The Penn's Grove record., 1888-10-20
SATURDAY. OCTOBER ~. lNN-
The Fishermen and the Tariff

down and reason on this great question
where it effects the ]lahoring men OF this It"
zion. .As each political party has consider
ed the fishing industry ot-urh grea, lmp"t
rant in our county q, To favor ii with Il SEP
crate plank in their County platforms let Us
take that industry ~ It representative one
Tor consideration. aud see whrthcl tn" pre-.
sent taritf law. the Mills Till, or the Nenat'
Hill Is most favorable To the fishermen IN
itrc>t.
We will take the -hId fishing industry "i
the Delaware river and bay. The Fish
Warlcu~' reports. a~ published. state there
wen, last spring ti~hcd opposite Bnriins-
ton rounty lni ~had nets Of an aggregate
length of II. $50 flthoms by 3o~. In Cam
den county there were 40 nets making
20 1nu fathomS by 30 men. In Gl"uct>-
Ter county there were l27 nets, making IN,
$50 tathoms. iiShcd by 27lmgr. The War
den>' report for the upper district OF Salem
county gives l55. Of 81 400 fath"ni-, tished
bv 80 men The Warden of the lower
district of salem county reports 100 nets
ana, t,.Ia,,,. f.bad by 3Jn
men.
Thi, make, the gill-tishing industry OF
thrs, four counties aggregate 6-b nets oi
.nn- ,,n t.u ,i,;n,, .mnlovmept to ~
~. -. Lay. !, IN he one Of
-, a.. l,r,..t industries in
.,E I,'.1,,,1 ,,o.t ,.sur.dIy worthy nt
..;.. nr ,,.aJ,r,,;on hy our law makers.
a. s1ai oni An, In vested in it each year, ar-
,ordino f., tlr State Fish Commissioners
rrr.,rt lust pnbliShrd
,tvitb.tYndin fins net i, made OF thu
hrst linen thread it only Lasts one Seasons
f.bip. af .ls,nt .ix weeks. Fishermen
b,y, fund by experience that the hest
u;,.i i tin. chr,r.St ~ ii catches the most
.b,d and dn,S not last longer. and. som"
finn. ,,t rs long a., NEEDED
Liz. many other manufactured articles.
IN o.f th,. best, Won have L" importi il. Why
r,nt his country with ii~ most rich rr-our-
ra. il, rroduction. with it, inventive genius,
and with its skilled ami m'>i tI''''"' ""'N
men manufacture Irvine a. ='"' it. e'"-
where? Well. beca'~r It does NOT t'l7e a.
good ila> Is Ireland. Can We import 'n'
flax Tor our factories and thus MAKE WON
for our lib"rine men, No not ii"h''''E'
htcalt>c the government imposes Il "le VI
$40 - on every >l"o worth "i 'i"N H'''"
and S52l on each 9l"" worth "i HAN '""
imported into This country.
Well then we'll have our Irvine man
ut,cturcd in ireland where the best iiaA
rows and bring that over. Hold on there
say, UncIr Sans officer. YOU have t" pay
me tncrat, for every dollar you paid those
Irishman for that Irvine ol you can't have
it. Why do You want to u,e that pauper
labor stun for. PafroniIr Your " colin
trymen. use American twinc and have II"
dealings with those Irish free traders.
The fishermen replies; Il want IRISH
tWinc. | can afford t" pay a 'ilr' more ''i
ii because | can soon catch many more STA"
with it 10 pay the difference more '"''l
once Take it along then. says The
officer. Your a pretty believe in protection
to american industry" "Ccrtaimly ! am,
t.rtiuu M, own interest. That's all other
lonk after who howl free trtdr.' The
American mouuiucturcr looks out inr him
self and cares nothing for me. 1 propose IL