Puget Sound weekly Argus. [volume], March 22, 1888, Image 2

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Secretary of the 'i‘zu usury rec 1211.1» ..‘.;
a building that Vail! cost Sillflzw n ’
and. in justice to 171112120 med; pr; '3
sent and pi‘ospe‘rtiw i'.; tizu rug-1!
Sound district, the building "imdi-i
not fall below this estixn:iicinsi7.-[
and quality. Our citizens slmum on
forco tho rocomnwndafioue mi tho of
ficials at Washington \Viih :z domamz’
that the building 51ml! [m at least
something near what it ought to hm.
this much in the int-rust cf the gov!
erument itself. (‘Oliflcitfl'BTOUkS' of
this district, was appealed to by the!
Washington Lauthorities when thei
question was raised a few months“
ago, as to tha needs of the public‘
service, and responded in nu ofli-fiai.
report and l‘C-Coninuihluuoxm v..‘i.';
efi'ectually opened l‘uu egos or [L
departments. At pnwnt than ix ;'
will be. available out pf (3m (11:! m. '2
new appropriaiioz ~ mam-1;; $.38“:
with which to prumml. if the :.r~
pervising architect will um xiii». on
the foundation aluzzdy cox‘xiplmr'd, :31
such a way that the building can in. ~
come a wing of film main sauna-9.1.5
later on, well and guiil‘, or, ii {in
foundation and plan can he A-ai‘mwgd,
and work {named on the main st”.- 3.-
of a building large enough. {iv-x; pll.-
eeed. The trouble, huwoxer, serum
to be that there is z: lzm‘ which pru—
hibits work on public buildings. bring
undertaken on plans more Expensive
than there are funds available to
complete. It would be a shame to
have an inferior, insufficient building,-
oompleted here, to the detriment of
public service hereafter. Better in
sist on the larger appropriation; and,
if larger plans cannot at this time be
adopted, complete the present :lruc‘
ture so that it can be utilized afleix
ward as a wing of the building.
Editorial Notes-
Senabor Dolph thinks there is but
slight chance for the admission of
Washington Territory by this con
gress. This has been apparent for
some time past
Emperor Frederick seems to please
the German people very much in—
deed. ’His public address to Bis.—
mnrck outlines the policy of his reign
as one of peace. Ho has no desire for
any military glory or power. "UPI"
many, the home of Peace,” is his:
motto. He is not expected to lin
long.
There mnst be some mistake about
Senator Dolph’e fortification bill.
After the grand speech he made in
favor of fortifying-lhc entrance to
Puget Sound an item should have ap- ;
peered in the bill to provide at least}
for a commencement of the work.
Did the telegraph report his bill cor—
reotly?
Mr. Samuel Hadluck expects to
build marine ways this year at tho
milling port bearing his name, By
next year there will he a large amount
of local business in that line, as man
than halfn hundred fishing schoom-rs
and small sailing craft will be addul
to our fleet-and the number of ves
sels requiring repairs locally is con
stantly on the increase.
Many of our citizens have L-vcz.
counting themselves fortunaté that
we have hitherto been spam] am}
thing like a “boom" with its artificiul
values and altermtiug dept-955m».
But a veritable boom is upon tlujm
now. in spite of all their fears. 1:
comes with the wild, rollicking run - ‘
domof the tree west. wixlx genuin.
duh and furore. All that remain»
for our citizens to do is to shuw them
selves worthy of presperity by 931 e
fling that public spirit which attracta
than van): having.
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l 1: {l:}. ;. -~.:.r n .0111} thijllriilld dollars
of sili'plild funds .'n‘nilul-lc fur public
inlyru‘a lililslr. We believe 1h:- rily
council is displ‘f‘i‘d to cxpvm': ull 22:6.
fuzzlla “bistable for ain‘t-L grading,
aidox'.'.lll~.:<: and othur ng-cL-§;szlry public
Wurlis, 'hm are-nut diSpesz-d t 0 incur
i!ldlbti‘dllt‘is. There will be coming
in 31301 e thl)V"l§t§figfii‘.L~tbil.-g like.
s7.olJ'Jfl'um liquor licensa-h; and this,
added to current receipts from taxes,
will ufl'orn'. a. surplus sufficient to
make a showing, ii) lhc right direc»
tion; at least. “'0 belie“: the out:-
grem fault almul mo financial mum
agcment of our city is that of assess
ing property too low. Instances can
be cited of land being assessed at SSO
an acre, as acre properly, when the
same land is selling in blocks at prices
ranging up to $2,800 an acre. It is
net ordinarily expected that real es—
late will be assessed up to more than
:forly per cent. of its real value, but
iwhcn it comes to such outr'ngeonsly
low figures there is cause for com
’plaint.
1 Doiph on the Tariff.
i Swat ,1' Dolph made no elaborati
is-;.t-.‘-ig 2L lizwb'*!.i'.‘:l‘ \‘.‘t~il:i<-ed:l§. up'zn
gituf uni-.1 (l'it‘rliULl. iio hilizl he lzza-J
Hun-:1 .si:x_;o.~‘uxi, until i: lu-z‘mn- zip—
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irratiwi: (2:; wail no by legisizttiou plu
'f‘":-wi a). (l majority of the. house, that
I(3me Bendix»; itztillztll'y of tho Pacino
cans; was. threatened with iii-atmo
tion, t leave discussion of tire mutt-'l‘
in which t'oo rovenuus siiouid be re~
ducad to those better qualified by
long familiarity with the subject. to
diJi’uss it. Thcre was Well founded
$11273 among the people of Oregon
and every where on tho Pacific coast
at what they believed to be the
threatened destruction of many of
their industries. The [rte-cut namin
istrution came into power by tho votes
of the solid South, and the hopes of
a continuance of the democratic ad.
ministration was intlm South. There‘
fore, when the president endeavored
to force a tariff policy upon the coun
try, it was necessarily asouthern pol~
icy. Sugar is to be protected to please
Louisiana, while wool and lumber
and the products and industries of
states from which there is no hope of
securing democratic votes in the
oloctorulcollegg Werc‘tq be placed on
the free list. SHB said the great in~
duslry of the Pacific coast which
would be most disastrously affected
by the adoption by congress of the
policy of the administration would
be tho Wool growing intrrest, that
California. is the leading Wool grow
lng suite of the United states, and
Urvguu is fast taking rank beside
lM'l‘; that in California and Oregon
there are 8,656,727 sheep. nearly one
fifth of the whole number in the
United States; that no one should be
duce-ived. Free wool means that the
Wool industry of the Unit-rd States is
to in; SilCE‘ifiCx‘d for the pxonlucl of the
jchvap labor of foreign countries; and
that millions of man are to to de—
privefl of their employment to fur—
nizh labor to wool growers and herd
ers upon the plains _of Aurstralia. the
ranges of South Afxxca, and the pain.
pas of South America.
He said that by the Mills bill tini-
bet and lumber are placed on the free
list to secure :1 paltry reduction of
‘ revenue which might have been sa
cured by a reduction of less than 2
per cent. of the present duty upon
sugar; that the forests of Oregon and
\\'m~hington were an ulluoat inex
hutbtzbl: mine of wealth; that tlu»
itunhrring industry. if not (il?:ti'o}'(-ti
by ruinous competition with the
chem}: labor and unlimited timber
vanity of the British provinces,
\V‘uuid for many years pruvxde pt‘otit— i
:ahl.» i mploymeut to thousands of
p-mule.
He mentioned fruit rnisingautl lead
mining. and other industries of the
Lithexorthwest threatened by the
administration plan for rt-Venue re
duction, and that this threatened
blow at the prosperity of the Pacific
coast was for the purpose of protect
ing the owners of :1 few .~'-ngm- plnu
tution» in Louisiana, wlzo ins-tend oi
«ring the pr Aim of their lvl'tltt‘t‘lt'ti
‘ .miuatr)‘ with the men who munu-‘nc~
::2r;~.l the sugar. crush uut every or
. = - '. - ii gt mini: i-‘S litk‘lLl i'.-1‘ til-r53
rights \nih btate militia. sent with
alaczity at their call.
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igrli-fl :lzzat it had. He. i-xplziiiwd that
.lm would roliuvo Capt l'mvull, who is.
int fire-212.". :2: i-hvrgv :.uf thv ingrow
'wants a: the m mil. of “Ja- Columbia
.xivn-r, of cousleucaiun of dams: and
ilocks in Uri-gun, ul' improvements all
ithu (lascadm. of :;£ru~ircil'liou of Forts
Iszhy and Sii‘VtflU‘. :.ud of tlm Thir‘
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WASHlxumx. March 15.—-.-\ltlumgh
lixc izonse committee on pzilsiic lands
dircclmi the preparation of 9. general
bill forfeiture raiiregulrlumlgraul '
ltlzc- wholl- huhjoct iwi‘a "lii-nod it?
a- l’x‘o:h lo—dziy by tho. :iciiuu of thi':
snb—committeo, which imported bills
for tho complvlo furl'a‘imru of the
Northern and Southern Pacific rail
;roml land grants, and a partial {ur
; foiuu'h of tho grant to the Hastings
f 3:. Duiiuiu railroad. The represenia
'uf these rep. ml: occasioned a discus
ieion from “hid: it appeared that
libero was is misunderstanding, U!)
the part. of ill» members, of the pur~
2056 of. the resolution adapted at the
iasl‘. meeting of the committee. Will:
In View to clearing this and defining
the sentiment of tho committee.
iStonu uf .‘.lirsnuri ofl'urml lhu follow—
‘ing readmion: “Tlmt :‘uucuxmuitlce
indupt the princxple of declaring u
ilorleiture of the omim grant where
Emu rand; wore not com-glued in the
,coutz'z-Ll time.”
Herman moved as an amonalment
that, fine North-m Pacific burxpvctod
{mm the Opt-I‘K‘Jiuli of tbn ruin. and
argued that the mxmuittoo Humid
first repuxt lziils forwiléng lands op
posite uncozmtructed poriions of (in
roads.
Thus the nulzjvct was cm‘riid hack
to the posiiiwu whivk i: na-cnpiml luv
{um £5.13 :nmn-Jim; :.x;uzillg. and :in
tmcmpt was made to \'nto an if.
TLc motion wont own-r ii“ (11:! uux‘.
mutating.
_mou TH}? omm r.
SAN mecxsco, March 17.-Tho
stounwr Oceanic arrive-. 1 Imm China
and Japan this morning, bringing
the following advices;
The viccroyuf China is said to
have accepted the uffcrof a French
syndicate to repair the Yellow rim-x
gap for one million four hundmd
thousand tacls. All inquirivs tend
to show that about cue-third of
China north of the Yellow rivoris
snfl'oriug mute or less acute distress.
and m Houau and Anhui a large
part of those governmvuts were un~
dcr water and wow likely to remain
so for some years.
A RESOLUTION 11v DOLPH.
“’Asmxm'ox, March 16.—Senator
Dolph introdned aro-salution of m
quiry in the annals this morning, di~
recting the secretary of the interior
to rvport to the senate what. con
struntion is placod by thutdepartu
mnnt upon tho words, "waters adju»
lccnt thereto.” in thu agonuunt [but
the government has with the Alaska
Commercial company to permit it to
‘teke souls exclusively {mm St. l’nul
‘nml St. Georgo island.
Senator Dolph also presented a
letter from James (3:. Swan, ofthe
fight-ry commission located at Port
Townsend. W. 'l‘. Mr. Swan say: in
his letter that fishvrmon of New
England, who are now with their
floats in Puget Sound. demand 95 a
right that tlwy 1m pi-rinittod t 0 pur
snu tlwir honorable business in the
American waters of tho Nurtlu-rn‘
Pacific. Behring sea and tho Arcticl
without being truatml as criluinalsl
and hunted down and imprisoned by
special revenue cutters of the United
States.
mzmurm BY A nnnnwaa.
SAN mecxsca. March 17.—Tho
stmuuer Allst.nlia this afternoon.
brings news of a destructive hurri—
cane whirl) raw-(l, in thulinrntougu
Islands frnm January 22d to 25th,
‘.\‘L()i(' groves of rec-mum and orange
'.rm-s lining shipped. whih lunwuou
wvoxity and eighty :ti‘ncinrus wnn-
WUWU down. The trading svim m r
.\‘l'imic WA“ blnwn o'.) a reef :mJ
‘-‘-rv(-i-;mi. Thu t-stiuirm-il dzuuzlgu by
lbw hurricane is SI23JiUU .
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WALLA \VALLA, Men-ch ‘2‘). The
Slulcsmcm Iliis evening will publish
{in- following:
“Washing. D. 0.. March 12.—T0
:bn Hun. li. liuichurd. Walla Walla:
I thank you wry [nu-"h for your kind
Item-r of the 11th nit. and in re~
spouse (he-rem I have to infnrxu you
i. :u I shun muL-r rm t-irwznsumcus
‘ u a canal: Izm- fur thu (‘ul~j._fl‘v.<fii()l|fli
:iumiuuiiuu iu llw 011“.“th vulnpdign.
I lmvo- rent-[uni [11:3 (um-chm”:
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'.rl'i.i)ll‘. In ail the years which muy
b 3 spared me in this world it will not
be possible for me to suficiently ex
pass my keen appreciaiion of the
g - m..: z~ \xluv‘u the pimple of
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'x‘uliilni!!:d£‘.ll but pumiNy, {our rp
ilpfidicau \‘u'u‘n‘. 'ilui qua'a‘éi- -u than
‘.lJ‘Hlil ll.» wliutlzvz' lizamlrll and his
' 1': liuwvrs \wul-l vat-'3 for 1120 :‘vpuhli~
c-zn; ‘.iill r;.:l:vr tlzrzzz tim .‘Zlillz‘ hill.
1 CiliiziiiSEi} TEiEéilAfsi-S.
. -_. -_
l flux-airy (I!) nlv-Lia‘vra ln-luw Zt‘l“) at
. iCuz-‘ucil Blul‘i‘;a, lowa. Kin-wing.
- 1 finiall put; in Dim-kl)“. .‘levou
7 l umv cam-s rvyurtcd Inca-1115'.
; DU( :m-s 5:13; that. the nvw uupcror
‘ :il' le’lnzzuy may live. till Auguat.
_ Striking employees on the Atlantic
-, & Pacific milruad lxm‘u resumed
; work.
. James \V. Talc. stutu treasurer of
1 Kentucky, is an absc-uidvr uml lu'uvy
1 defaulter. »
l Gm. Fixzhngh L9O, or \'irgi:nia,l
« says conL-uruiug Soutlmru politics 3
- that. all Virginia democrats :u'e ‘
for Cleveland. 1
i Ship i.l:ilulin;_; izal-«z'vun :zil ‘.lll")ll;‘,l)
l'Ui‘ert Britain mu Inn-hing. '.ilu-
Seoulrucls now coil for MHL‘EUU (HUN of
hurrying capacity.
.1 snow :‘lurxn still prevails in (mn—
lml Germ-my. 'llivrc is rumploil
sugp- llhlull of liiglmu)’ li'ul‘riv. in
imam; dinlricm x'uiimiy [ruins 151'!)
lfiuow lit'llllll.
i (_‘ongi'rssinuu S. .\l. Stua-lxsluyor of
linziizma lms lii-1n appointml Com»
ilnth’ ioxwr [if tho General Land viiicc,
’fnin‘: 'l'nninms J. Anderson, of lowa,
i.L~.~i.-‘lnni Conzmiwsioncr.
' ,i __... -.-,v.__
l _ Trade and Commerce
i Fanny annmnuui n vicw of tlw trarlu
'nu“. {f=‘!zll:‘.l‘l‘.’fl‘ of San Finn; i'.»:vn {or
ll‘u‘fl’, \:~- l--::rn that lec in: I:w::- f.»i'
[tie your :unouni-xi I'.- i'ziuiniuilji' :1).
l'l‘iminr-nuisn in [.mpnlzztiul: 1.; plgi'ml
‘lnt 35000 lul‘ tln- )uu‘. kiln-HM [:li2s
lrzni , iw lzz‘pt up San I"ra;m-i:-co in 2?)
|_\'car.~: w.” on um: of llm lax-1.5m: cum
in tho Union.
From l‘no lublmof exports Brili-‘l:
(Joluizibiu lllllltill‘i to anu ift‘l‘ll ono
.of .‘Sam Front-Leo's l)’.‘.~’t Cllslxrlui'lfi.
l Thu total of tln-su uxporls was $576,-
317. On tho Ci'aliiit Elllfl of tlm m;-
icount Wu find that. British Colmnlzizi
liorJho sanzu perioJ t Xildl'lt’Ll ls» Sin
ifwncihcq coal, yruciuus nululs and
;other lii‘tiz‘lsr; in this Vuluc of $1,301;
{SOO. leaving :1 balancu in {mm- of flu
lprovinca oi Li»12£,192. In shipping,
illO trade between that port and the
province is by all odds larger than
with any other country. For the
llllat your 83 stcam vosrwls Wow cu
toi‘cd at, that city, of 85.847 loos; 53
l nailing vessels of 82,01‘Ilons. Under
the head of foreign for British 00-
lumbia 27 stvaun vessels were entered
liming a capacity of 34,099 tons, and
i 19 sailing \'vssels of 20.857 tons. Tho
steam cicuruuccs for British Colum
, bin for 1887 were 81 vessels of 86,376
tons. These were Alnezicuu. Tho
sailing vessels numbero l 28 of 33,391
‘ tons. Great Britain, howevur, is San
Francisco’s best customer. The value
of exForis to that country for the
perim nnmod amounted to $4.500,
000;Cbina ranks next with $3.074,-
000, followed closely by the Hawaiian
Islands in round numbers with $3.~
000,000; Mexico. $L500,000, and Ja
pan. $SIK),000. The exports to Great
Britain consisted largely of grain,
salmon and canned goods.
Will Favor It.
The following letter from Senator
Mitchell shows how he stands on the
public building question:
U. S. SEXATE, Wasmxm-ux. D. 0.
March 3, 1888.
HON. BAILEY Guzman President,
and MAJ. THOMAS T. MINOR, Sucremry
Svattle Chamber of Commerce, Swat:-
‘ilc. Wash. '.l'v.,
Gentlemen :—I beg respectfully to
acknowledge receipt to~day of certi—
fied copies at resulutiuus of the Seat
tle Chamber of Commerce praying
an additional zipprnprintihn for thc
public building at Port Townsend,
which shall receive my consideration
and support. I auu; wry raspy.
Juux H. MITCHELL.
Senator Dolph, in his recent
spot-ch; urging adequate sppropria~
tions for the removal of the existing
obstructions to navigation of the
Columbia, pointed out that the on
tiru Union was interested in this
grout work. Sonator Dolph (“:1 not
exaggerate the situation. Tho Col
umbia, with its great trilmturif-s.
.lmiu tho stnto of Oregon. tho torri
torios of Washington nnd Idaho, and
the extrmno waster!) portion of .\lon
mnu. With an adequate appropria
tie 'n this great river and its branches
would ho madc- lhe longest. firm-at and
'most useful \mtorwny in Amurica.
I'SPPpt tlm St. Lmvrencn and the
Jli<>issippi. The Missouri in n. grout
riwr, but since the building of tho
grunt Pacific railways and thuir‘
hirincims it hm ceased to be the
grvnt commercial waterway of the
trans Mississippi region that is was
twonty~fivo yours old. Senator
Dolph. in his plea for an appropria
tion proportionately to the magni
'lh‘lu un-l importrnco of thin great.
work of improving the navigator) «f
ho Columbia, substantially ropoats l
[12.0 arguinnnt of Daniel Webster J
z-- A} ye :rs ago in support of large i
appropriations for internai improve- ‘
ments at the West—oregonian. l
('RI'I‘XCI‘I.AI:. _ . _j
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.‘.-v: "vl:~Ihh!hJ:-L~l,.fl. I
:f‘:'-“:r:.-;' up in _‘. “'..-‘- i'dfiu‘w. !
Ih -iu~‘ !.- l h {-rnnd v.l 3.»,
H ~’ .': .'.» Turn-Iw. -_.. arm: l
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.\t: .z -. Em ~‘.-.u . I L i -t:“ Li“- 317:2.
::)1 llh .’. damn-51: 4
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n-- .'.‘n -'.u--'. h i'.!; Li- X‘n'u'l.
.\.)n, did 3'.“ ’.“III‘ <0" :hL s fin:
A haul-:.‘; 1):. :l mu?
Wu i. In evil; it mung l moi.
.’.!zd lirm'u‘ Ludo-d iilx (‘.ltz‘.
iiu “1:3. I::nliurr ‘l-n'} :1 11““.
.\‘ :r::"~'. > IL: ' i':nll;~ :.‘..d 1:41";
in". [3l" myth; :12 .. ~-'.~ u :1. tax. '
‘l'2. - » .;:x 2:.. E 21.2: :..‘3 his ‘-:u'~:.
Tin-:1 :|~ ..'.-IH, -'.- quit?» “dbl“
wa . I;' 4* of hi» It“;
wmr: h-fi n “-:“-._....“
l=. um; hi‘ haunts; ..ifc.
p .\z. 2 rim-:- 1; - 1m: .2 XML": '4‘,
'5 -. ' wm', ' .\1; .". 6.5. ~‘-\'
'tu ' 1 E - {UH-u I", wt? '2 :!--=n:;
h- ...‘ur ii '.p aim! v...;. i"
”3' n‘: -' i .. i‘ . y::.' :.y . ' 2:.: :ui 1,
.‘.:I Z ‘.' H -. I:::1~ ‘~ ~! I':I «v».
u! m .' 1: unz'Hut:vi‘:‘.:'r:;::?~
.-:;-L. 5.,:.):-::-r\ z'fl'x" ‘
a L ('ll- .. Lm,r.
EICKIZ‘IGS.
(3:lsii'm Lia's pl." M} r: 3.:11‘ Lawn
:-:~LL::;:;'.-tl .'.? lll‘HjE-y-i in i‘.-~15.
'i‘m- {wt-£12.30 :11 Unrl»=\.‘. b'pukaun
{mainly mil hr disc-mimu-d zxftcr
tiu- 2:112! ins! -
gquaic of 11:0 nutiunui Prohibi
!S:.:x (a !;\':~::?;-u‘_! bah '.m-n ('hhngm}
2mm Jzzuw £321: tu May 33:11.
W., , . \
Puhm: mum-1' L'avunaugh Hunks;
he “'1” have the lay-x 5. [-uswd by thoj
lu-gzrlziuxrc, rumly fur dchvory by :
Ayn! 15. x. -
Will lin' [yrrsilvnt iamm :1 Phil
w rucn I'l‘.?:‘ril;lail;t~.’. {odoral 01:11)!er—
ua yarlxmpzdlug m poulical work
this your.
Tim unminutiuu of Edwin Hells as
us‘ Imhzm agent at me Puyulluy res—
vl “Hum has been wnhdruwu {mm
the l'mhul Sauna senate by Pres}
dwt Cleveland.
The Smith. Lake Shoru 3: East~
oru Railruud cmnpzmy have ordered
eighty "HI-us 0E stevl rmls, the first
consigunwnt of when “11] mrn'e
2“sz Aprxl lat.
Tim organ of the New York cobr
wi pnople has Come out unruly fur
Nth-0,0 Conkhng for prosulmt, he~
musv, it hays, ho xs "tho ablest. tho
purest. and tho. most aggressxvu states
mzm nf tho cast.” 4
The prohilxitiunifls of Oregon. iini—
(Ming {llé'il' lri'clhrcn in Now York
nuul e-lsuwiiu‘x) are taking steps to
Him. that attiic oh i: lu 11:0 (leniocrncy.
To {his end astute ci‘mwntion has
then cullc-l '.«I 111th at Finland on
“R‘dnewduy, March 28th. when a full
Anh- ticket will he uominatvd. A
la: of foreign spuukci‘s arc to be im
ported. including St. John.
Tzzconm News; A gentleman of
grout intolligunco and wide observa
-liun. who 11:15 jusL made his first visit.
to Puget Sound, informs us that he
was :.urprim-d at the resources of
coal. iron and timber, all contiguous
to ouch ut’uur on the shores of the
Sound. which must bring capital and
lulwl‘ lit-re for the manufacture of
various articles of Wood and iron.
Ht.‘ $2155 them is no placein the world
with equal natural faculties {or in
navy yard and the manufacture of
«..rilinunco. Tin-re will be a great
uizmnfm luring and commercial city.
iiu 5:153. somewhere on the Sound.
Franklin Ki-nni-(ly, 0119 of thu
lL'um-rs of '.l'nu.‘slon and Mason
rum-tin; dim] at his home In Kmnil
r}... :.’l'-ti'i’(lii_\’, aged 73 yours.
Ju l'.;~_~ limrmuiy (‘fltlll‘ tn Olympia in
iii-31’. :.nzl Lop! hc'tul {or mule time.
A!’l~r‘.‘.’::s‘=l~ hu n-nrwml it) .\lzisun
w Lint)" where he has. :éllH'u refii'li‘lmi.
l‘fiz' many yours wus probate judgi
of .‘vizn: :n county—HEX. [Judgo Kon
nvzly was wizlnly known us a tempor
p.-i::2~.cv mun, having served some
)u; 1:: ago in; (linsiilizzg ofiicor oi tho
(irnml Luzlgv, I. 0. Ur. T., Lf this
'l‘zn‘iiury and British Columbia. He
Lam'cnmlvd Hon. N. Shnkosix-aro of
Victoria in that ufiico, and was tn
tn: 1) succeeded by Dr. N. D. Hill
and than by Allen Weir of this ciiy.
The death of Henry Bergh re—
mon-s a. man who has played a prom
inent role as u reformer. With
many crutches. he has done substan‘
tinl service in reducing,' cruelty to nn~
imuls, especially to working horses in
the large cities, and he has onuouxh
agod the sentiment of mercy to
brute-s in most parts of the country.
W hat Bergh is chief! to be praised
for is the gallant aim that he car
ried on for several years against
popular prejudice. It takes renl he~
roism to champion it causes that is in
disroputo and to lift it to a position
of mblic res yet. It is more to big
creLlit. that he lhid this work from no
other motive than that of principle.
as ho was very wealthy and never de
rived any profit from his movement
in favor of animals.
The Spokane Falls & Idaho rail
road company has organized and
elected otlicers; also, the Spokane it
.‘dlnus’e railroad company. Spokane
Falls is booming in earnest.
Colonel Elliott F. Shepard. form~
‘ erly president of the New York State
‘ Bar Ass )ciation, has purchased from
Cyrus W. Field the Mail and Er
} pros-s newspaper. The paper will
3 c :ntiriue to be republican and favor
‘ protection to American industries.
Col. Shepard married a daughter of
the into W. H. Vanderbilt.
Chin Kit. a speculative Chinese
murc'uaut of San Francisco, has failed
for $70,000 liabilities. Thirty thon
sand was money borrowed by rathcr
crooked methods. Among his by
pothocatéd nssvts was a booked item
of nearly six thousand dollars, al—
legpd as lost when the Chinese were;
driwn out of Seattle, and others of“
the same kind. His ninety creditors
are mourning. {
The Chinese diplomatic minister at.
Washington. Chang Yon Hon, insists
upon the insertion in the new treaty
between the United States and China.
nuw under c:_)n:~'idei'utimi by congress,
of a provision for the paymemt by the
Union government of $300,000, ul
legml losses sustained by Chino- o
residents in the disturbances at Tn
coum. Swat-{lO and other plzlcesin 1885
and 1886.
I Hummuu l Bros. arr] Furtmau & Hnmo
{ mnuJ want debtors to eume former and
‘ scum. .
«.-- ~., ,_
(concludml from sth :01.)
All that is now demanded is that
the Al xska Commercial Company be
kept strictly within the limits of
their luaso-lo the Islands of St. Paul
and St. Guox'ge and the adjacent
wan-rs m-thx'eu marina milvs from
land; and that Behring; Se: and the
Numb Pacific be free for our fisher—
mm to deveiup the great wealth of
food products now hidden in these
waters. 1
Behring $3.": swam Gloiwester Fish-3
ermen. I
. _ n‘.‘ muss. G. smm.
Eu’ilur girglru—Nuw that some of
t'm- U Euucuss vr lirhurumn have arrived
and marr- arn Coming. who will bring
the ir \'L-sst-Is and families to rr—mnin
and si‘txlv 3:12.422 !:-'. it is pruprr lo'
uniuirv £lth mo rights of (hose Am—
‘rriczm Chile-:15 to {1:11 or hunt in Am—
micau wan-rs, 05' tho North Pacific
or-suu. Behring sea and the Arctic,
whom the brave energetic and hardy
fishermen of New England wish to ex
plun- [or fishing hmks where they
can take Lulibut, cud or others of the
gn-m varicties of feud fishvs kunwn
in 0:151 in :uyl'ia'ls in all 11:95.? north—
mu. 121:1. rs. lizew fiahormvn ciaim
th ‘ right (1) fish or hunt in any Amor
ic—zm ‘.Z'Ltrl's :im 0 marine miles from;
:12}: #3::va in Baring 50:1 or froml
inn} {.3 :.::.‘ (R3lOl {in} lhhilllulhl Of
A! .—};;;.
1 hi‘ -‘.L'L L-i 5.131;, 1558, iii-vita!
SL-Juir. . 5.2-. 19.33. pruhilrim m;- in;-
2:L}l‘{;l'.2.litvh iulu .‘.izmi-ru LE firearms
uni (iiihEL-J bpiriifi. 2.1 M. mu. Bailing
43‘: Eur ifl‘éu‘zu; 2!2.i!:.:v.1s :.';ihiu the
Zamxs. of .\.-an; 'l'vrsina‘y or mu \3‘;:~
“‘l'? 3:5 L'z 121'. :.' C. lE§sl)li(«'iz!!‘t-:£ 15w
I.»i:=.:::is m“ i‘l-t. i’mfl {15,151. G: orgz-in
Aluaka utin-rr;i::' lemma :12; the i’rib
301 T IFIHZMIS, ;-~j;i-(’iul rcsorvutiuns.
Sc. 182,4) 1:1': Liiliis {Lo killing of
fur seal on fizzy-u i'.:hzmis or in (he
wuicrs “Jim-. 3 :I;c~:’utuu:~;uupr during
31.-n inomisrs u? Jmu-. July, Saptembcr
and Ucist-r va (.'.L'L‘ your.
1;; pursuance 1:4 the Act of July,
1870, the) Sveretary of the Treusun
{case-1i to 1.7 m. Alaska Commercial
Company the right lo engage in tak
ing fur {make on the islands of St.
Paul and St. George fur twenty years
fruxu tun fizz—A of J 1113'. 1670. But
msithi-r in die act itself nor 1n the
lease; to 11w Cuzmuw-nul company 13
one wurgl 25:13:! which I";nfcrs npunthe
Jesse‘s Un- c-.‘:.-i:mivu nght to all the
waters of Behring sun and all tho_\'{:9-
tux-s uf 2L»: .‘(nx'i I; l’ucifl; uceannvhich
that cmupun; LG‘u un'ugzuxtly assort
ed. busing th-cir cizaim 11pm; the words
"adjacent \'v'il‘k'l'i‘," which everywhere
ulse throughout the civilized world
moans. and is undersiood to mean,
[bf-'O. munm~ miles from land.
These (ileum-star tith-rman believe
that the seal roolu-ries 0: St. Paul
and St. George should he protected
and they will render valuable aid in
having the laws enforced prohibiting
the introduction of spirituous liquors
.ur firearms among the natives of Al
aska, but they claim the same right
which has bt-t'll (it-corded them in the
Canadian waters of the North Atlnn
tic of fishing, or scaling, or whaling
in any of those waters. outside of
three marine miles from the land,’
They have comm, and the large col
any of New England fishx-rmeu who
will be hero next season. to hunt and
fish in American watcrs, and while
they respect the right of the Alaska
Commercial company to their lease
of the l’riblofl' Islands, they demand
for themselves tho right to pursue
their honorable nvo‘caations of taking
any of the fish or inzxrin- animals in
American waters outside the three
mile limit, without being hunted and
harried and seized. and their vessels
confiscated 11ml themselves impris
oned by piraticul Revenue Cutters of
the United States. which should he a
means of protection and defense, but
who have exercised their will on de~
fenseloss sealers :unl fishermen, at
the diction of an irresponsil’le Batis—
tant Sccntary ofthe’l‘tonsury for the
sole benefit of the Alaska; commer
cial company. The loam to this com»
pany is simply for the l’rihlofi‘ Islands
and adjacent \vutrrs. but under that
lease this cmnpetny claim the right,
and have t’stilhllnht‘ll trading po:-.ts on
i-very available point of the Alaskan
coast when) they c:,»:;:=tnntl_v Yiulato
the provisions of Suction 1:056, it. 5.,
which says, "No pvnon ulmil l-ziii My
otter. mink, martin, wide or fur seal
or other fur hearing animals within
the limits of Alaska further}! or the
waters then-oh" and they got over
the infraction of the statute by as—
serting that the Indians kill the ani
mals and they only buy the furs from
these natives. , , _
The only mention of the natives in
this act is in section 1960 which says
of St. Paul and St. George islands:
"But the natives of the islands shall
have the privilege of killing such
young,r seals as may be necessary for
their own feed and clothing, eta. such
killing to be controlled by regulations
prescribed by the Secretary of the
Treasury. but nothing is said about
granting any privilege to natives to
kill any furbcaring animals on the
main land. It is therefore evident
that any American citizen has the
same right that the Alaska Commer
cial Company hate to establish trad
ing posts anywhere in Alaska. But
when American citizens attempt to
exercise this right, the Alaska bom
meacial Company qnictly protest and
American Revenue Cutters are em
ployed to drive of? American citizens
from American waters. William H.
Seward did not purchase Alaska from
Russia for the Alaska Commercial
Company, but for the American na—
tion, and these Gloucester fishermen
claim their rights as American citi—
zen-a to the Nation’s heritage, and yet
we have the sorry sight of our citizens
being seized and imprisoned and fined
not for the public good, not because
they have committed any criminal
ofl'ense. but simply because the Alas
ka Commercial Company claim the
whole of Alaska as theirs and wish to
break up every voyage and ruin every
person who may dare to go to Bohr
in: sea and the North Pacific and
pouch on their preserves.
Up to the present time this arro
gant assumption of the Alaska Com—
mercial Company has been met with
but feeble and iuefl'ectual protests
from the few persons in San Fran—
cisco. Portland, and Puget Sound
who have been engaged in seal tish
ing. But now a new order of things
is about to no inaugurated. Within
twelve months there will be some
seventy—live eastern fishing schoon-i
era in the waters of the North l'a
citic. Thtsse vessels are all manned
with crews from twenty to thirty per
sons each—intelligent, sober, law-l
abiding citizens—Jun men who know‘
their rights a; American citizens and l
“ho are determined to have theirl
rights. g)n the Tab inst. I wrut-i to:
Senator Dolph regarding the Bohr- I
log Si-a li.)llt'l'_\' and urged that our:
linhermcn thaw the right accorded!
them by Unngl't'en‘ or hunting iillxli
fishing in Behring Sea or any of'
Alaskan watvrs outside the three
merino mile limit. 0:: the 15ml
inst. Senator Dolph intruducgd a res-i
olution in the Sz-uatc calling' on the'
Secretary of the Treasury {or infor—!
mation as to the prohibition of fur
scal lishcriea iu the waters of Alaskal
and Behring Bea beyond a marine
league from the share. 'l‘hia l'ruméit l
dell-111 of Senator Dolph Show» that:
the (Medina about Behring Sea i~.
already exciting cnnaiierztblu it)?~2‘--s' l
in (Sangria-. 1 and I helix-'9,- that \s’livn '
the merits of the case shall haVcbeen
fully and fairly discussed our fisher
turn will haw the rights accorded to
”mm whichthc; deumud.’
I will now review sumo of th-‘- at—
gummts that have boon 1150-1 by
which {ha-Alaska Coznn‘irércial Com—
pany ohMiw-d their lease of the
l’rilxlufl' Islands. Scan hftcl' the
mtitirulien of the [unity liefww-n the
Unit-3d Suite; and Russia (ceding
Jamel” to the United States. March
13th 1667. a company was funnel]
under the puma of Hutchingauu‘
Kohl & (50.. who proceeded to tiitka‘
and bought, of Governor Mnxsou
luff, all the property of the Russian
American Company. A nominal sum
was paid and tho Schcom-r Growler
belonging to the firm was lcudcd
with u promiscuous cargo of most
fi'aluznhln- menu-handles. This was
‘ .\hlpili‘ti «:4. bouzd the vessel in such
1 has!» that no account was min-u. 1
Elm]: [m u appfinlcd agcnt hergby
:.’:ir. liniriivgr-z‘n and on the arrival
In: My Unmiur I assorted and in
r\':,.i~.wi (he. cugu '.mzl rushippozl il
l"; :.‘:u Francisco, Wham it .~ ml at
lnnllbiluflhl‘y prim-5 and ouubhdthc
'iirm in mule-. 2 payment of their first
Innuiimnnt uu the purchase. Ollie:
{ ..::riix .-; Here 1:21:01: into the firm why
lzm'x tcuk aha title of Alaska Com~
’L: -rci:.l comp-may, and in July 1870 u
[l2:st of the Islands of St. Paul and
at. (mug-. 2 was made between the
n‘a-rz' {my cf tho 'l‘masury and tin;
[Uni-w. Commercial Co. for twenty
”wax. whivn louse expires by limiu'.~
[Ham July 15: 1590.
.7'l'. ll;;:ci;i:;.-mi Went to reside inl
‘\‘»;:-:.i::;:~.-,:i t-j loch nth-r [hoeozn l
5 mg": in; :‘a-rl. iillll 3.1'2111'1‘. such li-g- s
Karin“ in. h»; Whip d. lie was ill
>3 Li's-l 1.lii_,l’.lilllillr:l, it genial, co!u~‘
l).l!;i;il;illi~f g-‘nilvman 01' rate eon-l
v: l'~ftll jugl [inure-rs. and, “'th unlixn
lttltl tut-slit; at his lllhih):1ll, ho secured
the good will of llli‘lllbt-i'a of Con
gl‘varl and others in authority. 'l‘huse .
\VIJUrU brains were reached throughl
lilt'il‘ pockets. recievcd gntisfactory
lining-s. Those who were reached‘
lg. their stomach, he dined :ind‘
“innit with marvelous. dinners and
:umu-rrx, and others not to be ap—
proached through these channels
were Converted to his \'iim's by read“
ing the zapocryphal tales of his przidl
writers. There was no one to op~‘
nose him, and so the Alaska. Com ‘
niercial Company, from their'twcnty l
years lease of tho small islands of‘
St. George and St. Paul, have grown ‘
so hold that they now lay claim tol
the whole of Behring sea and all the ‘
waters of the North Pacific. to the
boundary of British Columbia. 1
One of the specious arguments
is that the fur seals of the North
Pacific ocean congregate on the
il’riblofi' Islands, and to indiscrimi~
inuly slaughter them would exteriniu
lnuto the race The part of this as
sertion is 21 physical impossibility
[the fur seals have so wideagem
graphical range extending from
lCupe Horn to the Arctic and are
tfound in :«11011‘ countless myrinde at
their special resorts, that; it is an
utter impossibility to collect them all
on those two small islands. It is as}
impossible as it would be to collect:
all the flies in Alaska on the caresses I
la two dead whales, so numerous are
ithese fur seals. One of their most.
lremarlmhle traits is their wide gem
lgraphicul range. To give a clear
lidea of their varied haunts as re
lgurds climate and diversity of local—
-lity, I will mention the following:
l'l‘he coast of Patagonia. west coast.
iUf Africa. Falkland lelauds. New
‘L‘outh Shetlauds, South Gauging]
liéoulhcrn coast. of Chili, Itlaaafuerol
land Lulzos Islands on the coast of?
:l‘era, Unlapagos Islands, ed the‘
leoast of Humidor, San Benito InlllDdL-i. 1
lLower California. the Islands oi"
iDe-olattion, Crozcts and St. Paul in l
fthe Indian Ocean, and St. Paul and}
35:. George in Behring sea, Uopy~Tl
ilsland on the Siberian coast, and;
‘ l‘wliin and Jonas Islands in the Ob;
:holah sea and along the islands of the
i J apaineae group. i
l Thus it will be seen that those cu- j
{rioua animals are inhabitants of the
antipodoa of the globe and bazlr in a.
tropical sun, as Well as endure the.
rig-H's of the icy legions of the Arctic i
and Antarctic oceans. But. the in—i
discriminate slaughter of fur seals on ‘
)ltisafuc-ro, Peru, and the San Benito
Islands on the coast of lower Cali
fornia in early days broke up the
rookeries and drove the seals to
other places and forced them to
adopt new habits, one of which is
that the seals from the Gulf of
Tehuautepec and Gulf of California
which come north every season in
countless myriads, do have their
pups on the kelp beds in the ocean as
is proved by the little pups taken
with their mothers by the Indians of
Cape Flattery. Those pups swim as
lsoon as born, and even when taken
alive from out their mothers, which
have been killed by spears of the na
tives. In this respect the southern
seal difi'er from those of Priblofl'
Islands, where the seals haul out
and the pups are born on land. It is‘
said that these pups cannot swim;
but will sink like a stone if thrown‘
into the water. showing the (limits
once between the habits of the seals‘
of the Priblofl lslands and the south- 1
cm seals taken ofl' Cape Flatter-y. }
In the spring of 1880 I was in
structed by Professor Spencer 1“
Baird to make a full report on the
fur seal fishery 011' the entrace to
Fuca Strait. and \Vest coast of Wash
ington Territory for the U. S. Cen
sus Bureau for tenth census. which
report was completed and sent to
Prof. Baird July '2O, 1880. In that
report I gave a full account of the
fur seal pups, Verified by Prof. Da—
vid L. Jordan of the U. S. Fish
Commission. and now President of
the University of Indiana, who was
with mo at Neah Bay. This report
did not suit Mr. Henry W. Elliott, a
lnreling writer of the Alaska Commer
cial Company. who is a Monograph
on the fur Seal Islands of Alaska.
published by the U. S. Fish Com-
Kuwait)“ in special Bulletin 176,
from the report. of the Fishery in
dustries of the tenth census, takes
mo severely to task for my statement
and in a most dogmatic manner
\vi'huut any evidence. pronounced
'my statement orrunons. It Would
l not lniwu duna to have let my “PU“
Igo un('hallen;;ud,_aß it knocked nwny
ithe whulo of his nophietrias and
itxi'uvt-d that the assartious of the
[Company and vi Mr. Elliott in par
: :zcnlur, worn to ho classe-d in the cat»;
I IllO"llc of (juilivcra [run-ls, thu yarn—l
inf Sinxlwnd the Sailor and the m—
{munce of Baron .\lunclmusen. Hr.
l‘llllntt is a line artist. and thn admir
able skdches Lo made of thn Seals
1,-n St. Paul and St. George [glands
are the solo rmleuming quality of a
moat dogmatic monograph. I was
not cuntlinted with Mr. Elliott's
abuse; and, on calling Prut’osmr
Baird's attention to it. he instructed
llr.‘ t-2 ngniu Visit Numb Bay and
muliq i'. illrtiwi' riqmrt on fur .-.--ui>
“hicli I did. and this second rép' n
pm). hi fume-l in the Bulletin v." Hm
L'. 5.1";5’34 L‘umtnimiun, Vol. 3, 1823.3,
page 2'JL In that report I ave the
evidence of 14 witnesses both white‘
mil 3' l‘i'lli‘i. A "I'le : tho {0 ‘Bl'
-.v.-r.~ '.JE. ll 'IH‘Y .‘r’fll‘l-a‘, prae Ilh
u! 1:: Elliot :il tank in this, '.l,
who i. 2m; 1:7. in} :1: Noah y,
ll'nl. .v". l"'.i..l'l"i-'l l ' .‘.mlch-in Infill-:3-
tnl‘l't 1" ll'liv Vi' 2v riu, 13. 0.; Usut.
\‘-'il!ii-.i.. r mks-. 7, {or ll‘Jd-"l‘ Victo: 'i;
(1.11;.13. 11. .\lv-Alrncud of Sch. Chin-n
--i-i '2l: 4‘:.p?. nlitlll" llnlgn‘dno Son.
.\l 11‘} fur: Uri... Ti. 'l‘. Oliver 5:431.
1’:'.!.l :' -.: '3 .13. ('..'u'lr=_ \‘~.‘illv-;zgliliy,
l'. H Ii..l::-.:i Agent :M-ah 153323111
.\izn'riiii Ii H mini I:ls.;izim‘r of U, S_
Steamer ‘.‘i'ulm 'l‘.. and Indians of Noah
liziy. 11:1 mi whim: livztiliod that I was
l'AlL‘i't‘i'i 1!: what 1 int-. 1 reported. and
that Fir. l‘léimtt was wrung. Since
tLi- 'iti‘JlZuiitivn it; ififl I have seen
h l I,l:;]i‘ I'l- )ll‘. ,l‘iillulirfi {Filjlt‘s in
33-55:}! ;.:-..‘: ii“? 'zzizu by. but I proved
ll:.'i'. ll) :~, '1.ll:"lil :--:;.ls differ from
1(2.: l’rli‘lvll' Llaml H. 115. cud that
ill-” 1“ «l ) in: 2.331 out nil [llurs'J 151..'.
1..'. :» .‘.l 'lil.
i :‘C L' r [hunting-r dogmatic asser
‘ii-azi ii,:~.'_ lliu lllllizéi‘l‘lnfillhlo slaugh
lll'l‘ of {.:r nah: «on St. Paul and St.
it} -;:';,:v [:luntla “mild son!) cmcrmi
luau» i:;-.- i'.;cu. I i..—.<i rt. \'.itho:.t fear
l"l (I‘lill‘lttlix‘ilx'll train any but preju
ltli.jl' [-ur—nns in the pit} of the Alaska
«fivnpzarg' tho}; it i 312- 2}npo:>ihloio
lac. rz-tiiia.;c the seals ‘lsth c :dtish.
l'l‘rn ,H. - r» Vlia’l’l'fi may ht: dcr:z'oyed
{but llu' ri‘iilJ‘Yill not ho exterminator};
itip-5- will simply go ill-ioavhorc and. as
ll haw >lJU\‘.lt regarding the Cuiifop
lnm :si-zil. lil"_Y acquire new habits.
l In rapport 02' any assertion 1 will
iijuutu him it rucvnt number of tho
.\qu'.’ Liz-l; Fizlllllg Gatz’Hc” an ar
‘liclo on the hzzir soul fishing of the
Xut‘ils Atlantic where for mom than
can lziiinirrd years those souls have
‘bccn liillul by millions. Tho article
Buys ".‘. company with one million
iti'Jllltl's rulvfiz'rilroal capital is beinfi
lfuriun-l in Canada to prosecute son
land oihsr fishing in the Gulf of St.
len‘vr-gucc and on the coast of Lab—
lrzulur. Th;- c'irrying out of this pro
ljr-ct will require two burl; rigged
istcamers of 250:) tons tench. steam oxl
rendering establishment (to, at n
03:: of Shannon. Twenty—four mil
lion souls have been lilliczl tin-J their
skim CSpL-l‘if'd to England during
the last 15 years," and yet these seals
are so plenty that this company is
willing to rial; one million dollars
for thwir capture.
It is usixnpossiblo to exterminate
tho fur seal of the Pacific us it is to
[exterminate thc hairseals of the At;-
llantic. But it Would be better to
kill tho last' seal in Behring son
rather than pro-vent- Amcricnn citi—
zens from fishing and hunting in
those waters which is now done for
tho benefit at the Alaska Commer
cial Company. The lease that com‘.
pany hovLI to St. Paul and St. George
Islands expires in two years, and the
some arguments can be used against
its renewal us were urged 1n the
British Parliament in 1858 relzuivo
to the charter of the Hudson Bay
Company. Mr. Roebuck said. he
meant to bring no charge ngc-mst
that company; they had done, what,
by their nature as acompany they
Iwuro culled on to do, but he asked
the House to consider the circum
stances under which the company
acted. ,It was a fur company. and u
fur company by its very nature was
opposed to colonization. Where
wild animals congregate, there man
could not live, and the introduction
of man as a colonist drove away the
fur bearing animals and put. an" end.
to all fur companies; the Hudson
Bay Company following up their
own interest had mmntnined, the
country in its wildest state and had
kept out colonization. In this stat.
of things he appealed to the House
of Commons and said they had the
menus in their own hands to advance
' civilization over an uncultivated
territory and to cmry thercalltho
arts and happiness, and all the im
provements in manners, laws and re
ligiou which attended civilization,
making the territory what it may in
tendsd to be. a happy home for many
millions of people.
Lord Barry said toe course of the
Hudson Bay company was the very
madness of monopoly. when they ox—
pccted by their stupid cflete charter
to shut up former the route to the
great west.
Mr. Gladstone said: “Here is a.
largo portion of the surface of tho
earth with regard to the character of
which two have been systematically
k-ept in darkness. for those who have
information to give have also an inc
tercst. directly opposed to their im
parting it.”
In reference to Sir George Sim
son's testimony. as Governor of Bud--
son’s Bay company before the com
mittee to enquire into the afl'uirs of
that company. Governor Simpson
represented that those territories ex
tending from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific, over which that com any had
control, were bound by grout and
banked in fog, and that woe would
betido any unfortunate individu at:
who might, by a reckless spirit of
adventure, be so far diverted from
the path of prudence as to endeavor
to settle in those parts. The truth is
that a great part c 2 ._.24 countryil
highly valuable for colony purpose.
and it is impossible tostate in 800'
strong language the proposition that
the Hudson Bay Company_..is by its
very existence and its character ihi
enemy of colonization.”
| The British Parliament refused to
renew the charter of the Hudson Bay
Company, and the vast possessions
they claim. have grown into the
Dominion of Canada.
‘ Substitute in the foregoing ro
‘marks of Roebuck. Lord Barry and
‘Gladstono the Words Alaska Oom
mercialGompany instead of Bud:
son’s Bay Company, and we have the
‘ exact status of the Alaska company
at the present time. Thoy are, by
‘their nature In! a for company,
loppoaod to colonization. All their
lhabits, all their purposes and oa
ltablishments, all their arrangements
require that colonization should be
’absolutely excluded. and that all
fishermen and hunters should be
ldriven from the waters of Behring
sea and the North Pacific. Thus In:
lthey hzzvu succeeded in having thl
iGoverumout of the Unitod States at
1 their back and have obtained orders
yirom irresponsible Assistant Sucre
i taries of the Treasury for American
lruv-gnuu cutters to turn their guns
lap-in Aiiiuricau citizmis for during
1 to fish or hunt in American writers of
Behring an and th-a Norah Pacific.
If 0411,;1'04-6 comes to tho reliuf of the
Gloucester tishormen and will allow
thmu to hunt anal fish in American
waters. all will ho wull. But if from
the "luinlut‘si of monopoly” tho Alas
ka. Coziuuerciul Company insist on
the rulings of tho Assistant Secreta
ry of the Treasury being carried out.
and blood is shed by American rev—
enue emit-rs in American waters, we
may 1001-; {or some pretty warm times
in Brhring Hui—for tin-Ho Gluuoestsr
li>l=ern.(-n will m-t be taken by rev
enue cut'ez's. "They may sink us,"
dt'l‘lilrl‘l non of tizess resoitvo men.
"but they mover can capture us; and
if they attempt it somebody will got
lhurt besides fishermen.” .