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and built up the mackerel fishery of the Dominion. The third again 

 surrendered our markets, and has built up an enormous British fleet 

 to compete with us on the Banks. The foreign trade and commerce 

 has largely passed from our hands, and now our domestic marine 

 service is threatened. 



Let it be demonstrated that the British built fleet, sustained by 

 subsidies and bounties drawn from the United States by the infamous 

 Halifax award, shall have the control of our markets, and our fish- 

 eries must surety go down. 



Therefore we ask every fishing community to send delegates to 

 a Convention to be held in Gloucester, Mass., on Saturday, Decem- 

 ber 27, afternoon and evening, for the purpose of consultation and 

 the adoption of such measures as shall be deemed most judicious by 

 the Convention. 



Let there be an active and generous response to this appeal, and 

 every port be represented b^v delegates in the Convention. Call the 

 meeting at ouce and name your delegates. 



Sylvester Cunningham, Chairman. 

 William H. Jordan, Secretary. 



George Steele, Andrew Leighton, John J. Pew, Solomon Jacobs, 

 Frederic G. Wonson, David S. Presson, Joseph Smith, Sylvanus 

 Smith, David Tarr, F. J. Babson, Committee. 



THE FISHERY CONVENTION. 



LARGE GATHERING FROM ALL PARTS OF NEW ENGLAND. THE SEN- 

 TIMENT OF THE FISHING INTEREST FORMULATED. 



The Fishery Convention at the City Hall on Saturday afternoon, 

 December 27th, was a success in eveiy particular, and will have a 

 good effect in calling the attention of the country to the unwise leg- 

 islation against which it was a protest. 



Quite a number of delegates arrived on the morning train and 

 were taken to examine the new net and line factories and other ob- 

 jects of interest about town. The noon train brought a large addi- 

 tion to the number, and all enjoyed the hospitality of the citizens of 

 Gloucester at the Webster House. 



