Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-11-17
WAR ON Dog FISH.


Government P1Aa to Destroy this
Pest Of the Ffshermes-
Hon. Luther Maddocks, OF BoothhAy
Harbcr, secretary OF the Maine SEQ Food
Protective association. hs. returned home
teryiewed many OF the leading concerns
in the fishing industry Everywhere be
received tie heartiess support and prom
ises OF co-operatioo in the work OF lessen
ing the doxdsh and shark evil to point
where it viii not menace the feature at the
fishing industry. Mr.. Maddocks outlined
the situation and the remedies the com
mission proposes recommending and
working for
'1Tne general public ~ coming at last to
understand that this so-caiied dogash evil
IL net jc.oe- The dog1sh, sfarfish and
shark sre menace for reasons well
known- They destroy our nsa and fishing
eeAr- They take charge Of oar Ser Eng
land coast for the best fishing months in
the year. They drive array our migratory
hsh that come here TO spawn They drive
small macgerei and other surface swim
ming dsh to shoal water where they
smother ana dae- Iney also destroy
thoosands o. small HOLSTERS foey oevorr
the ny thss arshoerased rom the govern
nsnt natchsf VI iass years the DOG
nsn, ssArks ana searnsn have muitipiied
vefy npsoiy. snc sometning must speeoiiy
oe zone 70 prevent them rem destroying
our Atlantic nsnerses-
Les vmser the Maine legislature ap-
pointed . commission OF three TO inses-
tiSsse tnoroosaiy the subject and report
70 sne osxA fe<ensufs some feasible pisn
ior exierns mating these destructive nsh-
inis commission, OF which lam member,
nas toe power 20 ask congress ana
Obey s1a'ss % eo-opefate iesisistiSeiy ana
oe0e nsos pas : very Similar
COM ~ 'ssaon sno y going aitef tnese pests
lsslc-ny nsnsins Inc nenaces 70
las = ioco Supply ana the canadian
- 'ns oiA WIN
s- Aney 10 noa HOOK iof
p.ous - '.s .A-' aiA.ate oi Oh .no ief-
1n.' ING fesl prom comes
iio.n
M .oooks reiefreo 20 the present
eos' " s sno otnef ioods -
60" E~eo M INC 10" prices asked Tor
n'a- Ano empnas1eo the Necessity Tor
Pfosesihs .nis supply OF creep 1000
ne com mission, ne continued
'oacn inses'isalion anc stooy,
VIZ Ieso'h ineno ans. congress make
iioefal spPtopfiAt'on 70 nnance TINS pro-
1ec1- ING pan u 20 ouho large oarges
On ~nicn cAn DC plaeed machinery Tor
eookine' pressing ana ofying the nsh,
siso henoerins tne rivers into OIL IL VIII
also oe necessary 10 nave oarges Tor the
storage Oh iertiizer ano OIL. "nen these
store houses are niied they can be towed
70 market and discharged, saving much
freight. These plants being porta bic ca
De used on the North Atlantic coast in
summer and on the southern coast in win
ter. The starfish should be cleaned from
the oyster beds.
Naturally, the question arisss as to
how much loss will be entaiied By the
government in carrying out this PROPOSE
ton For purposes of illustration let us
take an fn,I- grown aver.oa w.i.h, 49,
s.n wh;ch III, r;.,s - s.-.:,.-
o suy ioi
maj Nes tue 'e1'iii-er VIII DC "oftn 70, the
oii slo, or total veine OF 40. The fisher
men, to make it . fair business, would
have two cents per fish or 80; labor and
salaries for emplovees yl2. coal a. tood
,ox;n. ,s,s;rs *. h.x..,.nahs =,
.srh. enn. go, 90,
s ~ 'a1s business
VAN p'on1. a 'noeh'n2 pant Oh SUI
ncient capacity would cost YOU'D, and the
insurance and repairs would be quite an
item in addition to the running expenses.
Therefore IL sSouId be undey federal con-
.ro, =. there r,rsf Ia ,p;vs,u.t ass,~.-
80. -. ..;.
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THE PhoPosED ACT.
The proposed act which viii Be sub
mitted TO Congress and for W hich thers is