The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-04-20
mn ALASKA LEASE.
1uotection or q Change Of
Terms Demanded.
enavE SUSPICIOUS or FRAUD.
=. xeeth Amerieaa Company u Worsy.
- the Treasury-Chasges Of
Bribery Rife.

- Yoax, April IA HERALD Wash
80 speeial says that = member Of the
~f-sefrstion states that the new lessees
51e - islands are giving the govern
- eousiderable anxiety by their de.
s.Sr6a fcw protection. and he has no con-
( 49, thaf the recently executed contract
s6 eadure without material mobilization
- hrms to the pecuniary disadvantage
q - e0vernment Whenever the state Of
- 1lplomatic negotiations shall maKe It
- ihst the government Is no longer as
s-1Ine IL ciaim OF exclusive jurisdiction
= fhe eastern part Of Bekring sea, the
= fn,ees are expected to take the posi-
- dat there has been . breach Of the
ruslIy implied conditions under which
- proposals Of lease were made and &C
80, and they will demand and press for
!, rueiIement OF the terma to accord with
Ssrev situation created BY the handing
- q the sealing industry TO Ill corners.
fvnguyy officers, who have uniformly
- upon the theory that pelagic sealing
- unlawful and subject to suppression
= - United States. are disposed TO sym.
eslkIp with the iessees over the embar-
ranent that copfronts them. They do
p euestion that the high bids offered for
ea lease Of the seal islands in the public
enpelition last February were In . large
II bssed upon the anticipated small take
eeals and consequent high price in the
inpdon market. These anticipstions are
r. IIkely 70 Be realized. The present pros.
- sse that there will b meschsntabls
ains in sufficient number 70 meet the
lands Of the market 1t IN average cost
dpot mere than from - 10 50 per skin. or
no q less per skin than new Iessess OF
- land can supply demand.
n old lsssecs are understood 70 have
NJ advantageous lease of the Russian
~ stands, from which they can supply
i London oil the market will take OF
a4n-as many as 5000 TO 5000 skins
asrjoos les than the rental and royalty
~ he new lessees are bound to pay into
- teAsufy for their catch. At the Priby-
r Hands the old lessees are also under.
apodot the treasury to be preparing 10
mpes extensively in pelagie sealing under
~ nsu and lawful conditions to be estab.
HID By DE pending international con-
Nndcn.
~ Indianapolis Scafines publishes
Ing special from Washington. in which
4 isintimated that fraud entered into the
ncontsward Of the Alaska fisheries. Mys-
imious interviews of prominent citizens
viii Secretary Window are limited at. IL
kSso alleged that representative OF the
ssecoDsful company made . proposition TO
sompsny composed Of indianapolis peo-
r, which was in substance:
make your capital stock 5000. 000. re-
IN 81 10000 yourself, let Us 1.-THE North
Aneican) retain 81 600 900. and let 81 600.
~ b set aside or held in trust for some
Dssun not to be named and never TO be
knom 70 you, and We can guarantee the
useaytance Of your bid"
he award. OF course. greatly surprised
~ Indianapolis syndicate. IS theirs, being
sosa tho highest, was thrown out, while
H. lowest Of the three, offered by the North
American Company, was accepted. They
slees that the government. by accepting
hat bid, loses 81, coo, COO