. Review of reviews and world's work. ntageous position Iespecting thisfishery dispute to secure substantial benefits forthe whole Dominion. It is, thus, easy to understand the attitude ofthe rival schools of political economists who haveimparted such gravity to this issue. The Reci-procityists, like Wliitney and Foss, quote illu-minative statistics to prove that, despite the pro-tection it enjoys, the fishing industry has madethe least progress of any in New England thepast hundred years, and ask why should the peo-ple all over the Union be taxed on their fishfood to support the comparatively
. Review of reviews and world's work. ntageous position Iespecting thisfishery dispute to secure substantial benefits forthe whole Dominion. It is, thus, easy to understand the attitude ofthe rival schools of political economists who haveimparted such gravity to this issue. The Reci-procityists, like Wliitney and Foss, quote illu-minative statistics to prove that, despite the pro-tection it enjoys, the fishing industry has madethe least progress of any in New England thepast hundred years, and ask why should the peo-ple all over the Union be taxed on their fishfood to support the comparatively small numberin New England depending on the fisheries ;while Protectionists, like Lodge and Gardner,dilate upon the part the fishermen played inthe past in recruiting the American navy, arguethat the same use can be made of this materialnow, and proclaim that the woal or woe of therepublic may yet rest upon the point whetherthe fishing industry on these northern banks ismaintained by protection or allowed to decaythrough free A GLOUCESTER FISHING VESSEL. The result of the first years enforcement ofthe Newfoundland Bait Act against the NewEngland fisherfolk, because of the burking ofthe Bond-Hay treaty by the United States Sen-ate, lias amply Justified the adoption of this re-taliatory policy, in the opinion of the colonialcabinet. The codfishing trawlers from Glouces-ter who operated on the Grand Banks wereexcluded from the bait areas on our east andsouth coasts during the summer of 1905, andthe herring vessels from the same port whichsought cargoes on our west coast in Novemberand December were equally unfortunate, onlyfifteen loading there the past season, against fifty-five in 1904, a result mainly due to the col-onys restrictive regulations, in spite of the factthat American citizens have fishing rights thereunder the treaty of 1818 and fully exercisedthem now, the British warship Latona beingdispatched there to see that they suffered no in-terruption. Still, Newfo
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