The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-26
pLAGUING OUR FISHERMEN
CANADA WAKES 4 VIEW REG VA
TION 10 ANNOY THEM.
An Attempt TO Prevent evasion Of che Tom

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Remedy In the Hands OF Congress-.
HALtrAx, y. s., April 10. American fisher
men are hereby warned that II they desire to
enter Canadian ports this season they must
comply with n rev regulation designed TO worry
and inconvenience them. since iSsS they have
been allowed 10 enter Canadian ports for the
purpose OF buying Init, fee. and supplies, ship
ping crews. and trnnsshi"ping catch on pay.
mont to the Dominion Treasury or n tonnage tax
OF Sl.5O n ton. InHsmuCh M Canadian fisher
men are pcrmitted to- enter ports or the United
States for these and all other purposes without
being subjected to my spccial charge, American
fishermen have always regarded this impost ms
outrageous and very few have rnid II. From
1898 to 1893 only Clio vessels have cared to my,
the rest prefercins to give Canadian ports a
wide berth.
The Canadian officials nllege that more vessels
would have paid but frr the practice Of pooling.
Commander Spnin, In com mand Of the Dominion
cruisers, says In his report:
We will take. for instance. six United States
schooners: they club together and buy one IL
cense. and the vessel that takes out the license
supplies tho remaining five"
This Is pooling. Orders have therefore been
Issued to tho effect that any licensed vessel,
that IL. any vessel which has paid the tonnage
tax and obtained n license to enter Canadian
ports for the purposes just named, is TO he de-
privcd Of its license and IL never to receive one
again II caught pooling. The wording OF tho
licenses now runs:
This license becomes null and void and the
vessel becomes ineligible to obtain q license In
future II any Of tho goods or supplies or other
ad vantagcs obtained hereunder are sold or
transferred to any United States fishing vessel
that las not obtained n license"
Last year the David Sherman of Gloucester
a.,i.o.,n - d,,oi,o, fo- oono ,,uo 4, Oh, h,r
.r"'Ser ~ "o'"r'y '" '','o 'lno III II na'
Dor OF sydney. {. B. Tor the enormous offence
!" %nadi,n nort nnd.r ,,conso ~ two otbor
American vessels which needed food. but had
not licenses. Commander Spain says the act Of
the sherman was IAN abuse OF Canadian gen.
%erosity." To most people the refusal OF the
Canadian Government to let the fishermen of a
t-tonIlv ne,cnbor buv food unless thew nav ,
ir'oh"iS he'E"Uuf "u' w" ""ie '"'' "a
tax for the privilege looks Ike an net OF bar-
= o.. NV rro,ision o,ho- Amor,ccn 1shor-
men on the high seas is still more monstrous.
The fishermen OF France who. to the number of
six or eight thousand. arrive Mt the Miouelon
Islands every spring to pursue the Bank
no".a ,r NV rvrnoso n,,,bor, novinr
a tonnage tax. They buy food there and trans
ship dry fish bound for the West Indies in bond.
- 49, go. ~
France gives tanani"ns no equiVa'eht: on me
contrary. her tariff on foreign fish is prohib;tory.
ard her e cod fshGTmen are ha f"rmiaa M &c compel n pet
catch aud nntet bo,nties thev drow from Inc
French treasury. It is only American fisher
nitaiit WIS to Canadian d6sfhrrm n in If Amcrtcan
ports. allows Canadian fish to he sold in the
permits the Canadian Pacific 10 operate or
American soil While, d sobSyine tho Interstate
Connns send nl'' s @np i rece iHS F nntana 70 pro AND fro %,
Europe via the American scabonrd when the st.
a a.hs r Is wb ,so nrn t upun Is as o1t II thew hSVer wers
host,s hunldnf grnrTis.
! This year; Hs Eat;t ,hsrs viii h be seven T DomiG !.
a British squadron. but it takes no part in the
waTk Of worryins Amsrisans: in the season Of
sells were boarded BY the dominion craiscrs on
various prctcxts. Their names are printed at
PIP; 5'1 n.n of the, the 5spOrTt, s Of us sne M n4d,"n and !. Fish tsh,
thcx are ASKING within tho three. mile limit IA
are ,' pIayed d. out. and d unless by MISTAKE during a
fog M A merican vessel comes within the three
mile limit to fish.
srain was dr,oined mt Cnnso for shinninp a
man without a license and released on PAYMENT
by the owner of $500" ~
!Tnis Easel hai,jng from G,ouces.er "a re.
ported elsewhere as having gone into Canso
i,Jniv * Iso5I- for shelter and water. nm nor
nvayc NJ tho circnns,anc"s under which sbee
Skinned a man: prrhaps 81 @ had lost one over
os ahor or nm "nn my frSe nds" NJ C C,o and anot ther w pas
rsnu mi ~ III bTs Mac" a vessel ~ com merce
in a similar plight would be allowed to ship a
man n r a do1rr mon without hnyin, tn take ont
= license That nriviIege Is ey,end.S nv every
civ;liged state 10 foreirn vessels Of commerce.
ond hv tbe i-,tted States m canadian fshino
~essels as we'll ''"' A'"'
The skipper OF the Talisman Of Gloucester
Canso Nv had wc,tb"r ""' W." "" nv
st have M I;cense A 81 40 a ton n season,s
noD thstt tf or mo nrivj,cgo of bnving nerb,ns
SioO worth Of halt and provisions. Sext wear,
81 .orrso ~ ucons. runr,,Id ba ~. IN ba reno,yad
ia n shame for Congress- 70 let M be hnundei
to death by these Canadian cruiser fellows.
vesse, Tor shelter Won see The rin.ronrinu
1921 orts,1o tvaiI To- oil tnow n crrisar
W. w ~ ~, ~ 20 ~, ~, - a ,r;,bin ~
nnxt haiIf hour Nv the rrnnadinn readina n np
the treaty OF ISIS American tishing vessels
~ ' .an.ai,n rnr,s oxonnt
t nre shelter AMI ren,Irs wood and wn,rr
IL thev enter for any other nnrnose
thhav ~ 49, !" i,ncnee i,t p"ur.Lnn
s wa comai IN for shsI,sr he cruisers and customs
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