Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-05-20
LONDON LETTER.

International Fisheries Exhibition
An interesting Array OF Exhibits-
Important failure. o..
Es,ecinl Correspondence Of The Sandy herls'e'
2 LONDON, May S.-Beyond all doubt ha'
Gland is the richest nation on the lace Oh
the earth. And why? II its wealth be due
10 its insular position, as enyious Germans
delight 10 tell the. proud Britons.' then
II follows that the inhabitants OF Polynesia
should. instead Of remaining the lowest OIL
sayases, take rank Is the chief commercial
plenipotentiaries Of the globe. H. on the
other hand their inordlnate riches be o~-
ing to the mineral treasures secreted, ike
a miser's hoard, beneath the sol-to the
coal, the iron, and the limestone found, In
marvellous contigni,y, under certain part
of this land-then il follows again, thai
every other nation possessing the same
geological advantages ought to De aole 10
rank in
OpuIence aud Power
with the English. And yet geologists have
shown that there is the same amount OF
mineral stores distributed throughout the
continent, but which are allowed to re-
skill and enterprise TO work them. Nor
can it he urged that the vast productive
ness of this country is due 10 the propl-
tiousness of the climate; for surely toa
land where the blue sky IS seldom seen
from one years end to another. nature
cannot be said TO have been especially
bountiful. Moreover. 1t is idle to refer
English Supremacy
TO the Saxon blood, which, enthno.ogiSts
delight to tell us, flows in the veins OF
every Englishman, since in the very heart
OF Saxony itself is to be found the great
mass of this same Saxon race stepped to the
lips, at the present day, in such squalor
snd surfdom as the inmates OF work
house here would hardly tolerate.
The truth is, neither geography nor eth,
nology, can solve this politico economical
problem. The English are what they are,
not because of their island position, not
because they live in anything like genial
atmosphere, nor because they spring
from this race or that, but because they
have in their natures fusion OF common
sense, pluck and enterprise. Nothing IL
Illustrates this fact more than the fostering
care constantly bestowed upon her varied
industries. Take, as an instance, the fish
cries interests and see what elaborate prep
arations that are now being made Tor the
coming
Great international Fnheries EShibi-
lion
Patronized by Her Most Gracious Majesty
the Queen, and under the immediate pres
idency of the most popular Prince OF Wales
England has ever had, and a brilliant array
of poble men as Vice Presidents, there will
he inaugurated next month the grandest
exhibition OF the kind ever known, which
must result in placing the fishery interests
OF this country conSpicuously in advance
of all other nations. The Congress OF the
United States, seeing the Importance OF
this exhibition, at its last session voted an
appropriation OF $1,000 10 deiray the ex-
penses OF scientific displays, &c, under
Prof Biard, of the Smithsonian Institute.
All the Canneries on your coast will he
represented, and applications for space
have already been made here by great
many packers OF fish from other countries,
but with the exception OF Dickson X Rem
wick, H. T. Ward Il Co.. Jno. Gillian, Jno.
Moir & Son, DeMar 4 Webb and Latham.
no application for American account have
been made. lt.is most important that all
the salmon packers should be represented
here because their best maCkrel are here.
Among the Entries
| note new solder for making tins for
timed fish, specimens of herring and tirk-
ms, working mode. of improved methods
OF caring fish, automatic labelling machine
for lobster and salmon tins, models of
Frurrian's curing establishment, fish clean.
ing machinery, tin can openers, scaling and
slicing knives, and a working patent of
fish curing mill. This will be very inter
esting. The house, which has been Speci-
ally built, is TO be 3GEIO feet and four
floors. ,Ehe fish are cleaned, beheaded,
cured. &c, &c., all by machinery. There
will be also photographs of fish drying
before the sun, antiseptic huid, sailed and
dried cod tish, preserved oysters, canned
herring, maCkerel, lobsters, salmon, sar-
dimes, funny fish, &c, smoked haddoCks,
cured herring, prepared anchOries, picked
cod, cooked and picked sprats, Prann's
shrimps pile heads, smoked fish, knives
used in fish carving, appliances used i'll
cooking fish, knives for opening shell fish,
cod liver oil, ltos'S fish sauces. Let us urge
salmon packers and those interested in
opening up outlets for these goods to be
represented, for visitors from all parts of
the world will be here. The governments
of Japan, Morocco, Tunis, Isnzi.
bar and even China, ancient and
immOvable, have decided to take space.
The buildings which are now in an adj
vanCed stage of completion cover about
forty acres of ground, are located in the
gardens of the Royal Horticultural SOCi-
ETY. at South Kensington, and adioiu the
South kensington Museum.
An Important Failure
in the shipping and American canned
goods trade occurred here this week.
Messrs. Francis Carville Il Son. of Ireland,
London and San Francisco, had'to submit
Their liabilities are stated to be GD0, 600
about one million tive hundred thousand
dollars. The house was q very old
one, having been established seventy
or eighty years ago in Ireland. A
year ago there WAS some ugly rumOrs
atlcat concerning this firm. but they were
closely hushed up, and fear and suspicion
had pretty we'll subsidized and when the an
nouncement was made of their failure
much surprise was manifested. 1t is be-
lieYed the failure of this house will surely
affect several smaller ones in fact Messrs.
Lndergraw Il Co. have already suspended
in CO nsequenCe. They have conn eCtiOns
in all the hacking houses