New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-14

| October and ends about April l. during which time
| between 1000 and 1000 dozen of all KINDS are as
| posed Of in this market
PROBLEMS OF THE LOBSTER SUPPLY.
| "The scarcity of Holsters" said L. d. Huntington.
ST. ex-president of the State Fisheries Commission.
| has become more and more apparent for several
years despite the efforts. both private and oihciai
TO offset the deficiency by extensive artificial propa-
| cation. There are several causes FOR the d.
| minished supply. The over-catch has been i'm
mensc female Holsters having been taken both in
and out Of season. giving them no opportunity for
spawning and reproducing their species The enor-
nous canning business carried on. especially In
Newfoundland. Maine and Massachusetts,. has alb
sorbed much OF the annual catch. Improved faciH-
ties of railroad transportation and rergerdon mas
eral years. HOLSTERS have been freely distributed in
remote inland towns where they had never, Deeh
seen before If law IKE that OF Maine ana Ma5sa
than ten and one-half inches in length could be
enacted ana enforced IN th,s State Msical %, per
short Holsters snugeed into the metropolitan mar
kots II this could be stopped and the lawful length
increased. might in Jew years. with the aid OF
persistent ard extensive ar'ncial propagation Sc
cure a supply that would he fairly commensurate
with the growing demand"
GAME LAWS DEFENDED
"The Game law is a jus; and good law said
Hugo Josephy, wholesale dealer in game. etc. at
No $50 Chambers-st.. and think It's limitations
of open ard close for the different kinds Of
game nave Dren wisely dllaHSru- Inc Si'''' ''''
growing scarty OF canvasback ducks, quail. grouse
and other game birds is. of course. largely attrb-
utable to excessive hunting. Furthermore they
have been driven away from their old haunts and
feeding grounds to more remote places by the rapid
advance Of civilization. The demand FOR game
during open seasons 10 more general than durH INC
close seasons but game Of all kinds can be purchased
IN this market all the year around as the Jaw
allows the possession and sale of all kinds at az
nes provided that h has been ss9t or
be difficult to make an accurate estimate OF the
that is kept frozen throughout the year IN re-
frigeratng warehouses IN this city inc suppS
mand for It comes mainly from keepers of hotels
and restaurants and from clubs - -,
Game Is no, injured by being frozen. Mr.
Josephy says IT it Is in perfect condition when II
Is placed in the refriserating stores It Will come OUT
years OF course. II It IS not in prime order when
frozen it will slowly deteriorate"
THE LAWMAKERS PERPLEX1TlES.
Charles F Imbrie Of No IS Vesey-st. who Is
chairman OF the Executive Committee Of the New
York Association for the Protection OF Game SAID
t. a Tribune reporter the other day: VERY few
people, whether they be marketmen. sportsinen.
guides. politicians or any else appreciate the
difficulty OF making a good game law. as there
is a distinction between a moral law and n law OF
eXpedioncy. Game laws and Customs laws are
laws Of expcdency, and hence there Is great diti-
Guilty in enforcing them. There are only few
people whose condolences prick them when they
violate the Game law. No game law Is Il good one
which il not cannot he enforced game law
to be effective must be supported. not only by the
efforts of game war1ens. nut by tho sent ment of
the people generally In Old countries, where ne
necessity for came laws has been demonstrated for
many years. people. as a whole, have grown up TO
respect such laws. In this country. however.
where only 4 few years ago there We're 10 game
Laws and where efforts TO enforce such laws
have been enacted have been very feeble, the
masses came to consider that such laws were
wrong.
Even to-day. in this state there many peo-
pie Who believe that because they live near
stream whore their fathers and rrandfathcrs have
ished without restriction for many years they have
4 right 10 continue 10 FISH without restriction.
This applies not only to ignorant I"oil" / have
had many three woll-known clereymcn insist
that no man had right TO buy or lease property
and control fishing rights upon or within II TO tn"
exclusion OF others. ! replied that man has as
much r.ght 70 buy stream as be has - buy
house, and II his title TO a stream IS good he has
much right TO eject trespasscrs upon the stream
as he would 10 clcct tramp who might ins 81
upon sleeping I'm his drawing-r room In a word. the
people must believe IN the laws II they are 10 be
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