The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 15, 1916, Page 5

weor.rs at nene Paral Geel ae8sF asagxe 3 \ Spa — STAR—TUESDAY, AUG. 15, 1916, PAGE (PAID ADVERTISEMENT) “To the Hon. Charles E. Hughes, a Public A Statement by John E. Ballaine in View of the Activities of Agents of the Alaska Syndicate in an Attempt to Control the Republican Party in This State, of the Attitude of Suppression by the Post-Intelligencer, and the Boasts of Officers of the Alaska Syndicate That They Will Kill the Government Alaska Railroad Under the Next Administration To the Honorable Charles Hughes 1 ad Fequest that you take ss you this open letter to oceaston tn your Se to define your policy e president, with € » Alaskan developments eula with reference to the vance or discontinuance of Alaska railroa struction, and the eats and active propaganda Alaska Syndicate to ki nistration, is an wnnsnal A request, but ns existing in ret ramifica Maska Syndicate influ ence, make it the only way to deal effe ly with the subject ple, the Seattle, Post Mntelligen the republican news paper organ, habitually suppresses all reference to the Alaska Syndr ¢ate’s opposition to the Governmen Alaska railroad, while high officers of the republican state central com mittee, the King county republican parent eee tes, the King County John €. Ballaine, for Congress and i rev : ns Rer fean club, and 3,000 Miles of Government Railroads wa republican in Alaska artisans of the in some instances the attorneys of the Alaska Syndi fate, unknown to the other officers and to the membership of those dodies ‘ The Post-1 sed to publish articles fre particulars of such opposition, marked “paid advertising id for as advertising. over my own signature, unless | woul e out the na of J. P. Morgan & Co., the Guggenheim Brothers and the Alaska Syndicate Besides, this is cer has givin subject of very ¢ t importance to the Ame people. involving as it does, the quest whether some of the ri Bineral rew es in the world are exploited by r exclusive profit and benefit of the Alaska Syndic r those resources and the opportunities in Alaska are to ed in a manner to make permanent homes for milli American citizens. It the biggest questions before the American people. For your nformation, let me give a brief review In into negotiations with J. P. Morgan & Co. through G. W then an officer and ckholder in that firm to ascertain whether 4 finance a company to buy fror the Canadian owners the Alaska Northern railroad and continue from the sou n coast through the Susitna valley to the Tanana river. My negotiations continued an entire year. Mr. Perkins went to Alaska in July. 1909, met me there. and told me he would favorab! recommend the pro: In February, 19 im Brothors, be ”. Morgan & Co Perkins info me in New York t & equally interested in the Alaska Syndicate ] fused to give their consent, since they warded the Tanana valle sir territory.” He informed. me rat that time, to use his exact words, that Al ould “not allow a railroad to be bullt to interior Alaska I then organized and carried on a nation-wide campaign for the iding of Government owned and Government operated railroads in Alaska, the details of which and of my negotiations with Mr. Perkins are contained in my statements before the House and Senate Com mittees on Terrftories, when the Alaska ratiroad bill was under con te ka Syndie My campaign resulted in the Government Alaska railroad act of March 12, 1914, The Alaska Syndicate, through strong lobbies in Washington, which included Seattle men, tried unsuccessfully amend and defe the purposes of the Government Alaska railroad bill by having ft pro vide for a commission named in advance, ali of which appears fully fn the official records and in the Congressional de on the bill Failing in that, they then waged an aggressive campaign to try to compel the Government to buy the Copper River & Northwestern railroad from them at a price that would have absorbed the bulk of the Government railroad appropriation. Government experts advised against such purchase because of the imminent danger of the destruc tion of that railroad by advancing glaciers and because of the absence of resource along the route from that railroad to the Interior. All these things, too, are matters of official record, with which I should be pleased to supply you Failing in these undertakings, lobbyists for the Alaska Syndicate began a systematic and relentless fight last winter to prevent further appropriations to carry on the Government Alaska ratlroa) The Alaska Syndicate is carrying on that opposition now. here in as well as in Washington and New York If you have time to go into the matter, | can give you the names of the men who are in charge of the opposition e Alaska s jicate. 1 can tell you of a visit paid personally b a high official of the Alaska Syndicate io a wea'thy resicent of New York in an attempt to deter that person from taking out leases in the Matanuska ¢oai fields and from shipping that high grade coal over the Govern ment railroad to the markets of the Pacific coast. I am willing to give you the name of the person visited by this official of the Alaska Syndicate, so you may learn at first hand, from a person well known by you, that the officials of the Alaska Syndicate are boasting that they are going to kill the Government Alaska railroad under your ad ministration Richt here in Seattle they are carrying on an active but campaign, in a suite of offices in charge of an Alaska banker and wperchant, whose name and the location of whose offices | am prepared to give you, as well as the proof of all the statements I make in this secret open letter. Since the secret work of the agents and Syndicate to kill the Government Alaska railroad and to turn Alaska ever to the Alaska Syndicate for private exploitation involves an at tempt through newspa control to use the repu n party and the regresenta ted by it from this state as the instruments ¢ thé Alaska Syndicate, and is doing great damage to your candidacy 1, 8 a republican who have taken a leading part in a nation : movement to develop Alaska for the equal benefit and opportunity 0 all Americans, ask you in all sincerity to make an announcement in Your Seattle speech which will clearly define the policy of your ad- ministration with respect to the continuance or discontinuance of the Government Alaska railroad project re With great respect, JOHN EF. 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