Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-21

Bill. An Act for the letter protection
of Holsters and to prevent the transpOr-
tation of Holsters out of the State, from
June first to October first of each year
Mr.. Simpson OF York moved that this
bill be indefinitely postponed.
Mr.. GARDINER of PenObscot: Mr..
President: Before the motion is put !
Will move that the matter be tabled.
1t Is a matter Of some importance, and
would like to look into it.
lhe question being put upon the mo-
tlon OF Mr.. Gardner to table the bill.
the motion Was lost a division showing
that f1Ve senators had voted in favor Of
the motion, and 10 senator's against tbs.
same.
the pending question being upon the
motion of Mr. Simpson of York to in
definitely POSTPONE.
Mir. HESELTON Of Kennebec: Mr..
President Personally | should like 20
hear an explanation from some party
who knows about this measure, and
why it should be indefinitely postponed.
There must be some reason for it,
Mr.. Simpson of York thereupon read
the bill as follows:
Section l. No person or corporation
shall, between the first day of June and
the first DAY of October in any year.
carry or transport out Of the State. any
lobster or Holsters. taken in the waters
adjacent to said State aid within the
limits thereof. except such as are can
ned. and except female Holsters with
the eggs attached consigned to the
United States Fish Commission.
Section ?. Any person, or the direc-
tors or officers of any corporation vio-
lating the provisions of this Act Shall
be punished by fine OF not less than
two dollars nor more thar five dollars
for each lobster SO urll wfully carried
or transported out Of the State or by
Imprisonment not less than thirty days
or more than ninety days for each Of
fense.'' Now. Mr.. President we are not
allowed to ship any Holsters from the
LIST day of June until the 1st day of
October, each year. The people that
own pounds can buy these Holsters of
fishermen at their own price, four or
five cents a lobster. AMI can keep them
until the LIST Of October. and then ship
them to another state. The fishermen
will suffer. and those owning pounds
will make lots of money from the OPP
Grafton. That is the reason why T. for
one. would object.
NJ. GARDNER of Penobscot Mr.
President: Before the motion is put. as
| am at d disadvantage in debate upon
a question so far away from my sec
ton. as a lobster bill. But as l under
stand the matter. it is this: We have
today protection for game in our State
and for birds in our state, and for
things that are inland. We prohibit The
exporting and transporting OF TIL"
things Nature has given US in this To-
cality all over the country, except with
in certain restrictions. l suspect that
this Armour trust which controls most
everything. and will soon control the
very air we breath, comes down here
and are behind this business. Carload
aftor carload go to Denver. Chicago.
and everywhere else: and d plain citi-
zen in this State cannot get lobster
to eat. The price has gone up all out
of reason. | say if we are going to
spend a thousand dollats for the pro-
lection of Holsters. there should be
some restriction against shipping them
adj lib all over this country. against the
interests OF this State. We are doing
everything we can to encourage and
foster the coming of visitors into our
state. and are protecting cur fish and
game, and we are doing everything we
can 10 get visitors TO come here from
the West and South. and the North
vast in the summer. II there is any
one thing a summer visitor wants when
he comes here il is lobster: and they
ara fixing it now so that this immense
e,nt,p
lobster, and control their sale; and
when they get them out of the
state they fix the price so that
plain citizen cannot get any. and
the visitors who come down here on
the coast to spend their money, can
not get any. This bill is in line with
our laws protecting and fostering our
natural resources. We protect our
game. We do not permit these men to
carry our cartridges out of the state.
Formerly there was a good business
done in my section in the way Of kill
ing deer and sending them out OF the
state regardless Of restrictions; but we
have now said they shall not deplete
the forests of game and send II out
side the State. This bill as I under
stand it Is in line with that so that
we shall not allow this trust to control
the Holsters caught off this coast and
to fix il so that hotels and visitors
who come here can get no Holsters. we
used to get lobster salad in decent
restaurant in this city for Is cents. We
cannot get ii now for IS cents. | went
to = restaurant the other day here. and |
told the proprietor that / wanted a |
lobster salad, and asked him what it |
would cost, and he said they charged |
him g cents for a common lobster SAL |
adj l do not see why we should not |
fix it so that visitors who come into |
this State should have opportunity to |
have some lobster. and not have this |
Armour trust take every lobster that |
rs caught here from these traps or |
crates and ship them out Of the State. |
I don't know why we should not put |
some restriction upon it. I have not
been able to get one for two years in 4
my country; and if the fishermen will I
brin, them ashore and the trust does
not seize them, ! will pay and I think \
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