The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-11-07

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A correspondent oi the cincinnati E"-
q"''er mas oeen Interviewing len Butter
upon the new phase assumed py the
Resulted IN some interesting ihiornati"h
opinion 'iia' "hi pe senei any ehuofSeu py
'he e amer iean psopiec
me T'a'elien. Di uen nu'iei snoNs mN til''
we we nave oeen nitnep e"tca,'y s"i''-
1ieu anu comP;eteG oleiieacn.u oy the
'i,. oanaui""' IN ~ :nis ". -. pu'.n o,S'-
many 'hey Giaiuieu 'hs Iish' 70 c1h'roi ihe
HTnins N;.nin on,.. n'es VI ne siiore'
| iSiioSips Its ihoen'".iohs, "u. d. ,,e .iihe
taey resneu 70 ioioe Us my ~ tne i.eciPfo-
Guy irea'y lhey assumed 'ne IIgnt 10 keep
our lshelmeh GU. Vi 'nei' pays py reius-
ing 70 aiio" .hem 10 c.G+s line from
ieauinhu " heauiahu' Ni'sout iesafu 10
'ne oi7'ahIe Vi .ha' iine rom ,he man
Shore, ana 'ii,s Iisn, was cohiiriieo py 'he
Jaw oiice,S % VI. .rJSn n upon an in'elPfe-
la'io' u ,he 'iea', ~hiuh ''ie; themselves
now "umi' was ERRONEOUS. AS ,he Nova
? sco'ians were anA'ous Ior the 'rdoe Oh our
nshermen' .he oahaGian authorities
conSen'eu " license system
anu allowed our nsnerhlen 10 hsn
Wi'nin .lIee mrs upon 'ne P'Hmeht oi oo 90
cents 'on, shien, as we hau a'put loooV
IONS Oh sniPPlng Pn on tneir COAST, amounted
10 ABOUT s',ooo. Inc second year the lee
was Increased 10 81 ION, ana most oil our
nsheruien pau II, pu' 'he .nifu year 'hey
raised IL 70 = per lon. "nich c wouia nave
yleidsd thetn nearly soo,.pp, mad not our
nSnsrhen Ieiasea 70 pay IT,.
Mean"hiie We were iorced In !he Keep
,oci.y ireaty' anu, aiteI i's expiration In
1870, the " ashihston treaty ol 1911 was
reiied upon 10 settie the dlsputes between
our fisherman ana the canadian authorit-
les. Inc Provisions Oh mat treaty are we'll
kho"n: Inc ohi'ed states agreed That the
Sananlan hsn shouio come INTO our ports,
duty iIee, that 'he oansdian fishermen
shouid nave the same privileges upon our
shore from oape May 10 Passport as our
own h'hermen' and that We would pay |
Whatever money award three commission
ers should decide as an equivalent for the
right during tweiVe years, the period oil the
treaty
Hhat has been the result! Our fisher
men nave peen ruined py Canadian compe-
tiuon. we nave lost In uuties upon hsh
and hsh-oil sioO,ooO per annuD, or IN
gross amount, nearly S2,ooo, oOo. In ad-
ditlon TO ,nis, We nave heen taxed so.3uO,-
Ooo iof ngnts mat lev years ago the
canadians onered al soCooo per annum,
and our people thousnt IL 100 dear. Upon
lhe top o. this, the fnghsh Government
now oners iuftner inoisni'' 10 our own
'y setting aside 'he provision. OF the irea'y
% iavor oil the local laws q NewIoundland,
when TINS very colony OF NewIoundiand
passed special act IN 1919 70 make an the
reaty provrions appiicsole 70 IL as wen a.
o tne rest Q, tne nomin'on. IN Inc iace OF
reaty, the NeWloundianGers nave Destroy
d the properly oi our iishermen and driv-
n them from nshing GROUNDS where they
re allowed 10 nsh py the treaty, and the
Ingilsh Government not Only Paii,ate-
'ut indorse Inc Outrage, ana 'h,s without
ven Gaining Iof the tes'lmony ot our hsh-
rman or bearing their side OF the story.
Gen. Butlers opinion of the outrage Is
hus forcibiy expressed: .,
u hope that no money VIII oe paic Until