The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1907-10-24
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Dear Sir:
have seen lately in the Vermont
papers great deal regarding tbe
dumping Of sAwdnst in trout streams
and the defeat 81 tho proposed law,
which was 10 absolutely prohibit the
dumping OF sawdust etc. mot even
providing for an appeal from game
warden order) in streams inhabited by
fish, at the last session OF the Legisla-
ture.
Il is still beyond me TO understand
bow il can benefit the State TO enact a
law Of that kind because few dollars
worth OF trout are killed annually,
when without question hundreds OF
farmer. who by hard work and the
halp of saw mill located on some
mountain stream, earn las a good many
dol hundred and fifty to two hundred
5000 dollars each year from same to
exc out their hard earned income from
the farm; would be obliged by the
proposed law 10 discontinue such work.
No one who is at all posted aud UMPIRE
indeed but will admit that the income
from the farmers mills which are to be
found on every stream would not war
rant or even permit Of their putting III
proper appliance to use the sawdust
for fuel or of their Destroying or ear
rying it away by any other means than
water. Therefore TO have TO do so
would deprive them absolutely OF this
source of revenue from their labor and
forest land and would result only in
benetiting the larger mill owners by
enabling them TO demand an excessive
toll, and to buy logs at a starvation
price.
Thus if such law were passed the
result would be on the one hand the
loss of hundreds of dollars TO the men
that need il most, and on the other
hand the saving Of few dollars worth
OF trout (if indeed any to benefit a
very small percentage of the inhabl'
tants of the State, for IT is very evident
that the sawdust bill was only advocat-
ed by = certain class Of people engaged
in the summer boarding business and
the mill owner looking for toll and
cheaper logs.
A FORMER RESIDENT or MANCHESTER.
I'VE are forced TO admit that we do
not see anything in the above article to
cause us TO change our ideas in this
matter in the least. While we have
not Travelled about this section as many
years as the Former Resident Of Man.
chester still we confess TO having
spent quite little time in those sec
tons where the poor farmer" would
naturally plant his saw mill and as yet
we have not been able 10 locate any OF
those wealth producers that the gentle
man speaks Of. The author Of the
above claims that only very few people
believe that say dust in the streams is
fatal TO trout and thai be has caught
too many of saw dust banks and on
top of saw dust in the Bsttenkill 10 be-
leve many are affected by It. We do
no, doubt the gentleman's verseity but
we are still inclined TO the belief that
when be takes the time " get at the
festive trout be does not seek out the |
places which he mentions Ms being the |
deal spots 10 spend his time. Amy
person who has ever made the subject
one of any study whatsoever knows
that there is nothing that will drive
he trout from the stream any quicker
han sawdust and tina, fish xbhor il and
Zee from il. Furthermore il is not at
III necessary for any saw mill owner to
use any such means 10 rid himself OF
his necessary waste prcduc, from his
mill ms il can be very easily removed
" other methods. EDITOR.