The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1942-10-02

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nhe cossnaunity u whkh 4 Was
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shat e sisnlisr paant Nesia tw 81
asset 20 the pR@cagoAia mfra tgu,f
uteFea every possible indure
merit ana every argument ~ ins
eitatana ~ set the aliace M Gutnn
Fisheries q esecf \ Menhaden
lisa raeai and fssh osl factory at
Paseageaia Al this TINS ghe
complaint alleges Wsllare AZ
Quinn Fisheries MAS not ia p
sitton - install 4 neN factory.
bat = 5 year TAX exemption being
offered together 0ith : free lac
tosy ste and every assurance 81
cooperation and protection al
PascaEoula The ownef Waiiacr
N Quinn finally Was Induced 10
osase TIE present fzesoEy thrre
II S alleged that the present
factory site was chosen foT Wal
lace 81 Quinn Flshefia by tire
officials and citizens u Jackson
County and PaSca9ouia. Mis6lN
ssppss that the site being on the
marsh q tire northwest Of Pasca
goula the foundation Of the plant
was filled in by thr county. and
q roadway buiit from The factory
site 10 u S Highway No 90.
without charge to the Fisheries
and II relatively large public cx
.penSe. and that 4 five year tax
exemption was gwen t. the Fish
cries ~ 3 special inducegnent 70
build aae plant there. The fac
tory site was decided 10 the Fish
eries without charge The com
plant ayers that ali Of these citi
xcns and officials. 50 Tar as Wal
lace NJ Quinn Fisheries Is aware.
are still IN favor Of the operation
Of the factory. and averse 10 mo
testing the business
Carrying out is part Of the
venture. the complaint AYERS that
Wallace A Quinn Fisheries ia
vested \ large sum Of money In
buildings and expensive machIn
cry for The manufacturing pro
cess: equipped the plant with ex
pensive vessels. nets. and other
equipment for the taking and
processing Of the fish. began %
Grating at the earliest moment
and since that time has continued
70 operate 90 the fullest capacity
during the fishing season II Is
averred that the payfoils o. the
factory have averaged more than
eight thousand dollars per week.
and that, IN addition 70 relatively
enormous amounts Of ifs products
shipped by truck. n the last five
months more than ~ hundred
carloads Of fish meal and FISH
oil. averaging sixty Two thousand
pounds % the car. have moved
from the plant b rails. II Is
averred IN the suit that the plant
VAS located at paseagoula at q
time when the area badly needed
industry. before the present in
tensified war shipbuildlng pro
gram IA lnaugufated and that
should this shipbuilding enter
prise Subssde in . measure in the
future, the operation Of the plant
viii again become important to
the community
Il S stated in the complaint.
that the Wallace ~. Quinn Fish
cries At Pascagoula and IN the
two plants operated N Florida.
and IN North Carolina. msnufar
ture fish meal principally for
poultry food. and fish oils. from
q migratory fish known as men
haden that are enormously called
BY the popular term xardlnes
which visit these waters II huge
schools only during ahe months
Of MAY and November. this mi
gratory fish. being neither . food
nor 3 game fish. probably srislng
n Mexican waters. and moving
during definite seasons along the
coasts Ct the Gulf Of Mexico, and
Of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
Il IS alleged that while other fish
feed upon these mennaden in.
SEASON. they are no more neces-
sary 10 the lives Of other fish than
are shrimp and lnnumefsble other
small marine creatures that furn
tsh food for fish and that dur
ing the seasons when there are no.
renhaden there IS % peseeph
bic dlminutinn IN TIE supply %
other FISH Besides. II Is averrec
TIE n1enhsoen are - mu.1fuur
nous n TIE Sc that i IS impos
6ible Tor &c factories taxing uaem
70 cause any material falling off
IA their numbers / 5 alleged
fisat TIE Hets used II catching
them are specially deAknea 70.
eaten menhaden Only ard ihsi
fhe crews of the fishing fleets
szse Effief orders - return ems
s - game FISH anin5afed - the
open 4a should aheg b fakHr
aeeld@n ally
+ i alleged ~ ue 81 shst the
ais ffeIn TIE saf0ina eb1afnee n.
- nanuiacturHE p0F arr.
salua5Is. and tfaf exev possible
measure i adopted e prevent