The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-05-24
nErA1lATIoN nEMANplp.
No International Uomm"siOp, No Treaty
No Reciprocity.

No International CUmni'sionI No Treaty
No Reciprocity.
PORTLAND, ME-, May ga statement
embodying the views Of the Portland Fish
ing Exchange has been prepared by secre
tary o. Q. Whitten, and was given to 4
correspondent tonight After protest
against the appointment Of suother com
mission the paper says;
"The question oi the right to seize OF
hold and con6sCate American vessels mos
certainly does not require an internationR
commission Gt this tune, for the Canadian
Government has already seizsd and 10 nov
holding two American fishermen, and /
Great Britain declares that right and up
holds the Dominion Government in the
exercise OF those rights, all that We ask o.
our Government, ,is to pass at once retail
iatory laws, and II will bring the Canadian
Government to realizing sense OF theil
position, for most certainly the use O.
our ports 10 Of far more Importance Il
them than their ports are to tls.
WOAnsda has nothing TO otter the
American fishing interest but what can bt
dispensed with without any great sacrifice
The bait question seems TO be the greai
hobby with the Canadians. They thinE
thew have New England fisheries at theil
viii, and II they refuse To supply our yes
aels with bait, the business must be aband
oned. This 10 greatly exaggerated. Oul
vessels have no occasion t0 90 there iol
half for II cat be obtained elsewhere. Tht
calling at the provincial ports lor trest
bait Ia OF recent origin, probably on &C
count OF some Of the crews in our Ameri
esn vessels belonging to some oil the NovE
Scotia ports, calling home on personal mat
ters, and, bait being there, they bought y
instead, as formerly, taking their nets ant
catching their bait on the fishing grounds
IBut the bait question, with oil tue im
nortance attached TO II by the Canadian
joyernment, Is greatly In Our favor, lel
what could Nova Scotia do In the fisheries
il they could not depend on the State o
Maine for their bait2 At tho presen
tIme Of writing the AChooner Ariel, o.
Tookport, is here loading with bait tol
Nnva Scotia, and probably 10000 barrslI
will be shipped TO the provinces from thiI
State during tnb teabuu' ~ tuey meIo uS
MED procuring bait In this section 1t woult
completely reYolutloniEs the present man
ner oi fishing, for they would be obllget
10 abandon the hand line fishing and re
sort 10 fresh bait, or trawl fishing, busi
ness With which they are unacquainteC
and which necessarily involves q great de
gree Of uncertainty and expense.
The fisheries OF New England 10 not
sectional matter. II Is q large industry
and its magnitude has not been fully com
pretended by our own country. The New tN,
snvland fisheriea have nearly $780, ,OOl
inyested aud, according 10 the last statls
ties the production anounts 70 A3,O4b,
| SSS, giving employment 70 l3l 1926 per
sons, 625,7O4 persons being dependent
npon the business. We want no Iecipro
Sity' With The Dominion oi Canada In re
vSfi i 10 The fisheries. Open free niatke
ior their fiSh means an utter destruction
IL tSs American fisheries and injustice Y
| lie 6shormen. Itfemalns Tot our Govern
ment 10 cay whether the New England
sShery shall continue 10 be An American
enterprise OF be giVeR over 70 Gfea
Britain, We say no international com
mission, no treaty, no reciprocity, but 70
tAiiAtion."