Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-02-27

Judges that there a-c si6O fishermen in tn.
state who make a business OF catching lob.
s,ers for factories aud for other purposes.
IL the present. law remains upon ou,
statute books at least one half of these mer
must he turued out of employ neat
| Mr.. Wiswell cIted macy statistics to back
his atements. lie sho,ed that sbou,
$3.50 oOo wouid be lost to the lsbor,n, class
es of the State of Maine we're the law OF
1883 10 continue ou our statute book.
Let tn IN les,'h,e IN the n,rs of the
lsboring men of the Sat, of Ma ne and not
tor those ut say uthvr sgatr or country.
| Mr clifford OF Aubarn stated that the
minority oi the committee hal d rrcted their
attention simply To the question OF the MAIN
ensnce of sufficient supply OF Holsters.
hey had noi directed their investg ttiou to
he business of lobster canning at all. but
recommended the provision which they
thought ~ouId be more effective In keeping
NJ the prrseo' supp y of lonsters, aui hence
hey suomt ell the minority report.
MIR GrIndle OF Nit Desert said that by
the provisions of the Law of 1857 HOLSTERS
| 'Ner ntnc II chts IN lcugth could be taken
'"d canned from the ifst day OF april To the
. h day OF August FMS las gave the
nshernan choice between two markets,
amely, the canning establishments and the
diai K, , dealers, 81 II tue one could not paw a
falr prlcr he cJul sct to the other. Hut
he advantage was not .es,iun OF pr,ce,
i1r as the Law stool ,hen he vas cettaiu of a
market at some price. 1t he sue, eeded in
caIcning his holsters they would mot iie upon
h hands as the, do under the pres at law
rs II stood th,s was satisfactory 10 every
body with the exc, p,loa OF the B,stun m,r-
set dealers Tn las OF lssi s soon AS it
went in'o operation, anrctvd the canning
business This Law was vuttlvd an act tor
the better proTtvuUn OF iobstvrs on the coast
of Maine. Considering the effect which
hat Law produced a tar b tur adi more ap-
propriate name Wound have lie n an act ahol-
lshing the can ing tacto ies un the coast of
Maint, for that was just the ct at that il
hat. In 1887 there were ughle,n can
plng establishments aud Ia lSsS they had
btcum,' dIminlshcu To three, fuose eighteen
establishments pad out IN 1857 S5is 600
~ 1855 less thsn SO 900. There were 1900
men engaged III these factories aud the
propeft, eng,gcd Ia thus business WAS S13,-
ob0 he had beeu toll that II cost tue state
1t Maine u 90 to enforce this Law. Ac-
coping this AS fact the result of
this law hri, tl> stated was hat it had cost
the : ste OF Malm ei,uuO /, enforce 1t; 1t
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pau o"' "'"'H e''"V"' =" '"' IA" '''"S men
oi 'h's N'"'e' a"h th'! were asked 10 CON
tinue y is law on the satut' book,
Mr. Pdttan.all OF pcmIrOkc said that he
had been rcadi the suiurw hat remarkable
report of the & 'mnsslUucr OF Shorr Fash
err aud must confess tat h" could not
fully uult rstand Il In ihn. rcuurt he sand
'h"' 'h'rt were ""o m'l'S ot Mhine sea
coat a"n YET III 'h'' vast extent "i coast
'h' lobster !" short umr' II ctng t tor Two
moh'hs III 'he year "nuid nee me depleted,
ana they wouldn't catch any more of
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never expected 10 have, II ri hr hoped that
their course in d. trtmiuiug tins question
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""Rht gi'" me" R'oh' SOMA ! 'hkee "enn-
h'ht. applause
Mr. Cole of Brook lin snil that a. the prc..
on, Ia. un,n tho .t,,.,,,. v.,,t. ,a,,.l
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thr lndu'tiies "f Tie p oplr OF hls ovh town.
Vhere WAS canning factor, thcrr which di-
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'ec'y anu 'nlrec'iy nal Yi''u employment
to some forty or II ty peTsOns. THIS was
the condition Of tnin1, PRIOR to the law