New Britain herald., 1924-07-25
NEWFOUNDLAND IS
 GREAT COPS HOME
Fish Industry Relens Supreme in
 This Northern country

WIFI NNa . INV AtthNA NHAhHHhAH#f @H
 eeFaiRE 10 reports from E, Johns,
 "Con,Tars to the snap Judgment ef
 most Americans. Asa toundiand, ihs
 pug 70 the mouth Of the st, LaE-
 renee, and rocky LabFadeT, are not . part Of the pominlen of Canada" '"
 says . bulletin ef the National Geo.
 graphic Society from hs headqnaf'
 iefs in Washington. p, C,
 aneepite the fact that most maps
 .eor Newfoundland and Canada as
 ' they ssre one dominion, ths firsi
 covered mainland bit 0f North
 America Is as rigidly independent of
 he Maple Leaf member of the Eem-
 nonRealth as fil or New Zealand it
 sf Australia,
 The Home nf the Cod.
 "sepioundland can lay just com
 pIaint to half Of Roston's tile, the
 home Of the bean and the cod V
 ever a place owed debt 10 fish and
 that Ash. cod. it IS the seagirt is,pe0
 square miles Of North America lying
 nearest to England. The word fish
 means cod 10 SsRfoundlander. All
 ether marine inhabitants take proper rar,es but are scarcely impoft.nt
 enough 10 merit the name hsh,
 "One native was asked if there
 were any fish in certain stream
 No he replied. nothing but trout
 "Jchn Cabot, when he touched New toundland Ave years after Columbus landed in the West Indies, reported 10 the English king that cod were so thick they could be literally bailed out with weighted hampers. Even in
 modern times they are said 10 have been so numerous dogs could rush into the water and drag them ashore. So thoroughly is Newfoundland rec onciled 10 cod that dogs cows and heart eat them and when the New fo1ndlander Is not eating cod he con sumcs vegetables and crops grown on
 ground fertilized with cod.
 God, however. have this in coni- mon with certain other fish: they are sticklers for bait. II Is the bait aues- ton. chiefly, which gives Newfou2d d- land the reputation Of being the cause of many near-wars. Europe's fishermen began sailing to the banks fisheries of Newfoundland the year after Cabot planted the flags of Eng land and Venice side by side and con- tentior over fishing rights ragged un- til 1910, when the Hague court de- ! cided against plea of the United | States.
 Herring, caplin and squid success | lively serve for cod bait as the season | 5,a is bIChi, rpDei5- cred as bait but commands such high price that 1t is used chiefly in . midsummer when the herring and caplin catch falls off. sauid is mem ber of the cuttefsh family, whose | most widely hcralded son is the oc- i tcpus When attacked it emits ink | to deceive it's pursuers. NeWfound- land fishermen find it chiefly in the fords of the southwest coast.
 Caught With BaitIess Hook
 The squid is one of the few repre- sentatives of fresh or salt water caught with 8 baitless hook. Jig gine,' natives call the process of wig gling the hook up and down In the water until the sauid, victim of its own curiosity. rises to inspect the new toy and gets prong in one of It's ten legs
 At first fishermen of many na- tions, England, France Spain and Portugal, sailed to the banks to catch cod and dry it on the shores of New foundland Even before America was discovered cod was a staple in Europe , where it was known as stockflsh. The value of the fisheries led Eng land to proclaim her right to the in- land in 1883. Colonization was early planned and on one attempt com rsny for which Sir Francis Bacon was ether press agent or promotion man. sger, pushed the idea Bacon's rosy pictures did not insure success. The venture failed partly because the fishing admirals' who monopolized tht fisheries did not wish the island colonized. These daring profiteers are said 10 have obtained an order to burn houses of fishermen.
 English. Irish and Scotch finally did come to the island and their de- scendants make up the great major { tty of the 25a,o00 population. I The international struggle for fish 1 cries control finally narrowed to Eng land, France and the United States. France once made an effort to cap ture St, Johns. the principal port and capital and many diplomatic quar- ! rels became heated 10 the flash point Through possession of the tiny islands, St, Pierre and Miauelon, f France hoped 10 hold her trade, but E an embargo on bait from Neufound- !; land and other coastal territory en- forced 10 the letter has nearly de- sfroyed the Republics trade. fl "Innumefable lakes are the most E notable features Of inland Newfound- t an'l One sportsman reports he fshed E n forty different lakes within q half 2 nile or one camp. They lie among r oii reck formations and cover ose- | hir1 of the entire island. Newfound- 1 and's climate is tempered greatly by [ he ocean but usually snow Is on the i ;fn1nd until late spring and winter : .lothes are often worn througf June. snow remains on the e.oo0-foot ridge Hhich bears the picturesque name Topsails,' until August "Of the exports, which totaled more han seo,ao0.o 900 in 1923. hard or {. Tried cod represented s13.000. .oo0. his product goes to England. Italy. E pain. Portugal. Franco, the United S fates and the West Indies Tn warm 1 inmates if is a food which will not !; roii and vet Is relatively cheap. T 1uch Of the paper for some of Eng T ,nd's greatest newspapers comes from 3 yfr,,