The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-19
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S .ates should not be coerced and
made to do in Il way and manner diff
ferent from their present progressive
and progressing methods
Then. there is another phase TO it
more selfish, II Is true. intensely hu-
man, but not altogeth II reprehensi-
bic. Nature has favored some coast
S ates above others in the fin-fshery
Florida. North Carolina
Virginia and Massac hut stts. for ex-
ample. So, too, nature has given
all Of the coastal area certain advan-
tages over the interior. and vice versa
While Georgia, coast State may
be short of fishing, she is long on
waterr:elons and crackers" South
Carolina may not measure up to the
Old North State in water industries
but she has the call on longtime
between drinks. and boasts OF rice
and an aristocracy. Pennsylvania
cannot hit the water 10 the tune Of
Maryland" but she can furnish An
drew Carneg.es and Boise Penroses,
New Hampshire IS on the upgrade
with her mountains and roads but the
cod Of Massa chusetts has got her
and booze. but Virginia and Maryland
can put tie 20" in oyster" for them
Nature il profligate in some things
ard DIa ces while siiDtins IN Others
but in the general averaging up things
come out about even.
Federal Control IL Restriction.
hut to get back to little more
sanity. 1t Is an argument against
he DEGREES Of nature to say that a
state highly favored in one respect
must be restricted because less for
tunate neighhor wants larger share
Restriction" | maintain. is the proper
word for ths agtated phrase. Fed
oral control" You see. l have
launched into a depth not at first
Intended. and one where perhaps YOU
are now mentally saying | have found
cred Brashly again, however. | re-
peat-it is restriction that Federal
controllists stand for. To pursue that
policy would mean that the hoy with
his har gun in the old rabbit path
must get away. or "sot" the trigger
only every other night. because his
neighboring farmer boy cousin over
the worm fence wants a better chance.
Catch him doing IT, Did YOU ever
act so generously, nv kind friend
craft? Bet you not. You and | used
~ SifeN dlNuhi anu una the GtneT
fellows box. and either bust" il mp
or spring the trigger. That's whae
friend Linthieum and some other
friends would do Tor North Carolina
and Virginia. for New Jersey and Con-
neCtieut, But thev can't come over
our rail fence. It's trespass; So there
Is nothing to do but get Uncle Sam
to order my gums reduced and set
only on certain nights,
Arkansas may as reasonably de-
r1and 81 Louisiana thar she move
off the Gulf 80 that she can have
the oysters. and away from the delta
forgetting that she has oil wells
ant statesmen par excellent.
The store uu the corner must carry
only so much stock. and close early
So that tine competitor around he
corner VIII have a bigger trade W.1
you do it Mr.. Corner Merchant? Not
much. You got there "fust," and
have the "mostest" trade and you
are going To stick. Yea. will fight for
your vantage ground and your living,
Grainst any arbitrary ruling OF the
city government. This much is a
selfish argument. but II - true te
nature and nature will out
Virginia is Midway
Virginia is neither on the corner
nor around the block She Is midway
North Carolian holding choice OF
positions, and Maryland the least
desirable of the three North Caro-
lima refuses to close up shop because
We want the run and Virginia says 10
Maryla nd-you set. somewhere else II
you don't like your stand. All that
we ask OF North Carolina and al that
We should reasonably grant To Mary
land, is not to destroy the young
fish any more than possible
That is the philanthropic live-and-
letlive side of all this. and have
ever advocated IT, My policy since
DOMINIC long pants and growing out
of the stage when il is fun to tho
boy. but death TO the iiy" has been
; never to kill for sport what / am
| not able to get to utilize In yeats
of patroliing the sea I have given and
lived under orders to shoot no pas
sing fowl, even in practicing when
you cannot afford to stop to pick II
up. Ergo: no harmless fish that is
/ useless and no Sinner" that may
grow into worth later on would
destroy. Only obnoxious species and
those utilizable should be taken.
Could the United States gnYernm NJ
carry out In practice this Federal
control as some are 6c.uded into
thinklng II Couiu, all might De We'll,
and we might proha bly, relent and see
the sovereignty of States give way n
this i0ta. But we who have labore6
for years know how disastrous such
efror' or meddling on the part OF
paternal government would be. Ever
were we assured that att all times
there would be practical and sane
men Gas Is pretty much the present
case In fisheries matters) at the helm
for Uncle Sam, we should shudder tt
risk 1t for fear of enthusiasts and
faddists coming into control The ex-
pertinent would be fraught, gentlemen.
with too much danger and widespread
jeopardy.
Rather let us bend our Efforts we
who assumedly are in personal con-
troll OF suC1 matters In our individual
spheres--towards conIpaigns Of edu-
: cation and in the halls of legislation.
Personally, | have met with greater
success in these directions than ever
in the plane of coercion, though
am not altogether stranger in deal
ing with marauding ard hel.lgcrent
deprndators As presidents address
must be to some extent % the person
81 equation. you will I know, pardon
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