Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-03-07

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Editor Gdsttts DE- Journal. Having hada
my Attention oailsd to au article in I'll
Morning Ne,os OF February 25th by T.
j. Coursey and also to small editoris'
by the same paper, bearing on tie same
subject and titled "Fish Protection
Wanted" il you will spare me ruom in
your valuable pRpsr I will try to iHform
him and them what kind Of protection
would be beneficial to the State of Della
ware and not to Pennsylvania and also
try and correct the wrong impressions
that Mr. Courssy appears to be laboring
under In regards TO the amount OF shad
caught aud the prices of such as COM
pared to that of former years. In the
first he says that formerly sbad were In
abundance but that they have bsen
hsdgsd off until they have so do.
creased in number aud oorrespondingly
advanced in price that they IRE now con-
eidered luxury, and to remedy this he
would have oil fishing stepped from the
10Th of May to February lst, and he also
says that If there Is no respectful reply to
this that our Legislature should tska il as
petition in accordance with the will Of a
the people. Nov have the word OF ut
lBeAt 40 Of our local and Oldest Usher
men that there are Ave times az many
ehad taken from the water the last fiva
yeara per nnnum than there were 30 years
ago, and also that the prices received tor
thu last few years compared with what
they have received formerly are far lower
and my own experience In handling
, ahad for the last four years, to the
amount OF $4,000 per year, ia
that there were never more
and that the prices were never
lower than they we're last year, aud /
', think that when II is II dssirs TO get large,
fine shsd lower than SO per hundred,
', which was what they sold at here las.
,, year for several days, that it is time to
consider corn at IS cents hashel q
luxury. Within limit o. u miles OF the
Delaware City tiRheyies, fsers arc least
400 men employed and so COD capital
I invested in shad fishing an I to pass q law
, to prohibit them from hqhing sitter tre
!. 10th OF May wonld mean Unemployment
Y aud disaster too, as their princiral fishinp
IL from the LIST TO tina 25th OF May. Bul
: by passing it, IL would lot oil the shad 90
: by hero and give our Pennsylvania oom
= petitors chance to fill their pocSeGs I'D
y OF the losses of our home 6abtr men
: In faeS the letter sse,us 70 hsvs bsal
!, dictated by q Pennsylvania rftilent
! Our friend, M. Cour3ey, seems ic
dwell on the fact that ihs Ash shonii b
!; allowed to go up the river TO spavn, and
. ! the Morning Nr,os OF Wi,miOesnn se7'
! that Mr.. Ooursey's suggestions SHOULD
3 not he disregaried. Nov, there ar
= enough HpRwD hatohed to sTnrtu .aa Dial
J swsrs river with yonDg sbHd 4 they wer
y but allowed ia Iva altar being hatchsd
l, Nov, to protect these fisb, do nat thin
u that We have TO restrict our se,t.net tina
70 FISH 81 inch mesh; but We do reed
n lay Rome restrictions on sll pond Des m
!, haul Beines, which abound along on
u shores and extend for miles balow az
!, guStina creek end above. Chester, Pa
!, aud which generally fish II inch most
u and catch the email shad, from 3-inch !
,, length, as wall as the larie, by .he thor
y rand. and uhioh are often sod in Phil
y dolphin at retail for Ave osuts per pies:
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IS DELAWARE CIrx, February 9Th, 1885,