The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-21

OBJECTS, purposes and methods II ma,
even be that it will have to be handeJ
over to the care of Josiah Richie who
III some wonderful manner will manag,
10 make per cent out Of it bv shoe,
shoWmanship, exhibitions, with stalls fo,
the sale of marking inks, glass cutters
ana india rubber stamps along the fore.
shore swimming displays by the Beck
with family at Yarmouth high diyina
Ieats by Miss Luker and shapelv assist
ants at Scarborough. shooting galleries a,
Grimsby and Hull twenty-four hours
continuous entertainment on the Dogger
Bank, and, all included in the charge OF
q shilling, grand electrical illumination
Oh the water in which the fish used to
swim
1t was at Grimsby that I learned the
alarming danger of exhaustion that
threatens the North sea fishing industry.
In matters concerning fish 'ng Grimsby
knows what it is talking about II is the
greatest nshing port in the world It
Rhfa aIt fish in the Wholesale, just as
Hahcnester does cotton, deals in fish
speculates in fish, CANDLES in fish. iusr
as the Stock exchange does in shares. IT'S
Pohtoon; covered wharf by the side of
I me 1u0ck where the fish is landed and
mie long and fifty or sixty feet in width:
ana every day this great market is chok.
ers bring back.
As you walk on 1t you paddle in hsn
SHINE among rushing, excited men splash
t ca ;, WIN Tn, nsh slime You pick your way
with dlihculty, leaping over huge, gleam-
lng white halibut, making detours round
rows Of giant cod or boxes brlmming over
with soles, p.ace and haddocks.
A handbell rings, and dealers and Inv
ers rush to the auction to compete furi-
ously for the latest landed cargo For II
Is Is always bull market in Grimsby.
aoWeXer much fish is landed, 1t is less
than the possible consumption And the
Pupuc demand Is always increasing, while
the supply, as far as the North sea pro-
portion OF 1t goes, is constantly dimin-
lsnlhS, so prices are always rising
outside IN the docks. the water is as
cL,QWoeq with ships as the pontoon Ia
WIN nSh. powerful looking steam trawl-
ers lie nose to nose as closely as they can
pc packed against the dock side These
are the chief cause of the profusion Of
growing scarcity in the North sea.
BESIDES steam, ice and rapacity have
mad a great deal to do with it, Steam
WE55lIcn renders 1t Independent of wind
tlae and weather, quadruples the deyas,
tation of a fishing vessel; ice, which
kkeeps the catch in a marketable condition
tor weeks II necessary, enables the steam
traWler 10 remain much longer at sea.
and so further increase its deyaStation'
tRapacitv does the rest Rapacitv that
goes not stop TO count how many fish II
Kills for every salable fish it is able To
bring to market, ~
1t is, says Aid. Harrison Mudd. the &C.
tiInapie mayor of Grimsby,th the wanton de-
which is depopulating the North sea-
Ihere Is a certain market for young ami
immature fsh, such as plaise. Iney are
bought by the poorer classes in large
low ms, and also in large quantities nv tbs
Tried fish shop people. It is not a very
profitable profit market this and by itself t
the immature fish are only a byprodnct'
90 to speak. The reason why they are
caught Is that wherever they are found,
ana the fishermen know to an inch Where
70 look for them, there are also to be
sOles. '0AuaOie
Now; OF all the good things that are to
DC desired In life, the sole, from the point
Of view Of Grimsby is the most des Gr;'l
pie. or all the, fish that swim he is the
most marketable. No imagInabIe sIInniS,
can depreciate, his market value There
never was in history a glut of soles on
the market. For soles the English anne
fits Is s Unsuitable. Turbot halibut. place
hau o9 heTring-especially herrifs-do
pend Tor their profitable catchings on fht
market conditions current at the time
!t a,sy are landed But not the sole. He
inVarlably fetches more than he is worth
largely because of his accommodating dis.