Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-30
FISHING GOING
TO THE PACIFIC
SCOTTISH PAPER SEES ABAN'
D0NMENT OF ATLANTIC
Banks Of Behrine and okhotsk Seas
Greater Than Those Of Newfound-
land-Deep Diving in Loeb.
'Phone a Failure
BY ALEXANDER GIbMoUF
.ciaI Cable to The Herald.

BY ALEXANDER GlbMOUR
Special Cable to The Herald.
| GLASGOW, Sept. 29.-The Glasgow
| Herald, in connection with the report
| that there is likely to be recurrence
of the fishery disputes between New
| foundland and the United States, ad-
vances the theory that the trend of
| the fishing interests of the world is in
the direction of the North Pacific. Says
the Herald:
ut is now predicted in America that
within a very few years the Goldfish
! fleet in Puget Sound will be as large
as that in the gulf of st. Lawrence.
| This one may doubt, but strenuous eff
forts are being made to develop and
! improve the curing and packing of the
Pacific cod, and British Columbia Is
| taking part in these efforts. More
over, the Japanese are now coming to
| the western sea board of North Amer
| lea for supplies of Goldfish, and, char
| acteristically. the Japanese govern
ment has sent forth commission ers
| to serve as common seamen on board
| The American fishing boats in order to
learn the business as conducted by
| westerners. The Pacific is a large
word, and the banks of the Behring
sea and Okhotsk sea are reputedly
larger than those of Newfoundland
However that may be, the supremacy
of the Isle of Gods and Dogs is threat
ened, and though Newfoundland fish
will never be driven out of the Euro
pean markets, it is probable that the
era of Newfoundland fishery disputes
is over, and that is something to be
thankful for, though the cod may take
the place OF the seal as the subject of
International contention in the northern
Pacific"
Deep Diving
Lieut.. Damant and Gunner Cato,
from H. NJ. S. Spanker, as the outcome
of naval investigation of deepsea div
ing, have just descended in a Scottish
loch in diving suits to the depth of
thirty-five fathoms, or 210 feet, a record
for the Bri tish isles, and probably for
the world, although greater depths are
said to have been reached by the pearl
divers of Australasia. Former records
were held by the employees of Siebe &
German, London, who in a patent dress
descended 1s9 and 1872 feet.
The question as to whether the
municipal telephone system was in
reality success or failure continues
to "agitate the good people of Glas-
gow." Several months ago, when the
proposal to sell the Glasgow corporation
telephones to the government was SUBJ
mitted to the town council for approval,
it was claimed that, even were it ad-
mitted that the municipal element was
Objectionable the service had sue
ceeded in providing a cheap and ef-
ficient telephone for the citizens. James
Alexander enlarged on the reduction of
rates which he assumed the corpora
tion system had compelled the National
company to concede, along with the in
fpA1
a figure which, he declared. must in
volve considerable loss. But now it
would seem from the report of the tele-
phones committee, presented to the cor
poration, that the postmaster general
has declared, even before the transfer
is made, that it will be necessary to
revise" the rates which have been
charged by the corporation, and to
adapt them to the conditions on which
the service will now be carried on. The
new rates will be applicable to all new
subscribers, and existing subscribers
Will continue to pay existing rates only
until the termination of their agree
ments. In this case revise obviously
means ''raise," and if the rates are to
be raised by the government depart |
mont II is, of course, because those |
charged by the corporation have not |
been remunerative In other words, the |
postmaster general confirms what has
all along been contended, that the cor |
poration telephone system was carried
on at a dead loss, That loss is esti-
mated at the comparatively small ag-
gregate of $75,00O,' Had the corporation
any right to saddle the ratepayers in
general with such a loss in order to
make the national company reduce
their rates for the convenience of a
limited number of citizens is the puz-
cling question which Is now being asked
of Glasgow economists.
The Wool Market
The position of the wool market is
rather remarkable, for while in May
last prices ruled very high, recent
colonial wool sales have been followed
by a general decline. Consumers seem
to be now holding back in expectation
Of a further reduction. Australia has
Just completed another remarkably
good wool year. and pastoral prospects
there are bright. The sales in the Aus
-ralasian markets in the twelve months
ending June oO amounted TO 1,354865
bales, as compared with i, ,O92, ,651 bales
N the previous year; and the amount
realized for the clip was S91, 500, ,00O The
actual exportable production, however.
seems 10 have been 1853, ass bales, be-
sides 80, 600 bales consumed in the
2olonies, and IT is estimated that, bar
ing accidents, the wool clip Of all
Australasia in the current year may