New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-28
.P|NCHOT ANSWERS TAFT
Says Controller Bay Message
Leaves Root Untouched.
THINKS MONOPOLY CERTAIN
Complains Friends Of Conser-
walton Are Hampered by
Public Officials.

Washington, July Clifford P'nchot'
former government chief Forester and now
president ~ tho National Conservation As
sociat,or today issued a statement assert
ing that President Taft leave. tho root OF
the matter wholly untouched IN Ms me-
sage tn the Senate denying that there ''u'u
no any monopolization Of tho Waterfront III
Controller Bay, Alaska Mr. finchou
statement follows:
The Presidents defence Of his course u,
the Controller Bay affair shows no" .d,u
n is 70 make q good excuse TOT ohu -
take II leaves the root ot the nlatIp'
wholly untouched. In spite OF an eAp,dHda-
tions the fact remains that MI ~ o., ~
opening the lands around 'onNoil'l -
without notice TO the public, has GlV"u 'ue
{rtarests behind RYAN an opportunity 10
acquire the KEY 10 the channei OF u,
troler Bay before the public Kne" We VIZ,
was going on. The map Wnlcn II a Pc :,
OF the Presidents message, supported a. ~
ia nv the testimony Of Mr.. Graves, OF the
Coast and C,eOdetiC Survey, betore tle - ~.
grossional committee now investigating III III
question, appears 20 show thar the I'M , -
a half OF harbor front taken up oy RyaH'
toeether with the tracts which the gov
eminent retains and on which IL prot''o,l.
private entry. does effectually control 'he
valuable portion Of the channel
But whether the President IL rlgnt oL
whether the map is right. and whoever
RYAN and his associates VIII no SHOWN W
represent. II is true and VIII reIrldlu ~ -
that the lands about Controller BAY shou LII
never have haen let 60. The pubic VIII
agree with Colonel Roosevelt that tnese
terminal lands ought 10 have neeh KEPT III
the public hands. .. .,a+
The President is right when ne say nc 10.
what Alaska needs IS development put no
Legitimate devplopment Of the harbor front
on Controller Bav has been and can De pro-
posed that could not proceed as well anu a.
"a pdlv under suitable lease on GoNeIh I'LL
land a. on nrivate land. So long as THESE
terminal lands remained in government
owuernship no one could monOpollIe 'ile
harbor The moment any OF them pdssS,,
into private hands tho danger 9i IiloilohJ,i,S
hogan The fact remains. and the phpllC
will not forget. that before the executive
order Of October rs Controller BAY was
both available for development ana Sale
against monopoly. NOW II Is no lonser
sa fe This IL abundantly proved not only
bv the general history Of commerclaI CON
solidation but in particular by what the
Morgan Guggenheim syndicate mas alreauy
done In destroying or absorbing possible
/ The president denies that in granting
Ryan's request for the opening or Control-
} ler Bav bv the executive order or OCTOBER
B rs there was any element OF secrecy anu
/ quotes a press dispatch Of the same date
announcing his action. But Mr.. tart doeS
l not mention that on the day he signed me
order aud notified the press in washington
4 RNdn surveying party Ndo AF'Ng 80
Alaska. and that by November l. or FOUR
! DAYS after the order was made, ana before
\ the government officials in Alaska haI peeH
notified Of the order. they had begun a sur
vev Of the RYAN claims on Controller Bay.
! The omission OF the customary thirty
DAYS notice 70 the public that the land
would be opened 70 entry gave Ryan "nat
/ he wanted II cut OFF all chance for any
/ competitor 10 locate on the terminal lands
until after Ryan had made ms selection.
NO amount OF newspaper notice 10 the
country after the executive order was
] signed could I'm any respect interfere with
I tho prea ranged work of Ryans agents or
/ enable any rival to enter a foot or land on
i Controller Bay except what was not wanted
/ by the people whom Ryan represented II
! was like locking the stable after the morse
was zone II the order had been wholly
secret the effect could not have been DIFF
/ fereut.
Il IS possible that the protests already
! made NAV vet save the situation. But IN
/ any case II is unfortunate that the friends
| Of conservation in their efforts 10 bring
about the development Of Alaska Tor me
benefit Of the people. are continually oongeo
/ 20 eXpend their strength against the mel
who ought to be the protectors of the peo-
! Dle's property II looks 10 me like un
/ necessary duplication OF work when W.
must first fight the policeman before We can
get a chance 70 stop the lootng
Seattle. July 27.-Man advices received
from juneau to-day say no filings on lands
in the newly opened Controller Bay area
have been made in the Juneau land Of
fee. Search Of the records Of the Katalla
recorders Office shows that on January
y. 1911 three notices Of homestead location
on the Controller Bay waterfront undeI
the act Of Congress Of May a. 1895 were
filed
The first paper. offered by J. J. Ryan
brother OF Richard s. Ryan. ;s dated No
vember l. 1910. the second by Arnold
Scheuer. Of No. q William street, New
York. is dated November 10, 1910; the third
by Frank z. Davis. Of Lake Mills, Wis.
is dated November II. 1910
Davis is said 70 be the son of a member
Of a New York brokerage firm which Is
reputed 10 be financing Rvan- OPERATIONS