Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-01-16

II. Winship had been giving much
extra time, performing the duties of
deputy and bockkeeper. the latter
work having previously been a sli00
job.
The business Of the office had in
creased about 400 per cent. This is
due largely to the weekly payment
system, which required % instead Of
- checks yearly for the various de-
partments. and individual checks to
| each of the State Institutions week
ly. instead Of a lump sum and made
a difference Of some $500 checks.
The automobile fees were now paid
over daily by the secretary of state,
instead of his banking them. Like
wise each of the institutions and de-
partments which had banking ac-
counts now deposited with the State
treasurer. We also have about 1000
cases of personal property taxes and
over 500 inheritances tax cases.
Mr.. Simpson suggested that all SAL
aries below the heads of departments
be left with the heads to fix. so that
an employee might be added at a
reasonable sum and then his salary
! increased as he proved his value.
He asked $1,000 for postage, station
cry. etc: $500 for printing report,
blank forms, etc: s530o for advertis-
ing land sale and tax act: $500 abate-
ments and corrections in tax act:
100000 for damage by dogs, which
will be paid back: $1,000 for bounty on
bears: $4,000 for interest on lands
, reserved for public use: $4,000 for
railroad and telegraph tax due towns,
which will be paid back.
Mr.. Simpson stated that in his two
terms as State treasurer he had made
n saving for the State of about $4,000
by securing better rates Of interest
for the deposits Of State funds. He
had also persuaded the banks to
furnish all blank check books. which
, the past year represents a saving of
about $500.
Sea and Shore Fisheries
Foratio l.. Crie. chairman of the
Sea and Shore Fisheries Commission,
reviewed the industry on our Maine
coast, stating that the sardine fish,
cries alone last year represented
about s15, 100000, not including the
smoked herring. herring sold for
bait, that sold for food, salted. etc,
which would raise the herring fish
! cry to the 5000. 900 mark. Other fish
of valie such as the cod, haddock.
etc, clans and Holsters, would bring
the fishing industry up to the s5o.-
to0.oJo mark. This was figure little
realized by the people of the State
and was one Of the principal reasons
| why they asked for an increased sum
for the protection of the industry
The fish caught along our coast
would allow a fish diet on two davs a
week for all our own people and al
low 20o, 100000 pounds for people Of
other states. About $4,000 persons arc
engaged in fishing. representing with
their families about 10000 people.
The alewivcS and clans are the
only fish that have remained cheap.
Cod has advanced from about three
+ cents to - cents per pound, and 9TH
er fish in proportion, due to lack II
protection. TIE cod come to our
streams to spawn, each female carry
ing c0,0o0.0o0 eggs. and gill METERS
flock to catch them. Alewives try to
get up the streams to spawn and ev-
eryone seeks to get the last one. OBJ
structions such as dam without fish
ways are built. The catch in the last
five years fell off 800 per cent The
snclt do the same as the aleWives and
are treated in the same way.
We have about 900 miles Of coast
and we $e1 f)1u for yEor1onv wv,
had less than 20 active wardens last
year and man covering 125 miles Of
coast can't do IS good work as a
man with only % miles. as 60 war;
dens would divide it. He thought the