Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-01-24
EAST AND WEST
COM ENT.


A Few of The Extracts Encour-
aging The Board Of Fl. heries on
Presentation Of Their Annual
Report.
Have read it with ayidity. A gem.
an honor to the industry, and great
credit not o-ig 10 the Board but to our
State. Prof Frank z. Brent.
Your discussions of the oyster question
is clear, logical ANA convincing; an excel
lent and strong presentation of the sub
Ject. and the report can be read by many
with interest and profit. - Hugh E.
Owen.
| sincerely congratulate you upon
your report and upon the amount OF
good work you and your Board have
done during the last year. 1 sincerely
hope that you will succeed in getting
your plans for next year. both fnancis I
and otherwise, put into effect, as l GER
tainly feel that the very good work
done by your Board and yourself during
the last year deserves encouragement:
and l also feel very decided personal
interest in the success of yourself and
Board. Yours very truly,
j. G. RODGERS,
Supt. n. Y, p. IS n. r. r.
The report covers the whole fish in
dustry of Tidewater Virginia, and is in
teresting and instructive, giving as it
does an exhaustive report of the doings
of the Virginia oyster navy as
well as valuable suggestions, which. if
carried out, would save to the people
of tidewater many thousands of dollars
as well as make the police duty more
efficient. -Westmoreland Inquirer.
From the report we learn that SO. 600
persons of Virginia are actively engaged
in the fish and oyster industries. from
which is derived by those so engaged
about $15, 900, OG0. The income to the
State from this source was S99. 9S2. Sc.
with an expenditure of S33, III, OF max
ing net cash profit to the State of
S66, 81 ,55, or three dollars for one.
The increase of receipts over the year
previous is S25, 1853. Is. The report is a
revelation, and shows forcibly that Mr..
Lee, the Chairman of the Board. and
ex-officio Admiral of our Virginia Navy.
is the right man in the right place.
Hanover Herald.
1t has been our pleasure this week
to examine the text of the Fisheries
Boards report for its last fiscal wear.
and the impression we gather of
1t is that its showing is all that
the most exacting critic can ask:
it is little short of incredible that. all
things considered, it is possible to
have realized net from our oyster in
dustry S66, .55 in revenue last year;
and yet such are the figures. Our con-
hdence in that excellent body, headed |
by energetic, indomitable, versatile and
sireless Mcdonald Lee, seconded bv
MS competent, painstaking and ever
alert Secretary, Wilkins Matthews, has
never wavered; we know the men too
we'll. But that with all the UPS and
towns which in the very nature of
heir duties they must and have expe-
renced, they would go up Capitol Hill
with news like this, was, we NAV
almost say, least among our expecta-
ions. The Board and State are to be
congratulated, the Beard upon its mag
rficent showing and the State upon its
magnificent Board. The legislature
'hould deal generously with this depart
nent of our revenue service, which has
made so Enthusiastically good its title. to
high seat in the synagogue of public
avor. Our belief in fact, is, that if
'ur law makers will listen more to the
Information and recommendations of
chairman Lee. who is today one of the
'est educated men on the oyster ques-
ion in the State, they will accomplish
greater good to the people than by
heorizing and tinkering with the
statutes in life time. What the
'yster business needs is less law and
more common sense. Northampton
Times.