The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-24
| PROPOSED FISHING LIN.
LITTLE HAS PRE-
PARED 4 DRAFT.
81 ,~s-ts Dat Many Partical&rs In
whieh the Law Passed by the Last
..~,slasure In Defective, O6ers
lssyhoies and Needs Changing.

..f Dispatch 70 the Poet-Inteiilgercer.
s-,rXa Oct. Gone Of the most i'm
-. ard generally interesting subjects
- wtlf ecme before the ensuing term OF
legislature Is the regulation Of the
90 Industry, ard ans.ffort will be made
s-ssv apout vital changes in the exist
.ws. looking 10 the betterment of.con-
-. ,soti as affecting fishermen and the
rsz bill f. TO be presented for con-
.s.-.,,on. likely BY Fish Commissioner A.
rs.le when vii embodv many new
s.,',sss pertaining 10 restrictions In Ger
.. directions, and az Ia license lees. Com
LAGER Little - enthusiastic on the QuSs-
-. ~ needed changes n the Law, and
S~~x the raSt few months has taken
s..slsa!ar pains 10 investigate the many
rsn,e In the business which, undo. exist
rsgaa.Ions and conditions arr. nor at
a saflssaetory. When asked today
al would be the more vital phases OF the
"a which he i preparing. he. iaughingly
| sssed they are too numerous to be ex-
Sssned osfhaad But lew questions
rsussd tae enthusiast, and ne sad:
srsyst with reference TO traps We
,,st a graduated license Zee IL wha,
eaula be levied. BY idea Is 10 base this
q. on The catch. Let IL reach. say, from
10 IS, with basis OF perhaps 81 a ton
f. The Columbia district This VIII make
l.sfREe more tttEisGf5if, ana the sfffaIigT
e.<yaicrs VII have an equal show with the
tyssT A. /; Is now SIS for each trap
sgsse owners pay too much. some too little
ne Income under this graded tax viii BE-
r5re than al present. and | am quite sure
a. change VII meet with general approval
snoag the fishermen.
sAs to get nets. favor raising the tax
20. and ! want the law 10 provide for
A. loca.lor for each net thus licensed. al
ising for given space between nets
ms Will apply 10 the whole state. and IS
I much needed reform Ny remarks as 10
q the Columbia.
Defects I'm the Law.
sThe Law as 10 se.ues is not just and IL
ksftcien.. II does not cover the subject
a /. should do. and must be amended 10
kr.ng the results. which We must arrive
4 tS properly preserve our fishing indus
ty. As the tax Is now applied the man
vsh small net pays too heavy a license,
NE tie owner Of a big net does not pay
Cough. Ny idea is 10 put graduated tax
6 these nets. proportionate to their length.
.aus giving each fisherman the same treat
ssnt On the score Of license.
'The set net license Is the evil that needs
EzsedIate change. Men pay their 81 for a
vt rel license and hold locations for
ytleh they should pay the pound net ttrap,
Lsass Il they use their reserve they take
VI the pound net iicense-if not. they hold
Ikts intAtlDtl& Tor the 81. n decision fiOi
hHg ago In the Whatcom county court led
q this evasion or the law, and under it
Ahsrmef may now hoia their trap ,oca-
lars with q sci net license of 81. when in
nj they should be made 10 pay the 50
ese as license for trap fishing.
finder The present law as IL has been
h;erpreted there Is no way TO avoid this,
nd this Is one OF the many shortcomings
. the regulations which must be promptly
tznged.
The Government should Act.
Fraser river IS an importan; supply
tr;nt. We all appreciate this. and ! have
pis especial attention To determining lust
I'M much of a figure IL cuts In the general
hasssry. Ny Investigations have led me
70 feel certain that from ~ 20 - per cent.
q the Sockeye salmon come from the
ysaser--l mean those caught all over the
Sound
I'VE need hatchery there the worst