The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-11-10

Fhe quantity OF fish caught and smoked and dried in
the U tied States in 1910 CAT qunals Of lbs
weight each ,.aad Of picked fish 47a ssst barrels
The quantity Of fish caught and smoked and dried in
In szO was $3.50 quntas and picked
The fish caught and smoked and dried in Maine i.
The fish caught and smoked and dried in New Hamr
shire in lsaO was 2S,267 quintes and of picked fish,
Mackere are caught with line and no * writer in
the North American hevew in " 100, page g. says:
eve have heard more than fisherman say that he
had caught sixty mackerel in minute Certain 1t is,
that some active young will haul in and jerk OF
h and throw out the line for another with single
ton and repeat the act in rapid succession that
TO be continually on the swingn
Mackerel are ca gh off the coast of Nova Scotia with
the seine net az hundred barrels have been caught
by seine at single haul
The Newfoundland fishery was commenced in 1904 BY
vessels from Biscay Breagne and Normandy in France
lis increase rapid In 1917 It employed so vessels Of
different European nations in 1877 the number was $780,
ncro snys that in 1878 four hundred vessels came
annually from Portugal Spain, France, and England
In 1903 there 200 engaged in It, and inclu.
ding the shoresmen or curers, 1000 men.
though not exclusively American fishery furnishes
the following statements:
nnd is SAID ey writer rite Of authority that in 1850 the
that the number in 1910 1900 and that in 1870 Il
was 2,ooo These estimates regarded, however.
Waller Raleigh who fixed the annual value Of the fishery
at ten millions sterling Witt who said that ever
ments were believed at the time they were made and
their correctness contended for now"North American
Repicc, No. 100, 81
WHALE FISHERIES STATES
The imports of these fisheries into the United States
Tor the year s4s are thus stated in the Boston Daily I'D
Ships and barques l93 briggs 49, schooners 10 max re
total tonnage Of 81 5ss tons These vessels brought 10
165 a barrels Of sperm OIL s6i barrels Of whale OIL
and 90s 047 pounds OF bone.
The exports Of srermaceti and whale oil and whale
bone Tor the nine months ending the aoh day Of june
candles he Hanse Towns and Holland are our best
customers for whale OIL but England takes nearly all the
The first regular attempt to engage in the whaling bu
siness in this country was about the year i67a-tha
y engaged in it. In 1872 the town Of Nantucket formed
coparnership with James Lassar for carrying the
the whales then being numerous in the neghborhood Of
the island The first sperm whale taken in l7l2 by
Christopher Hussey Nantucket VIII leman, who was
blown on shore while cruising for right whales From
this commencement lthe business Increased and in 1915
Nantucket had six els Of thirty forty burthen
engaged in this business elding about $4,000 per
mum. From this all beginning the traffic has grown
TO its present paramount importance among the various
branches OF American Industry.
Mn Grinnel member OF Congre So from Nav Bedford
stated during 'he last session thar whaling feet
consists Of $50 ships &C. tonnagng 200 600 tons, WHICH
~ 500 ofcers and seamen, one half OF whom are green
hands when the vessels ssi The value Of the annual
000 when manufactured is increased in value to O0e
OOS 80 OOOOeO Taking the entire Of exports
81 O0OOO, there will be from six to millions in
value to be consumed at home. MIR Grnnell adds -
Although this interest is not directly protected by
the tarin OIL lo@9 as Its products are cheaper IN this
country than in any other, yet those concerned in 1t
are decidedly IN favor OF the prot Give policy They
have found experience that when the manufacturers
and mechanics Of the country actively employ red
they can sell their products at ar prices and that when
duties have been low and almost without dscrmin alton
In favor Of such articles made in hi country,
has been difficult TO make sales low prices Thay
are Ia favor of the protective policy, notwithstanding
that the duties each whale ship and outfits of $50 tons
amount to 100 they find themselves fully compensated
by he home market"
This heet Of whaling ships Says Mr. o. larger than
ever pursued the business before; commercial history
furnishes account any parallel Our ships
number those OF all other nations combined and the pro-
ceeds OF its enterprise In proportion and dused TO
every part OF our country The voyages Of those
gagged In the sperm fishery average three and half
years. they search every and cruise three and
Jour months with man at each head the look
out,~ihout the cheering light Of whale.
Governor Briggs, in his inaugural speech the 10th
January lsaa says that Massachusetts has 900 900
and 5000 men engaged in the fisheries 1--WE presume he
nome fisheries and the whale fisheries together
and that her share therein is twice az great as that OF
the ether States OF tn, Union.
We omitted TO mention in the proper place that the
value Of dried Goldfish and of picked herring shd SAL
and macerel exported during the ae months end
ing with the 30h September last $agi All Cuba
Hayt ard the other islands Of West Indies are our pri
cpa consumers for these articles Nat. Intelligence,
New GRENApA.-A few late papers from New
Grenada have been received via Valparaiso. Thu
Congress- by law recently passed. has declared the fol
lowing ports open for importation and expectation.
the Atlantic, Rio Hachs Santa Martha CaIthagens Por-
cfc, rumaco, Buen,, Mentura, Panama, Montijo, and
Boca Chica. And declares pors of dpnostp On fhe Al