New-York tribune., 1890-01-05

dying rather than a mode Of living This modus
vivcndi IS simply agreement on the part Of the
Canadians to be half way decent for considerations
1t is an immoral compact. and such dscreditable
To the United states. Besides, the arrangement con
sttues by the United states Of tue night
of Canada 90 visit upon American vessels the dcalS
Of privilege and the Outragcs which have described
such however, il, the outcome Of the diplomatic
| raugemcnt Of fishing rlslts-rights which Eng
land was forced to acknowledge the treaty of peace
which followed the Revolutionary WARRIOR the main
tcnancc OF Wh,h samuel Adams was W1hhS 10 resume
the War Of independence. and for which JOhh Adams
stood Like rock at Paris in lioJ. Ihls Is the
present latitude and longitude Of our hshery interests
as revealed 10 u, 10y the sunlight Of truth. surely
tie ee cns Lave driven IL far lrym our tue COURSE
In addition 10 the OutIascs which have mentioned
for the letter protection OF her fisheries canada mas
recourse To the civilized eApcdent OF lay ing duty
of half a cent a pound on fresh fish, which IS about
the equivalent Of am ad ValOrcm duty OF 30 per cent
local taxation, and from duty ON imported material
and grant, To them bounty OF - cents ton. We
! on the other hand allow the importation OF fresh
Canadian fish free of duty our fishing vessels are not
exempt from local taxation, We pay them no bOuntieS
porting salt free Of duty. The evident aim and IN
! tent OF the Dominion Government, and particularly
scotia Prince Edwards Island and Newfoundland, Is
| and for the last seventy years has been to drive
! monopoly Of the North American fisheries. TO very
considerable extent that has been accomplished as the
| fishing bu,inc,, clearly show. ,,,,.,.
The remedy for all these evils and disabilities
| which aflict fishermen is entirely in our own
hands, and it may be applied without recourse to any
hostile or even yenselm eApedical' Il Pufhs glh @ ,me
Canada 10 the United states amounted g. %24iG,673
| and constituted 81 per cent Of her total exports OF
fish, Almost her entire exports OF fresh hsh are 10
Now. the re-itlon which take in thi, matter
! is that should establish normal duties on fish in
accordance with the dictates Of public sentiment in
TINS country, REGARDING the proper adjustment OF our
customs tarh on fish. II will be disgracefu If. in
/ This matte" -htiI bc moved On" lOt ON" little
/ by the inhuman and piratical budozlng which the
D # fful4 fn
fishery Interests, and she has tine clrontcy to make
/ just such a demand upon rs In the light OF eN-
| fh3 Dominion Goycrnmcnt Then We should frame
a discriminating schedule Of duties on Canadian fish
Of conI3ercaI priyice' t1 onr vessels such as are
accorded bv Inc Tnitcd state 10 the vessel, Of all
nations. In the case Of denial Of the rights OF
humanity TO onr dstrcs>cd ,eameq we should re-,
| is NOT "miy bound +" drfcnd lis own honor and the
interest of - ctiLcn, but it +, under moral obliga-
tion to civilization To- do 80 We must at once once Put % a
crumcnt, for 10 j, nothing more nor les than legazed
! placy. Tie privileges Of the Canadian lnshore
aware of the fact that. i'm terms the rctaatory
measures adopted by the Acts Of COn-rc,, of June
! 10. l--6 and March 3. Isl aim at the cure Of tho
respect for the gentlemen who framed those statutory
provisions, beg leave TO cNpre,, the opinion that they
are too vague and too general In their form Of cx-
| preston. For example. both the administrative OH
cor, Of the Government and the courts would find II
difficult to attach definite sieuihcatiOn to the ex
preston commercial privileges and also TO the ex
! preston "unju-ty vcNcd or hara,'cd." There is a
| great variety of commercial privileges" some of
which We may of right demand. and some Of which
We may not Aud again. there are great many
WAYS I'm which people may be vcXcd hara>>ed. >
some are serious and Others are merely in the nature
of frIcona rc-i-tlucc>. Besides IN view Of the i'm
portaucc of our market 10 the Canadians and Of our
ports 10 their vessel remember the most val.
uabc mackcrel and cod fisheries are of the coast Of
measure, 10 the importation OF Canadian fish and 10
the refusal 70 admit the sea soins vessels Of Canada
| 10 our ports on commercial crrandS. That j. all our
fishermen ASK for. and II l~ all thcy want our self
| respect and humane impulses viii always deter rs
from denying food and shelter 20 the tempest tossed
mariner, whatever may De- hi, nationality or occupa
| tOn. II appears 10 10 be entirely unnecessary
TO have rcco~c 10 the prohbion Of AL exports from
| canada. a, provided by the Act OF March .. l59I,
Nuch moro d' think unnecessary To have recourse
! mcndod hy President Cleveland, in hi, Message Of
vision relative o tho fisheries ana trust the settlement
very largely ON or side. We can Use advantage
| wisely. firmly. and even tcmpcratcy. but in such a
! justly complain. All We have 10 do Is 10 adopt
statutory Provisions -pccii,aIy applicable To- the
President Harrison DO his recent Message has
-tatcd that our fishery bu,iue,, has gone during
with an duc respect for the President. and as a
| simeon" friend of h, Admnl-trition think he Is
hhnrue under % W-'oncepton aS 10 the present
-tatu, OF the o-o. President iahson. Of the National
! Fishery association. letter dated Decem-
hcr D. 1--9. informs that the quiet Of the present
| season B, simply due 10 tine fact that fishermen
have come r. fh" conclusion that they can get no
protection whatever against Canadian wrong and op
preston from their own Government. and are there
f,r". quietly ~uhmftin. 10 whatever Canada may
choose 10 demand or refuse. Tho question Is
which calls fpr ,url specific and certain of
relief a. c,u at ono" hc ~et n motion. II i, non
partisan question. rut unless the political party now
in fHU power shall devise and apply the proper
remedy ! believe IL viii expose itself to Just dis
appreciation before the country.
JOSEPH NlMMO, JR.
Washington. Dec. 2G. 1-so.