The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-02

ANlhuuh IN loOo " = H1lAeN NOWlpnuI VI ouEfNi
zens, who slsue htsrsd all thatthey could hn ndls
for the season. about 800 900 animals Then.
smitten somewhat By conscience. the chief
actors In the carnage united In laying the
| matter before Congress for consideration. as
to whether these rookeries should be pre-
served or not for all time to come as q regular
revenue produoing interest OF our Government.
and steady source OF supply for the fur mar
kets Of the whole world.
Congress, In 1870. promptly acted. In 1870
the islands were put under strict rules and
regulations for the conduct OF sealing thereon.
giving the Secretary OF the Treasury the abb
solute control OF the business. although dire7t-
ing that he lease tina privilege Of conducting
the business to the highest responsible bidder
The successful bidders were Mt onco subjected
to the most jealous supervision of the Treas
ury Department. The Secretary. George e.
boutwell,. was bitterly opposed to tho leasing
law as passed By Congress; he desired to op-
crate the islands entirely Ms a Government
factory. These fret lessees were also exposed
to repeated investigation By Congress com.
mittees Under all this lre they came out
with clean hands, up to the hour when they
lost the renewal OF their lease in 1890. not
having hid rs high for the privilege as the
present lessees. the North American CONNER
clal Company.
All the details OF the condition " these vnlu-
able fur seal preserves OF our Government.
when they were In flne form AMI number dur
ing 1872 "a. and when they were annually
turning large revenue into the public treas
ury over the cost Of their supervision and pro-
lection. are to he found In Elliott's Mono
graph OF the Seal Islands," in the eighth
volume OF the Tcnth Census. that OF 1880. Up
to the time OF his field work In 1876. there was
no cloud In tho sky that threatened these i'm
n0rtant int xsyIth mi rut ha
danger did not show itself until tho summer
OF 1887; and then the appearance OF six or
seven small fur sealing schooners. their crews
shooting seals As they swan in the open
waters OF Bchrinz Sea- thirty. forty and n
hundred miles from the nearest land or rock
cries, aroused the Treasury authorities to q
sense OF a real and enduring peril to the future
perpetuity OF the seal life. Thereupon those
authorities seized three OF these schooners
flying the British flag. conlscated their car
COOS. and towed the vessels into 0onalashka
harbor. whore they now lie rottinR.
Then that trouble began which has yexed
the columns OF our newspapers ever since with
rumors OF war and marshalliny Of men of-war
in Behring Sea
Mr.. Bayard. upon whom tho FIRST brunt OF
this difficulty fell started in to settle II In the
right way. He clearly saw the folly Of making
any claims OF jurisdiction over the open waters
OF Alaska which he refused to allow to the Ca
nadians In the open waters OF the Bay Of ST.
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