82 FISHERIES OF THE NORTH SEA 



tion, and for this reason alone full exploita- 

 tion of the different sources of this valuable 

 food are essential. 



In the period of reconstruction a new 

 era will begin. Are the old disputes and 

 wranglings to recommence ? It is prob- 

 able that 5000 to 8000 tons of edible 

 fish will reach Great Britain each day at 

 a time when the country will be almost 

 at the limit of its food resources. If 

 one day's arrival were thrown back into 

 the sea or otherwise destroyed we should 

 call it criminal folly, and yet one day's 

 stoppage through disputes amounts to 

 just the same result. If Labour and 

 Capital, instead of assisting, are to continue 

 to oppose each other, a great wastage of 

 time, or, in other words, food and material, 

 is going to occur : if mutually assisting to 

 increase the output, even perhaps whilst 

 disputing about their differences, will these 

 differences be any more difficult to settle ? 

 In the fishing industry there is room for 

 everybody engaged in it, and the oppor- 

 tunities for a contented existence for the 

 workers are surely greater if production 

 is increased and transportation and dis- 



