New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-05-22
CLOSE SEASON ron MACKEREL'
NEw-EyGLAND TRIUMPus IN TIE HOUSE.
Mr. HEwIrT's ABLE sPEKCH-DEL,wARE APPETITE
FOR MACKPREI.

Mn uEwlTI,s ABLE sPEKCH-DELAwARE APPErTr
FOR MACKVREL.
Ipr TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIBUNE
WASHINGTON. May 21.-rhe House devoted
large par, the day to tho consideration OF tho bill TO
prevent the taking OF maokero between March l and
Juno l. and after adopting several amendments passed
It by vote OF 100 to 81. Tho chief amendment is
ono offered by Mr.. Buchanan. OF Ncw-Jersey
which permits the taking OF uackerc at any soason by
hook ana line from open rowboats OF not exceeding
twenty keel provided the fish are landed from the
boats which they are taken. Tho debate which pre-
coded the interesting and strong speeches TOT
aud against bill made by Messrs. Reed Breck
enridge Hewitt, Lane and Others. The speeches
OF Reed. Hewitt and Breckenbrdge especially showed
great research fam iarity with the subject
Mr. Hewitts argument largely devoted to an euor'
prove that there Is little or no danger that the taxing
OF mackere during the spawning season VIII result ID
the ultimate disappearance OF these nsh from the AT
lantic coast Of the United states On this point FRO
trssors Baird and Goode have expressed them
selves with great caution and reserve, ana
Mr. Hewitt read their statements to the House. The
measure is one over which Maine and Massachusetts
on the one hand and NewYors the other were ptei
against each other AMI the result was victory Ior to
In his remark. MIR Hewitt said there were three r.,
would follow from s pas iSe FIRST IL "ouIu
deprive large number of people OF cheap ana hu'r-
food; ii would deprive more than Zooo hseTen
OF employment be ween Inc months Oh apii' anu ~;
ami womb connne ackerel h-hing to the states OF
Massachusetts aud Name. The nackerel arrived OF "o
coast about the end OF March al inc mouth vi ~
peakc Bay and proceeded northwad, TeachinR hds-a-
chusetts and Name In the month OF June AZ
when time the operations OF tins oil womb cease.
classes Of sea fish one OF ~ III c'r 10
fresh water spawn and this class should ne pfo'"e
with closed period in- other class u c'npusrn ="
such fish mtckerel. herring, blue h-h ana inenharh
spawned IN fresh water, and In regard 10 Il" IL
ere a remarkable fact that they spawned on mo
surface Of the open the spawn Deln- NJ te rI
Of ne wind and wave. Far from Tie mackrrr l"hery
destroyed II more productive now ihin III any
PREVIOUS perloi Inc spawn OF II sIhRe ~, man ~
duced 100000 eggs hhd IL was mp"s-ipe io ,I" ,i,
destroy these fish fisherman had told MN that
he n.td met school IT uackerei seen mlie' olL i
two miles wide, 30 den-ry packer that II sro", t
thongh the water mad room ampns ITEM.
Yet his KIND OF animal life when the gent rinAn
Maine (ir Hrcd) IN III -ht wOud Ne lfl'rh q" tic
coast II tie fishermen attempted 10 catch lew during
the spawning II was argued that the eHrct vl
bill would he To increase the -le OF inc "cHriri
Iarg- ltckrrel sold for five cents pOuhi aud sWdl
cent pound ana II the argument "'i
corfect The effect Of the bd would he 10 take away
nclerel A he cheap food OF the people and
give il 10 the tables OF tue tlch Inc ll"lse
had possession it' Information on thS sn"e,t
ana Thought mat the proper cohrse was /" reIer s
question to tue Fish Ccmnl-'on Tor ia opinion
Nj NJ lllkcn. OF Maine. supported the Dii: Inc same
argument that Was made AGAINST IL hah pe'h l'ue
against propps ton to restrict the cachlnS OF n
hAicn. IL had been said that mcnhairn cohh Hol p'
been Oh the coast OF Nal tnat thr h-er,
men could not catch enough for bait. The same was
true with the lobster fisheries a., 49, ,
Mr. Lore. Of DELAWARE. san that since tne uhss VI
wooden nutmegs and Waterbury watches he hai never
read OF Huch an ingenious piece oi mecHHhS'n
AZ was contained In the bill 1t was
mackrre from Cape Iatleras to MaS-acslst t
The people OF Delaware did wish TO he confined 10
sat macRerel AS they would be under this bill They
wanted fresh mackercl now and then.
Mr.. Brown. Of PennsylvanI, inquired satricay; no"
many i-h H. would trke TO supply the people o Dcia-
ware lLaughtrr.l
Mr. Lorr-while Delaware IS small don't know that
The appetite people is less on that account Inc
Drawire delegation well There are three Of
and we are SIX feet tall