Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-06-19

open port Of the Dominion of Canada, than |
for the exclusion by the Secretary of the |
Treasury of . deep-sea fisherman from
the port Of New York according TO
The forms of law and for the ordinary puR-
poses Of trade and commerce.
January, 1887. Secretary Manning. in .
to Congress, said:
Bnt the Canadian act, tins having the
royal approval, was intended, as has been
openly ayoved, TO forfeit any American fish
ing vessel which is found having entered
Canadian waters or the port of Halifax to
buy ice, bait, or other articles, or for any
purpose other than shelter, repairs, wood
or water. The plea is that the
treaty Of 1918 permits and stipulates
for such legislation. That we deny. and
reply that such legislation 10 a repeal and
annulment by England of the arrangement
made in 1880. and to that repeal we are en-
titled TO respond by similar repeal of our
own law, and by a refusal hereafter, and
while debate or negotiation goes on, TO confer
hospitality or any privileges whatever in our
ports, on Canadian vessels or boats Of any
sort.
In March, 1877, Congress unanimously
passed an act authorizing the President to
Withdraw similar privileges from the ves-
sels Of any country which should deny to
fishing and other vessels Of the United
States, authorized to touch and trade at
foreign ports, the privileges Of buying
provisions, bait, supplies, trans-shipping
cargo or other commercial privilege.
Up to January last every Democratic
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Democrat stood with the Republicans in
demanding az right that our fishing ves-
4els should be allowed to exercise the same
privileges in Canadian ports that We freely
give TO Canadian fishing vessels in our
ports-to wit those Of buying supplies,
provisions and bait for a fishing voyage
and Of landing fish for sale on payment Of
duty or for trans-shipment to the United
States.
In February last Secretary Bayard com
pleted treaty with Great Britain, in be-
half of Canada, in which Canada allows
fishing vessels OF the United States to
enter Canadian ports only for repairs,
| shelter, water and wood, to land catch
of fish where the vessel has been damaged
by storm and it becomes necessary to
repair, to ship a seaman to take the place
of one disabled, and to buy provisions
simply for homeward voyage but not a
fishing trip--in other words simply for
purposes which humanity could not deny
and refuses to allow our fishing vessels
to enter Canadian ports for the purpose OF
buying supplies, provisions or bait for a
fishing voyage, 10 ship men, or to land fish
to be sold on payment Of duty or to be
trans-shipped in bond TO the United States
unless the United States admit Canadian
fish free n duty, except that for the space
of two years American fishing vessels may
purchase the right to exercise these privi-
lcges by the payment of $3.50 per ton
burthen of vessel each year.
| Article 18th Of the treaty agreed upon
by Secretary Bayard and Commissioner
Putnam in behalf of the United States, and
which every Democratic United States
Senator approves, reads as follows:
Whenever the United States shall remove
the duty from fish OIL whale oil, seal oil and
| fish of all kinds Except fish preserved in oiD
being the produce of fisheries carried on by
the fishermen of Canada and ewfoundland.
| including Labrador, as well as from the usual
and necessary casks, barrels, kegs, cans, and
other usual and necessary coverings contain
ing the products being the produce of fish
cries carried on by the fishermen of the
| United States, as well as the usual and neces-
sary coverings of the same, as above de-
scrbed. shall be admitted free of duty into
the Dominion of Canada and Newfoundland.
| And upon such removal of duties and while
the aforesaid articles are allowed to be
brought into the United States by British
subjects, without duty reimposed thereon.
the privilege of entering the ports, bays and
harbors of the afore said coasts of Canada and
| Newfoundland shall be accorded to United
States fishing vessels by annual licenses. free
of charge, for the following purposes, name
ly
|. The purchase of provisions bait ice,
seines lines, and all other supplies and out
fits.
2. shipment of catch, for transport
by any means of conveyance.
8. Shipping of crews.
Supplies shall not be obtained by barter
but bait may be so obtained.
Until the treaty is adopted, for the space
of two years, Canada in the protocol attached
to the treaty. agrees to give these privileges
to fishing vessels of the United States on
payment of Sl.50 per ton.
This treaty, surrendering the right OF
purchasing supplies, provisions and bait
for fishing voyage, and also the right OF
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privileges which the administration. Con
gress and every Democrat demanded as OF
right up to six months ago, is approved by
the recent Democratic State Convention OF
Maine.
Aud in full accord with the astonishing
"right-about-face" of the Maine Demo
cratic State Convention. in obedience ia
the behest of President Cleveland, every
Democratic paper in Maine is now engaged
in defending the surrender of privileges
for our fishermen in Canadian ports,
which one year ago they, following the
position then occupied by the administra-
ton, were as unitedly demanding as a
right. Some of the Democratic papers
reverse their position without expla nation,
but several, like the Rockland Opinion,
take the dose with explanations of delight
declaring that '.the achievement is a noble
oue,''
PRESS COMMENTS
Upon the Portland Convention and the
Candidate Nominated.