Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-02-25

gregate of aS,0lo eases. These ease
are worth s. or s. apiece, giving
an aggregate output of $500, ,ts,o for the |,
weeks iuring which they are in operation
The majority of the committee think il i
not for the interest of the State that this in
l'ius,rs should be crushed out for the pnr
pose of building up a monopoly As re
sui; of the law of 1887 no canning business
was done in isss, When the law wal
chsngej the canning factories opened nj
again. This industry gives empio, ment I,
a large number of men. women and chill
,lren. These Gamers are only allowed I,
take 9-ineh Holsters during ln weeks of IN,
year, but the iishcrmsn who send tie lob
sters OF fresh take them practically a.,
whole year rhere were 5t,oo pounds al
Illegal holsters seized in Portland, ami
venture to say that that was but small
fraction OF those taken
/ II is claimed that the taking of shar, lol
sters will injnre the fishery. \ a-iuch lot.
/ that in taking a.inch holsters they do uo'
take the spawn HOLSTERS.
The senator from Saes,iahoc speaks ai
the canning industry as small one. Tn -
lobster fishermen of the eastern part oi
! sttt tiilftiN httShtltHk ltl w wv hH
I upon these canning factories,
! There are eight members at the commit,
I tee in favor of the majority repor, aud ol'l,
two for the minority report,
I Mr.. Nlckerson of Lincoln; The senator
I from Hancock has gone over ghis matter s1
( thoroughly that il is not necessary inr M
To say any more ON the subject. Hut / wish
to say this, that this lobster Law has brcn So
L lt.. Il. 4 /
got To take copy of the Revised Statute
aud lawyer in his boat with him IA Order
TO find out " hat HOLSTERS he may catch
find that 500 of the petitioners In this
matter are against any change Of the lte,
1000 are in favor of the 10 IL inch Law AMI
100 are against any close time whate,cr.
NV business has brought mo in close ron-
taci with the lohstermcn for the last
- wears, aud | have iicarl this matter
talked over, and cun say that
the present law seems to give more saiiStar-
ton than anything We have ever had, The
smack men and the dealers are the people
who want this law changed, and the reason
is that the presence of the canning Factories
compcls them 10 pay larger price for lob
sters during ten weeks of the year than
they would otherwise have to pay.
Shall We close these l., factories that
have an invested capital of S7a TOO and
which employ 100 men, boys and girls for
ten weeks every year.
The senator from Sagalahoc talks about
protection. | am satisfied that 10 I-2 inch
law would give MS no more protection iha n
a 9-nch law. \ fisherman gets into his
boat and goes to his traps. In one he finds
five or SIX Holsters; perhaps three of them
are under the legal size, but on cold morn
ing it is pretty hard To throw away u lobster
because it is little under sized, and he
takes them all in.
1t seems to me that this proposed law,
would be encouraging u monopoly in favor
of the smackmen and dealers, and there
fore hope tina, the motion of the senator
from Sagadahoc win not prevail.
Mr.. S~anton of Sagadahoc: | wan, to
say a word about this great canning indus
try which the senator from Hancock mag
nifcs a little, think. The lobster canning
is merely an incident of the business. The
sum of 5000 900 is the value OF the HOLSTERS
canned. including tin. boxing and labor
and would Ike 10 explain that the amount
r, ccived by th" fishermen for those HOLSTERS
is only S62 500. # Is II fact that the smack !
men for the last two or three years have
been going along the whole cuast OF Maine
for HOLSTERS aud even going up to Nova
Scotia, 50 that II is not mt all probable
that the eastern fishermen would find any
difficulty in selling their holsters If this bill
were to pass.
Whenever we attempt ANYTHING in the
line of protection by Law we are met by
some special interest which jumps mp anil
cries ont against the protection.
Mr. Sellers of Cumberland | do not
| claim to know very much about this lobster
question, but there have been certain pro
positions presented which unhcrsiaul To
have for their intention the protection Of
the lobster. II il is for the protection Of the
lobster that the 10 l-2 inch law should hr
! in force for 10 months | cannot see why if
Il should be in force the whole wear it
should moi bc more 50 Suppose y0u
make the legal size 10 l-2 inches the ycut
round, the same number of HOLSTERS will cy-
ist and they will be ~ tnurh the larger and
/ it wouldn't take so many to ill can.
/ 1t seems to me that there must b. merit
in this measure. The supporters of thu
bill put it on this ground. as understand
it. that while 9-iDch Holsters sell for cue
cen. or one cent and a-half, lO-incl lob
s,crs viii sell FOR G 10 10 cents.
! do not wish in any way 10 destroy "a
| business of the canncrs but if either hui
ness must suffer, there i. no quest on IL
my mint which should suffer. Tr fish.
crmen should be protected. They have moi
asked for protection to themselves, hut fni
protection to the HOLSTERS. Protection for tie
lobster would not only b. for the Interest
of the fishermen along our coast, hut ! ear
see no reason why it should not be for the
interest of the Gamers themselves.
Mr.. Grindlc of Hancock This Bit
might be entitled n hill to discontinue th,
canning business. We know exactly wha
the effect of it will be; it will absolutely
close the factories.
I'm the yea anil nay vote, if voted agains
the adoption of the minority report, and ,
for the same. The vote was AS follows:
-Dorring. lIrrSorn Jackson. Lyons, MaI
lei. ScGrT~, ~wini"n, Wo"d,
Sny-- MAN Aiuc4 Gruldle. Henrik, NH
Holman, Libby. Mayo NIrttTson renks. S'e,w
Spotiori, Thatcher. watcrhoase. Wiggin, WIN
slow.
On notion of Mr.. Spo(lord of IIuncocl
the majority report OF The committee wa
accepted. =
On motion Of Mr.. Thatcher of i'cnobsr0
House document Nn.$7, net relating 10 lax
alton of express companies was taken from
the table and Tuesday next was assignee
for it, further confederation.
Mr. Holman Of Franklin: As un,lor
stand il the matter now under the cOnsiler
alton of the Senate is Senate document No
ti. The question il upCn the moilon I,
substitute the amendment 4 for the rcpor
of tie committee. I wish 10 sag 10 rufn
n,encr with that 10 not wish in any val
to r, Il rt upon The committee on t,Eat or
Looking ai This matter frpn my stAn'
roidt ani with my know lt'ige Of trust rom
panies iii- bili as reported lIY the rom
/ ;nittee on taxation, If il should ll@s aH,
brcome Law, wouli he detrimental AMI ;
rr0ng 10 the interests of the parties ownin.
stock in trust companies, and wrong Il
parties having deposits with such epiii
panios. for it would practically lcsisla;,
them out of existence.
Nov wish to say here that have moth
ing to say syainst taxation of corporations
generally, for believe that every corpora
ton, whatever its nature. should pay il
Just and equal proportion of the taxes 70
public burdens. The only question is {.
get these taxes as nearly equal as possible
The trust companies ask no fsvors at III,
hands Of the Legislature. mean they ar,
willing to pay their proportion Of the taxes
They are Willing TO pay as much as sav
ings backs they are willing 10 pay as mnci
as national banks. II il fact that trus
companies enter into competition with tin
business of the national banks. But III
depo.its Of the national banks cannot b.
reached for taxation. There is no way il
which you ean reach the deposits in tn
various national banks of the State Tn,
trust companies Of the State today hay,
s3 coo 900 OF money on deposit Stop rigi,
there and Nf,i soc there l. a yr,.tt i,,fus