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CONTROLLER BAY
President Answers Critics ot
His Elimination Order.
THE "DICK TO DICK" LETTER,
No Trace of It In ths Files or Else
whereCharles P. Taft Never Heard
of Controller Bay Railroad, President
Says, Until Very Recently.
Washington, July 20. President Tnft
today sent to the scnato a message
concerning the Controller bay affair
and the reduction of tho area of the
Chugach national forest roservo to per
mit tho Controller Bay Railway and
Navigation company to acquire land
on tho bay to bo used as terminals
for a railway lino to the Boring coal
fields, twenty-fivo mlloa away. Tho
znessago is In response to n resolution
passed by tho senate Juno 27 last,
which asked for copies of all depart
mental orders, maps, surveys, letters,
reports and official documents in tho
case. Copies of those documents ac
company tho message.
Tho executive order of Oct 28. 1010,
referred to in tho resolution was In tho
terms following:
CHUQACH NATIONAL, FOREST.
ALASKA.
Under authority of tho act of congress
at June 4, 1897 (30 SUU. 11, at 34 and SO,
and on the recommendation of the secre
tary of agriculture It is hereby ordered
that the proclamation of ITeb. 23, 1909, en
larging the Chusach National forest be
modified to reduce tho area of such na
tional forost by eliminating therefrom tho
following described tract, oontalnlng ap
proximately 12,300 acres of land, which
bos been found upon examination to bo
sot chiefly valuable for national forest
purposes:
Beelnnlnff at a point where tho meridian
of loneltudo 144 deeroeo B minutes west
crosses tho coast line ot Controller bay,
thenco north alone said meridian line to
the parallel of latitude at CO degrees 10
minutes north, thence west alone: said
parallel to a point whero tho same crosses
ths coast line at or near the mouth of
Bering river and thenco along the coast
to the placa of beginning.
Tho tract above described Is hereby re
stored to tho public domain.
WILLIAM H. TAFT.
Tho White House, Washington, Oct. 23,
1010.
Tho president declares that the order
does not permit tho Controller Cay
Hallway and Navieatlon company to
secure a monopoly of tho Controller
bay harbor as, under tho law, a strip
eighty rods wide must bo left between
each entry, having a frontago of 100
rods on navigable water. Tho law also
keeps the control of tho shore, which
Includes tho flats lying between high
water and low water, under tho di
rection of congress. This provision,
says Mr. Taft, fully protects tho pub
lic and absolutely prevents any In
dividual or corporation from acquir
ing a monopoly.
In regard to the "Dick to Dick" let
ter. In which there Is a reference to
Charles Taft, tho president denies that
his brother ever spoko to him con
cerning Controller bay, lUchard S.
Ryan or any grant in Alaska. Ho says
that the letter in question cannot bo
found In the flies of tho government,
and he refers to it as a "wicked fab
rication." Ho declares that his broth
er never heard of Controller bay un
til tho president sent him a cablegram
regarding tho subject.
Possible Harbor In Controller Bay.
The message describes tho location
of Controller bay, which was original
ly included In tho Chugach forest re
serve. For a time it was thought that
the water of tho boy was too shallow
to make It valuable as a harbor, but
in 1007 a channel was discovered ex
tending into the bay about seven miles.
Tho tract taken from tho forest ro
servo by the president's order covers
12,800 acres In a triangular form, tho
side along Controller bay being be
tween six and seven miles long, which
covers tho channel mentioned.
The' president's mcssago then says:
All the territory surrounding Con
troller bay was Included in tho Chu
gach forest reservation in 1000 by a
proclamation of President Itoosovclt
Tho importance of Controller bay is
that It lies about twenty-flvo miles
from very valuable coal deposits,
known as tho Bering coal fields. Ka
talla bay is to the west of Controller
bay and almost Immediately adjoins
It It is an open roadstead, upon tho
shore of which an attempt was made
fey tho Morgan-Quggonhclm syndlcato
to establish a railway tormina) and
thonce to build a rood to tho Bering
coal fields, already mentioned. Tho
attempt failed for tho reason that tho
breakwater protecting tho terminals
was destroyed by storms and the
terminals became Impracticable. Somo
fifty miles or more farther west of
Katalla bay Is tho mouth of tho Cop
per river, whoro there Is an excellent
harbor, on which is tho town of Cor
dova. There the Copper River rail
road, owned by tho Morgan-Guggon-helm
Interests, has Its terminals, and
tho line runs to tho northeast along
tho Copper river and has nearly reach
ed certain rich copper mines in tho In
terior. A branch from this main line
Is projected to tho Bering coal fields
and is fonslble.
When tho channol In tbo Controller
bay was discovered Mr. Tlttman, bu
perlntendent of tbe coast survey, as
shown by his letter in tho record, was
of opinion that it was of great value
and oncht to bo maintained as a na-
vol reservation because of its proxim
ity to tho coal lii'.jw. Ills letter was
submitted by the secretary of com
merce and labor to tho secretary of
tho Interior, who invited tho comment
of tho director of tho geological hut
vey. That officer replied that tho
harbor wob a poor one and that It
would not bo as good for a naval res
ervation as ono already selected, but
that he thought that private capital
ought to bo encouraged to construct a
railway from tho channel over tbe
mud flats to the shore and tbeuco to
the coal fields.
Captain Plllsbury of tho army en
gineers in a report in tho record made
in 1007 mentions threo possible objec
tions to Controller bay first, that the
surrounding islands may provo to bo so
low as not fully to protect tho channel;
second, that the fiats extend two or
threo miles from tho shore, and, third,
that lco formed In tho rivers entering
ho bay and, affected by tidal currents,
may destroy structures put upon tho
flats and especially a long trestle built
over them.
Ryan Asks For Land.
In December, 1009, Richard 8. Ryan,
representing tho Controller Railway
and Navigation company, applied to
Mr. Finchot, tho then forester, for an
elimination from the Chugach forest
reservation of a tract of land to enablo
his company to secure railroad ter
minals, bunkers, railroad shops, etc.,
on tho northwest shore of Controller
bay. This application was referred
by tho associate forester to tho district
forester at Portland, Ore., and by him
to tho forester In Alaska. The result
of these references and the application
was that early in 1010 Mr. Graves,
who had in the meantime become for
ester, reported that there was no ob
jection from the standpoint of forestry
Interests to the elimination of the tract
indicated or, Indeed, of 18,000 acres on
tho northwest shore of Controller bay.
Tho attention of the navy depart
ment was Invited by the forestry bu
reau to tho proposal to open the shore
of Controller bay to entry and occupa
tion, and inquiry was ma do whether
tho navy department desired to use
Controller bay as a reservation and
whether It objected to Its being opened
up. Tho answer was in tho negative.
Tho matter was considered by the
forestry bureau, by tho secretary of
agriculture, by tho secretary of tho In
terior and by tbe general land office,
and the result was a recommendation
to me in May, 1010, that an elimina
tion bo made of 320 acres with a front
ago of 1C0 rods on the northwest shore
of Controller bay.
I considered the wholo case In Au
gust, 1010, and directed that tho 320
acres, recommended by bofti depart
ments, be eliminated as recommended.
The question finally came before tho
cabinet late in October. After a full
discussion of the matter and after a
consideration of tho law I expressed
dissatisfaction with tho order because
it purported on its faco to make tho
elimination for tho benefit of a rail
road company of n tract of land which
the company could not secure under
the statute, for It was n tract 320
acres In one body when only 100 acres
could be thus acquired. In tho second
place, I preferred to mako a much
larger elimination of a tract facing
the entire channel and with sufficient
room for a terminal railway town.
I was willing to do this because I
found tho restrictions in the law suffi
cient to prevent tho possibility of any
monopoly of either tho upland or the
harbor or channel by the Controller
Railway and Navigation company or
any other persons or company.
It had been originally suggested by
tho forestry bureau that 18,000 acres
might safely bo eliminated so far as
forestry purposes were concerned, but
fear had been expressed by ono of the
district foresters that such a large
elimination would offer an opportunity
to tho company to use land scrip and
acquire title to extensive town sites,
and the result of tho joint considera
tion of both departments had been tho
reduction to 320 acres.
Assumes All Responsibility.
1 wish to bo as specific as possible
upon this point and to say that I alone
nm responsible for tho enlargement
of tbe proposed elimination from 320
acres to 12,800 acres and that I pro
posed the chango and stated my rea
sons therefor, and, whllo both secre
taries cordially concurred in it, the
suggestion was mine
The statement of Mr. Ryan, who had
been properly vouched to tho forester
by two gentlemen whom I know, Mr.
Chester Lyman and Mr. Fred Jen
nings, and who had produced a letter
from a reputable financial firm, Probst,
Wetzler & Co., was that tho railway
company which bo represented had ex
ponded more than $75,000 in making
preparations for the construction of a
railway from Controller bay to tho
coal fields, twenty-flvo miles away, but
that they were obstructed in so doing
by tho order reserving the Chugach
forest reservation, which covered all
of tbe Controller bay shore. Ho, as
well as Probst, Wetxler 4: Co., gavo
every assurance that tho Copper River
Railway company, owned by Messrs.
Morgan and Guggenheim, had no con
nection with them and that they were
engaged in an Independent cnterpriso
in good faith to build an independent
railroad. No evidence to tho contrary
has been brought to my attention
since.
Of course It was possible that the
owners of the Copper River Railway
company might attempt to buy this
railroad when and if it was built
It was possible that Mr. Ryan was act
ing In tbo interests of tho Copper Riv
er railroad, although 1 did not believe
It
Proteoted by Congress.
If a railroad was to be constructed
from Controller bay to the Bering coal
fields It was perfectly evident that
there muHt be h terminal town on In
shore of Controller bay. nuii I wif
therefore glad und anxious to throw
It open to entry and settlement s one
important step In fm-uuniKliiK railroad
enterprise. I was certain that ciingru
had provided in the statutes affecting
tho entry and settlement of land in
Alaska limitations which would pro
vent the possibility of the exclusive
appropriation of tho harbor nml chan
nel of Controller bay or ttn xhorea or
upland to any one railroad. This I pro
pose now to show.
Tho only practicable method for se
curing title from the government In
such a tract ai this after its elimina
tion is by the uso of what is called
"soldiers' additional homestead right"
evidenced by scrip. The statutory lim
itations upon this method of acquiring
3 tie are threefold:
First No more than 100 acres can
bo entered in any single body by such
scrip.
Second. No location of scrip along
any navigable waters can bo made '
within tho distance of eighty rods of
any lands along such waters, and no
entry can bo allowed extending moro j
than 1C0 rods along the shore of any i
navigablo water, and along such shoro
a space of at least eighty rods must be !
reserved from entry between all' such j
claims.
Third. Nothing in the act contained
is to be construed to authorize entries
to bo made or title to be acquired to
tho shoro of any navigablo waters
within sold district
Under the first limitation the navi
gation company and every other per
son is prevented from locating more
than 100 acres in ono body. By the
construction of the land department
as shown in the record, this requires
a separation between any two entries
by tho same person or in the same in
terest of a tract of forty acres. This
would prevent tho possibility of any
one person or any one interest acquir
ing an entire tract like that of 12,800
acres.
Frontage Held by Government.
The second limitation is important
In that it prevents the entry of claims
at any point on the shore having a
greater frontage than half a mile and
requires that between that and the
next claim taken up there shall be a
frontdge reserved to the public and
kept in public control of a quarter of
a mile. Tho consequence is that In
the seven miles of the frontago of this
eliminated tract there must bo reserv
ed for government control and use and
such disposition ns congress may see
fit to mako and free from private ap
propriation a frontago aggregating
two and three-quarter miles and so
distributed nlonfe tho shoro in front
ages of eighty rods as to mako cer
tain of a public frontago of this width
having all tho advantage that any pri
vate frontago can have. In other
words, if a tract with a half mllu
frontage is located at a particularly
advantageous place with reference to
tho harbor then on each side of Unit
frontago must be reserved to tho pub
lic a frontage of a quarter of a mile,
or a half milo in all, for public uses.
These two restrictions necessarily
prevent a monopoly of land abutting
on tho shore, and as they necessarily
prevent a monopoly by nny one lo
cator or in tho interest of nny com
pany for whom locators nro acting
they take away tho motive for tho ac
quisition of land and frontago merely
for tho purpose of excluding other
companies and possible competitors
and tend to confino locators to tho ac
quisition of land to bo profitable in its
use.
Sinco the ' executive order was Is
sued. Oct 28, 1910, there havo been
four locations under soldiers' scrip,
three of them of 100 rods each along
tho bay, ' separated by two divisions
of eighty rods. I shall assume that
all of them are in tho Interest of the
Controller Railway and Navigation
company. Nono of them has been ap
proved or passed to patent, but I shall
assume they can be passed to vnlld
patent.
Frontage Left Open.
Of tho shoro frontago unlocated
which may bo appropriated by scrip
thero remain six frontages of 1G0 rods
each on tho shoro of the tract opened
by tho executive order facing the bay
and channel, and In addition at least
two and three-quarter miles of front
age distributed in eleven eighty-rod
strips, subject to public use and the
disposition of congress. Thero Is thus
amplo room for many other railroads
to reach high water mark on Control
ler bay and thero to acquire tracts
for terminals. Of tho 12,800 acres the
entries in area have covered only 800
acres, and all tho rest is available for
scrip location under the provisions of
tbo act
There is a third reason why the
opening of this tract to settlement and
limited private appropriations cannot
lead to a monopoly in tho Controller
Bay company or any ono else. The dls
tanco from tho dry land L e., tbo shoro
land tbe lino of high water mark to
the lino of low water mark is between
two and three miles, and the distance
to deeper water Is about a mile far
ther, making It necessary, If a harbor
is to bo reached and used, to con
struct a viaduct or trestle three or four
miles long from tho shore to tho chan
nel. This tidal flat is owned by tho
United States, and tho acquisition un
der tho public land laws of tracts on
the shore abutting these tidal flats
gives no right or title to thoso flats.
This would be tho law if tho statute
was silent on tho subject, but not only
tho statuto of 1893 but also tho amend
ing statuto of 1003 expressly imposes
the restriction that no tltlo or right
can bo obtained under the act In tbo
shore of n navigable body of water.
I submit to all fair minded men who
may have been disturbed over the
rhnrces made In respect to the execu
tive order of Oct 28, 1010, that it has
been demonstrated by the foregoing
that no public Interest has suffered
from Its issue, that great good may
come from it und that no dishonest or
Improper motlvo is needed to explain
It 1 might, therefore, stop tieru; but,
rather, for tho purpose of tho moral
to bo drawn from tliem than to vin
dicate the order, 1 propose to consider
tho attacks upon the order that bys
terla or rancor has prompted.
Order Was Made Public.
Tho charge has been made that this
was a secret order and that tbougb It
was made In October, 1010, no one
knew it until April, 1011. This Is ut
terly unfounded. Tho statement of
Mr. Vernon, the correspondent of tbo
Post-Intelligencer of Seattle, a news
paper of wide circulation among u peo
plo most interested in Alaska, stiows
that ten days before tho order was
made news of the details of Ryan's
application and the probability of Its
being granted was given wide public
ity. It further appears from tho rec
ords of tho interior department that
the evening tho order was signed, Oct
28, 1910, a full notico of tho issue of
tho order and Its details was furnish
ed by tho department to all corre
spondents in the form of a news bul
letin. Finally the agent of the Asso
ciated Press certifies that at 7:23 p. m.,
Oct 28, 1010, there was sent out by
that association to all its newspaper
clients a telegram taken from a type
written statement Issued by tho In
terior department as follows:
Washington, Oct 28. Approximately 12,
00 acres of land In tho Chugach National
forest, Alaska, havo been restored by tho
president for disposition under appropri
ate land lava, according to information
made publlo today by the interior depart
ment. These lands are situated on the
coast line of Controller bay, in southern
Alaska, near the Cunningham claims, and
have been found upon examination to be
of little- value for forestry purposes.
It would be difficult to prepare an
advertisement more Informing to the
public or more likely to attract tho at
tention of all likely to desire acquisi
tion of land on Controller bay. On tho
20th the chief forester sent a telegram
making a similar announcement to his
district forester at Portland, Ore.
The order has been attacked on tho
ground that it did not contain a pro
vision delaying its taking effect for
thirty days nfter Its publication, as
orders restoring land to settlement by
homesteaders frequently do. An ex
amination of the record furnishes an
explanation of this feature of tho or
der as made. When In October the
two departments had agreed, with my
acquiescence, that tho order should be
an elimination of only 320 acres an
order describing the 320 acres, direct
ing Us restoration to settlement and
containing tho usual provision post
poning its taking effect thirty days
was prepared in tho forestry bureau
and forwarded to tho interior depart
ment. There it was deemed wiser to
spread on tho face of the order a spe
cific declaration that It was made to
afford terminals for the Controller
Railway and Navigation company, and
as no one else was expected to inter
vene and take up any part of the elim
inated tract tho restoration was made
immediate.
Approved by Secretary.
Tho form thus amended was submit
ted to tho secretary of agriculture, who
expressed bis preference for tho Im
mediate restoration order through his
solicitor's memorandum on the faco
of the order, as follows:
Mr. Clements, Assistant Attorney In the
Intorlor Department We think this O. K.
The secretary says It Is the direct way
and appeals to him.
GEORGE P. M'CABE.
Tho Idea of the secretary doubtless
was that the short form of order was
preferable because on its faco it was
directly indicative of the purpose to
secure an opportunity to tho railway
company by proper entry to settle on
tho land eliminated, and as no one else
was expected to Intervene no postpone
ment was needed. Accordingly when
tho case camo for decision in tho cabi
net the order was without any post
ponement clause. This was the form
sent mo for my signature by tho acting
secretary of the Interior department
When I directed tbo striking out of
tho reference to tho railway company
nnd tbo enlargement of tho area from
320 acres to 12,800 ncres the form of
tho order in its provision for imme
diate restoration was not changed. I
havo no doubt that this was the rea
son why tho order issued took the form
it did. Had the postponement clauso
been suggested I would doubtlessly
havo directed It to bo embodied in tho
order. But tho event has proven that
it was really not Important In this
case, for in now nearly nine months
only tho Controller Railway Naviga
tion company hns mndo any scrip en
tries on the eliminated tract and this
although 11,000 acres and three miles
of water front still remain open to en--y
and there are several different rail
way companies in addition to the Con
troller Railway and Navigation com
pany that had filed locations for rights
of way in tho vicinity in tho last two
years who havo had in tho last nlno
months the fullest notico of their op
portunity if they wished to enter on
this land. ,
The "Dick to Dick" Letter.
Before closing I desire to allude to
a circumstance which tho terms o if 'this
resolution make apt and 'relevant1 nIt
is a widely published statement at
tributed to a nowBpaper correspondent
that in an examination of 'rJtho' file's 'of
tho interior department a re'wllwceks
ago a postscript was found attached to
a letter of July 13, 1010, addressed by
Mr. Richard S. Ryan to Secretary4 Bol
linger and In tho present 'record urg
ing the elimination of land enough for
terminals for the Controller Railway
and Navigation company. Tbe post
script was said to read as follows:
Dear pick 1 went to see the president
Uia other day lie asked me who It was
I represented. I told him. according to
our agreement, that I representedf myself.
But this didn't seem to satisfy him. So 1
sent for Charlie Taft and asked him to
toll his brother, the president, who It was
I really represented. The president mads
no furthor objection to my claim. Vours,
DICK.
Tho postscript is not now on tho files
of tha department If it were, it would
be my duty to transmit It under this
resolution. Who is really responsible
for Its wicked fabrication, If It ever ex
isted, or for tho viciously false state
ment made as to Its authenticity is
immaterial for tho purposes of this'
communication. Tho purport of tho al
leged postscript Is and tho intention of
tho fabricator wus to make Mr. Rich
ard S. Ryan testify through Its words
to tho public that although I was at
first opposed in the public Interest to
granting tho elimination which he rc
quostcd, nevertheless through, tho un
due influence of my brother, Mr.
Charles P. Taft and tbo disclosure of
tbe real persons In interest I was In
duced Improperly and for the promo
tion of their private gain to make tho
order.
Tho statement In so for ns my brother
is concerned and that is tbo chief
feature of the postscript Is utterly un
founded. He novor wroto to me or
spoko to me in reference to Richard S.
Ryan or on tho subject of Controller
bay or the granting of any privileges
or tho making of any orders in respect
to Alaska. Ho has no interest In
Alaska, never had and knows nothing
of the circumstances connected with
this transaction. Ho does not remem
ber that he ever met Richard S. Ryan.
He never beard of tho Controller Bay
railroad until my cablegram of inquiry
reached him.
Mr. Ualllnger says in a telegram In
answer to my Inquiry that ho never
received such a postscript and that ho
was in Seattlo on the date of July 13.
when it was said to havo been writ
ten. Mr. Richard S. Ryan, in a letter
which ho has sent me without solicita
tion, says that ho never met my broth
er, Mr. Charles P. Taft and that so
far as ho knows Mr. Charles P. Taft
never had the slightest Interest in Con
troller bay, in tho Controller Railway
and Navigation company or In any
Alaskan company, nnd he utterly de
nies writing or signing tho alleged
postscript. Tho utter Improbability of
his writing such a postscript to Mr.
Balllngcr nt Washington when tho
latter was away for his vacation for
two months must impress every one.
The fact is that Mr. Ballinger nover
saw the letter of July 13, 1010, to
which this postscript is said to have
been attached, it was sent to mo by
Mr. Carr. Secretary Bollinger's pri
vate secretary, at Beverly, on July
14 tho next day. 1 read tho letter at
Beverly in August with other papers
and sent them to tho White House.
It wns placed upon the White House
files and remained there until April
22, 1011. when it was, by request of
Secretary Fisher, for uso In connection
with his answer to a senate inquiry,
returned to tho interior department,
and It was after this that tho corre
spondent is sold to have seen the let
ter with the postscript attached. Mr.
Carr saw no such postscript when he
sent the letter to me. I did not see It
when 1 read It No ono saw It m the
executive office, but It remained to ap
pear as a postscript when it is said
that tho correspondent saw the letter
in April or May on tho files of tbo In
terior department All others were de
nied tbe sight
The person on whoso statement the
existence of what has been properly
characterized as an amazing post
script is based is a writer for news
papers and magazines, who was given
permission by Secretary Fisher, after
consultation with me, to examine all
the files in respect to tho Controller
bay matter, and this under tho super
vision of Mr. Brown, then prlvnte sec
retary to the secretary of tho interior.
After tho examination, at which it is
allegod this postscript was received
from tho hand of Mr. Brown, tbe cor
respondent prepared an elaborate arti
cle on the subject of this order and
Controller bay, which was submitted
to Mr. Fisher and which was discuss
ed with Mr. Fisher at length, but nev
er in the conversation between them
or in tho article submitted did tho cor
respondent mention tho existenco of
the postscript Mr. Brown states that
there was no such postscript in the
papers when ho showed them to tho
correspondent and that ho never saw
such a postscript Similar evidence is
given by Mr. Carr and other custo
dians of the records in the interior de
partment Stronger evidence of tho falsity nnd
maliciously slanderous character of
tho alleged postscript could not bo
had. Its only significance is the light
It throws on tho bitterness and venom
of somo of these who take active part
in every discussion of Alaskan Issues.
Tho intensity of their deslro to bo
smirch all who invest in that district
and all who are officially connected
with its administration operates upon
tho minds of weak human instru
ments and prompts tho fabrication of
such falso testimony as this post
script I dislike to dwell upon this
feature of tho case, but it Is so full of
a lesson that ought to bo taken to tho
heart of every patriotic citizen that I
cannot pass it over in silence
When I made this order I was aware
that tho condition of public opinion In
reference to investments in Alaska,
fanned by charges of fraud, some well
founded and others of an hysterical
and unjust or false character, would
lead to an attack upon It and to tho
questioning of my motives in signing
It I remarked this when I made tho
order, and I was not mistaken. But a
public officer when ho conceives it his
Juty to take affirmative action In the
public Interest has no more right to al
ow fear of unjust criticism and attack
to binder him from taking that action
that bu would to allow personal and
dishonest motives to affect him. It is
easy In cases like this to tnko tbo
course which timidity prompts and to
do nothing, but such ti course docs not
Inure to tbe public weal.
1 am In fi?ll sympathy with tho con
cern of reasonable and patriotic men
that the vuluable resources ot Alaska
should not bo turned over to bo exploit
ed for the profit of greedy, absorbing
and monopolistic corporations or syn
dicates. Whatever th attempts which
have been made, no one, as n matter
of fact, has secured In Alaska any un
due privilege or franchise not com
pletely tinder the control of congress.
I nm In full ngreement with the view
that every care, both In administration
and In legislation, must be observed to
prevent the corrupt or unfair acquisi
tion of undue privilege, franchise or
right from tho government in that dis
trict, lint every one must know that
the resources of Alaska can never tie
eouiu available either to the people of
Alaska or to the public of the United
StateR utiles reasonable opportunity is
granted to those who would Invest
their money to secure n return propor
tionate to the risk run In the Invest
ment and reasouulile under ui the cir
cumstances. On the other hand, the neri:iio:i.v of
spirit and the tnten.se uiallee unit have
been engendered lit ri! t ot Hie nd
ministration of the i.- wi-mih-iii in
Alaska and In Hie i mis.uei .it 1 1 or
measures proposed tin nei reoei mid
the wanton rii-Kie -in"" mid eager
ness with wliteli :iiteint- uiij'e neell
made to besmirch Hie li.irin ters ut
high officials Imvltin n do with ilio
Alaskan 'government and e en ot per
sons not In public life present a con
dition that calls for condemnation and
requires that the public lie warned of
the demoralization that bus been pro
duced by tbe hysterlcnl suspicions of
good people and tbe unscrupulous and
corrupt misrepresentations of tho
wicked. Tho helpless state to which
tho credulity of some and tho mnlev
olent scandal mongering of others
havo brought the people of Alaska in
their strugglo for its development
ought to givo tho public pause, for un
til a Juster nnd fairer view bo taken
investment in Alaska, which Is neces
sary to 'Its development will bo Im
possible, and honest administrators
and legislators will bo embarrassed in
tho advocacy and putting into opera
tion of thoso policies in regard to tho
territory which nro necessary to its
progress and prosperity.
WILLIAM H. TAFT.
Tho White House, July 26, 1911.
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