i avd “Vurisettiq wo oniiitted fr cs 
‘ . ; he 4222 arcl Circth 3 ae 
thir wevytte ; Adie GOALS OF ALASKA. ee 59 
An Caer aaaaameatin we pS, detect YL. 
Statement showing the number and average weight of Alaskan sealskins sold by Messrs C. M. 
Lampson & Co., London, at the sales in December, 1908. 
ofS ane OkRaraeg Athrned GaAdne to 4frt~ eeck Aer tare 5 
é 
«ha tt Numberof} Average 
Classification. skins. weight. 
Lbs. 028. 
Middlings and smalls 69 (4) ane 
Middlings............ wis ee ee eee see 2 3 TL 11->, eo 
Smalls -....-2...-- aise SH Siae aie aia b 574 8 lleM.a 
Large pups.......- €1,500 T 5 Su 
Middling pups.... d 4,631 6 4 hg 
Small pups........ 6,128 5 6+ "Mi 
Ex-small pups..... Ff 2,272 4 lls, 
Ex-ex-smal] pups . eee $5 aid ae wast 68 4 2+»E, 
Fawlty isce22e.c.ss S80) aaah sa sgiss 50 (9) 
Total PEND, 200) | a cusiiactia iis 
aSee average weights of ‘‘middlings” and of ‘‘ smalls,” respectively. 
b Includes 70 unhaired and dressed. 
¢ Includes 80 unhaired and dressed. 
a@ Includes 90 unhaired and dressed and 90 dressed and dyed. 
e Includes 200 unhaired and dressed. 
f Includes 110 unhaired and dressed. 
g Average weight not reported. 
' h These figures do not represent the entire stock. The remaining skins were held over to be sold 
ater. 
EXHIBITS, ETC., SUBMITTED BY MR. ELLIOTT, 
Exursir A. 
(Memorandum prepared for Ways and Means Committee, by Henry W, Elliott, March 10, 1904.] 
A tabulated statement of the items of cost and gain, showing the profits of the business of the 
pelagic hunter. 
The Jordan-Thompson ‘‘joint agreement,”’ in 1897, declared a number of direct 
denials of the truth as to the status of the fur-seal herd of Alaska and the business of 
the human land and sea killers of the same. 
Touching the pelagic hunter, this agreement declared that his business had ceased 
to be profitable, and that he was going out of it faster than the herd declined in 
numbers; so that an equilibrium had been reached and was maintained then and 
would be in the future whereby the herd would not diminish much nor would it 
increase; but it was perfectly safe from extermination, even though it had ceased to 
be commercially valuable. (See items 15 and 16 of ‘‘joint agreement;’’ see p. 47, 
ion Document No. 1994: Office of Secretary.’? Government Printing Office, 
1898. : 
The utter error of this agreement is shown by the record of the pelagic hunters’ 
work, to wit: 
. Price re- 
Year. ae ceived 
r (each), 
24, 332 $8.50 
28, 552 8.50 
34, 168 10. 25 
35, 115 16.00 
24, 050 15. 25 
22,812 19.00 
27,000 17.00 
From the above table of indisputable figures it is seen at once that the pelagic 
hunter has been making an enormous profit out of the business since Doctor Jordan 
declared him bankrupt and going out of business November 17, 1897. The cost to 
the hunter in 1897 of each skin taken was not to exceed $4.50 laid down in London. 
It has not varied much since. ¢ 
. In 1901, when the Canadian hunter found his catch falling off heavily, he bethought 
himself of the ‘‘ Japanese masquerade,’’ whereby ten or twelve of his vessels are enabled 
to hunt all the year round, and thus nullify what little restraint the Bering Sea 
«See supplemental details of cost, following. 
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