Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-02-25

town of OH Orchard to purchase the fran
chises and property of the Old orchar'
Water Co
Resolve authorizing the county OF Ken
nehee TO procure loan.
Resolve in favor of the town of Brad
fori
! Resolve in favor of the Maine Sfs,'
College of Agriculture and Meehani, t..s
| On motion of Mr.. Seiders Of Cumberian,
this resolve was lsii on the table, an,
wedne siay next assigned for its considera
lion.
/ ORDERS OF THE DAY,
| ON motion of MIR. jackson of Waldo ihs
Senate reeonsidered the vote whereby Sen
ate document No, 20, an act to provide fo
the election Of school committee and super
intenden, of schools for the city of Belfast
WAS assigned 10 take its second reading 10
morrow, aud the bill was read II second tiait
and passed to be engrosscd under saspcu
sion of the rules on the motion Of the sam,
senator.
On motion of Mr.. jackson of Waldo Sen
ate document No. is, an act to establi,h til,
Children's Aid Society, was taken frem ths
table, read second time and passed 10 b,
engrossed.
on motion of MIR. Swanton of Saga aho,
Senate document Ne. 6l, majority and mi
nority reports of the committee on ,hor,
fisheries, was taken from the table.
Mr.. Swanton My motion is that the
minority report be substituted for the ma.
jority report. desire TO say aword on th,
subjec, in relation to the protection of the
lobster fisheries.
Ii has been the policy of the State for
many years to protect its lobster fisheries
laws having been passed restricting iniis-
crminate fishing as long ago as ISIS The
present law in its main features was enacted
in lss.. 1t restricts the size by measured
length. Lobsters . inches long may be
caught from April 20 to July |, 10 ~
inches long for the remainder of the year,
This anomalous distinction in lcngth was
the result of compromise between con
tending interests, the Gamers, and the
parties engaged in sending Holsters to the
various markets, in fresh condition.
The Gamers of 1857 claimed that they
could not afford to pay the price of the
large or market HOLSTERS. and the law was
therefore passed allowing about two months
in which smaller, or 2-ipcl Holsters might
be caught. Since that time the canning
of HOLSTERS has largely diminished, and
on the other hand the trade in
fresh Holsters has increased to a remarkable
degree.
Ii is unfortunate that no accurate stats
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committee that one dealer alone had paid
fishermen for market Holsters within the
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size at 10 2 inches the year through, and
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specimen 1t is surprising that any party
can seriously contend that these fish should
be permitted to be taken at an earlier
period of their growth than this.
Where. in this matter, is the interest of
the whole people Of the State?
What would an individual do if he owned
the whole of our lobster fisheries aud he
was a prudent business man. Would he
take his 9-incli HOLSTERS and sell them at
| l-2 cents each when by permitting them to
grow for ~ or ~ months they wouli reach
10 l-2 inches, as all agree that they will,
and would then be worth to 10 cents, the
prices fishermen have been getting for
market HOLSTERS the past year. And We;
this is the process that is now going on for
over two months Of the year
1t is claimed that these 9-inch Holsters
which are caught, are so mach saved on; Of
the whole grand supply. The prcscn, stu
alton does not warrant such a claim. for j.
is generally admitted that the fish in their
great bulk are now caught down ,n thri,
minimum limit in size, so that
barely 5 per cent of those nov
caught are over 10 I-2 inches in length
| 1t is therefore fair to assume that il tn,
lawful limit was put at 9 in. the source,
of supply would very soon be cut down t,
about that size. claim then that the in
discriminate catching of Holsters down ,t
. in. for l-2 months each year, will in
evitably, in a very short time, greatly i'm