The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-22

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usually ranges In depth from two to
eighteen inches. Besides the sailing
ileatt which uses "serapes,'' or small
toothless dredges, hundreds OF men
and boys ply the land-net in the
shoaiest waters a "sallor" will catch
as many ns thousand soft crabs and
peelers u day at the height OF the
season. not to mention several bar
rels of hard crabs that might be term
ed III the, light of a by-product. The
true by-product. however, is the shell
o. the picked hard crab, which is
cleahed, and shipped In barrels to the
marts and used largely by lunch ven-
ders and cafes for holding the cooked
crab meat or deviled crab. handed out
TO customers.
One Cent Ench.
The ruling price in midseason a
crabber gets-and he demands II no
less SUMS one cents apiece for his
soft catch. and Crisneld regulates
prices for Maryland and Virginia, at
least. When the price fails from one
cent to half a cent the independent
waterfarer ties t,r his boat and refuses
to worl. until the market becomes nor
nal. Big catches In these sounds will
sometimes glut the Norther markets,
and II is then prices tumble, and the
crnbber goes on strike. Though he
may be able to catch double the guam
ltity, he will not work VIXEN the price
is half n cent, and 1T Is GENERAL
decree among them that they would
rather catch 200 day at one cent than
500 at half cent-.-a curious kind OF
professional ethics, though bound by
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and he was brnced ready for any
calamity, but preferred it should strike
the dealer. If he had thought never
to see the buyer again. he would
vllave forfeited his pay rather than
take those bills.
Home Life Simple.
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