Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-03-04

remembered, came To Maine last fall and
sp, Ae at various points in favor ct Mr.
/ CT eley, moved to strike out the item'
am argued against such an expenditure
Nj. FRYE of this District came to the res
Gu. OF the amendment, when the follow
ina debate took place: -
Mr.. FRYE, donot blame the gentle
man from Illinois Mr.. FarnsworthJ for
expressing on his own part profound ig'
norSnce about this matter of fish. The
gentleman went down to the coast Of
\ aine last tall to fish, and from the catch
h made Judge he was quite correct IN
ting that he was ignorant Of the whole
mater OF fishing. [Laughter.l
For my own part admit that have
some ignorance on the subject. Still /
| .,eexamined this matter belong 10
/ q eoriug c!nb which has made it q study
| a.I saw here in the presence of Ibis
| House. that there is uo appropriation in
ua appropriation bill new under consid-
Grafton %, this committee gilmore import
a.co than this sum appropriated Tor the
breeding of food fishes And | viii say
mnher that there was no appropriation
/ in tae last Congress which paid the same
pr,Dortionate return to the Government
OF the United States as that appropria-
ton OF $4,000 did.
just look at the facts Tor moment.
What became OF the $4,000 appropri'
ated9 Professor Baird only got charge OF
it on the lst OF July last year. lie put
$1,000 Of that money in the hands OF the
fishing commissioner OF Maine. That
fishing commissioner went down 10 the
eastern waters Of Maine. lie purchased
six hundred live salmon. lie yarded
those live salmon for four months, keep
ing them in pond until they became ripe.
Then he took from the females their eggs.
and from the males their milt. and I'M
preguated the eggs to the number OF
fifcen hundred thousand. worth IN the
markets OF the world then 100000 in
cold. One, hall of all that product be-
louged by virtue OF the contract to the
United States OF America, anal the value
of that one-half. according 70 the price
demanded for them III Ontario, in Cana
da. was So. 900; which was the return
Tor the 5000 invested.
gain, the Professor sent to Germany
to purchase eggs Of the salmon, aud Ger
many in delicate recognition OF the friend
IL piut Of America, presented him with
two hundred and if(y thousand. He
bought five hundred thousand more. and
the whole number arrived safely NJ New
YCrs. last week.
Again. the commissioned sent Seth
Green across the continent TO the waters
of he Pacific to get eggs there. The
salmon there breed in September. He
wus late in arriving, and only got twenty
o, Unity thousand eggs. Those eggs
were impregna,ed and Matched, and to-
dav are in the waters OF this country.
ard will bring their burden OF wealth to
orr people.
Further. sir. the commissioner sent
nal.ions OF shad from the eastern coast to
Il 0 western, aud had them put into the
r.-,vs and the lakes oftho west. And 1T
rouew experiment this, no un,ried
g. ny, ,hat the Mississippi, the Missouri,
rivers cmp,ving into them. the rivers
,.r.ying into the Gull OF Mexico. may
made literally full of these delicious
.E-l. Il was tried years ago on limited
a.e aud The experiment succeeded.
AlI iu ten years from to day with prop
s- care and recognition on the pau Of
OIL. Government Of The United States.
these mighty waters washing dozen
) es in the great West may be literally
fail of shad: 50 tina: whereas 10 day the
people have to pay twenty-five cents a
pound tor them. they will be enabled TO
purchase them for one cent pound and
they will be drug in the market. Shad
are the natural inhabitants OF every riv-
or on the Atlantic coast, and fifty years
ago every river from the 81. Johns
in Florida TO the Penobscot in Maine, was
literally full OF this delicious fish for PEG.
pie, while to-day there is hardly shad 10
be found in any OF those rivers, except
the Delaware. the Potomac, the Hudson,
and the Connecticut.
Why, sir look at the Connecticut river
it used to be literally full OF these fish,
but destruction commenced and continued
until finally the shad were reduced in
number, so that they commanded twenty
five to thirty cents per pound. The poor
people living there could not use Ihem'
they were u luxury for the rich.
\ few years ago Seth Green went to
Hadley Falls aud established Matching
houses. In 1869 he had Matched fifty
ID Hon shad up there. In 1871 he had
hs:ched seventy. one millions, and in
1872 these fishes were returning from
III sea in immense numbers, and shad
OIL the Connecticut river were q drug and
81 i for five cents per pound. To u GER
tain extent the same is true OF The Hud-
son.
Now. sir. why should the Government
b. called upon to help this States in this
mAtter2 Not only Maine. but New
York, New Hampshire, Vermont, Cali
Il mia, and other States. have taken ac'
Il n I'm rnrnrh in this matler. I'm Cali-