New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-27
POPULAR OBSERVATIONS.
THE FISHERIES TREATY.
yNJAMIN POINTS OUT SOME on ITS cCHioD'

Mr.. BENJAMIN PNlNis tti eo'AT vi 49,
FEATURES.
20 the dfforor The TRIBUNE
Sip. n may DO granted that compact De'"ecn
nations regarding a question at issue must gehoi aN'
be la tbs nature Of compromise Dut thA' y :,
cctber different from a surrender cy ei'hor s'u"
looks very mach rs II Mr. Bayard had not "aia ~
The difference II Is evident that due regaru W NV
rights Of our fishermen and to the dignity "a -
limited states neither required nor perIniticu
some OF tho provisions of tho treaty Just u'""
up. but happily not yet ratified by the eena,o'
II St was Of sufficient Importance, for eAaihi'',
IN speclfv In a separate article the nnmper VI
copies Of the charts of delimaton to be alsrO"'v'
why should Great Britain have three copies anu ".
United States only one suppose thai sihgio wy
be lost or destroyed, what then ii the ha''o' -
no importance why award to one party tfipNca"
copiesl ~ A..
In Article " fixing the limits OF exclusion tho
Naedaen Islands are not mentioned. Although ior
some years paratively deserted by the hsh' 'Ho
fs heries there at one period so Important NN
$50 sail OF our fishing feet have been seen al a'io
ALBERT in one day. These isles are liable al any
season to become again a fishing resort. hhat, ~
such event Is TO be implied by this slencef Low
many inches may our schoonero venture ih'iuo a"
imaginary limo drawn across the bay fOrmeu DcI"0"
Entry Island and Coffin Islandi
In Article TX the navigation OF the Strait OF Cahso
Is magnanmously left free to ships a. Of course
III
nothinQ is added to Indicate whether fishing Vessoi'
detained there by stress Of weather shall be free nom
the oBcrons duty laid down in Article y, pAraor-P"
l. which requires fshermcil II so detained ~ any
Dominion harbor, to report, enter and clear II 'hclo
over twenty four hours Now the current running
through the strait OF CansO is so swift and Voiohl
that sailing vessels are often forced to lie By al
Hastings, Port IIawkcsbury Port Mulgraye for days
waiting for leading wind. Must our fishermen thus
detained in the strait be Obliged to undergo the
trouble and expense above specified
Article XIII requires the conspicuous exhibition oS
every United states fishing vessel OF its Official num-
Der on each bow said number being the number OF
the license Her Majestys Government vou' h'acs -.
,r,uf every American fisherman that asks "a sIccid d.
privilege the meIest ordinary co"r'o9'cs m
aIuUue CIVILIZED nations, AID Is Wiling III fe'urn 70 ~
before the word on ne hlsh eeaa va S]u III r.
the brand thai prOciaIns the susefvIeA'y % ~, s
partmcnt state 10 the behesS OF foreign Wv re
Aside tho Disagreement THIS mara WIZ 70 "
prettlest neet in the word IS not THIS publishing JAZZ
national di> grace rather too emphatic manner
Article NV Of the Treaty and Article " OF INC
M,ius Vvcni, specify as OF fine or forfeit
uro preparing hsh in territorial aters;; MS a IS
abuse. To prepare to fish is quite another thns
from actual fishing II does not mean 70 am iUi
in boats Is it not quite within that schooner
floating within tho three mile limit, seeing schooi
of mackerel outside OF the limit ana moving 10" d. u
The fist may in entire good faith make the preliminary
preparst.ons7 Are We unders and that before
dropping limo net in tho wafer an American schooner
may be seized and rerl.apS confscated .
The article allowing the Canadian Government 10
charge 81 80 per ton for license during tho neAt
two wears is mOustrous and absurd, coming a. IL
does when our fisheries depressed by the long In
action Of our Government in properly resenunS our
wrongs.
What the treaty docs not contain Is scarcely less
significant TO the spirit In which IL was drawn Inc
cordial amity existing between the United States and
Great Britain which. it may be hoped, will long CON
tinue, does not require. do the exgcnlces OF a
critical Presidential campaign require tina: We should
allow the OutrageS In Canadian waters TO pass
without the slightest lntmatlOn Of com pensatlOn OF
errct Of
cxigency he reIeated- Since when has II been the
policy OF the Republic to overlook gross nvasiOns OF
our rightsl Since whcn has II become a maxim Of
our Government that the protection Of property.
the rights Accorded by treaties or the honor OF
orr flag outside Of the province Of the Department
Of Of the President Of the United States! In
view OF thaSc facts and because the principles OF
National protection involved In this question raise IL
above local Importance partisan interests. this
treaty demands the careful scrutiny and patriotic
consideration tho part Of our statesman Respect
fully yOurs. s. G.. ". BENJAMIN.
New-Yorl February %, 1888