160 FISHERIES OF THE NORTH SEA 



in describing the fisheries of Canada as 

 being almost as extensive ; and if Canada 

 had a population as great as that of Great 

 Britain, its fisheries would far outstrip ours 

 in value and quantity, for, with the ex- 

 ception of the French on the Newfoundland 

 banks, the industry is almost entirely in 

 the hands of Canada ; whereas, in the com- 

 ing years, Great Britain will have very 

 great rivals to compete with her in the 

 North Sea. Although Canadian methods 

 of trawling have not reached the high pro- 

 ficiency of the Grimsby and Hull trawler- 

 men, Canadian shore methods are far 

 advanced. The Railway Companies will 

 do almost everything necessary to en- 

 courage the traffic, the methods of trans- 

 port and rates of freightage are models 

 which the British would do well to study. 

 The fishermen of the Pacific can send 

 consignments by express train of refriger- 

 ated car.; to Montreal and the Eastern 

 United States, a distance of 3000 miles, 

 whilst in England one never sees a re- 

 frigerated train, and bad transport halves 

 the demand for our products. 



Again, the United States and Canada 



