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Show Alaska M IF tho ghost of Wm. H. Seward still hovers over H tho earth, it must be holding its thumb to its H nose and wriggling its attenuated fingers at tho H men who jeered at Alaska and called it "Sew H ard's Folly." H The fish product up to date at first cost aggre- H gated something like $300,000,000, in itself a M fair interest on the $7,240,000 paid for the coun- H Then tho great product does not come from H the seals as many suppose, but from the salmon. H According to value the order is first the salmon, then the fur seal, then the sea otter, the halibut H and cod. Then on one island the black fox is being H farmed in constantly increasing numbers; then H there is the gold and pretty soon there will be the H copper. Then the forests and the coal. Alaska is H pretty much of a country. H |