Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-02-22

VOL. l. NO. 68. THE FISHERIES TREATY. IT IS FORMALLY TRANSMITTED TO
 THE SENATE.
 The President Sends Message Urging Its lsatification-The Main Features of the Document-Of Great Importance to the American Fishery Interests.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 90 By resolution adopted by the senate the text of the Cana dian fisheries treaty, signed last week by the American commissioners and the British plenipotentiaries, was made public yesterday It is voluminous state document in sixteen articles, and appended are protocols of m- portance.
 In transmitting the treaty to the senate the president enters into an extended review of the vexed relations that have existed for over half a century between Canada and the United States over the fisheries controversy He thinks the present treaty solves all these difficulties, and in urging its ratification he says:
 The right of our fishermen under the treaty of 1918 did not extend to the procurement of dis tinctive fishery supplies in Canadian ports and harbors, and one item supposed to be essen tial-to-wt, bait-was' plainly denied them by the explicit and definite words of the treaty of ISIS, emphasized by the course of the negotiation and express decisions which preceded the con- clusion of that treaty.
 The treaty meets my approval because l believe that it supplies a satisfactory, practical and final adjustment, upon basis honorable and just to both parties, of the difficult and vexed question to " hich it relates.
 Following are the essential provisions of the treaty: .. .....
 ment of mixed commission to delimit the waters of Canada and Newfoundland in which American fisherman shall not take, dry or cure fish,
 Article provides that the delimitation under article 1 shall be marked on the British admiralty charts, and that these charts, when signed by the high contracting parties shall be applicable for all purposes under the fishery treaty of 1918. It contains this special proviso:
 ''The three marine miles mentioned in article of the convention of Oct. 20, 1918, shall be measured seaward from low water mark; but at every bay, creek or harbor not otherwise specially provided for in this treaty, such three marine miles shall be measured seaward from straight line drawn across the bay, creek or harbor ill the part nearest the entrance at the first point where the width does not exceed ten marine miles, /" Under article the limit of exclusion at points more than three marine miles from low water mark arc established in the Baie de Chaleurs, St. Ann's bay, Fortune bay, Harrington bay and Long Island and Bryer Island.
 Ap.fi Ia oIY,Io o%oy.c bays creeks or harbors as cannot be reached from the sea without passing within the three marine mile limit. Under article any disa- greement of the commissioners shall forth with be referred to umpire selected by the secretary of state of the United States and her Britannia majesty's minister at Washing ton, and his decision shall be final
 Articles and 9 make provisions of rou- tine character, and article 10 says:
 United States fishing vess Is entering the bays or harbors referred to in article of this treaty shall conform to harbor regulations common to them and to fishing vessels of Canada or New foundland. They need not report. enter or clear when putting into such bays or harbors for shell ter or repairing damages, nor when putting into the same, outside the limits of established ports of entry for the purpose of purchasing wood or of obtaining water; except that any such vessel remaining more than twenty-four hours exclU- sive of Sundays and legal holidays, within any such port, or communicating with the shore therein, may be required to report, enter clear and no vessel shall be excused h. reby from giving. due information to boarding officers.
 Article Il says: United States fishing vessels entering the ports, bays and harbors of the eastern and northeastern coasts of Canada, or the coasts of Newfoundland, under stress of weather or other casualty, may unload, reload, tranship or sell, subject to customs laws or regulations, all fish on board, when such unloading, transhipment or sale is made necessary or incidental to repairs, and may replenish outfits, provisions and supplies dam aged or lost by disaster; and in case of death or sickness shall be allowed all needful facili- ies, including the shipping of crews; and pro ceeds:
 Licenses to purchase in established ports of entry of the aforesaid coasts of Canada and New. foundland for the holneward voyage. Such pro. visions and supplies as ordinarily sold to trading vessels shall be granted to United States fishing vessels in such ports promptly, upon application an without charge; and such vessels having ob tained licenses in tue manner aforesaid shall also be accorded upon all occasions such facilities fol the purchase of needful provisions and supplies as are ordinarily granted to the trading vessels but such provisions or supplies shall not be ob tained by barter, nor purchased for resale or traffic.
 Article 12-Fishing vessels of Canada and Newfoundland shall have on the Atlantic
 
 reserved and secured by this treaty to United States fishing vessels in the aforesaid waters of Canada and Newfoundland.
 Article 13 provides for United States treas ury regulations for the numbering and iden tifying of fishing vessels, and article IA pro vides penalties for violating the treaty pro visions These penalties may extend to the forfeiture of the vessel and the supplies anc cargo aboard. Other penalties shall be en forced by an admiralty court, and shall no exceed in all & for every ton of the boat ol vessel concerned.
 Whenever the United States shall remov, the duty from fish oil, whale oil, seal oil, ane fish of all kinds (except fish preserved in oiD being the produce of fisheries carried on by the fishermen of Canada and Newfoundland the like products being the produce of fisherie carried on by the fishermen of the Unitet States, shall be admitted free of duty into tn Dominion of Canada.
 Upon the removal of duties the privilege o entering the ports, bays and harbors of tn aforesaid coasts of Canada and Newfound land shall be accorded to United States fish ing vessels by annual licenses, free of charge