Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-26

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liza What would there he left?
Mr. Birch said lie did not think
Tins was u fair question to ask him.
HE admitted ~ the 'ig1sftpcirl m
terests were largo. that It"v iad n
vested some "s1J.onn. p1J nlr'1GN and
had contracted for The c~ypeAdiinfe ~
other millions. rlrsre irtd been no
returns from these iaseeim ms as SGT.
But the syndicate mad hopes
As TO the Cunningham eitims Mr
| Birch produced the option lndt H
committee Of the |irannhfa bad Htfen
Daniel Guggenheim July 20. 1897 Ne
| declared this option had been acrtpt-
I'D by the Guggenhcims December Z
Of that year. The claimants, however,
had never lived up 10 its terms 'd1-
ningham. ne said. IN January n tep~
ruary. 1905. had cantended that the
-Guggenheims themselves had t.ade !
1.-THE option BIZ changing their railr"ad
base from Katalln TO CordoNa and
lthat furthermore the option WAS 81 ~"
~leffect because q majority Of the claim
ants had never ratified II,
MIR Brandeis sought 10 show that
the Moreans II G%uggenheims with
tlltlI Eifll lfNti NA1
fhis country must have brought pres
sure TO bear in the last two years IN
an effort to get patents granted the
Cunningham claimants. Mr.. Birch de-
lclared. however. that he knew of no
such efforts.
what could We have done?" he
protested.
"Ah. MIR. Birch, YOU can answer that
far better than L." dramatically eN-
lciaimed Mir. Brandeis.
AS to The estimate that the coal IN
Alaskn Was worth so cents n ton and
mat. therefore. the Cunningham
claims Represented an actual value of
sas0 400 Mir. Birch declared it was
nnst as sensible "a say that the ice
hergs in Alaska were Of inestimabie
value. The lcchcrgs. he said would
be valuable II they could be brought
to market ia this country. So Il was
with the coal. hut first the transpor-
tation facilities had to be provided.
# was evident today that members
OF the committee are growing lrfit-
liable ana that his l%rritability extends
20 counsel. There was frequent clash
es and both MIR. Brandeis and Mr..
Nertrecs a~pologizcd at the close of the
session for impatient remarks.
Representative Graham asked the
witness "a number OF questions de-
slgned to show that the G~ugeenheims
tn4ae.iraliy hnve o monopoly Of trans
nortatinn Facilities 10 Alaska from the
t+nnaa S,atm stt. b.SHh declared
ma, trae syndicate owned twelve
Sims. while competing ines operate
rventv-eieht lie denied that the
yukon and White Pass railroad was
controlled by the syndicate or II Of
It's members.
A. To reaching the copper country,
Mr. Birch said IT anybody else wished
to get there they could do az the Gug-
pcnhcims did-buiid a railroad.
Now, Mir. Birch" concluded Rep
rcscntntivo Graham. If the syndicate
owned the Alaska coai II would own
Alaska. wouldn't IT."
80. sir"
Nov much money has the syndi-
cate invested IN Alaska r asked Mr.
i}randeis.
About $4,000. 600
What dividend does this syndicate
pny2' asked Representative oim'
stead.
none We have put all thal
money in and nave not got a ccnt GU
rhe witness said. tha despite al
this. the syndicate had "hopes
Representative Madison asked II II
was not a fact that the Alaska syn
dictate steamship company HANDLED
more Of the business from The tnitet
states TO Alaska than all h othei
lines put together. !.
MIR. Birch was not willing to admit
lthis. lie said he would submit the
Figures later,
Mr. Birch said II there was no com.
petition 10 Alaska the rates would b'
much higher.
IN behalf OF his fellow witness, Mr.
! steele siid he thought the commit
tee WAS investigating the department
of the interior and the bureau OF for
cstry. lie did not see what the de.
taiis of all the investments of th'
Morgan-Guggcnheim company had e
do with H.
Representative Graham declares
that carly In the Inquiry the chair
man had ruled that the private AT
fairs OF companies and witnesses wer'
legitimate source OF inquiry.
senator Nelson said he recalled n
such ruling. Mr., Graham offered 1
Introduce the record, but the chair
mnu said he would look il up him
self. Representative Madison want
ed also To know IL II was not tru
THAT there was a gigantic scheme %
foot To control a great part e
Alaska e'
~rhut is your inference, remarke
the Witness.
Mr. Rrandcis drew from the wi
ness the fact that the development
Alaska depended almost wholly apo
Ithe opening of the coal fields. Whe
he had done this, he turned fiercel
t"lupon the witness and demanded I
know that. 1t. in view of this fact IA
Gu%egcnheims had sat quietly for tW
|lyonrs and made no eNcrtien To hay
limtrnts in the Cunningham grou
/ eranted.
An We did was ia tell Cunningha'
To- hurry M with his patents.
DO you mean to SAY that with a
1.-The influence and power Of the MOI
gains aud -Guggenheims in this coui
uy they made NO efforts in this dire
ton except your feeble oftorts2
that what you wish this committ'
to understandg"
1T Is
"All this Influence and power wei
for nothing