Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-04
SETS DATES FOR
FISH HEARINGS
Confined from First Paee.)

prices to the consumer can be kept
long.
Under federal control the trust
would be wiped out of existence. as
not one of their representatives would
dare threaten net owner with trade
humiliation If he dared to sell his
catch to the consumer or to a retail
dealer. They would be compelled to
show their books to the Interstate
Commerce Commission and do all oil
their work on top of the table instead
of underneath If they continued in
the fish monger business at all.
WIN Reduce Fish Prices.
It is no idle guess to say that II
these bills became laws the price OF
food fish to the consumer will be re-
duced just one-half and that the sup
ply will be fresh instead of the cold
storage stock of a year or more. By
a system of education the officials
can within short time teach the
people of the country to use the fish
that is In season on their tables, end
in this manner there would be con,
slant supply. spring, summer, fall and
winter.
1t is only because the people insist
on having bluefish at this time of the
year instead of Goldfish, halibut, hake,
ling, founders and whiting that they
have to eat cold storage supply, as
the bluefish of the South can only be
found on the best of the market
stands, and the same thing applies
to several other species that come 10
these waters only in the summer
months.
The department of agriculture has
been justly credited with teaching
the farmer more than he ever knew
about raising crops, and by Just such
a course Of education they can ac-
complish just what has been stated
here.
There is another vital question con-
nected with the food supply of the
country, and that Is the seasons dur
ing which food fish should be taken.
This question is a large one, as it
has to do with the future supply of
the country. and that will be one of
the main features of the hearing.
The general opinion has been that
there is more fish in the sea than
man, with all his ingenuity, can ever
overcome, but that was said of
Niagara Falls when the first power
plant was installed. But the fallacy
of the statement has been proven
long before now, much to the disgust
of the people, andoot until the fish
of the sea that are natives of New
Jersey waters during their breeding
season are exterminated will some
people wake up to the fact.
Many to Attend Hearing.
The hearing scheduled for Feb
ruary 10 will be attended by a num-
Der of people interested in the con-
servation of food fish, and the entire
meeting will be recorded by Star
representative for the benefit of the
readers, who have shown such inter-
est in the matter.
OF course the fish trust will be rep
resented by able attorneys. as they
will never give up their hold on the
fish supply, even though it is a case
of robbery on their part to exact the
amount of money they do from the
public, but their efforts to Illustrate
any attempt at Federal regulation
will not avail them much, as it is
different at Washington than it is be-
fore many State committees, as the
entire day, il necessary, will be given
over to the hearing.
While The Star realizes that Wash
ington is far removed from New Jer-
sey, it would like to see a number of
our citizens attend the hearing, but
perhaps they will be given an oppor-
tunity to be heard, as The Star will
try and arrange for a hearing at
Trenton or in Newark before a referee
or a part of the committee, at which
it might be possible to have the con-
gressional members of New Jersey
in attendance, as practically every
one of them has expressed his ap-
prevail of the campaign carried on by
The Star.