nually to our wealth, will quick
ly disappear.
The sockeye salmon pass Ihru
Puget Sound waters on the way
to Fraser River. British Coii.m
bia furnishes the spawning
ground, for the species, without
which the fishery could nor. ex
ist. We take most of the fish on
this side of the line leaving
British Columbia but a small
share. The fishery is internation
al in character and intensive
fishing on either side would
soon destroy it. On the other
hand, neither country can build
it up without the cooperation of
the other.
In a recent editorial The Vic
toria Times gives Washington
a pictuie of what will happen if
the treaty is not ratified. If the
British Columbia fishing inter
ests carry out the policy sug
gested by the Victoria newspa
per, we may as well say good
bye at once to the sockeye salm
on. The Times says:
If the United States Se
nate refuses to approve the
agreement, there is at' at
only one course Canada can
take to bring the selfish
interests to their senses, .and__
that is to abandon the
treaty altogether and tell
our Canadian fishermen to
fish to their hearts content
and let the future take care
of itself. This policy seems
to have the approval of Gov
ernor Hartley and Senator
Jones, but it will mean the
end of the sockeye canning
Charles Benjamin
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industry of Puget Sound.
There is no reason to believe
that Canada will take any other
course. The. destruction of the
scckeye salmon fishery will fall
more heavily on Washington
than on British Columbia, since
ws normally take the larger
share of the fish. If we are so
short-sighted as to refuse co
operation we cannot later com
plain if an important source of
wealth should be closed to us
forever.
DEMAND TREATY
“Declaring the 22 idle can
neries in northern Washington
attest the results of present
Wishing methods, the Bellingham
chamber of commerce, recently,
appealed to the state legislature
demanding the ratification of
the sockeye treaty pending be
tween Canada and the United
States.
“With conservative methods
as provided by the treaty, the
chamber asserted, the sockeye
pack today would be worth $30,
000,000 a year instead of only
$2,000,000, as it is.”
• Every Alaska organization
l with any influence should back
;* the demands of Bellingham for
i* proper regulatory measures in
:* the Fraser River Basin, which
l includes, Oregon, Washington
£ and Alaska, it will mean much
lor the conservation of the whole
[I industry. The present discrimi
|« natory regulations as practiced
[* by the American department of
fisheries cannot continue in the
► face of general regulations as
£ will be permitted under treaty.
£ It is because of the fear of
general application of all re
gulations that the American
packers are now opposing the
international sockeye treaty
which but a few months back
they supported whole heartedly.
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No one has the wit to outwit
Destiny,