NEWFOUNDLAND FISHERIES.
_ Sir Rqbort Bond- is scoring all along the lino in»his contest with the Americans on the fishery question. liy his action in permitting the iinr"stratnd snlo of herrings to tho Americans, tho latter havo become traders, and not lishermeii, since they ore buying thoir fish freely from the Newfoundlanders. Tho object of the modus vivendi, which Washington diplomacy succeeded in getting from tho Imperial Government, was the free shipment of Newfoundlanders in order that th<> American fishing masters might bo able to pass in tho herrings caught with thn aid of loca! <crows through tho United States Customs duty frco, as tho sole product of American industry. This has been dofoated, however, by the determined united action of tht coknial fishermen in refusing to ship on board the American h^t*.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 77, 24 December 1907, Page 3
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132NEWFOUNDLAND FISHERIES. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 77, 24 December 1907, Page 3
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