeer- jeer against Secretary Seward's 7 7 land deal Mr Meredith as asserts asserts asserts as- as that the southeastern part of the acquisition contains forc ts having I cords of timber suitable for paper making making- at at atthe the rate of cords annually of usable sable pulpwood for all time time enough enough to manufacture one- one third of the print prin t paper needed in the United States The obstacles of of transportation transportation transportation trans trans- large amount of capital re required required re re- re and Inaccessibility he thinks are removed The national forest service has en entered entered entered en- en upon the promotion and th the de department department department de- de of agriculture stands ready to contract for stumpage upon favorable favorable favor favor- able terms graded by by year five p pe periods nods Th The stream flow has been in investigated investigated In- In and found sufficient for forthe the motive power of or mills either b by di dl- dl water at r power or electrical converS conversion conver- conver S sion The entire prospect as thus of ot- ot outlined Is alluring and tends toward cr creating a rift in the clouds Its Immediate effect upon the distressing dis distressing dis- dis scarcity Is not riot held fo forth th but It would seem soom there is no occasion for being too skeptical over the ulti mate outcome Besides the supply that Alaska might contribute to to the Im Immense Im- Im mense manse consumptive demand the comI com corn I petition might exert a wholesome Influence Influence in In- In fluence on c cost s There Ther is the f fur r- r then ther item connected with the s succor thus afforded Reforestation of the tle denuded regions anywhere with hemlock hem hem- lock and spruce could b be hastened while Alaska Masks was h helping out The wh whole le matter is not only one of business Interest and cheer but all this accumulating id e evidence nce of the wise foresight In buying Alaska appeals to the American sense of fair fall play to an enterprise so derided when pending and to its persistent t promoter Pittsburg Pitts- Pitts burg Dispatch Ind md |