Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-12
FRYE ON FISH.
The Right TO Fish Within the Three
Mile Limit is Absolutely Worthless
10 Our Fishermen.
Tho a dmin istration has Sufficient Power
Under Present Laws to Deal
with the Question.

PORTLAND. ME-, Oct. ll.-Senator
Frye Of the committee on foreign rela-
tlons of the United States senate, which
has been investigating the difficulties
with Canada, was interviewed yesterday.
The committee had Just completed its
work, and, while the senator could not
make public the report, he said testimony
had been taken at Gloucester, Boston,
Provincetown and Portland, and IL
Indicated that there was no necessity at
all for our fishing vessels 10 enter the
ports OF Canada for any purpose except
those provided for In the treaty OF 1918,
viz For shelter, wood, water and repairs.
The Canadians refuse our fishermen alb
solutely and unquall6edly all commercial
rights whatever, and refuse to recognize
as valid our customs permits to "touch
and trade" Both fishermen and owners
agree with great unanimity that they re-
quire absolutely nothing of Canada other
than the treaty rights Of 1918. They agree
that the privilege Of fishing inside the three
mile limit is absolutely worthless and has
been for fifteen years. Finally, the rem.
edy Tor expected troubles IS n higher duty
on salt fish and also a duty for fresh
1sh. by the modern freezing process
lish can be kept as long as they can by
curing In other ways or smoking or
sailing them. They can be sent
from Canada all over the United States In
reirigeratlng cars and landed as fresh
fisb, and thus escape all duty Under the
present construction of the laws nv
opinion, said Senator Frye, is that
the administration has sufficient
power in It's hands to stop
these outrages on the part OF Canada, and
that there Is no reason why the power
should not be exercised Canadian 1sh.
Ing vessels enjoy all rights in our ports
which our own vessels do, while
our vessels are practically deprived
OF them In all their ports. think that
II canada were once satisfied that her in
nictions upon our fishermen would not
result In reciprocity treaty, or free fish
these outrages would Immediately
cease, because as mhtter
OF fact their own people are suffering
much more than ours from this rigId
exclusion. They have been accustomed
to rely very much on our vessels for n
market for their bait and their herring.
and this deprivation is a very serious
matter, Canada desires our markets
they are the best in the world
Tor her farm products, her
wheat, oats, potatoes, hay, starch,
horses, cattle, sheep, etc, and also the
products OF the sea. With these things
her market to us Is utterly valueless,
ours to her Is almost necessity. Great
Britain might agree that we have an
open market In Canada for our
agricultural implements because we sell
them to Canada, and there being no com
petition on these, 1t might be valuable to
us to sell them all the products of our
manufacture, but Great Britain
never would consent that the
Canadian market should he
free to these products while her products
pay duty. | would increase the duty ON
salt fish, place duty on fresh; their du.
ties on fresh are higher now than ours,
and extend II to fresh as well as salt