The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-12
,.,,.,,ossr Kibbe Talks About
- lm.udmsnts to the Law.
rNs1pIEs MUST Be PROTECTED.
..,,.cts Already Apparent From
.r..r,uxs of the Mitchell
Law a. 1t Now stands.

Ia,
nh and oyster laws 10
-, At the list ard 50 itis'ai.'' anu "hat
N saw on the subject OF the inter-
~ the proposed amendments. re-
Nm anu u
~:
~ is asking too much vi me " eApiess
,,,n,on on the articles of Messrs.
y I'd Mcfarland. They both seem
ytcbe' aii1 IL. .h .,s. ,,,, oro
n k very zeaio"' "a
-,,.,ns At cross purposes. us IL We're; De-
M. do not feel 1t becoming In me
W. 49,. them AS to the amendments.
ID dllleise 'nsN .,,, +,
h yould say that' o"ihs " NY
!. ,arhaps better posted as 10 what Is re-
,.ar either MIR. Mitchell, MIR. Me
wy a. any other man not equally in
fGi..S and think | am the author of
s,sndment offered Both of these
(",,..an howeyer. offered me every as
49, they could give. aud | discussed
A1 .,sndment with Mr.. Mitchell several
eu! .na esnecially during the latter part
an..srh,r when he was to help me get
H. shane but owing to other busincs3
49, ~ urable TO help, and up to the time
~. yis,t IN Austin. January %. had
J.red the amendments. when MIR. Me
80, :. tsndered his services in this. AS
IN. N extend other courtesics. MIR. Nc
r.s..t not being A LAWYER. had to seek
~. III. assistance. which / readily found in
=. :. ,hree friends in the legislature. and
Vac ne we patched up the amendments
-. ~, we could and feel thankful to ali
~ ,srdsred me any assistance. There
L.
y ~ articles named"
4Whs, is really the object of the amend
L,s,,, and what benefit will they be to the
E,vr'
as have often stated, the protective
E.,urss NJ the Mitchell law were all right.
4, from some cause the law was defective
N needed amending. which | have tried
1, A The Mitchell law created the office
I fsh and oyster commissioner and one
more deputies In each county. to be paid
Lu the receipts of the office Chat is,
NM licenses and locating fees collectedD
ma Mr. Mitchell thought would more
~ eoyer all expe1yes. hut the facts do
d bar him out. The entire receipts from
rrud. 1926, to August. 1896, were some
knr over $500, to pay five deputies. my
\. office rent. stationery and travelling
hpenses: and, to give some idea of the
n Of travelling, one trip to Galveston and
bu West bay to Velasco and return cost
ever $50; and my deputy at Galveston
Y 10 make several trips during the year.
uing from $3.50 to $40; and | made sew
d 10 Lavaca, Matagorda and Corpus
hnstl at cost of from So to $50. While
I receipts last year did rot cover ex-
ksso or give the proper protection. this
M b going to be much worse. az owing
ihe defect In the law the receipts this
NJ viii not reach more thar half tbot of
b and for the past few months. or since
\ gs.er season is SO near closed. the
sutie., as well as MYSELF arc liviny IN
cxnd recollections; the receipts for Jan
~ I'D February do not amount to Sl20
y Dc entire coast. Tho fish and oyster
laiiisa Of the State last year amounted
u6 100000, exclusive of the snapper
fsA md l think these figures will be
Tt Increased under the amended law.
r1erly executed. To do this the State
y lave to augment the collections for a
e It least. as no sheriff or any other
~ .ah execute these laws without the
wat Whlch costs money. In one
vns ASK an appropriation from the
as Of So per month for myself and $50
noath for three deputies. or a total OF |
" per year; in addition 10 the receipts
INK this will be sufficient to protect tho
" Tor some time as reouire eoch denu-
furnish boat and require All of his
There are many of tho fishermen
es the coast willing to nav their license
want the Protection On hoth fish and
's1t as the increase of one or both will |
aM hem; but they want all TO nav
lsn, Is they don't feel that il is right |
a'nahd the license from ole and let the
hh without license. With Officers
can be done and the receints increased |
J think. to such an extent that IN Nv
short time cover he expense rs
s made provisions In The amandmenfs
ne State to got the benor;t of ali re.
The protection of fish in ths re-
~ bays has already nroyad hsnefic,e,
u Continued will more INN aovi,ia a ' ,bat
xatt 10 a shor, time Which Vii" Vii 10 ~" an
'rase to the State In ,ha u'o,, 80 ,oo1
decrease In price. an increase in |
~ NV capital, as well as taxable prop |
w..
~ ABOUT oysters and the propagatio, |
~.
a. AZ oyster Industry in Texas like that !
Nn has been very much NEGLECTED.
~ such an extent that over one fourth
= oysters now used in Teyas come |
waer States. This means that wc ara |
~ ' thousands a dollars every wear
ysg US with an article which nature
p |, us with in abunaanre hmt for
proper protection we have allowed |
n obstruction; there are thousands Of |
s'ss for market rnr v waa, tna are arc
Intelligent work That Tsn nro % pr1p Sv
essh Lew in soma Ar res Is proauc S oy
% In others: tho rss ,IspI s.o ana nor nor
st y to the Industry have |
n.als The The n two or three years to see