The Washington herald., 1909-11-20
BALLINGER FLAYS
MAGAZINE WRITER
Continued from Page Two.

/ verbally advised my concurrence in the
original conclusion, for which no fee wa
charged
Consulted as Lawyer.
The coal land law Of 1905. approved by
President Roosevelt, provides for the
entry Of up to 1850 acres Of Alaska Goa
lands by corporations formed for thai
purpose. and In my private practice after
! ceased 10 be commissioner l was con
suited in the preparation Of articles Of
Incorporation under that act But Il
say that I have ever advised. aided. Of
lent support to any effort TO perpetuat'
a fraud upon the government in this o.
other connection is not only false, but Il
Intentionally so If made by any one who
has taken the trouble TO inquire into IN,
facts"
MIR. Mathews SAYS You stated TO hin
in a recent interview that the prope
course TO take with the public domain
was 20 divide II up among the big cor
porations and let the people who knew
how make money out Of it2''
80 asinine a statement hardly merit
a denial OF course, made no sucl
statement Such a thought could not b.
| entertained by any one OF normal in
telligence
Il have not only been consistently fl
the vanguard OF the conservation move
ment. but I have sought TO give IL per
/ manence along lines reasonably within
the spirit of the present law and TO sc
cure adequate additional laws"
Mr. Ballinger made this reply 10 tn
statement that his firm IS known as Ia
Standard Oil legal adviser I'm Seattle:
You may say FOR me that this is clotl
! from the same shoddy bolt We hav
never held a retainer from the Standar,
OIL. and the whole Seattle bar viii tel
you so. II the long years OF our Law
practice we had just one Standard OF
employment that I recall-we once ex
amined and passed upon the title 10 SOM
property that corporation had purchased
The inference is also plain that the firm
or Ballinger, Ronald, Battle & Tennan
dissolved since my incumbency as Secre
tary OF the INTERIOR are attorneys 70
what are called big interests &C.
happens that that IS also false. We hav,
had no public-serving corporation clients
such as railroads. &C. As a matter o
fact. our clientage has been on the othe
side"
severe with Matthew'S.
Mr.. Banlnger is severe IN his referenc,
TO Mr. Mathews. the author Of the artiol
attacking his administration OF the IN
terror Department
'Ihe caliber Of Mathews" he said
may be illustrated by his reiteration o
the story that / granted power sites OF
the Missouri River In his November
emanation he mentioned the ALLEGED
benehciaries by name-applicants for liv,
stock watering reservoirs. Before tha-
publication he was supplied with IN,
official records showing that IN fact IN,
proposed reservoir filings had been re
jected- He now repeats the fake state
ment
Mr.. Mathews makes great public pro
testation Of what he conceives TO D,
exorbitant charges by corporation,
against the public. and in many instance!
the public is undoubtedly overcharged
What he really believes should be charged
where his personal financial interests ar,
concerned Is best illustrated by his state
ment in his prospectus for a $4,000. %
water transportation company. in which
he Is now engaged in selling stock. IT
which prospectus he states that a con
servative estimate Of the income 10 b,
earned by his corporation will be s. 5000
Per annUm and naively adds 30 per cen
Of this will be required for construction
and maintenance and 60 per cent will b
available for dividends"