Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-03-02
THE FISHERIES TREATY.


The Detroit Tribune prints an inter
view with Pre-, ident Angel, who was one
OF the members Of the recent ii ,heries
commission, giving his views with refer
ence to the treaty. He said
When the representatives. of the differ
ent gOI erumeu' first met aud comp pared
views they differed So widely in the + pro
positions and methods that it seemed
altuo>t hopeless TO anJiclpar4 that they
would ever come together. Now, | want
to point ont to you d few of the benefits
which | think we have gained or Will have
gained when the treaty submitted by the
commission l. ratified by all the parties il
interest. The chief source of trouble to
our fishermen here has been that when
they ran within three miles of the Cana
dian shore for shelter they were obliged to
sail their vessels at times distance to
some custom house and enter aud clear.
BY the treaty OF ISIS our vessels were al
lowed the privilege of entering ports for
four objects, shelter, repairs, wood anG
water. But this section of the treaty was
so encumhered and numbered by the laws
Oh the dominion government that the
privilege was entirely stripped Of its
value. hese conditions by the treaty will
All he taken on ana Oh argos for dues, pilot
aye fees, etc, have All been dispensed with
W ny, when our vessels ran mo a port il
distress ihey were not allowed to purch& Sc
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worth OF ;heir cargo, Tlis Is now chang
Ell, and they can sell and buy food, and
get all casual aud ueedtul supplies the
same 4 other YES sells. The judicial pro-
cedure was one of the creates. annuvauces
ana troubles to our fishermen. Now tLis
Is all Simplliitd and made inexpensive.
Formerly our fishermen did not know and
could not tell when they were within the
three'mlle limit. This is to be rectitied so
that they Will all be able to know their
whereabouts by charts and buoys.
we lett the matter of selling bait OPP
tlonal, as our men say they don't have to
buy bait in Canada, while the Canad ans
do have TO buy our bait. For this reason
we left that poinl OPTIONAL as we might
WISH some time te restrict them from
puylng. We were long time getting
down TO the real work of the commission,
the interests OF all parties being 50 varied.
The British and Canadian commissioners
We're especially anxious to make recipro-
cal free-trade part of this meditation
before they would settle on the fishery
question. More than half the time was
occupied in this eudeavor The real work
mas been done within the past month. We
told them over and over again that the
tartl was matter which must be settled
by Congress, that We could do nothing
about IT.. must say that if the treaty is
nOt ratified by the senate they will make
great mistake, in my judgment. What
ADDS decidedly TO the strength of my opin-
ION, that We have been able to yet decided
" the best OF the yaSe in the treaty is that
the radical Canadian papers are all SO
opposed to It, | think the contracting
government did decidedly generous thing
IN granting us the many privileges which
lhey do, III the two years temporary treaty,
as IL would get us into no end of trouble
IL this were not done"
, President Argell was quite decided in
MS conviction that the \ mpripAu minis