Evening journal., 1917-03-31
cnnrIsm FROM CANADA.

TDpORARIY because Senator ollie James had an noru-
nate hankorng for Goldfish balls, practically the en-
tire fish schedule placed on the free HSV Ny "'
Democrats Here import business IN hsh "h'on
~ 1912 toaled S75OOOO but to the gusatory governed
mind Of Mr. James, who a member of the Ways
and Means Committee when the bill was framed all
ob WAS compressed into the well-browned bous Of the
v,son mascot nodded into form with the aid OF 'he
Irish spud and his Gargantuan appetite was maN'"s
heavy drafts upon his pocketbook Ergo II hsh were
free might not the ballistcs OF the Goldfish oals DC
smpihed?
John p Field deep-sea angler Of Gloucester Mass
had been trying vanly to pry into the minds Of the
Democratic members the importance to American nsh-
ermen OF duty of Ia cents pound on nsh' 10 pro
te them from the government aided fishing industry OF
| Canada and the innnesimal effect of such ouV on
the price Of FISH to the American consumer said ne
at the hearings;
zone quarter OF a pound Of fish will make six large
fish balls; and II he eats one-quarter OF pound OF
fish the duty on a pound OF Ash would be IA cents
and one quarter Of that would be onequarter OF cent
plus" cor 5-16 OF a cent?
Through the pensiye mind Of the sOo-pound states
man from Kentucky during this colloquy, had been
floating the vision OF heaped-up platters OF Goldfish
balls He could fairly hear more popping in the pan
He awoke with start and this is the record OF his
reply to Mr. Field preserved in the hearings OF that
day:
'gIr James Onterruptug). That would be twenty
cents week and hfty-two weeks in the year it would
he 5000"
To achieve this saving his diet Of twenty cents
week or 5000 year. what could have been included
i'm the mental calculation OF Mr.. James? The consump-
tion of no less than 3S4 Goldfish balls week or nearly
10000 year Think Of it, Fiftyhve hsh-balls six
DAYS week with fast day fftyfour tho seventh!
Is It any wonder that and potatoes banshed
TO the free list? did reduction in price enable
the Senator to satisfy his Unsuitable craving? The evt
denco is all against it; il fish be a brain food
p The result of this free-listng OF fish was dopres
l. sion In the American industry Fish came in From
at Canada in slahors after tho law passed The wa
I'd has drawn a large portion OF the Canadian catch
Europe but still the figures OF the Department OF Con-
at meco considerable gains in imports for the ca
ed ondar year 1916 over 1913 and 1912 They show tina
r. OF cod paddock hake pollock herring and macSere
cured or preserved. we imported 1G47S6,419 pound
th worth S7A46996 in 1913 and 16569O4u pound
in worth SS163497 in 1916 or fish packed in oil we in
at portcd S2Q159tS in 1913 and S2.27sS69 in 1916
other prepared FISH, S2O6261 in 1913 and s21067J
in 1916. great deal of these prepared fish produc
ill come from Europe and hence the imports have be-
my seriously affected by the war
be- Fresh fish imports for 1913 toaled 6O7112i7 poun
viii valued at s267496O and for 1916, 1O05t6595 poun
ow valued at S4962S52 meat Holsters turtles e
zen import value 1918 s2,533522: 1916, S3O1217S Al
ef- eether the total imports under the fish schedule
1918 were SIT 634OO2 and for 1916, S2O524OS1 Cana
had a ronicking time with American free trade
fish.