Show i1 THE CANADIAN FSIIEHlE i The closing of Chaleur Bar to American can fishermen by tho Canadian authorities ties shows their hand in tho 11sherieB troubles and accords precisely with tho position taken by tho DtMoutAT who these troubles first camo up Who Blaino was Secretary State he managed C to tie up the fish industry of Canadian ports with a healthy Import tax which i had tho effect of driving forpigncaug fish from the markets of New England a and naturally created a better market for lieu caught by Americans lleforo tills lov > lngof this duty all the favors now denied by the Canadians were freely accorded to Americans without let or hindrance but ho duty placed on tho Canadian fish has HO eaten up their profits that they are anxious to cause ItH i removal and bo again admitted to onr markets on an equal footing with dealers In other food products Tlio impolitic of the duty has worked great benefit to our own fishermen and they aru loth to gee It removed In order to Impress I upon our people tho necessity of removln It tho Canadians will put and are putting every known obstacle in tint way of n largo catch by our people and thus In a eense create a corner in mackerel and codfish Asia now tlio threatened case it the fi frequently swim Inside tho three 4 mile limit and in this bay In no part of 4 which can a boat bo u league from the q shore hones American fisherman cannot I can-not lake them and their wholeS whole-S season is threatened with failure If the 1 r forces of nature should entice the d fish to enter thla bay for two orthrco ECU 1 t Boas consecutively and the buy be held j closed to our lUhermfti the mackerel trade ul thuKiw JU b milUliuaU WUUI11 y be ruined and thousands of people bo reduced to beggary as well as tho load oft of-t a table delicacy that would ensue to till people at largo Under a strict construe i tire of the treaties now in force this i I 9 fI J imdians have a right to so close this I bay and doubtless the results will tend 1 to cause a reducllon In or wiping out of the tax now In force Our people cant can-t havo protection for fish which they I aro supposed to catch In Canadian waters and it Is not just that they should Follbwlng popular I clamor at the time Blaine of Maine engineered this duty and like many other things ho contemplated would do It haH worked hardship and trouble for tho denizens of the North Atlantic coast The disposition to jingo matters which Blaino is possessed of Wits clearly shown In this move of his and hundreds of icaneatrrs today anathematlo him for it Tins last movo is a perfectly legltl mate ono on the part of the Canadians and for once they have dm Ynnkpo ash erica on the hip |