Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-18
THE FISHERY TREATY,
OR WHAT A NEW YORK HERALD MAN
CALLS The SAME,

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WASHINGTON CITY, Feb. ls-Tho New
York Herald's correspondent here tee-
graphed to his paper Friday night the fol-
lowing, which he says is substantially aud
correctly the provisions of the fishery treaty
signed tho other day at this city 10y the Can
adian and British commissioners and Secre-
tary Bayard and the other American repre-
sentatives:
Within marine league from tho shore
three miles-Canada is to have exclusive
jurisdiction This comprises the So called
inshore fisheries The report that tine limit
has been extended to four miles is incorrect.
1t remains at three miles as originally fixed
by the treaty of 1878.
The headland question is finally disposed
Of. 1t is not true. as stated in some papers,
that when bay is more than eight miles
wide the line of demarcation is to by drawn
from headland to headland. The bay must
be at least ten miles across. Within that
point American fishermen may go, but
they cannot fish. In all other cases the three
mile limit is to follow the contour of the
shore line An international survey of
the limit is provided for. All parties are to
be equally represented, and thus the common
and the exclusively Canadian waters will be
clearly defined for the first time and here
after there can lie no controversy as to what
waters Americans may fish in. The Ameri-
can fishermen have not contended for the
privilege of fishing near shore, those fisheries
having lost their commercial value. Our
H.,
the Canadian fish take to the deep water In
case Of stress of weather, our vessels may go
nywhere they see fit, aud take shelter in the
nearest Canadian harbor.
BY the terms of the treaty the United
States specifically comedies to Canada the
right to exclude us from buying bait in any
of her ports. There is no penalty attached if
any Canadians should sell our fishermen bait.
But under the treaty stpulatiOns American
fishermen will no: be supposed to buy any
Canadian bait Secretary Bayard and his
colleagues yielded this at IA stage of the pro-
cseding as concession productive of good
feeling and results Under tie terms of the
treaty our fishermen may go into any and ali
Canadian ports for all other supplies except
bait, and to ship and tranship tue catch to
American markets in bond. OF course the
customary tonnage tax will have to be paid.
right to determine what vessels and under
what regulations they shall enter her ports,
the Canadian minister contendei that these
vessels should first obtain license but this |
is SIMPLY au 30. X. license" 1t is provided |
that no charge or fee shall be exacted for
these licenses. They will merely |
be in the foIm of the Cana
dian authorities approving or writing |
40. X "on American customs officers permits |
to touch and trade in Canada. For three |
years this administration has been trying to |
have this arrangement put into force but the |
Canadian authorities have always ignored |
this, and vessels that touched and traded I'M
der this license have been seized by them.
There is reciprocal or retaliatory clause
in the treaty. 1t provides that Canadian
fishermen shall have every privilege in our
our ports that Americans have in thors, and
no Others Thus, for instance under strict
Of the treaty Canadian fisher
mon would no longer bc able TO buy bait in
Portland, 1t In also provided as concession
10 Canada that tho administration will strive
10 secure congressional action Tor tho frao
'ntry or full interchange OF salt, coal and
unbcr from tho Dominion, hut thus il not a
TO tho perfection OF tho treaty.