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Show I LOBSTERS FOR THE PACIFIC COASTERS 1 Dipping one hand into the Atlantic and the other into the Pacific oceans to thansfer food fish, the United , States Government, it was announced yesterday, proposes to take practical measures to cut down the high cost of living. Lobsters from the Atlantic will be thlped across the continent to Pacific waters in the hope that they ma multipl;. , while Pacific salmon sal-mon will be taken from the sunny waters of the Pacific and cultivated in the waters of the rockbound coast of New England. The Interchange will be under the direction of the bureau of fishers Several carloads of breeding lob- . ; sters will be shipped to Washington, Oregon and California points each season, and placed In waters to be selected for their suitability The bureau announces that the transplanting will not be dropped be-fore be-fore the experiment Is tried long enough en-ough "to establish a flourishing colony col-ony or to demonstrate the futility of such a scheme ' The stocking of New England with Pacific salmon will be brought about I by the transfer of many millions of salmon eggs from Pacific waters to spots off the New England coast. I Theae Pacific walmon are expected to J replace the uatlve salmon, which practical! prac-tical! have disappeared from the streams and waters of the East 1 W ashington Post I I |