The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-07

tho Arrangement, and since. then, the practice
has been that every, American fishing vessel
takes 9qt a license IN both Countries IL sne
4 sSelter, The effect Of this has been that half
en- American vessels, which formerly on
aud come TO In Newfoundland waters:
And this presentation. OF the case, from the
i inten sec SSi2tE 1t ali 'td The I MOST SstT yiai H8fS "S Son tsse
sion the. Americans receive the right TO take
from $3.50. 900 to $560.O60.a year t. the fisher
100 vessels come here, each winter during De;
cemGer January. february. an a., March; sa.n%d
goes goss Of Of T frozen 6er:ri ns'o x large arg N propoTtion Of
this catch is used as. bait for the American bali
but fleet fishing on the Georges Banks. and the
article Of diet throughout the. Eastern States.
This is q fishery which Newfoundland alone
possesses. Canada has nothing whatever like
II, and the Canadian vessels come here also to
secure cargoes for consumption throughout
of this fishery are the same. as for the spring
und summer Industries. The United states
them free of the coast Tor a year, and then they
buy the herring from the residents for 81 a
the freezing RV cold Which, prevSils at that season,
and become solldly frozen. in which condition
they are slowed into the vessels hold, aud q
age annual take of frozen herring by the
Americans is lOQ,oOO barrels, which represent
just as many dollars in United States gold cir
culated among Newfoundland fisher folk on
the southern coast. and yet the Canadians. who
have not u vestige Of right or shadow of claimt
interfere in this industry. want TO take 1t upon
themselves TO barter with the Americans for
the privilege OF continuing IL without giving
newfoundland which really owns this fishery,
any say III the matter.
Under these circumstances, therefore, 1t is
and threat to block the work OF the commits
sion SHOULD have brought the Canadians TO
}Ss cgn Created ktaaddE S SSIfHRlIdfRitaSdpSS Been @If isno aeyG
as thg British and Canadian Cabipet first in
colony, the only one Of the British North Amer
lean possessions which would not Join the Ca
same powers as the Canadian Parliament. and
oven. the. Imperial Parliament Itself may not
OF the colony Without the sanction Of the eoe
P tse contributors priyy c OF tell R hPs d I;,;df ID tt ,sss
waters had no right. although acting under in
strqctions from the Admiralty issued with her
lobster factory Of a British subject on the
French treaty shore. until the NEWFOUNDLAND
ships jurisdietIonn, and it cost the BtTfItish Gov
stITnment $4,000 damages to learn this lesson.
by the Quebec conference, the treaty, eonven-
ton, modus vivendi, or whatever shape II took.
% IS0d i asGe aH re fHr rati6cat 70 the g. N S%Ii Ss o.
the, Parliaments of Canada, and Great Britain
and the Senate of the United States, And then.
that she should refuse to be bound by iii.
com%an Hiso the Support tSf oFy 25 5F out Of 50 y menu.
hers in, the Assembly and 10 out Of Is In the
give effect to the agreement by passing an act.
American fshermen could not claim the same
Spnsfs5 ON cf 5rUm N oNS SH dEs As as might be
bait supply Is what they need they would either
find thGmselves tricked into, giving Canada
in return. or else would have TO abrogate the
Quebec arrangement and negotiate q new one.
as happened before. the Americans might con-
elude an independent arrangement with New
fHoundlsnd: ignoring Canada altogether The
t IN 1 ft9itsd ths s,,t late S ecTsSa Blaine of
Newfoundland. i~nsurinG reciprocity in fish
products between the " countries. 1t en-
cess t.. Newfoundland waters for the purposes
for which they now pay q license fee. and New
ceived free entry for tish into the American
markets., The conclusion Of this arrangement
OF Mr.. Blaine. for he recognized that 1t was
only free entry to Newfoundland waters that
might then snap their fingers at Canada and
the meagre concessions she had to offer. The
Uanadla ms We're nnG intensely td e Indignant at this ar,
the British Government to have the convention
blocked, and so 1t has remained ever since.
resentatiye Of Newfoundland it may be taken
as settled that the proposal presented to the
cial claims of Newfoundland than has been the
and Canada do about equal parts of the New
Ioundland trade, and so long as Canada treats
likely. but as soon as it becomes evident that
she is trying to treat the colony unjustly In
these negotiations. so soon will an alteration in
the Newfoundland tariff be set on foot. the re-
suit of which will he to throw the great bulk of
cans. The latter. may thereby be induced
to, give some special fishery privileges. such as
q lower import duty on frozen herring sent to
American ports in Newfoundland vessels. which
would accomplish much in tho direction New-
foundland wants and without making neces-