2128 AWARD OP THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



The fish would have to come oat by and by, as they would not be worth 

 much another year. So you could keep up the market for a few days, 

 the same as speculators in flour and grain and other articles do. 



Q. To put it another way. Suppose that instead of 250,000 being re- 

 quired for consumption, only 100,000 barrels were required, would those 

 100,000 barrels bring a higher price than if 250,000 were required ? A. 

 Some years when we have had as large a quantity of mackerel in- 

 spected as there has ever been, we have got a good price. We have 

 sometimes got low prices when there has been a small catch. This was 

 owing to the demand, which is regulated by other businesses as much as 

 anything else. 



Q. Did you oppose the Treaty of Washington, or were you in favor of 

 it ? A. I did not know anything about it till it was settled. 



No. 15. 



ISAIAH C. YOUNG, of Wellfleet, Mass., outfitter of vessels, called on 

 behalf of the Government of the United States, sworu and examined. 



By Mr. Trescot: 



Question. You have been engaged in mackerel-fishing during some 

 years? Answer. Yes. 



Q. During what years? A. From 1858 to 1871. 



Q. In 1859, where did you go ? A. To Bay St. Lawrence. 



Q. How long were you there ? A. About two months. 



Q. What did you catch ? A. Sixty barrels. 



Q. Whereabouts ? A. Most of them at Magdalen Islands and Bank 

 Bradley; we caught a few about Prince Edward Island. 



Q. How many? A. Five to eight barrels. 



Q. Did you go there in 1859 ? A. Yes. 



Q. In the same vessel ? A. Yes. 



Q. What luck had you there? A. We got 150 barrels. 



Q. What proportion of them did you take within the limits ? A. 

 About 120 barrels when we first went into the bay near East Point; the 

 remainder we caught off shore and over at the Magdalen Islands. 



Q. After 1859 were you in the gulf? A. iNo. 



Q. Where were you engaged fishing in the mean time ? A. On the 

 coast of the United States. 



Q. How long? A. From the season of 1860 up to the season of 

 1871. 



Q. Upon an average have yon done well in fishing on the American 

 coast? A. Yes; very well. 



Q. What is the average catch you made ? A. Probably 500 barrels. 



Q. Have you any idea from your own knowledge of the business of 

 Wellfleet, and your experience since you have been in business, what 

 number of barrels of mackerel have been inspected there ? A. I can 

 tell you for the last ten years. 



Q. For the last ten years, what do you suppose has been the number ? 

 A. There has been inspected in Wellfleet during the last ten years 

 274,591 barrels. 



Q. How do you know that ? A. It is the sworn statement of the 

 general inspector. 



Q. From your knowledge of the business, can you form any idea as 

 to what proportion of that number of barrels has been inspected as 

 mackerel from the gulf? A. I got the best information I could get in 

 our place. I went to the inspector, who has been there for twenty-five 



