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Canadians will make a similar profit. 

 That is just another illustration of what a 

 little legislation on the sea fisheries will 

 do. Later, we will learn what cultivation 

 of the Pacific salmon by hatcheries will 

 do, for a calamity happened in 1913 which 

 still further depleted supplies. 



With the high prices ruling in 1917 the 

 Pacific fishermen of Canada and the State 

 of Washington would, had the fish run as 

 abundantly as in former years of plenty, 

 have netted by their industry an extra 

 5,000,000. The building of the Canadian 

 Northern Railway was responsible for the 

 loss, for by blasting the rock and allowing 

 it to fill up part of the Fraser River, 

 millions of salmon could not reach the 

 spawning grounds and died below the 

 barrier. As, following this catastrophe, 

 a further deficiency will recur every 

 fourth year. unless something is done, the 

 Canadians mean to repair the loss without 

 delay by hatching out the number required 

 to fill the gap. 



In comparing the fishing industries of 

 Canada with those of the North Sea and 

 Icelandic regions, one is perhaps justified 



