The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-22

ported s63s,ss2 worth Of oysters Il
IIl913.
4 1t is. only recently that the United
\ States has had the inclination I.
lFgive thorough business attention y
the little things of the sea. Accus
TONED to doing things In a large way
1.-THE American industry began witt
whales and left the capture anc
Treatment OF sardines to the Europe:
ans The whale industry is now
dying out Formerly. it was the fore
most fishing industry of.the United
States. Now, with the source of sar-
dimes shut off, the little fish must
come in for share of notice
Anyhow. we stand little chance Of
facing q shortage Of oysters. even II
lour supplies of whales and sardines
do give out. The oyster catch ia
Am erica s most valuable single hsn
product The output of the United
States oyster industry exceeds the
fisheries OF the world combined.
Moreover, experts in things OF gas
tromic taste content that there Is no
oyster which the waters hold half so
delicious, so pfquant. SO satisfying,
as the American product. Still.
there is small. insipid indefinite
taste about the European oyster. g
taste suggestive of nothing at all,
and, therefore, restful, which one
finally learns to sigh for.
More unmistakable is the super
iority of certain other American fish;
such as bluefish. shad nd brook trout.
One may search the length ana
breadth of Europe and fail to find 9
water-grown meat so inviting as that
of the bluefish The nearest APP
proach to our bluefsh is the Rhine
salmon. It is one of the delicacies
Of the European table. The Rhine.
salmon, Russian sturgeon, the French
sardines and the French, Belgium
the family reminiscent European
oyster and the herring, are the only
honors which the fisheries OF Europe
hold, at least, according to the im-
partial judgment of an American
visitor.
s Our fisheriea m Alaska promise a
tremendous development. Includ-
ing the seal, walrus and fertilizer
products. these fisheries sent US goods
to the amount of $19.O91.4S1 IN
1913. Black cod. cod. herring. sal
mon and trout were the leading
items. Whatever loss we suffer
through decreased import of sal
mon ought easily to be made up by
the Alaska fisheries, as, also. a large
part of our decreased herring Inn
port
Great Britain leads all other na-I
lions in the development of her fish
ing industry. Germany, France,
Holland. Norway, the United States
Sweden, Canada and Finland are the
other principal sources Of fish ana
fish products, though their import
ance is not graded according to, the
order named The fisheries of Great
Britain, France, Holland and Ger
many will. it is likely, receive more
or less severe setback on account o.
the war. While their markets will,
doubtless, not decrease. loss OF men,
and capital and of foreign relations
are bound to work then certain
amount of harm. On the other hand,
the fisheries Of the United States.
Sweden. Norway, Spain and Canada
stand better than excellent chances
for deriving considerable benefit
from the conditions brought about
by the present war. The effect upon
the Industry OF this country cannot
but be a beneficial one. and, at worst
the people will suffer only curtail-
ment of herring consumption and al
bit of sardine restraint.