El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-12

w % you want ant. to to help he. wi win tn.
var? Do you want to cut
down your meat bills and at the same
tine add to the food supplies OF our
allies in Europe-
II so. why don't you eat fish? It viii
give you mere brain and just as good
muscle. It viii digest quite as easily
and fit you for your duty In these
stirring times Of our nation The
japanese people, who are among the
brslvest on earth, are fish eaters. The
Chinese. who are as strong as we are.
live largely upon the same food. and
until the war broke out nearly every
man IN northern Europe was eating
twice as much fish as we do. Our
present consumption Of meat is about
y times as great as our consumption
OF fish. and every pound Of fish we
eat viii release that much beef. NUT
ton and pork for shipment abroad
Herbert c. Hoover, the food admin
istrator. is advising that every Amer
lean add 10 the fish on his table. This
is the advice also Of Hugh II Smith,
the United States fish commissioner.
DR.. Smith is our world authority on
fish, and under him IS q large corps
Of scientists who are always studying
the possibilities OF sea food as a ma
tional asset Their recent expert
ments show that fish meat will build
Up the body as well as beefsteak and
that men can replace ali other meats
with fish every day in the year with
out III effects They advise Us to eat
fresh fish II We are near the source
Of supply. and salt fish and smoked
fish wherever we are.
The bureau OF fisheries has a book
q recipes Tor preparing salt fish and
smoked fish FOR the table, and II you
viii write DR.. Smith he will send II
70 you BE VIII tell you also how
70 can fish and smoke It, and about
other ways IN which 70 put up your
supply for the winter
Fisheries National Asset.
But I want 10 tel you something
about our fisheries as a national as
set The waters Of the sea and land
contain 5000 different kinds of
fishes, and those In and about the
United States have so many varieties
that you could start as a three year
old baby and eat a new fish every day
until you were old enough TO have
babies yourself. and not reach the end
OF the list We are now producing
more sea food than any other country.
The value OF all the fish caught by
man tn one year is estimated at not
less than 500.000,0o0 OF this, our
product is fully one-fifth- It IS twice
as large as that Of Russia, ten times
that Of Germany and more than so
times that OF Austria-Hungery. It IS
about one-third again as big as that
Of Great Britain. which ranks second
as a national fisherman. and the
same is true OF Japan. which catches
Efe. f00. 600 worth OF fish every year.
The sea food OF Germany has been
cut down by the war. The Baltic IS q
noor fishing ground. and until now
the most Of the kaiser's fish has come
from the North sea, which he has SO
neppered with mines and submarines
that thousands Of its fishing boats
and tens OF thousands OF its fisher
men are out Of a Job.
North Sea Great Fishing Place.
The North sea is one OF the best
fishing grounds upon earth During
The year prior 10 the war it produced
sbout 22.500. 100000 pounds of sea
food so much that. II It were loaded
on wagons. the fish train containing
ir would reach all the way from New
York City 20 San Francisco, via Cal ]
-estou. and hack The amount that /
Great Britain got from II was more I
Than 1000. 100000 pounds, and this I
meant p pounds Of sea food for ev- |
cry man, woman and child IN that /
country.
The North sea supplied not only a /
great part OF the fish for the British. 4
bat Il was the main source Of sea food 4
for Holland, Denmark, Belgium and +
France, and also for Switzerland and (
Germany. and other countries Of in I
terror Europe where the fish were I
sent smoked. sailed OF dried Most Of /
the fish eaten in Europe is salt fish,
and q vast amount OF such food viii l
be consumed by the soldiers The 4
supply from the North sea has been
greatly reduced. and the food losses
here VIII have to be replaced by fish
and meat shipped IN from other parts
Of the world.
We DO not pretend 20 be nation OF
fishermen. but our waters are 30 fat IN 4
net 81 hundred-foid- We have not only 4
the United States proper, but We have /
our colonial possessions. about which are I
nshsries new producing S15.ooo.ooo worth \
Ike ths japanese in that they live largely i
on fish. ard our Islands have many kinds /
q fishes from those that 1--we In the sea 1
70 some that wade about in the mud
Europe Short on Herring.
one Of the fishes IN which there Is I
bound % Be q great shortage IN Europe ]
- the herring This forms large part /
q the catch q the North sea amounting i
fnE n some year, 20 about three billion \
Fishes Weighing on the average about one /
half pound apiece We have vast schools 1
q herring IN the northern Atlantic and 4
they swarm 81 the waters Of Alaska They j
ere dried and smoked in vast numbers /
ana there e hardly a small country store 1
auTEhers IN the United States that does !
11t keep them on sale
We have one kind Of herring which i
= 20 abundant that We catch more than \
1Ga1. 900. coo o. them every yesr-so many
that their weight would exceed that OF 4
three or four million men, or more sol !
dterE than we are likely 10 send FOR some 4
time 20 ths trenches OF France This Is j