The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-30
LOBSTER INDUSTRY WAVES.
mo DEMAND MAKES supply SCANT
~ PRICES mon.
Average wholesale Price Ha' Increased over
500 Per Cent. In Twenty Years steady
Decrease In the Number o. Pounds Caught
How HOLSTERS Are Caught and shipped.

80 n ., A., Tw.n,, ysars- stead
nso,....un an. ynmb.- a. Pound. Caught
-usv Lob,t,r, Ar. Cauxht and shipped.
, a.. ,t.r,, ..,ho,rd
-, - uuM. cirrreo.ipg fond.
'np 49,, - load dion, for rho lat
ne7o ~ n~I "a LII, ,,,.raa.an .uu h..
VIM 49, , , ,,L' a.. \, ,,,n uu 4.
,'% i.d,I,o u.,, rd,c.. ~, il sin,e
"D.' ~ '.a' a"n ,rilo nor nourd
.,.,.,,.I ,'ar sn no, cont
49, -, -, To- oc,ea.,J
~ "''.y ,La ~. IA, Lo,ouy 90
'"I'' 'H' w ~, - ,La, 4,
,,.t4.,. .r
Ia nu.i,.n' ,,.... $50. d.. 900 rr,-
-., - -, a.. Ll.,.r ma h.., a
5.aI ,r,i,Ia ~ Nso England die, A.
s. -.r an .,r,n, oL,no
- raiu. 1900 a.. 80 .un,lr
49, n.ra,n,a so,,Iors r,oyed inland
,. ,.,oL'aI 10 Le,inring - Tho loh-,er
E ,o,,,i, ,o,n,. Leg,r IN mako
,. . ,..,c ,,1 ..lirg L,b.tor.
- Ill.,, ,,. ,,,..n nrtI n,y, tL,u.upd.
" 49,. ,,,ln, odd ,rd h,,d,ed. nr ,rou.
sa,,. ~, d,l,r. nys.ted int
mo rar,,,,tan at a.. ooa. ~ Ntoire
.n.,ar' aro ~ ho fornd ,hore in GREATER ah,,n.
- ,aa 10 .,r a,har ,Iao. tn Tho Trited
CW.VA IL. Lob. nj IaAnna m AnIa
.,,cb a. "a found aIa,g ,hs NOR. ea.tsrly coa.i
Iiro - yatno 1ho,a sr. num.rous has and
49, da,taa - I,r.o and mil i-lands
80 ,a,- a.ooIla,, Lroodina oro,nds
In d., o.rl, J,,. tho asLsr, n uas custor-
49,. -, a. ,,L, d,rinc no .,rrc ana ,oII
- e.. .,r,, ,o ,,tory , a.. hoy ana
80 ,t,c, ,,,,u ~, ,Lc loh-tsr. ,o,,a int,
,.,,,.,f,el halls. ro,sr and ho,or, tbeir
,, ,. l,l l,,, c,,,tI. d.,l,,od r.,
,..ri g.. ,.L., c...,r,E ~, a, o.,or IL, d,
go, L,., ,I,' 49,, r,u f,r,d in IN, .rn,,u.r
g. n,,,I. iron, threo fl, 6ftccp l,tbous in fine
nur..,... ,..,oo. l,tus.n rho .lYnd. and
tho ,.,irlrd and i'm tho L,u.r ,o,,Lc- If
no h., 81 ,,.r- uhc, yirt,, trc,,r,
~. ~. o.. 10 900, .,, ~, Ill. ., r,.,.
y. W. ~" W. ~ '"'
nlteeh u" II'N ldthons III the "In uAS- TINS
used to protect him. but not 80 now He has
h.nor,o ,,L,,tI. TIA, a.. f.hcr,,cr lcc,
D','H' ~ '"'""u' wa" TOT ""''"'" "''
flGht WiteI nun all WINTER I'hE
Iobsters are caught in what the fishermen
o.u not. ,,t, H.. rr,r,, ,...rL ,,da,flotb.
ca" p'e Ap"' - u 'I''"' ""'N n'"e 'a."S
IL J. usuaIiN ah"u' : l'et long, : fe"t
wide and Is inches hign There are
~. ~, -, rh. II,
D" ~
mace 81 'ol'' '"'he ana are I"hh'I SNAPPED
The smaller and inner ends measure about six
inches in diameter and nr, hold oren bv mann
~
OF wire ring These tunnels are fastened
W WV AA ~ 'NhtN W. Wv NV VI INV I'N|
with the shorter side uurerp,o-t -o that ubep
81. 49, 49, .... w., -
'"cS az !" ''"'r NV "'' '''''"'IE P"dI"
into the pot instead Of horizontally. The
tunnels are nhout IL inches, deem and tapcr
Ia, ,,r.t,u a., i,,r,,d ,l.n. -, nil
ldP'u'l' i''H''"k az "'''u'H pane ny VINO"
the HOLSTERS must climb Inside the pot, fast
ened 10 a smear head ON the bottom. il. the boit
rLt, III. L,I.,, L -
l"s u "'u''S ua'pu'' H''''"k " '"u he'u'
usually sailed slightly However. almost any
kind Of FISH will do These not, are lot dawn
- -, 1. - ~. -
!" me o'''''" v 'ht water anu Ut he'u l' pace
by stones inside The lobster has u very keen
scent and smelling the bait no proceeds In
,,,a,. M -, 49,.
lnN'''lH"'' lHt result - 'H"' h' 'lhlp0 N''
the funnel through the inner opening and drops
down into the not Thcn le h. dnne for and
thf u'Nl 'huE We n'iI "l MN h'l- b'lUg served
Ut soillt - t''HtI al'H 'i' 'N'tIr'
OthtI hlhu- "t iIdlN nave Ortn trled' hUt
none mas proved az Suc'r~-tul H. the one lu-t
described me lobster has a great habit OF
climbing al over the pots before he sticks hi-
nose INTO the tunnel some genius conceived
q trap WIN a ir9Idoor on The TOP, When q
lobster 9~'iainbled over the TOP the door gnyc
way ana IN hetel W ME TINS ld'd seemed rN-
cellent II mas never FOUND FAVOR with the Maine
lobster 'has"rs
n tho warm season tn" pots ~" frequently
set on travis, ~ tho l"h~ier~ are Ullte, thick
then on the rocky bottom near shore In the
tIawl method, the pots are usually set about
thirty feet aIHrt depending on the depth Of
the water 50 that when one DOT is IN the boat
the next will be on the bottom In the old DAYS
the trawl system was very much more IN favor
than now. because the lobster, were moro
plentiful Nowaday-. tho pot, are generally
.V 80 - ~ -G.Es r. Il II