566 INVESTIGATION OF THE FUR-SEAL INDUSTRY OF ALASKA. 



just wanted to call the committee's attention to that, because there 

 is a discrepancy there which seems to be apparent. 



Mr. McGuire. I do not know about that. Let me see it. Whose 

 statement is that ? 



Mr. Elliott. Mine. Then I quote him, and then on the next page 

 I quote him again. 



Mr. McGuire. What do those stars indicate ? 



Mr. Elliott. I leave out the rest of it and come down to the 

 yearlings. I do not want to deceive the committee. 



Mr. McGuire. That is all about that, unless Mr. Clark has some- 

 thing to say about it. 



Mr. Clark. I do ; certainly I shall have something to say about it. 



The Chairman. Now, turn to hearing No. 12, pages 771, 772, 763, 

 and 764. On page 763 there is a letter dated November 3, 1909, 

 Lakewood, Ohio, addressed to Dr. David Starr Jordan, Stanford 

 University, California, from Henry W. Elliott. On page 764 there is 

 an answer written dated November 6, 1909. 



Mr. Elliott. No; my letter is the answer to Jordan's. The first 

 letter is on page 764, dated November 6. 



The Chairman. That is to you. 



Mr. Elliott. That is to me and my answer follows on page 763. 



Mr. Clark. That letter is dated November 3. 



Mr. Elliott. No; that is a printer's misprint. It should be 

 November 13. That is in answer to Dr. Jordan's letter. 



The Chairman. I have extracts here which I desire to read to the 

 witness, and then, if it is necessary to go into the whole letter we will 

 do so. 



TESTIMONY OF MR. GEORGE A. CLARK— Continued. 



Mr. Stephens. What is the first letter? 



The Chairman. November 6, 1909, page 764, Jordan to Elliott. 

 (Reading) : 



Leland Standford Junior University, 

 Stanford University, Cal., November 6, 1909. 

 Mr. Henry Wood Elliott, 



< 'la eland, Ohio. 



Dear Sir: I have received from the Bureau of Fisheries a letter from you to Secre- 

 tary Nagel, concerning the authorship of a chart which was inserted in my preliminary 

 report on the fur seals in 1896. 



Now, the last paragraph is as follows: 



I take this opportunity to express the hope that you may approve of the effort t° 

 establish a modus vivendi for a time, without killing on land or sea, until the matte r 

 of pelagic sealing can be finally settled. To lease these islands again as things are 

 would be a farce. I see some hope that an energetic discussion with Japan would be 

 successful and the Victoria people are anxious to realize on their rights. 

 Very truly, yours, 



David Starr Jordan. 



Now, Mr. Clark, did you assist Dr. Jordan in preparing and writing 

 tliis letter? 



Mr. Clark. In the second paragraph it seems to indicate that, 

 because I am said to have refreshed his memory about the existence 

 of a chart which was under discussion also. I presume that I helped 

 him to write the letter. 



