Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-01-26
PROPOSED FISH LAW.
some Objections That May he Urged
Against 1t.

tAr ,CgiSlatuTeS OF Wisconsin, Mich.
igan, Illinois, Minnesota, Indiana ANA
North Dakota will be asked to adopt
4 uniform measure for the protection
o. fish ami game The game wardenS
OF these states will also be asked lo
endorse and Sdopt he proposed Ian.
The o,d was drafted by Senator Green
ot milwaukee,, 1t Will prohibit the
vaJchirg vi lake trout and white fish
IN lakes Michigan and superior from
October Il - December |, ana taking
az ash W aay variety within 400 fee,
O ANY dam ali the year around. thu,
all packages containing game or fish
Shaa he labeled; that game shall nat
be cold sJnyag,d iuGiuE the closed
season, ,hat deer may be killed only
from November 10 November - "
ea,a year, prohibits the Sh.pmout al
game from out u the state aud dc
stru,Non ot ducks in the sprinG. ANA
imposes tax OF 81 on resident ana S.
on nonresident hunters.
In an Interview l.. Z. SETTLING Of
Green BAY. president ot the State Fish
ermau's association, called attention
20 some ,Aings which were possibly
NOT taken jnto consideration 10y the
author " The bill. he said;
! jhMk The adoption OF such bill
would he a great injury. not only to
The fishermen and dealers. but many
others as well. Certain passages in
the Nill are all right but there are
others all wrong. Food fish should moi
be included in the list l'ndel this
head may no claSsod white fish her
ring and perch, which are used a. all
times. Ii would be Just as Injurious
To adopt a measure cutting OF the use
Of beef and pork rs food fish during a
certain season of the year. All mac-
teal fishermen would be satisfied to
stop fishing during the spawning time
say from October Is TO December |
but to lay idle at other times woult
be something their business would no
stand. You can readily see the Injury
We would he subjected to in case til,
bill became n law and we could MOI
have food fish in cold STORAGE durins
the cold season. At that time thous
ands of barrels OF salt fish are in cold
storage and il there were no fish on
hand then there would be no fish to be
had during the remainder OF the win
ter. The same applies to frozen fish
That section OF the bin is all right 10
applying to game Ash but 1t is vel9
different when applied 10 food fish
The former aTc considerable OF a luz.
ury while the latter are necessity
The adoption Of such Il measure
would actually drive business from
Wisconsin TO some state where such
law would not exist Before The sea
son closed al the fish would be taken
from the stale and shipped In again
later. cutaIdnG much extra expense
which would have To be paid by the
consumers. The price Of The fish
would necessarily advance IN order TO
meet the extra expense involved IL
order tu evade the law. II would b,
a bonanza for outside concerns white
the home Institutions would suffer
he cold storage business in Wiscou-
sin has grown 10 mammoth proper.
lions within the past few years. The
adoption Of the proposed law would
have 4 tendency to drive the owner
Of these enterprises out OF the bust
ness, Many men would lose employ
mcnt, and transportation companies,
barrel and box manufacturers, as well
as others, would suffer b. the genera
reduction In the business. which
would surely follow The labelling d"
all packages as provided for in the bill
would be impracticable in cases o
food FISH. Carload lots are Offer
shipped. If every box ana barrel hao
TO be labeled much extra work woulo
be involved. The adoption of section
/ of the bill would result In driving
many Of the fishermen out Of business
Ii provides that lake trout weighiup
less than one and one half pounds
shall not be caught. As this takes N
chGSs, which are seldom more thar
one pound in weight, those who max,
club fishing their specially would have
10 find other employment. As to the
size Of certain fish am satisfied tina
walleyed pike should be thirteen
inches instead OF fifteen. II takes .
two-pound pike to measure fifteen
inches, so the limit Is altogether too
high. Pickerel is also too .arge. tn.
limit being eighteen inches when ~
my opinion II should be fifteen"