Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-11
STATE URGED To
SAVE FOOD FISH
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threatened to undermine the home
industry. and when the 800 sacks
brought $3.50 a sack the outsiders
withdrew from the market entirely.
If the State of Washington can do
that what is to prevent the State of
New Jersey from taking hold of the
fisheries and operating them In con-
Junction with the fishermen? That Is
vital question of conservation that
concerns the people of the State OF
New Jersey and 1t is asked on the
streets every day. now that the ques-
ton has been opened by The Star in
It's EFFORTS to force downward the price
of fish. Here we have a most won
derful asset, from which the people
OF the State do not derive one penny.
While a handful of men In New York
city, called fish trust by many and
worse names by others, are pocketing
s2,00o,O00 annually.
Would Pay 100000 for Control.
Here we have an asset that would
pay the cost of operating the State
machinery, leaving all other incomes
Tor improvements or a bank balance
and still the State makes no attempt
to corral IL. In conversation with a
f1sh dealer the other day. a Star rep
resentative was requested to offer, on
behalf of TVS dealer, SO 0C00 an
nually to the State of New Jersey
for control of the ocean fisheries, and
the bidder stated that he would agree
to sell the fish caught direct to the
retail dealers and the consumer at
one-half of the cost they now pay.
He also agreed to erect q fertilizer
plant and pay b1unty on all sharks.
dogf1sh. skates and all other such fish
that dGGtrnxy asb ka
would also pay the pound net men
~ cents a pound for all the fish they
catch, the price that they now re-
ceive from the fish trust of New
York city. and that he would only
want 1t for few years, as by that
time he would be in a post ion to re-
tire. This man has made a study of
the food fish question and he claims
that there are more fish destroyed at
the instigation of the fish trust than
ls consumed and that such a control
as he mentions would put a stop to
the waste at once.
But there is no need of any out
slider taking over this business, and
his offer Is simply stated here to show
what outsiders think of the fish bust
ness Of New Jersey. There is nothing
In the laws of our State to prevent
thO CNdtc HUN tdhlIS COHlfOi VI lut
fisheries. The State licenses the
pound nets and why MT buy their
catch and act as mlddleman to the
people, giving them the benefit OF low
prices?
Fish Advanced This Week.
There was no better example need
ed to show the high cost of living
than was to be seen in every fish
mn nj t. .lo aa& 10 - IL 90
went up two cents and fish followed
Cold storage weakf1sh brought fifteen
cents a pound and there wasn't a
pound of fish to be had for less than
twelve cents. When 1t Is figured that
1t takes three pounds OF fish to equal
two pounds of beef for meal 1t
makes this commodity beyond the
reach of the ordinary people.
Here we are confronted with the
situation of a handful of outsiders
making millions of dollars from the
New Jersey fish while thousands of
families are unable to purchase it
because OF the tax those men place
on 1t for their share of handling 1t.
Last Friday men and women could
be seen passing through the market
pricing fish here and there, because
they must have 1t on that day, and
| many of them passed on through be-
cause they could not afford to buy.
Three pounds of fish, gross weight,
at a cost OF fifteen cents a pound
reduced to q pound and half when
the entrails and head are removed
cost forty-five cents and there would
not be enough left after the cooking
process to feed family of four, and
that is expensive eating for man
out Of work, and he and his family
must live. That three pounds of fish
cost the fish trust agent seven and
a half cents, and still the State will
not raise a hand to help Its citizens.