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 .Sill — W(.' n>|icciriilly invite your iiiniilioii. iiml, lliniiii;li yon, tlic; iillcnlion ot 
 
 the lioiioiuliir romniilti'C o 
 
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 ell \()n all; cliiiiiiiiiili. to till! I'ollowiii 
 
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 lioiij ill irfranl to •■, 'Semite liill No. I!'.', lor |prcvrntiii^'- llio fMcriiiiiiiition ot 
 tiir-ljCHriiif,' niiiniiil> in Alii-xkii," \vlii(.li lia.s jii-t ln'cii ri'l'crrcil to the i.oiiiiiiiitcc. 
 
 Tlio .Viii('i'ic.iii-l{ii.-siiiii Comnieiriiil (Joniimiiy, wliidi licroliy iipipoals to tlic 
 >:ommittro in renaril lo llii' in'miiiii;' bill. i,< ;iii iinMirporaioil linn of ^entk'inpii ol 
 J!>iiii rrancisco. wliii'li lia= lor lil'tccn yoans liccii ciifiaprii in the trade to Aln.'ka.* 
 Ims o.\'piiilc(l its operation^, anil propose.-; still I'nrtlier to e.\teii<l tlioni iC liivoriililo 
 (.irciitn.stanccs permit. It will li" reiiilily nmlei^tood that wi- are deeply conceriieii 
 ill any bill which proposes to close up the avenues oftrade to any ])art of the Ter- 
 ritory, and are specially coiiceriipd in the bill which proposes lo jilnce within the 
 control of one, or, at most, two lirins, what liaiipens to be the central mid chief Held 
 of operations in lliat section, .\lthonj;h the capital we iiro emjdoyini; and our 
 business coiiiiection.s are second in aiiioiiiit and importance to those of no other 
 com|iany engaged in this trade, oiir interests in this mr.tter are identical with 
 lliose of the great body of cnterprisine, iiniiicorporated, niiddle-cla.ss traders who 
 have sent and propose to semi their ventures to the now grounds' aciiiiircd by 
 purchase from Russia, and we are sure that we may fpeak on this subject in behalf 
 of all whose operations e.xteiid lo those higher latitudes, excepting one or two 
 Hrnis — the only ones, so far as we know, who desire the jiassage of the bill in it.- 
 present shape, , 
 
 .\iiy bill which propose.s lo prevent llie e.vleriuinalion of fiir-beiiriiig animals in 
 
 Alaska must, as a matter of course, receive the cordi 
 
 il >upi 
 
 lort 
 
 ill will 
 
 engaged in that trade, in so far as it aitiiallv tends to accoiiipiish the proposed 
 design. We believe that some special legi-lative or administrative aclion is neces- 
 
 sary to properly kiii 
 
 trol !he laisiness of obtaining fur-seal skins from the islands 
 
 in fiiieslion. We think il necessary to provide, for example, that only natives of 
 the islands and coasts of Behring's sea and ailjoiniiig waters shall be allowed to 
 kill the seals, and that lire-arms shall never be used for the purpose : and we are 
 
 
 
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;ilt(pj;t'lli''l III l.ivur dl llit- |ir(i|ii)M'ii ii yiiluliui,., Inr llir |iiiii(i Imn i>l ilic rij;!il.: iinii 
 iiitoiTSin ut'lliiit siilil>l(' lir(>|iU. We liclii'vc. iil.'.d. llial ii i(\ I'liiic (ilovfi' !?J0O,0lHi 
 per iinnilin oiinlil to lir pn iiicl In llic (Juvci imiciil riuiii III'' Iwn i-l.iinls, ami In 
 lliatcMKl, that an (i|p('Ii iimrkel .•<1i(iiiM lie (•sialili-licil on one m- Imlli the ishiiid.-. 
 to wliii'li till' natives may briii); tli ir iicltiii'- — ilu ir .-ulc nicaiis ol sii|iport — lor 
 sale to any iin<l all conirr-. A Treasury iilticcr miil a very small ^iiaril iVoiii llii' 
 military t'ai'ic at ;>i'i'vi'iii as-l>;iu'ii to duly in Ala-I.a ^lioiiid. of (diii'-c. lit'.-'latioiuil 
 M> us to iHTjorvt' opiliT iiinl .•iet'iiro the lolk'clion nl tin' n vcniii-. 
 
 Wl- arc. liovvnvtr, tk'citli'dly of the opinion ili 't tlw plan piuj il liy tlic lii!l 
 
 in i|n(;stioii, wliicli is to lease the islainls lur a lenn ol' yeait. i.^ not lulaptcil to 
 seeiire tlie liit;liesl revenue lo liie Treasury ri.iii liii'in. ni illier i- aiiv sueli exelii- 
 sive system neccxsi(r>/ tu prevent tlie exicrmiiiMiiMii ol' the .-eilr.. 'I'lje iiii!'avoralilt 
 intlnciKe ami fvil elVeels jrrowiii;^!; out of the iiiaii);nration of siuli a s\jtctn us 
 ii Lonteinplated liy the liill would mi Car overliala hc all the advanlaites lo be 
 cleriveil hy iIip Governniont t'roni it a.-- really lo make it <le.,iralde that the »e«lj 
 should lip immediately rxtermiiialed, iMiher than thai an incnhus nl' ihe kind 
 thonid he thrown upon the trade of this section. 'Ihe i-laiuls (.Si. l^uil and til. 
 George) really aflbrd the inosi important of the immediately availalde lesoiirees of 
 the Territory, and ii company which oin'c olitain-- a I'notinsr ihore liy means of ii 
 ten-years' lease will speedily liecome master of the trade at the several harbors in 
 that region. .Such company would have a kind ui' feudal sway over the natives, 
 and itAvould rapidly become a far-reachiii}; monopoly, in the shade of uhich all 
 other hu8ine«.s enterprises would iHngnish. or be dwarfed or alto^'etl'.i i driven 
 awny : and we should see ilgrnduully enirenehinK il-elf. jrrowiiip richer am) more 
 powerful, and rontiolling b}' its inllnence leuislative bodies and (ioveniineni ofli- 
 eials. If there were nii open nmrket on tlie islands at whidiall traders could buy 
 ]ieltrifs of the natives, in the proper sea.son, collusion between triiders ami levenne 
 oflicinis would be imprncticab'o on account of the number of liie parties concerned. 
 Hut, if the business be left to a single firm, we may safely us.snnie that not only will 
 thcaraount of revenue be presently very materially reduced, l)Ul that many irrcir- 
 uhirities will be practised, which from the very nature of the case — the well- 
 known tendency of monopolists to suppress the truth about their operations — there 
 will be no means of detectinjr. .M least, we think that by the bill now under 
 consideration the interests of the (ioverninent, of the natives, and of the Territory 
 itself generally, will be left more entirely ilependeiit upon the simple integrity and 
 nusclfishness ofa single firm oi' fur-traders than is either /■•/ti/l'limn or unii . 
 
 The bill in which the lirst effort was made •' to prevent t/f irtfrinitiation o/fiir- 
 heariny 'tniriiaU iu Alaska" might, we think, have been more aptly entitled "A 
 bill for the exterraiuation of all the small and ndventurou.'i traders who, in Alaska, 
 as elsewhere, are the pioneers of rivilization and commerce.'' This bill opcnl}' 
 
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piopost'd lo liivc to "ilie siicci-i-ois in uilcrc'.t oi tliu liusaiuD'Atueiiciiii Km 
 Conipuny " a iliirty-years' Inast- of the island.''. There art", strictly speaking, no 
 "successors in interest" of the Russiun-Araerican Fur Company, because nil the 
 franchises and privileges of that conijiany were expressly lurminated by the treaty 
 of I'essloii. It is very well understooil, however, who are referred to in iIk- Ieriii3 
 ubuvc <iuott'(l. they bi In;; a liusiness linn which has rapidly risen into iin|iortancf 
 in linanciiil circles on the I'acilic const .-.ince the purchase of Ala;ka. Of the 
 inenibiTs of it who are personally kncjwn to us we havf only to speak in terms cT 
 hiljii esteem. We will a-suiiie that this company of very worthy and enterpris- 
 ing gentlemen, ii;ion whom thii bill contemplated the conferring a thirty-years 
 lenae<)f tlip island.s, not havini.' Ijeen made recipients of that valuable and im- 
 portant franchise by Congress, may. in comnmn with otlKjr citizens, have sought 
 to impress upon the members of your honorable body the e.xpediency of passing,' a 
 nieasure similar to the original, lait in a modilied form. We will assume, tor the 
 ?ake of illustraiiiiu, that the alle;j:ed " successors in interest of the Russian-Amer- 
 ican Fur Company,'' relyiny; upon the manilcst disposition of (,'ou(;ress both to 
 take good care to preTcnt the extermination of the seals and to provicle for receiv- 
 iiijr j-.,„f return for the purclia>p-money of the Territory, justly reckon upon the 
 jiasse.jie of the bill in i(Uisli(jn, and expect, as a matter of course, to be able to 
 ■"how the Treasury Uep.irtmenl that (iuasmuih as th 'le is nu /jrotiniun jor public 
 bidiliii;/) the leases may, '• to the best ailvantage," {'A the words of the bill,) be 
 Vested in themselves. Ilavini.' made these asiiumptions, which we suppose to b» 
 Well enough "rounded, and entirely disclaiminu |iarticipation in the personalities 
 of the articles following, we invite your attention to expressions of opinion by 
 the pri'ss (d' the Pacific coast, which are so general a.s to juecludc the idea that they 
 iire not entirely spoiitaueous and impartial. [See newspaper extracts appenderl.] 
 
 It is true that these ex|)ressions were elicited by the lirst bill which was otl'ered, 
 having the (tl'ect of causing its immediate withdrawal. If time permitted, how- 
 ever, the committee would doubtless find that tiie same general outcry against 
 the proposed lejjtislation, or rather aj^ainst the provisions tending to e.-tablisli a 
 monopoly, still continues. Tor we have most earnestly to represent to the 
 honorable counuittee that the bill in its pre:ienl shape is hardly less objectionable 
 ami dangerous, and threatens not less the material interests of a large number of 
 ( ilizens of tile racilie coast, as well as contains provisos which may readily be 
 perverted so as lo bring alioiil the ultimate inlliction of immense injury upon 
 the general prosperity of the iiewly-ac(|uired pos.session.'*. 
 
 The bill proposes to give to a few individual.s ii monopoly of tlie peculiar fur- 
 trade which be|oM;is to this locality— that of the fur seal. We complain, in the 
 lir-'l instance, that it contains no provision lor [uiblic biilding for the leases. The 
 yrantinu of such a monopoly wipuld, of itself, so jneallv advanie the pv'uv of tlit 
 
rur-senl skins in iIil- iiiiirkfis (il llir woi'il m^ i.) ciiiilplf iln' luiifticiurieH lo pav h 
 very liigli preuiiiini fur tin- grunt. dH'.-rinj; llii-iu tor imidir liiddiiijr (in case the 
 iiill sliould ]ii\jsj would clcvflu[i llie I'u't, duiibtliss, lliiil llii' li'iiscs Imve siicli ii 
 market vahiu as Inis, |)ii'lia]is, not luiii ■.hIViiimI to Ijc iiitogetliir understood h\ 
 those not i onvi-rsaiit with tlie riniinisl.inces ol' the nise — .-ueli a market vulue as 
 «utild |iiolialil,v nol lie ili.-:.'ov( red al jill .--lioiild the Tre.i.itirv |)e|iarliiieat he 
 indiiit'd to ael a.> iMeei|pilalel.v in tln' mailer ol di>i)o.<ing ot the leajies as Congress 
 i< urged lo art in passing the hill. It siuh a mono|)uly is really to he grauled, 
 tiien we liope it will he .sold piihljc ly to the highest hidder, and not jaivately 
 lo person-- who, it may happen, may, hy iru-an.-; ol' i^reat resources and Catilities 
 for exerting intliieiiee, liave nudile advantage over ollier.s not le.-S iihle to assume 
 the respon-iliilities of ijie lease.'', hut wlio wouhl iiiidersland the husinsss of con' 
 tructiiig wii'.i the tlovernmeiit through sealed proposals, secured hy ample honds, 
 belter than qnestioiuilile dealing with puhlic odicials. in cliarge of contracts, 
 through private conferences. 
 
 U'e wish here particiilaily lo ask thealUnliuu of the committee lo the tact that 
 House liill No. l.''8."i, matured hy the Committee on Commerce of the last (Joiigress, 
 although jiroviding for liids and pulilic notice, entirely neulrali/es the effect of 
 ihat rondilion hy the provi.<o contained in lines from ;il to Al, inclusive, of sec- 
 tion :i. The same reasons whidi would prevail against the passage of Senate lull 
 .\o. :!■.', now uudci- consideration, would operate against that, so long as it con- 
 laineil that proviso. 
 
 Tie [leople of ihe Pacific coa^l « ish the !■( iielil of u free, open trade to Alaska, 
 iliosanie as they enjoy under ordinary coasting licenses with any other part of 
 the national domain; and they are disposed to cheerfully comply with all regu- 
 lations devised to foster and peiiieluale commerce in that direction. The fur-seal 
 iradc is not likely to e.xceeil in importance other hranches of trade for u'.ore than 
 il hrief period, unle.=s, as is threatened hy the pending hill, it should he made the 
 nucleus of a w ide-sprcading monopoly. As a geiuTal rule, orders, regulations, 
 and acts, having for their effect the generation of friction in the machinery of 
 trade and commerce, and cri'ating restiaints,esiiecially where suhordinatc oflicials 
 have power to discriminate in favor of particular per.sons, have a tendency to 
 opjiress and even to destroy entirely traders of small means, and to build up al 
 tlieir expen.se associations of unscrupulous persons enjoying larger wealth and 
 influence. 
 
 In order not too far to occupy the time of the committee, we will conclude with 
 suggesting what we consider es.seiitial amendments to the hill as it now stands, 
 or rather a plan from which we hope there may he prepared a substitute for the 
 liiU itself. And here we respectfully rcprescni to the committee that, iu our judg- 
 ment. Iheie doe^ unt exi-i. under the w cll-undci'^lood condition of thine? on the 
 
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 i»iliinii!<, nny im/jriiiiiif need ol N-gislalioii upon tlit- uutijei i ilii- |)i(.".ent vi-iir — ;«i 
 leiiHt nu ■Hell in-til ait could jiistilV the atteuijitej biirryiaf; of tliU )>ill Ihruii^li 
 tlie uoriiiniltfo mid through the Mouse iviihoiit rarefiil ronsideratiun and amcinl- 
 meiit, iiml 11 .>iiHiiicii' hcariiit; ul' ihc |iaiiic'' whofe intere<'t.« nrc chiefly affected by 
 iiH provisions. 
 
 We urc of opinion llial llie liill sliould l.c iiiodiliud .-o us at least to io\«r llie 
 following point:!, hc^'innin).', first, with the provi.^iou lliat the natives alone shall 
 lie allowed to iiill the seal : second, that all American citizens sli.ill he ollowed to 
 compete it' Some designated niarket-idace on one of the inlands for the piirchasi' 
 of the skiu.J, and that sales of the .skin.s shall lie niaile at no other points on tin- 
 islands ; third, that nil olIi<'er of the Trea.'fury Department and a tiry .<tinall iiiili- 
 tary guard shall, at the proper season, be stationed ,«o us to enforce the regulations 
 and .■!('ciire a revenue of Si or SI. -5 upon cverv skin shipped. The ofticer tif 
 the military force should he of such laiik and di.'cretion as to he aMe to render a 
 most eflicient check upon tlie operations of the rcve'iucolticial:!, and he also should 
 render a minute report to his superiors of the numtier of skins bought and sbip|)e(l. 
 
 t'uder this idan we believe that the islands may tie made to y ie!d an unniinl 
 revenue of §200,000 over and above the e.\pen?c of collection and of the mililaiy 
 force. At the same time the material prosjitrity of the Territory generally would 
 be so advanced na could not be the case were these interests placed, for aiiv 
 I'onsidenition, in the power of a Jealous and overshadowing monopoly. 
 
 We are, very respectfully, your obedient servant.', 
 
 ■niK AMKRICAN RCSSIAX CtiMMKRCIAI. COMPANY, 
 
 O/ Sun Fnincisro 
 Washi.scton. D. ('., Mirch 18, ISOM. 
 
 [From the Daily Alta Cai.ikobnia, of January JO, IS09.] 
 AN AUDACIOUS MONOPOLY. 
 
 The distant, foggy territory of .\laska seems to be prolific in bringing forth 
 troublesome iiuestion.'. ''The wolfs long howl from Ooualaska .■? shore,'' of 
 ("iinijibeH's sounding line, is nothing to the row wliich Alaska itself has made in 
 jmblie circles from the time its purchase was first suggested until now. The 
 cotiiitry was considerably agitated over the treaty providing for its cession, aud 
 when tlu! time arrived for making an apjiropriation to pay for it, Congress was 
 diviiled against itself. Ni^xt came the scandal about the reported bribery of re- 
 porters, editors and Congressmen to secure the passage of the appropriatiou bill, 
 and now we are astonished with an audacious pro|)0.'-al to give the w hole Territory 
 over to the exclusive monopoly of a few citizens, to the exclusion of everybody 
 else, In the ■=i.\tli article of the Kussiaii-Ameriean treaty of cession, it was agreed 
 that the ccjiiveyauce of tlu. territory be declared absolutely '• free and uiiiiicmii- 
 bered liv any re-ervntions. jirivileges. franchiws. grant? or po-se'-sions, bv am 
 
ii^oclaitMl ioin|iaiiies, wheiliiT corporate or incorponiie, Hussiun or any other, or 
 l,y iiiiy luuiifs, cxrcpt mcri'ly iirlvute individual property-iiolders." Tiiis referred 
 especially to till- HiiH.siiin-Aiiiericaii I'ur Company, an iisuociution of Russian 
 capitalists, to whom the Alaskian territory had lieen farmed by the Imperial 
 Covernmenl «( Hu-SHla. The cession of the country to the United Slates having 
 tiikeii awiiy the franchises and privileges of this ureal monopoly, it fell to iiieces 
 ;ind aliandiincd the fwld which it had heretofore worked so profitably. The 
 houses, stores, vessels and other jiersonal proi>erly which the company owned 
 were sold to a ("aliforuia concern, variously known by title, but consisting of a 
 !cw individuals, at the head of which are Messrs. Hutchinson, A. Wasserman and 
 l.ouis .Scliloss. So far a.s any ri^ht of purchase could make them, these individ- 
 r,:ils, Ilutrhinson & Co., are the successors of the company which received its 
 linnsc from the Imperial Government at St. Petersburg-. 
 
 These men have already, by monopolizing the means of nuirine iransportation to 
 Alaska and curryiiin' favor with the military authorities there, .secured a tolerably 
 close contract lor nuining the machinery of the Territory in their own interest, 
 liut a boldc; .-up became necessary to protect them against the restless enter|irif!e 
 (if Amerii'an citizens, and, accordingly, they have ajiplied to the Cnngre.sa of the 
 I'nileil States tor such a charter, lion. Cornelius Cole, accordingly, has intro- 
 duced the following bill iu the Senate: 
 
 •• Ho it enactcil by the Senate and Ihttse of Itepnientatieet of the I'hUciI State! qf' America in 
 Ciincn-js assfin'tri!, 'I'lial iM dlliiT porsoiis, except llir iiiillve iiilial)ltiuita of Uie iiiliindK of St. 
 I'aiil iiiiil SI. (iiKirj!!', iinil cif ilii' .MeiitliiH rslarul!", an? prohihiicil from killliig fiir-lieurlni; xea 
 ariiaial-' ir liir-siiah ii|ii)ii llie i-lamls of .-i|. I'aiil and Si. (Jcorgc, and all perionH are proliililled 
 iKiiu iiviiii; liri' anus in lliu lakiiii: c>r such aniiiiah, and IVdiii killiii); tlieiii iillivr»'l«e than In 
 aiM'iirdancc Willi the inlis and praiMicns ol' iti(! Kussiaii-.\nieiic,in Fur Company prior to llie 
 aiiini>ilion id said i.slands anil ti'rritory hy tii« t'nlti'd Slates. And the a>$igneei and tucceatora 
 in intercut of the Rusxian American Fur Company ahatl be entitled to all the prifilegei and im 
 .viKiiihc < pOHScsscd und enjoyed bij the llussian—imerican Fur Company upon the said ialandi of 
 St. Paul and SI. George, for the term or period of thirty year a ; provided tliat lliu snld succi'ssors 
 III inli'ri>t of Ihe Uiis^an-.Vmrric.in Far Company sliall, at tlii'ir own proper cost and expense, 
 and wiihiinl iHiy ciiariie whatevir upon the (iovernniunt of the I.'niled Slates,or of llie Territory 
 III' Alaska, liunisli and snp|ily tlo' nali\ v iaiialiitanis ol tin; xaid inlandii of .St. Paul and St. George, 
 and 01 ill! the Aleiilian Islands, exteiidina from Kodlak to and iiicludini,' the Island of Alton, 
 Willi all Mil' nei'i'ssarius and cumrnrls of life which tlicIlussian-Ainericaii Fur Coiiipaiiy and the 
 Kiissian Ijuvernineiit were in the lialiil of furnishing said inhaliitants, including food, clothing, 
 Inil, Ininlier, iiisiruution in llic useful arts, education, and religion, as fully in all respects an 
 wire enjoyed liy llieni at any timi: while under the Government of Kils.iia— the true successors 
 of the Ilussian-American Fur Company, and the proper performance of their ohllgutionv, from 
 timi' lo time, 111 he determined by the rresidcnt of the t,'iiiled SlaleH : Proi'Wed/iirMcr, Thai 
 in no ease .shall llie said native inhabitants be paid les< for serviced and labor rendered lo Ihe 
 siiecpssois of the Kussian .\mericaii Fur Company than Ihey were acciisionied to have and 
 receive while iindiT the <!oviriiiiicnt of Russia ; and the importation and sale lo said inhabitants 
 (if iiiioxicalin!.' lii|iiors of every dusciiptlon wlial«ocvcr, unless for medicinal purposes, is siriclly 
 piohiliileil." 
 
 A proposiiion .so monstrous has nevir been made to any Congre.sg, and we are 
 conlident that the lionoraMe Senator who introduced it could not have given the 
 bill a thorough examination. It is well known that Senator Cole has always 
 taken a lively interest in the Alaska iiurchase, and that hi.s was one of the first 
 sugjiestious which led to the drawing of the treaty for its cession. He would 
 never have made himself liable to the imputation of being cognizant or interested 
 in any ?cheiu(' to acquire the Territory and hand it over to a knot of jobbins': 
 
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?|iPculHt()iti. The j;i.<<l oClhi; uliolo l.ill i.-i cotitiiiiii'il in llic immIkiii vvliii Ii \vc liiivc 
 iliilicisfd. All 111'' |pr('C('din!{ part i.s well I'm/iigli, uml ih iiiihulcil in a lull wilii 
 a, prnciseiy RJinilar tlllo already iiitniduccd in the llou.^r of l!<'|iii'si'iiiiiliv(s 1-v 
 Hon. T. I». Kliot, of .^lll^;sa^hllsptls, Cfom tlio (.'ommitlcc on CiMumrri c Hut \>\ 
 Mr. ('oie':j liill tliotirfTi of lliitrhin^on k (\>. conie into viilual Ididal iMisicsi.^ion ol 
 Alitska and it.s inhaliilaiii.'?, or ol' that iKU'tion which is iniliuli'il in iln- vast rhain 
 of islands .slretching from Kodiak, on the northca-if, to Atlon. on the f.xlrinic 
 southwest, with the isliinds of .S" I'mil and St. (Jeor^•o on ilio mnih. Tlutc 
 wri'tchrd Aleuts arc handed over, Ii0(lv and soul, to llic lender na-rcies ol' ;> -iii^:ie 
 trraspiiig lirni, to have and to liold in a worsi' than Russian sertdoni hy tlw le;;iii. 
 mate snercsiiora of the Imperial nionojioly which has just lieen routed i.nt of iis 
 Ktr<'n(,'hold of power liy the (nominal) ihiwnin^ of r<>piitdieani?m in ihe hillierio 
 lienij,'liled regions of the ni/rth. I'or thirty years this i-onrcrn is expected to he 
 aide to warn olVall vessels which may atlempt any Irinle with their native aerl.- ; 
 for thirty years they are to have the solo monojioly to kill and catch fur-hearing 
 animals in the Territory referred to; for thirty years the}' n re lu have c\clu.-ivc 
 commerce in the world's largest supply of one variety of iieluies : for lliirly years 
 they are to hold in abject slavery a race of pyojile whose heiigarly wag(' of lalior. 
 and whoso food, clothing, and fuel, religion and education, (what a mocking 
 satire!) arc to be determined in fpinntity and iimility liy an appeal to what'.' — 
 why, to the .standard once ndopteil l>y that scandalous Imjierial tyranny, the 
 defunct Rnssian-.Vmeriean Fur Company. 
 
 A.s we have already shown, there can he no successor to the ri^ht of the Ku^- 
 sian monojioly. The soil was junTlinaed free of all such incumbrance, and the 
 audarioHS proposition in Mr. Cole's bill is l)aied npoti the mere purchase liy 
 the California concern of certain personal property, consisting of a few old \cssels, 
 stores and sheds. This is a repuliliccn government, and Congress has no right to 
 grant an exclusive franchise and a feudal .serfdom in any part of the free territory 
 of the United 8fatcs to any man or men. .\nd when the tiill proposes that the 
 President of tlie I'nitcd States shall, from lime to time, delerniine who are Ihe 
 legal successors of the Russian Company, it merely [irovides for an inipo.-sibiliiy : 
 there can be no successor to franchises which have been solemnly e.vtiugiiishcd by 
 act of treaty. The country lu\s just paid seven millions of dollars for thi^ Terri- 
 tory of Alaska, and it is not willing to give it to lluuhinson & Co., nor to any 
 other men, in order that they may enjoy a princely revenue therefrom, to the 
 exclusion of everybody else. It is well to provide for the protection of fur- 
 bearing animals, so that they shall not he exterminated ; but it is better that the 
 species sought to be protected should be extinct than that such a monMrou.j 
 jiroposition as that embodied in Mr. Cole's bill shall receive the sanction of law. 
 It is contrary to the spirit of civilization and republicanism. Against it will be 
 arrayed every man who understands it, (excejit those pecuniarily inlcrested in it. ) 
 and the most influential citizens of California have already numerously .signcl a 
 memorial to Congress praying against the passage of the bill. 
 
 [From the Evening Bullktin, of San Krancisco, of January 2S, le69.J 
 MONOPOLIZING ALASKA. 
 
 Under the attractive title of a bill to prevent the extermination of fur-bearing 
 animals in Alaska, a bill has been introduced into Congress for giving Ilutchiu- 
 
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 eon, Kohl* (Jo., Ilic ."UriTH.-orj of llir l!ii->iiiii I'm- rolii|iiillv. nil llic |>iivilf(;ps 
 ,in(l iiiiniiitiilirg pos.io.-rd iiml rnjoyiil by ilic Uii.-.-tiiin-Amoriciiii I' in ('oiii|inny lor 
 .1 term of ,"ii vein*. Tlio liil! forliiila nil inT-ioii.", rxii'|it unlives of ijir JHlnniU !^t. 
 (ii'ort,"' mil! SI. i'liiil mi'l of llic AhiitiMii hliimls, from killing liir-ln'iiritiK mm 
 <iliiiiiiilj ii|ioii llii'yi; iHlnn'l.'', ami from u>iiin lin-iiiiiis or Likitu; .^iicli Hiiiiiml;. in 
 anv (lillcroiit inaiimr lo Hint jiracli.seil liv lln- Rii.''-ian Fur Comiiaiiy in llic paitl. 
 liiiviiivr .<(ciin(l for llicmirlvrs nil Hip rijihls of llii' old coiniinny, ami ri'diiiid iIip 
 luuivr.-i to liw loiidilioii of I!ii>siaii .icrlV:, IVoiii «lii<li ilicy were icccnily cmanci- 
 liHltd liy iiiincxalioii of tliiir roimlry lo llic Tniicil .siai's, .Messr.x. Iliil(liiii,-.(iii. 
 Kohl k Co. siiy wlint llx-y will do in return : Hiry will lurni.-ih llic natives of Ihi' 
 island.s of St, (Jeorgc find St. I'nul. and of all llic .Mcuiian r'and-s exlcndin;: 
 friim Kddlak lo and iin liidiiif; llif i-lniid of .VMoii. ••willi .ill llic m.ccssarics nnd 
 coinforls of life wlii'ii ihc l!iis>i,iii-.\liieri( an I'lir Coiiiiirtiiy and llic Itiis.sian (hi\ ■ 
 criiiiipnt were in the lialiii of fiirni.''liinK snitl inliaMtnnts, ineliidinp; food, clolh- 
 iiig, fuel. Iiimlier, iii.ilriietion in llie useful ari«, cdiuatioii mid relicion, n.< fully 
 in all r"S|icels a.' were enjoyv,! hy them at any lime while midcr the (Joveninieiil 
 of ((u.-tsia. ' 
 
 I'nder this hill the natives would l>e ti d on drieil .^.tlmoii as of old, itnd for reli- 
 gion, they would he tautiht that '■ liie earth is lluti hin.-ion, \- . \ li I'os, and the 
 liiilni-.^ thereof." ' I the hill iil-o lonleinplates p.iyiiin these serfs ?oinethiiij;for 
 the peltries they liriiij; in, to eiiroui.'^'c ihcni in hnniinft for the lienelit of their 
 iiiasieif. It i.s jirovided that in no ihsc •■shall the ..^aid native inhaliitanl.'i he 
 paid le«,s for Her vices and I alior rendered to the .-ueees.sors of the liiissiaii-Aineriniii 
 1 ur Coinpaiiy than tlie\ were ai'ii^loined to have ami receive while under the 
 (iovernment of Iiu=-iii." 
 
 If sui'li a hill heriiinc law, and a natiM' made a roinplainl. whirli icai lied the 
 outside world, that his food was deHeienI in ((iinlity or i|iiantily : that his inslriic- 
 tion was nc^lceled : that tlic dmlrine tuiij^ht hini was erroneous, or that lie was 
 only fiettiiif; two hits for a skin w liii h he thoiifrlit he should have four liil.= for, 
 Hutchinson, Kohl k Co. would have only to hrin^j up some ltus.sian witness to 
 s" -r that dried salmon wer« soinctiines siarrc iu hard seasons hefore the transfer 
 oi the territory ; that the Kiissian I'lir Company only served out hisciiil and mo- 
 lasses once a year ; that wilne-s, when an employee of the old company, had only 
 ^'ivcn one small hlankel for ^o many skins, years njjo ; or that, to his knowledj^c. 
 the (Ircck padres only visited the small islands once a year to haptize the yonn).', 
 and thai tlicy chietty tau^'hl their Hoiks lo siihinil themselves to ihe company — 
 and Ihe complaint must he disinis>ed. 
 
 Hutchinson, Kohl k Co. liaviii};. huwuver, secured for themselves, under a 
 repuhlican (^overntnenl, all Ihe |irivilcj»es enjoyed hy a company that was one ol 
 the worst representatives of Husslan serfdom, and declared that the remuneration 
 to he given the natives for Ihe next thirty years shall he as little ns they choose to 
 ffive, and that they .-hall do no more for these people than their liiissian task- 
 masters, have also determined on exclndinjr ail interlojier- from their domain. 
 
 They have, as we have shown ahove, asked that no one hut natives he allowed 
 to kill fur-hearing animals on these islands, and they have made serfs of these 
 natives; hut one thing was wanting to insure their mono]ioly, and that is a jiro- 
 vision hy which they can harass all meddlesome captains of schooners who may 
 cruise on their shores, in the hope of making a clandestine trade with the half- 
 
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 dtiirvcd iiii'l (i|i|iri'M.''t'd nutlvcs, TIih in ilont' iirnlcr the prcti'nci' (if |ir(iliiliitiiiK 
 till- iali' 111 llir iiiliiiliiliiiil^ "(■ iiitdxiciiliiii; li(|ii(irH. On LiLs inilcnsc nn^- vi'ssel 
 can lie Sfi/.i'il, iiinl llic c ii|pti)rs .meil uivir liiil In umki; inixif of iiiiy rliiii;;u llii-y 
 niny cIhiusc to luiut;. 
 
 If Com.'! (.■■<.■< jiurfliiisfil Alaska for ihe licnclil of lliitciiiiisoii. Kohl ti (,',i.. ji 
 Would lirn^ilit tliat llic Mil .«lioiild |i.ijs: Imt it thf oljcilwim lo found a NoriliiTii 
 (•ol<i'i_v lor llii' luiu'til of llic I'liilud Sliili'j at lur^jc, no oiicli inonoiiol^' in ■ i loii- 
 U'liipliitcd liv tlilM Mil Hliuiild Iju periiiiUL'ii. Tlii' succMiiui'g uf the liiiti.siiiii-Aini'r- 
 icuu t'lir ('oiii|>:iii,v, nor tlii! I'lir (Joiniianv itscll', have any claim on Ihc Ainerioiin 
 uatioti. Tlif tfirilory van iiiircliaied Irro from (iny audi inciiinl'i.info. The 
 i-xiicrii-nif of tin- Uriiish i' ''i • liud.4011 Ifay Tt-rrjiory, on the luirtlipasU'ra foast, 
 iind in llrilisli Coluiiiliia an 1 '. 'n<'uuv('r Inland, on ibis coast, ii that llicsi- fur- 
 tradiiiK iiiociii|iolics arc o|i|»o.- ■. to increasi: of |)o|)Ulatioii, civilization of llit- 
 inliaiiilaniM, and dcv(ri(i|>iiii it of the couiilrv. Their |iolicy is t'j niaiiiMiii a lew 
 liuiilcrs, Willi llicir fr 1 km, w -a thcv rn rtilli ,i roil of iimi, and keep in a 
 condition uf alijuci i>v.iuiud(', iind ii li.ivu all ilic coiinliy outside their own 
 scatlun.'d furls and villiiKi'!i a l..iU'ii waslc and silent w ildi'miss. Aflir having 
 Biipi esscil |icoiia^r in llie SuiJ.n.n SlalM, in spite of the armed opposition of 
 half a million of iiifii Uoiti/f'-s is not i^oin^ to re-enact the system in Alaska lo 
 please a slii^'le linn who are aniliilious to rule the fur market of the world, and 
 make u kiiiijly revenue at the e.\peiise of their country. 
 
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 fKiiiia tlie IIkmai.i, oI San traneiitco, of J»ii. i'J. lf,«».) 
 
 It is aiinoiinird llial Mr. Cole, Sinalor Ivini Calil'ornia, lias introduced a bill in 
 the Seiiale of Ihe I'liited Mates "to present the exleniiiiialion of fur-liearinij 
 aninnils in .Vlaska, and to protect (he inhabitants theieot." Senators are net siip- 
 poBed to lie responsilile for Ihe character of ;lie hills they consent to introduce, or 
 by their iiitiodin tion lo be coiiiproiiiised to their support. Il i.s not to be su|iposed 
 Mr. Cole will advocale the passajre of the bill the title of wliirh we have iiuoled. 
 Mr. Cole's course hitherto does not jusiifv the apprehension that he will cvjose 
 himself to the censure necessarily to result from such advocacy. The caption of 
 the bill is j;ood. The bill is utterly iiidefensiide. It is as follows : 
 
 "/)<■ il niiiclnl I'lj Ihi- Senate and Unutr iit Hi iircientatiiri of the Viiitcil Stn' i of Air-rica in 
 t'un(fif»»a»«.m/>/frf. ■riiaiiillHlliiT|.irs<>ii».exe..|illlieiiiillveinlialiii,iiii-nflliel>l.iiiilsiilSt. I'aul 
 ami .'^1. (M'lirue anil nl Ilie .Viiiili.iii i~tau.l.i, af |ir.iliiliiiiil ir.im klilinrf iiir-lieariiii,' s.'a «Tiim»l< 
 iir liir-M.aN ii|i<iii Ihe islaiiils iil St. Paul ami HI. Gi"riJi', and all |Hr-irii« are piililliliil Iroiii 
 ii^iiiR lire arms In llie laMiiv iif »iiili aiiiiiial.'. ami Inim killlim tliiin nllierwisi. than i iieenril 
 aiiei- Willi ilir rules anil pr.ieliees of llie ltii<sjan Anieiieaii (•'iir I iiiniiiiny prinr tii Iho aii|iil^itii.ii 
 ol i.alil i^linils anil UTrlKiiv liy Hie Uiiiieil Stains. Ami Ihe <j»»iffiic«» and tucccf^ora in interest 
 of thv liUH'iiin-AineiUan Fiu Cmtpanyhall he entitle.l to oil Ihe privileges an,limmunili<-i 
 pounmcd an.l enjoyed hij the Ru»^ian-Aineriran I'ur Companij upon the gaiil i.ita>J» of St. I'aul- 
 and SI. Ueoree Jo, the term or period of thiily year,: I'loeided, That llie saiil saece<siirs In 
 
 inl.Ti-1 lit the ItusMan Ai can Fur Ci.nipHiiy »liall. at their nwii pmiier cost nnil •xiieii.'e, ami 
 
 willnail 1. V ehariiP wli.ilenr upon Ihe (fi.ver nl «f llie Ciiileil filalis or or Ihe T.rrltury ol 
 
 Alaska, lu.ol.h anil siippiv Ihe native inliahiiants iit Ihe saM Wan.ls "I Ht. I'aul an.l .S|. (;eori!H, 
 
 anili.r al Aleutian Manils. exiinilliu! Ironi Ko.liaek lo ami Inelu.liim the Ulaiiil or /. ou, 
 
 wlih all Ihe n.ers.arie^ an .omKirts „l llie wlii.h Ihe Un,,iaii .\nierieaii fur Coni|.aiiy anil Hie 
 
 «u,.niii (;„verniiieiit weie in ll ahil ol rnriii>liliii; saiil inliahl.anls. inelmlinij tooil, elolliini.', 
 
 fuel, Inmlier, iM-.lrueli.ni le iiselul arts, nhiealion, ami reliLMoii, as lully in all respects as 
 
 Weie enii.ve.l bv ll.eiu »• any time wl.ilc un.le, tlie Kovenimenl ol' Knssiu-the true sueeessors 
 
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 'of the Hiissinn-Anifricnii Fur ('(Hiipniiy and the propt-r pirrnriimnoM of their nbliKatioiis fmni 
 time to tiiiii' to he .letcrmincMl hy ihc I'rcsliliMil of tin' L'liltfil Sintcs: Proviileil further, That In 
 no case ithiill the said imilve Inhiibilniils he paid less for services iinil liihor rendered to the suc- 
 ces-iors of ihe Ilusslaii Anierlcnii Fur Duiipiuiy than they were aeruslcuMei! to have nnd receive 
 while under the aovermiient of Kussia ; and tlie iniporliUiou and sale to said inhabUanf) of intox- 
 icating liquors of every descrlpllon whatsoever, iinlesn for medleinal purposes, Is atriclly prn- 
 hihited." 
 
 We can scnrccly do more in this iirliclo timn invoke the earnest attention of the 
 public to tlie provi-sions of the bill. It ninv be well to interdict the killing of fur- 
 bearing animals, except by the natives, and to inhibit the use of fire-arras — both 
 for obvious reasons. liut the succeeding clause of the bill, which is printed in ital- 
 ics gives the whole of the Alaska purchase, ."o far as the fur-trade is concerned, 
 into the hands of five or six men, to the exclusion of the rtmaining people of the 
 United States. The assignees and successors in interest of the Russian- A inericaD 
 Fur Company are by that clause entitled to all the privileges and iinniuuities en- 
 joyed by their predecessors on the islands of .St. I'aiil and St. George for the 
 period of thirty years. 
 
 Let U3 e.\amine this. The act of cession liy the Russian Government of the 
 territory of what is known as Alaska annulled all charters and franchises there- 
 tofore enjoyed and jiosscssed by subjects of Russia in the cede<l territory. The 
 Russian-.Vuierican l"ur (Company, however, a corjioraiion organized at St. Peters- 
 burg, siill held, after the cession, certain property in Alaska, consisting of sta- 
 tions, with their houses, stores, etc., steamers and sailing vessels, and this prop- 
 erty they sold out to a number of gentlemen, Messrs. Hutchinson, Louis Schloss, 
 L. Genstle, Wahl, L. Uoscuvilch, and A. Wasserinan. They could not trans- 
 fer their franchises, because those had lapsed by the treaty of cession. But the 
 bill Introduced in the Senate coniiuues to the gentlemen named, as th'- successors 
 of the Russian-American Company, the rights, privileges, and franchises, for the 
 surrender of which, among other things, the Ameriain people hare just paid the 
 Russian (ioverniuent seven mi'liuns of dollars. 
 
 Another extraordinary feature of the bill is the clause conferring upon the Pres- 
 ident of the United States the right, and, we presume, the duty, of "determining 
 from time to time the true successors of the Russian-American Fur Company, 
 and the proper performance of their obligations." There are no successors to 
 that company, and the President can make no such determination. The attempt 
 to force such a succession is an instance of audacity to which we know no par- 
 allel. 
 
 We have no space to go into this subjject more at length at present, but we shall 
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