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THE DAILY EXAMINER,
The Preservation of Our Fisheries.
Mr. S. H. Towns#enp has an interesting article on the above subject in the Halifax
Herald.
ference on the fisheries question, Mr. Town-
In view of the approaching Con-
shend thinks the present the proper time
for offering suggestion and giving all the
practical information possible on that im-
portant industry. After referring to the
great importance of the approaching fisher- ies negotiations, he goes on to say :—
‘* The great and pressing danger of the pre- sent time, and it is a danger so great as to be inexpressible, is the undervalua ion of our priceless marine heritage, and the cognate ad- vantages to us as a maritime nation which fol. low its possession; an heritage the value of which can never be estimated in dollars and cents or by comparison of the barrels and quintals of one year’s catch with another; an heritage for the acquisition or preservation of which the maritime nations of the old world were willing to sacrifice untold blood and treasure. What- ever may be the destiny in store for this Dominion of Canada, whether more complete affiliation with the magnificent federation of Greater Britain or an honorable and indepen- dent career, amidst all her wondrous resources and all her self-contained elements of great- ness, there stands out prominently before all ethers the industry of the fisherman as the base and corner-stone of a national greatness of which every Canadian, who lives to see it. may well be proud. A great fishing industry as the nursery and backbone of a great mari- time population has been ever an object for which tne maritime powers of the earth, as wellas those powers who have aimed at maritime greatness, have been willing to make unlimited’ sacrifices, To British North America as now constituted has been given without host this national boon, so priceless in the eyes of others, and all that is needed to make it oneof the most potent factors in our future greatness is its due appreciation by our- selves, and its effectual preservation from destruction by our own people or by others, This brings us to the pith of the matter, the absolute necessity for preserving to the Do- minion Government, in the final settlement with the United States, the power to make such regulations as are necessary for the pre- servation of the fishing industry in all its forms, and the power to compel the observance of these regulations, notonly by our own
people but more particularly by the subjects of other powers. oe The American fishermen ind = those
interested in the business have not been be- hind their brethren of other callings in dis- counting the future, and having effectually killed the goose for the sake of the eggs on their own coasts, they proposed to them- selves a repetition of the operation in the waters of the Dominion. The vanguard of this invading host who swarmed down upon our coasts, after their own magnificent pre- serves had been exhausted by an _ insatiable greed, were the lobstermen. The government of the Dominion have awakened, very tardily, it is true, but they have at last awakened to the fact that the lobster is worth saving. This is well so far as it goes, but a much greater danger now menaces the fishing industry. The lobster is a link and a very important one, in that natural chain upon the integrity of which the preservation of our fisheries so much depends ; but it isnot a link that is now threatened, but the whole chain. Awmeri-
can ingenuity has at last devised the most complete engine for the destruc- tion of a great industry that the art
of man could contrive; and American greed has pushed its use which such fatal persist- ence as to add the net and line fishing to the list of defunct industries on the American coast. Having accomplished their fell pur- poses in their own waters, the American deep sea fishermen have followed in the wake of the lobster-packers, and swarmed on to our coasts with their death-dealing purse seines, in such numbers that our own men in self-defence are being compelled to adopt the same destructive methods. It has been admitted to me by all fishermen without exception, with whom I have conversed on the subject, that the strug gle between the deep-sea fishing and the purse seine will be short and sharp; and that unless the use of the purse-seine is in some way ab- solutely prohibited, it is only a question of time, and a very short time at that, when there will be no fisheries to p»otect or quarrel over.
In conelusion, Mr. Townshend expresses the opinion that the purse seine should be banished from the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and that the net aud line fishermen—citizens of our own country—should receive every pos- sible protection.
We are indebted to E. L. Lydiard, Esq., for the following statement of ex- ports for the month of October of Island produce from Queen's and King’s Coun- ties :~
P OTATOES,~
Colonial....... 109,458 bush. $27,385 Foreign. . . 120,292 * 30,094 229,750 $57 ,459 UaTSs,- Colonial.......121,792 bush. $36,388 Foreign. ...... 20,466 5,845 141,758 $ 42,233 Fisn,- eee goa (mackerel and other) $2,472 Foreign........ 52,400 $54,872 LOBSTERS, Foreign ...... 3,571 cases. $17,855 MEatTs,~ Colonial...... $228 Foreign . .... 70 3298 MISCELLANEOUS, - Colonial. .. 36,899 Foreign ... 6,709 ; $12, Horses, CATTLE AND SHEEP,— FOG . cde $3,555 Ecas, —~ Foreign. 173,616 doz. $29,040 Total aevcde suk ea $ 217,920
And now the Opposition organs are expressing the opinion that ‘“ the railway agitation in Monitoba is being kept alive by the C. P. R. company with the view of foreing the government to buy out their monopoly,” Coming from such papers as the Oo ewe free Press, this is very ‘signiti- cant. :
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Board of Trade.
INTER- AD-
DISCUSSED—. AN rHE DISCUSSION
COMMERCIAL UNION ESTING DEBATE JOURNED.,
the Board of Trade,
held last evening, there were present 4
Lewis Carvell (President), John Mac-
Eachern (Secretary), L. H. Davies, M. P.,
Hon. L. C. Owen, Hon. D. Ferguson, -
Blake, M. P. P., D. Farquharson, MM. ox
A. B. McKenzie, M. L. C., George E. Full,
\. B. Warburton, George Peake, Thomas
Handrahan, B. Balderston, F. H. Arnaud,
H. Haszard, A. McNeill, F. W. Hyndman,
George MacLeod, F. T. Newbery, Fred.
Perkins, F. Stanley, W. Matheson, George
Toombs, W. L. Cotton.
WriuraM Hearp (retired merchant) Was
Ar the meeting of
unanimously elected a member of the Board. DonaLp Fareuvuarson, M. P. P., sub-
mitted the following resolution
Resolved, That in the interests of the people of Canada, and more particularly of this Island, this Board regards the proposal of Commercial Union or unrestricted Free Trade between Canada and the United States as of the greatest importance, and demands our hearty sympathy an‘l co-op eration.
Mr. Farquharson said that the question of Commercial Union had been discussed by Boards of Trade and Farmers Umiods in the Upper Provinces, and as we in Prince Edward Island are deeply interested, we too, should discuss it, and give forth no un- certain sound concerning it. He defined Commercial Union as the throwing down of the tariff wall, and placing Canada (com- mercially) in the same position as a State of the Republic. He admitted that under such an arrangement Canada would lose revenue to the amount-of about $7,000,000 a year, but contended that savings could, be made in the cost of Civil Government, and by dispensing with the Senate, and that the balance covld be made up by direct taxation, the people being so much advantaged by Commercial Union that they would pay freely. Showing the benetits to be derived by P. E. Island from Free Trade with the United States, he quoted statistics which set forth that in the five years previous to the old Reci- procity Treaty, P. E. Islanders imported from the United States goods to the value of $684,618, an average per year of $136,- 923—and exported to the United States products to the value of $504,406, an aver- age per year of $100,881. On the other hand, during the existence of the Recipro- city Treaty, P. E. Island imported from the United States goods to the value of $246,604 (average) per year, and exported tothe United States productsof the value of $277 229 (average) per year. For the whole of British North America the statistics proved that during the six years after Reciprocity, as compared with the preced- ing five years, the total average imports of the Provinces from the States increased 81 per cent., while the exports increased 134 per cent., and the average total trade in- creased 100 per cent. During the remain- der of the peridd, 1861 to 1866, the total imports averaged $27,275,809 per annum ; the exports $23,:91,501 per annum, and the total trade $50,667,310. Mr. Farquharson said that our natural markets are those which are near us, and that we should pro- mote Commercial Union by every means in our power. Some people seem to think that Commercial Union involved severance from the Mother Country, but he did not not think so; and at any rate we should do the best we could for ourselves.
A. McNeu referred to Mr, Farquhar- son’s statement that under Commercial Union Canada would become commercially a State of the American Union, and asked if it had come to this: that we are pre- pared to surrender (commercially) half a continent for the sake of the mess of pot- tage which might be found in increased profits on potatoes and starch, etc.; if 80, let us surrender our political institutions as well, and go over body and bones to the Republic. For his part, he would rather live on potatoes and salt than fatten on flesh pots of Egypt obtained in such a way and at such a price.
Greoree E. Futt seconded the resolu- tion, and told what he knew about the starch trade. For some reson, the Ameri- cans have doubled the duty on starch, so that shippers to the United States are now taxed $40 per ton before they can get starch into the United States. Yet he is sending some starch there this year, the} price there being from $85 to $90. If the duty were remuved by Commercial Union, and starch froia European countries were still subject to daty in the States, this Pro- vince would be easily able to supply 5,000 tons a year, which would amount to $300,000 per annum, and starch makers would be able to give to the farmers 20 cents a bushel fur their potatoes. Some two or three years ayo, a friend, a starch maker in Maine, visiting the Island, told him that if the duty on starch were removed, it would be impossible to compete with starch makers in this Province, and that he would himself remove to the Island with his factories and dg business here instead of in Maine.
How. D. Ferauson asked, if the removal of the starch duty, under Commercial Union, had the effect of destroying the American starch industry, is it likely that the Americans would keep up the duty as against Germany and other competing countries, seeing that they would have no interest in doing so !
Mr. Furr anp L. H. Davies, M. P., thought that they would.
Mr. Fvuit said he would not givea fig for Commercial Union unless the starch duties were maintained against Germany.
Hon. L. C. Owen, Hon. D. Feravuson, L. H. Davies, M. P., and others referred briefly to the ** Favored Nations Clause.”
F. T. Newsery said he had advices which stated that in view of a short crop through- out the States and in anticipation of higher prices, a million bushels of potatoes in Aroostook County, Maine, had been with- drawn from the starch factories and sent to market for consumption. The result was a slacker demand and the lower prices which now prevailed. If an additional million of bushels affected the market in such a way, what would be the effect of the additional! six million bushels which it was said the farmers of this Island would furnish under Commercial Union ?
A. B. Waxporton pointed out that there were other interests besides that of the potatoe interest and directed attention to our mining iaterests, contending that there were millions in free trade in ores.
BenJ. Baiperston referred to the in- crease of trade under the old reciprocity tregty; ant seit] that the present high tyrid
is demoralizing the commercial community, leading people to the desire for unlaw- ful trading. He confessed that he would not be prevented from advocating Com- mercial Union by mere sentiment. When bread and butter are concerned sentiment must take a back seat.
Parrick Biake, M. P. P., pointed out that the average of the Canadian Tariff ‘s about 25 per cent., while the United States is from 40 to 50 per cent ; and expressed the opinion that the people of Canada would not care to have the taxes put up to the United States standard. Further, if Canada went into Commercial Union she would lose about $7,000,000 a year revenue, now derived from the American Trade, and this amount would have to be made up by direct taxation. It must be shown that Commercial Union will be mutually advantageous to the whole of Canada (as well as this Province) and to the United States, before it can be agreed to; and in discussing it we are bound to consider the interests of manufacturers and merchants in Canada as well as those of the farmer, It must also be remembered that the United States export largely much of the same kind of produce that Canada does, and that its population is now made up of about 35,- 050,000 of the producing class, to 25,000,- 0009 consumers; so that we could not ex- pect the Commercial Union to yield such great benetits to Canada as the Reeiprocity dia. The circumstances of that time were peculiarly favorable to trade. There was during the continuance of the ‘Treaty a great European war and a great American civil war; and priees ruled abnormally high, because tha demand was great. But now the markets of the world are flooded with agricutural products; products are down in London and in all the commercial centres; and consequently we ‘cannot expect, under present conditions co profit as much by reciprocity as we did in the past. Mr. Blake said that the argument of those who favored Commercial Union was based on the idea that the producer pays the duty, though the same gentlemen have warmly contended (when discussing the National Policy), that the consumer pays the duty; and he deprecated the depreciation of our owh prosperous country, in order to make a case for Commercial Union.
W. L. Corron gave notice that he would, at the next meeting, move to amend the resolution by. striking out the words ‘*Commercial Union,” and substituting the word ‘‘an” for the succeeding © word ‘‘ or,” so that the resolution would read,—
Resolved, That in the interests of the peo- ple of Canada, and more particularly of this island, this Board regards the proposal of an Unrestricted Reciprocity between Canada and the United States as of the highest import- ance, and demands our hearty sympathy and co-operation.
His reasons for proposing the amendment were, in brief: (1) that Commercial Union (as defined) would involve separation from the Mother Country ; and (2) that the peo- ple of Canada are not prepared to bear the burden of taxation imposed under the United States tariff.
GEORGE Macieop moved the adjourn- ment of the debate.
| a Merry Wedding Bells.
A LARGE number of people assembled in the Methodist Brick Church at six ’clock this morning to witness the uniting in marriage of Annie Harriet Dawson, (eldest daughter of William E. Dawson, Esq.) and James E, Grant, Esq., both of this city.
The bridesmaids were tue Misses Minnie and Louisa Dawson, sisters of the bride ; and the groomsmen Mr. Brenton F. Daw- son and Mr. J. Lewis Grant, brothers of the bride and groom respectively.
The ceremony was performed by Rev. Job Shenton, and was witnessed by a large number of guests. The church was beauti- fully decorated with flowers.
The bride and her maids were attired in travelling costume.
The wedding presents were both numer- ous and costly,embracing many rare tokens of love and esteem not only from the bride’s friends in this city, but abroad as well.
After the ceremony the happy couple left for Summerside en rowte to England in Superintendent Unsworth’s private car which he kindly placed at their disposal. The bridesmaids and groomsmen accompanied the newly weddedp air to Summerside.
We extend our congratulations, and wish Mr. and Mrs. Grant a pleasant voyage through life.
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Missionary Meeting.
Tue Missionary Meeting held in the Methodist Brick Church last evening was one of the most largely attended and inter- esting that has been held for years.
Praise and prayer having been conducted by Rev. Messrs. Shenton and Lodge, Dr. Johnson was called to the chair. On intro- ducing the business of the evening, the Dr. delivered a very chaste and beautiful ad- dress, which gave a tone of weight and seriousness to all the subsequent proceed- ings.
The Rev. F. W. Moore read a coneise and interesting report, replete with encour- aging facts, and showing advancement in every department of the Missionary field. The address of President Wilson, which followed, was of a very high order, and cal- culated to stir the Missionary spirit within one. Referring to the French Mission especially, he spoke in strong and forcible words respecting the political and religious aspect of Quebec, and the great question which is looming up in the face of the Do- minion Government, and which must, ere iong, be met and answered, once for all.
The great speech of the evening was de- livered by the Rev. Yoshias Hiraiwa, a native Japanese Missionary, who wore the costume of his country. Mr. Hiraiwa is of high birth and education, having, previous to his conversion, been Professor of Chem- istry in the University of Tokio, and is a gentleman of large intellectual gifts and culture. * Considering the short period in which he has been speaking in English, his command of language is something marvel- lous. For about an hour and a half he held his large audience as he discoursed on Christianity in Japan, and its relation to the politics, education and social life of the Empire, himself one of the grandest trophies of the cross. It must be cause of great rejoicing to the Church that that land whose people are being so thoroughly transformed by the introduction of the western institutions of science and culture is accepting the doctrines of Christ, 30,000 having embraced the Protestant. religion within the Jast few years; and the probabili- | ties are that wheh the thue shall expive for |
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the convention of a National Parliament, Christianity will be recognized as the reli gion of the Empire.
The organ, played by Miss Duchieman, and the choir contributed very fine music during the intervals.
The collection, we understand, was about $50.
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Lansdowne (Governor General of Canada).
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The Rt Hon. Robert Bourke (Governor of Madras, India.)
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LYCHRUM,
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This (Tuesday) Evening, Nov. 8, 1887,
the Performance will consist of the Beau- tiful Play,
The Life of an Actress,
A Ghost in Spite of Himself.
Admission 25, 35, and 50 cents.
Seats for sale at usual places.
Daors open at 7; Overture at 8 o'clock. For further particulars see bills of the day.
Noy, 8, 1887—her
NOTICE.
THE Subscriber, thankful for the patronage extended to her late husband, G. W. Millner, wishes to inform ‘the public that the Tin and Gasfitting business will be continued ia the old stand as formerly.
AMANDA M, MILLNER, Ch’town, Nov. 8, 1887 -eod
APPLES.
BY Auction, THURSDAY, November 10th, at 11 o'clock, at Rooms, Queen Street,
One Car Load Choice No. i APPLES, in Grav- ensteins, Tom kins, Baldwins and Pippins—a very choice lot direct from growers,
A. MONEILL, Auctioneer,
Nov. 5, 1887.—4i
Next of Kin Wanted of William Adolphus Barnby Goodwin (de- ceased )
SDAY, NOV
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