The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-01-14
II,AsKAN FUR SEALS.
r.armous Profits Said to Be
Derived.
&C usIon or THE CHINESE,
-, s.trsssaess his Resolution 10 Give
shs Profits 70 the Natives
MlscheIl's BiII.

..snssarss err. Jan. Il -enatsr Plumb
- need q 8siil % repeal % roHcb 81 To-
. = rev /. 1910. a. authorizes the leasing %
"A $3.50 10 euraes ID 4aksag fsar s4aia fs0fa the
- ofs. Paul and e ficofge, Alaska. The
=. ssses hat ali authority heretofore c0n-
- 81 msss,, tbe secretary ~ the treasury 10
-. - y,zht 10 zeal Asbsries a. any company
- sas ire lease existing between the
...sss s.osa,aereisi Company aad the govern
4 - 8 t.gynsnated The bsH aIso requires the
.sssssrr 10 pgomnlgate regulations fofpiddiag
4. .skiee a.. Killing of seals or other fufbeafs
Fsssiruags n any but natives. ana prescribing
s, ssxl<s to Dc fakea cara year. The bill
- ID continue ell other restrictions nos
!. -. trss provides that sli skins taken here
-, Al be transported annually to san fran
- = y sold there IN open market 70 the
sees BIDDER.
n roaey derived from the sales il 70 be paid
~ ~ treasury sud set apart for the education
akstsFes 81 Aiasks,
80. lasrodaeed similar bill IN TIE
ssT.ss nseeeedsi 10 address the senate. He
/ = 80 time for proposals for new lease was
&. sl.ass and propositions isnaiting 20 600 the
....srs ss Eeals - be taken the htst year If BOT
4 ..szseanAry opeHe4 up vide 6eid at eoniee-
/ - Is spoke Of the preferences shown The
f.s.is CelaslIy ard said certain Iouis eOld'
49, hsg made = higher bid and also offered 20
= e. eenta $ Skin more than the Alaska Com
/ .esg IA Is CENTS . gallon for ali zeal oil en-.
! ms.ea The Alaska Commercial Company as.
,srsa that offer for itself. got the lease and
/ szssa 10 JaT t6aDO per anuaHa during the en-
"a srsra ii epntfars. 70 pay g. 62js per skin
Il Il skiYs Il wosfid take aud 20 par s. cents
tfssilon for ell OH The arxt year the depart
sssi issieasi OF exscting payment 81 So 90, &C
gs.sd s5.goo and remittes the remain
- q tie paymeat He said more
AZ tHethinds or perhafa three
kssths If al sca.s taken IN the world were
mar from Alaskan islands and vicinity. 1bese
3. skins sefe soid ~ public auction ia LonaoB
4 Ee ihe faw assteJ 81 an average II about $40
elsee 0ne huafired Thousand skins It SO
n&rs amounted 10 81 $4,000
Ee maaf on 20 mention The feet that In the
hraiFan of the iease the treasury department
ia ssmittea aa payments on account ~ oil:
tn dollar had been Paid during these years
mIhs eeeoaas be said t,clds'one calculated.
/ rmzkiag bis bid. thar each seal wonid produces
sss sslleas 81 oil. and on tiaf calculation 100.
nslsas year would. ut IS cents gallon f0F oil,
NJ urcduced sIlD000 year. or g., 30 800 for
sslrsnsy years of the lease But the treasury
1ssasmens had never pfosited b. that clause In
4 esse he did not believe such a tease
feaA be made to anyone on any
III shasevsf He believed the government
eula Gel ia fair share % the enormous rev
~ derived from the lucrative trade ia fur
ssk Hs had no doubt the profits 81 the con-
taF 81 an average exceeded a miiIiea dollars
sJszf since II hAd the lease. lie would net he
h1nsea II IFS profits averaged two million =
~ Congress should 10 something adequate
sne situation aud not allow the matter % so
anfacf n silpshod way.
sseEA Dawes, MePhefson aud Stewart de-
tskd he AlaskA Company. and the resolution
~ Fsisnsd 10 the COMMITTEES on finances.
n notion eft the House GA the death OF Rep
kaaistise kelley was adopted, Hhereupon the
kssa adianrued
Aasser Mitchell today introduced bin 20
fe6ihsi TIC coming OF Chinese into the united
san. whether Huhtseta Of the Chinese empire
Nethsrwise. These now within the limits Of
Se unted States and who may hereafter leave
Nd stssEap4 70 return are also excluded