The sun., 1908-05-10
WHALING LOOKS UP 4 BIT
AT LEAST THERE ARE MORE
WHALES TO BE CAUGHT,

but the American Woman Doesn't Seen -
BE DOlng Her Duty. a. the DemaDa for
WhalebOne Is Falling OR-Old whaling
ships That Are Stlll In the Business.
After nearly half a century Of gradual
decline the whaling industry is considerably
revving- g-oonsiderately, because not couht-
ing the somehow allied business Of trap
ping for furs whaling has been the most
adventurous and romantic means OF gain
ing livelihood wherein Americsns have
engaged. Truthful stories Of adventure,
romance and song have told Of the whaler's
life, and it is not we'll 10 have such season.
ings Of the worlds work disappear.
There is no sensational boom TO startlO
in this revival, but the reports from the
two principal whaler ports, New Bedford
and Victoria on the Pacific, tell a story
which gives hope for tho future. In ALL
Americans reported catch Of three times
as many bowheads In 1907 as we're caught
in the previous year, and that the product
is still profitable is shown by the fact
that last year the Pacific Whaling Company
paid dividends OF 20 and Is per cent. on
It's preferred and common stock
Old whalers whose joy in the promise Of
renewed prosperity for the industry IL
plainly more,the delight Of sportsmen than
cap'ns Of industry reckon that the long
partial rest from insistent pursuit which
the whales have enjoyed is the reason for
their appearance in larger numbers. Whales
do not have large families and the kiddies
take time TO grow 10 husky hfty-ton young
sters, but nevertheless the increase and the
growth are all right, II slow when the herds
have half century or so Of immunity,
How little. relatively, has been doing in
the whale hunt line for some time few
figures will show In 1885, which was high
water mark for whalebono, 5,0S2, 800 pounds
Of il was brought in, while last year the
amount was only 1852, 500 pounds.
in 1851 the old whaling barks brought
in 32S, 500 barrels Of whale oil. but last year
only 4,2iO. The total Of United States
whaeB fell from 738 craft to 3S,
But just az nature has replenished the
supply Of raw material TO gladden. the heart
Of the romantic, the bothersome operations
Of trade are doing things to give the practi-
cal the blues This relates to whalebone.
Only within the past year the price OF
that has dropped from S5.25 to 81 a pound,
with scant demand Wanted, a society OF
patriotic women to campaign for a renewed
tlsp of whalebone II our granddames
used up five and a half million pounds OF
whaebone, what's the matter with ths
present generation!
lime was so II Is reported, when every
woman had her dress waists stlflened ana
moulded with several ounces OF whalebone.
TO say nothing about what went into her
cor5ets. What has happenedr Is there a
/ near whalebonet Every woman who hkes
! a romance of the sea should brace up mol
] with steel, but whalebone.
There is to-day or there was on March 10,
| according to the esteemed shipping nus
! frdiCd from which these figures are obtained,
| 1900 pounds OF whaleDone, with market
| quiet and no sales reported. Just as the
/ whales are doing their duty is the American
/ woman going TO neglect hcrs'
! IL is impossible to dig into any source OF
! information about whaling without coming
upon fascinating stories Of the long ana
/ adventurous careers OF some Of the famous
/ ships i'm the trade thTee-quarters OF century
/ AGO n almost seems as ii some OF them
/ had been preserved and made water and
time proof by the cargoes they carried.
/ There Is the old whaling Dark canton
still doing business. although she was
launched at Baltimore in 1885. She was
fast packet passenger boat between BAL
timore and Liverpool until lsIS when the
whaler business needed just such ship
and she was sold to the fuckers OF New Bed
ford for that trade,
She hunted whales in many waters, ana
| on many cruises returned with oil ana pone
worth 500 600 picked out OF the sea. You
NAV find pictures Of her in any old whaling
hook in the attic printed nearly hall CEN
tury ago perhaps, and that is what makes
interesting the fact that the good OLD canton
as late as l0Ol-she was o. years old then
came into New Bedford with a whalers
cargo worth $4,000. The 1908 intelligence
of the good old lady now 49, is as sound
and sturdy as any new craft ahoat'
She may last TO enjoy the oily fruits Of
that is ladies. If you will restore the whale
! hona affirming 10 yOUT waists