PRODUCTS OF THE SOIL CONSUMED ANNUALLY BY 

 AMERICAN FISHING VESSELS. 



Computed by David W. Low, Gloucester, Mass., ou the basis of 

 the number and size of the American Fishing Fleet of 1883, with 

 the quantity used by the Vessels of Gloucester, with prices of 

 1884, as charged to Vessels. 



Flour, Salt Provisions, Butter, and Lard, constitute nearly two- 

 thirds of the above items of food. Of the other third, Sugar and 

 Potatoes are over half. The Cotton is used up in Sails, Seines, 

 Nets, Lines, and making Water Proof Clothing, and 60 per cent, of 

 the value of Cotton used, is labor. Wool is used in " Nippers," 

 (for protecting hands hauling lines), and in Mittens. Every Vessel 

 taken from the fleet is a loss annually to the other industries of the 

 Nation of $2,500, beside the additional loss of their products, 

 which furnishes employment for other men who have to be fed, 

 clothed and housed, which products, under unjust treaties, is now 

 building up a Foreign Marine at the expense of our Marine and 

 our Industries. 



