The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-06-03
CANADIAN SASS.
They VIII Have No Half Way settlement
American Vessels Must Keep Away
or go to the Bottom.

or go to the Bottom.
MONTREAL, QUE, May 30-That there is q
strong undercurrent feeling of Jealousy
and animosity in the breasts of the Eng
lish Canadians here against their Ameri-
can cousins one who has lived here any
length Of time can not fail to discover.
The Canadian press may declare in the
most vehement manner that Canadians,
without exception, have naught but the
kindest feelings for their Yankee neigh
bors, but this is not the fact There. is a
deep-seated prejudice at present and it is
rapidly growing against the United
States citizens and the exports of that
land. The Northwest of the Dominion
has held up its boundIess acres
of prairie land, crossed by the great
Canadian Pacific railroad as the par
excellence of all that is fertile, while the
western States are decrled as being a land
ft only for the Indian and cyclones to visit.
or course, this is all in the interest of i'm
migration, and il word whether true or
false, can be uttered which viii tend to
keep an immigrant with money on this
side OF line 45 Is will surely be said. This
feeling is more due to the knowledge that
of the land of Canada but very little is fit
for settlement or capable of successful cul-
tlvation for the reason that while the
Dominion itself is larger than the whole
territory covered by the United
States, being so far North, hardly
greater number of acres can
be planted and crop grown on account Of
the severity and length of the winters here
and the early frosts than that embraced in
the one State of Texas. The fishery cues
tion, now the subject of dispute, has served
to bring this feeling to the surface, and it
is wonderful how often the subject of war
hainO rOQaihla ic - L
and in the clubs Of this and other cities Of
the Dominion. In the course of an inter
view held yesterday with a prominent
member of Parliament, and who, by the
way, is strong Government supporter,
he said: There will be no
Element Of this question. We will
force 1t upon the States to declare whether
they will keep their fishing vessels out Of
our waters or whether we shall send them
to the bottom" Being asked what course
would be followed by the Canadian cruis-
ers II they met with armed resistance he
said: THE Minister of Marine has declared
that Canada will take consequences, and
In case OF resistance then the officers COM
manding the different cruisers have orders
to shoot such vessel out of the water.
England is at Canada's back" he
added significantly. The Minister
and from him the following information
obtained; There are engaged in the fishe-
ries Of Canada 59,493 men. According to
provinces they are as follows: Nova SEQ
tia, 29,9O5; Quebec, 1892; New Brunswick
lO,1S5; Ontario, 2,716; Prince Edwards
Island, 1885; British Columbia, 1,S30 The
sixty thousand men are employed in LII
vessels of As, T2S tons measurement and
$2,O2l6S3 value, and in 2S,472 boats of 1852, :
251 value. The official figures o. the value
OF the fisheries last year are as follows:
Nova Scotia, $S,2S3 822; New Brunswick,
-, ,43l; Quebec, $1,7l9,4 459; p z. Island,
81, 293, 429; British Columbia 81, ,07S OBS; On
tario, $l,342,69l. Total, S17,722, ,973. The
most valuable fish to Canada is the cod, of
which 8, $50, 732 worth was caught last year.
The other chief fish were: Lobsters, S2,6l3,-
13l herring, $2,475, l1S; mackerel, $1,504,-
429 salmon, 81, 152, ,34S; and haddock, white
fish, trout and sardines, from $500, 900 to
S25O,OOO worth. The exports of Canadian
fish are, however, of special interest as the
figures show where the greatest trade lies
The fish exports last year were as follows:
To the United States, So, $50, ISL; to Great
Britain, 81, 543,37 (; to British West Indies,
81 ,552 S6S; to Spanish West Indies, Sis, 1855;
to French West Indies, $3.50, 235;; to South
America, 1895, ,6iT. The total Canadian ex-
ports amount to $7,96000l. The total cost
of the fishery service is S153,2l5 per year, a
small sum for the protection of an industry
producing nearly S1S,000,000 year, and
exporting nearly SS,0O0,000.