U.S. FISHERIES.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLV, Issue 12090, 26 June 1920, Page 5

U.S. FISHERIES.

EFFECT OF FISHERIES’ TREATIES. United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Washington, June 24 Mr Jones, chairman of Merchant Marine Committee, has sent a letter to Mr Colby, Secretary of State, in which he states: fe“Peraaventnre. I donht within five years neither upon tho North Atlantic nor the Pacific will there be a fishing vessel under the American flag should the proposed fisheries treaty between the United States and Britain be adopted. It would give Canadian-fishing-vessels preferential privileges in United Sates ports, including freedom from port dues.”