458 INVESTIGATION OF THE FUR-SEAL INDUSTRY OF ALASKA. 



Mr. Clark. That is exactly the same thing. 



The Chairman. I mean that "no seal was too small to be killed" ? 



Mr. Clark. Yes, sir. The yearlings were not there. 



The Chairman. Is that false or true ? 



Mr. Clark. It was true. 



The Chairman. Was it false or true when you reported that to 

 the Government ? 



Mr. Clark. It was true. 



The Chairman. It is true that "no seal was too small" to be taken? 



Mr. Clark. No seal on the hauling grounds was too small to be 

 killed. Now, I would like to read again my statement at the bottom 

 of page 853 of Appendix A. 



The Chairman. Did you read that this morning? If so, it is not 

 necessary to read it again. 



Mr. Clark. Very well. I do not want it to be forgotten. 



The Chairman. You called it an effective clean-up, did you not? 



Mr. Clark. Yes, sir; but not a clean-up of yearlings. 



The Chairman. Did you not write a letter to Dr. Homaday in 

 which you stated they took yearlings ? 



Mr. Clark. I may have said exactly the same thing I have said 

 here, that a few yearlings — that is, animals under 5 pounds — had been 

 killed, and may be admitted to be yearlings. 



The Chairman. Did you not write a letter to Dr. Hornaday and 

 state that the company took yearling seals and defended it on the 

 ground that it was good policy because they might have been caught 

 by the Japanese sealers in the high seas ? 



Mr. Clark. I defended the policy of cleaning up the hauling 

 grounds. 



The Chairman. Did you say that ? 



Mr. Clark. I do not recall that I did. 



The Chairman. Did you send me a copy of that letter? 



Mr. Clark. I do not know whether I did or not. 



The Chairman. If you said it, it was true, was it not? 



Mr. Clark. It is true with an explanation. 



The Chairman. Do you want to explain that also ? 



Mr. Clark. It is all subject to explanation. I said that yearlings 

 were killed in 1909 to the extent of seals below the weight of 5 pounds, 

 and everything I have said about yearlings is dependent upon that. 



The Chairman. Upon the weight ? 



Mr. Clark. Yes; that is the standard. That is what the regula- 

 tions were fixed by. 



The Chairman. Did you write a letter to Dr. Hornaday of Feb- 

 ruary 18, 1914? 



Mr. Clark. I do not recall the date. I have written to Mr. Horna- 

 day. Mr. Hornaday said I bed to the Secretary about my figures in 

 1909, and I had some correspondence with him regarding the matter. 



The Chairman. When did you see Mr. Hornaday last? 



Mr. Clark. I never saw Mr. Hornaday in my life. 



The Chairman. Did you write to him before this date? 



Mr. Clark. I do not recall. I have written to him ever since I 

 found out he made that charge against me, and I have never gotten 

 any satisfaction from him. 



The Chairman. You wrote to him, though, did you not? 



Mr. Clark. Yes; I wrote to him. 



