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eries are concerned. Herein was evidence that it is within the 

 power of the Legislature of this Colony to make or mar our com- 

 petitors to the North Atlantic fisheries. Here was evidence that by 

 refusing or restricting the necessary bait supply, we can bring our 

 foreign competitors to realize their dependency upon us. One of the 

 objects of this legislation is to bring the fishing interests of Glouces- 

 ter and New England to a realization of their dependence upon the 

 bait supplies of this Colony. No measure could have been devised 

 having more clearly for its object the conserving, safeguarding, and 

 protecting of the interests of those concerned in the fisheries of the 

 Colony." 



Mr. Root's comment on these declarations was : 



It will be observed that there is here the very frankest possible dis- 

 avowal of any intention to so regulate the fisheries as to be fair to 

 the American fishermen. The purpose is, under cover of the exercise 

 of the power of regulation, to exclude the American fishermen. The 

 Government of the United States surely cannot be expected to see 

 with complacency the rights of its citizens subjected to this kind of 

 regulation." 



U. S. Case, p. 225. 



