FISHERY PRODUCTS IN EVERYDAY LIFE 29 



vented the schooner, and soon America became an 

 important maritime nation. The people of Mas- 

 sachusetts have recognized their debt to the cod and 

 have hung a model of it in the hall of the House of 

 Representatives. 



Such is the importance of marine products In 

 history. Even to-day sea products are of far greater 

 importance than most people realize. We little guess 

 to what extent the sea and its products enter into 

 our daily life. 



Fishery Products in Our Daily Life 



Consider fish-oil and its many uses. Twenty-five or 

 more important industries use it in the manufacture 

 of products as varied as patent leather and candles. 

 Many of our paints, varnishes, stains, enamels, 

 baking japans, and driers contain it. Either fish-oil 

 or fish-liver oil is used in the finishing of all leathers. 



When we rise in the morning we may use a soap 

 made from fish or whale oil for our bath. The razor 

 we shave with was tempered in fish-oil. The cold 

 cream or other toilet preparation used after we 

 shave contains glycerin which may have been 

 obtained from menhaden or some other fish. We put 

 on shoes which were finished with menhaden oil. 



We go to our door, painted perhaps with a salmon- 

 oil paint, and get a newspaper printed with ink made 

 from fish-oil and lampblack. If we eat herring or 

 mackerel for our breakfast, we obtain much nutri- 

 ment from the fat and vitamines of the herring or 

 mackerel oil. 



