The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-22
THE HAS KIN LETTER
About Fish and the War
By FredeFlclZ ]. Haskin.

Very good Bismarck herring came
to US from the British Isles. Likely.
they will never come from there
again. After the war. II "a to be ex-
Ipected that we will resume an import
LOT Earl Kitchener herring. for the
grow in English seas. Thus. the
wars after effects viii extend to the
|custom-honored American meal on
"the morning after
In all proper seriousness, 1t may
be said that the war will cause the
Worlds fish industry TO undergo vari-
Ious embellishments of more than pass
ling Importance. We are importers
Of considerable quantity of fish,
This import has steadily grown dur
ling the last ten years from 49, IL
I949 In 1903. Ito SIS. 330,280 in 1913
la large part Of this impert has been
iinde f1niteIy cut on by the war.
Food products will be among the
erents will care to export. The out
iputs of the English, German. French
land Belgium fisheries will be kept at
home. The product OF these four
countries furnishes large percent
age of our total fish import. Great
Britain sent us 50, 1895 $50 worth In
1913, of which amount herring and
mackere1 were the two most import
ant sorts. Germany shipped us $72,-
1925. most cured herring; France
Bent us $634,162 worth, the bulk OF
which was fish packed in oils. fancy
isardines. and so on, and Belgium fur
nishes us with sardines in oil and
and preserved shell fish through
Trench canneries.
Besides the loss of fish imports
from the warning nations. the Meth
erlands,. Norway, Portugal, Spain.
Finland and other fish-producing1
with either famine staring
at them from around the corner on
account of halted business. armies
modified for the protection of their
neutrality, and increased peoples to
feed through harboring OF refu-l
gees or because OF more inslstent de-
mands for food from the war-swept
territories. will keep their suDplieis
at home. Here, again, the war Will
considerably cut down our sources OF
supply.
Holland sold us s971.125 worth
Of fish in 10 10, practically the entire
import being herring and mackerel
During the same year we took So
S77, 426 worth OF fish from Norway.
prin cipally cod, paddock, bake. pol
lock, sardines, herring and mackerei.
From Portugal we purchased $48S,-
431 worth, practi cally all fish packed
in oil, while Spain sent US SOL 1878
worth. Sweden sent US $1T7 PSI
worth, mostly herring and fish packed
in oil. More than half of our total
toned.
= Herring, mackerel, sardines, sal
mon. cod, haddock, hake, pollock,
compose the bulk of our fish imports. I
OF these, possible shortage may oc-l
cur In our supplies of fish packed I'M
oils, more particularly In the fancier;
brands of sardines and in herr1ng.i
For the most part, however, the di-I
mini shed import can be easily made
up by increasing home production.
The output Of the American fisheries
has been steadily growing for num- |
of years. and this industry will I'M,
doubtedly be accelerated in its de-,
velopment by the European disaster:
1t will probably have an Increased
creased home demano.
export otake care of bes!sSes an in
American fisheries have grown
into a great industry. The annual
value of fish and fish products for
the United States is around $155,-I
100000 This does not include the
value of the vast Quantity of fish
taken by sportsmen and amateur
Gay OTGSdH1OIS. fAOO0I fcOlWs-f0tO
is invested in our fish Industry. and
more than 100000 of our people earn
their livelihoods In its employ
Therefore, considerable expansion
in this business would have an ap-l
probable effect upon our general
welfare. Nevertheless, 1t is not toll
be hoped that our fisheries Increase
their output too rapidly. In such a
case, even with the energy and fore
sight of the United States Bureau OF
Fisheries. there is danger that many
fishing. grounds may be permanent
~ damaged.
Our fish exports lately have begun
a. steady increase. In 1908 we ship
ped fish to the amount of $6.717, 274,
while in 1913 we sent abroad sal
T11,932 worth. Oysters. salmon.
herring and maclzere1 enter largely
into our exports. Nowadays, despite I
Russian caviar. we are sending about
10000 worth OF this article abroad.
either that or something very like
the sturgeon eggs. and something I
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