K.. A.WOCK SISTERHOOD AND BROTHERHOOD
CHADIAN FISHERMEN .LOOK
AFTER THEIR OWN
Protest Non-Payment of Taxes, For
eign Fishermen; Grant of
Licenses To New Arrivals
.Account taken from the Canadian
Fisherman
At its first convention which was
hehl in Prince Rupert on February
7 and 8, the newly formed North
ern British Columbia Salmon Fish
ermen’s Association passed among
others, the following resolutions fo”
submission to the federal fisheries
department.
1. Whereas, it is common knowl
edge that Canadian fish buyers pur
chase Alaska salmon and sell same
to the Canadian markets without
pav'ng any duties on the fish, this
practice, which is contrary to the
lav, tending to undermine the price
of Canadian fish and thereby dimin
ish the earnings of the Canadian
fishermen,
Therefore be it resolved, that we.
the delegates to the Northern B. C.
Salmon Fishermen’s Association
convention, notify you of this con
dition and earnestly request you to
enforce the law dealing with such
matters, assuring you that the local
imits of this Association will coop
erate with the customs and other
officials in their endeavor to stop
such illegal practice by patrol of the
• nternational boundary.
2. 'Whereas, there are a consid
erable number of emigrants without,
citizenship papers who have invest
ed their savings in fishing boats and
gear and have been permitted to
fish for salmon in the past and who,
as a result of an order issued by the
Department of Fisheries to local
officials not to issue salmon fishing
Flenses to any man not possessing
si-.cn citizenhip papers, will find
(he.nselves without employment,
thus being denied the privilege
wh.’ch they have been led to believe
in the past has been theirs, and
moreover will have left on their
hands boats and gear without the
right to use same which is unfair.
Therefore, be it resolved that this
convention recommend that the De
partment of Fisheries make excep
tion of such men from the regula
tions.
3. Whereas, it is our opinion that
the salmon fishing industry on the
British Columbia Coast is already
mowded to the extent where fish
ing affords a low standard of living
as it now exists,
Therefore, be it resolved that this
convention opposes the issuances of
licenses or permits to any new arriv
ed aliens.
In the course of the convention,
the fishermen discussed at some
length the proposals made by can
nery operators of this coast for the
conservation of the salmon fisheries,
which resolution they decided to op
pose.
The convention, which attracted
considerable interest, was attended
by some fifty fishermen represent
ative of all parts and classes of Dis
tric t No. 2. It marked the first oc
c i s’on on which a successful attempt
hua been made by the salmon fisher
men of this district generally to
band themselves together for con
certed action.
Ambrose Reid of Prince Rupert
presided over the convention at the
clos-e of which the following com
mittee was delegated to proceed with
the work and organization of the
Association:
.lames Field, Prince Rupert; Phil
lip Leighton, Metlakatla; A. Snell
man, Port Essington; Michael An
derson, Prince Rupert; J. F. Mur
ray, Jap Inlet; William Beyon,
Port Simpson, secretary.
THE KOLrSHIVISTS OF THEIR DAY
Great confiscations of Tory es
t^4es were carried out by the state
legislatures generally in the height
of the war. New Hampshire con
fiscated twenty-eight estates, includ
ing the large property of its govern
or Sir John Wentworth. In Mass
ac,hussetts a sweeping act confiscat
ed at one blow all the property o'
all who had fought against the Unit
ed States or had even retired into
places under British authority with
out permission from the American
government. * * * In New York, all
lands and rents of the crown and
all estates of fifty-nine named per
sons were confiscated. * • • The
largest estate confiscated was that
of the Penn family, proprietaries of
Pennsylvania which they estimated
at nearly a million pounds, sterling.
- -J. Franklin Jameson, The Ameri
can Revolution, pp. 61, 62.
The run of ‘‘blue-nose’* salmon
(sockeye) on the Quinalt River so
far this year is a failure.
“The hatchery system is a suc
cess.** Where?