HOW THE SALMON IS VANISHING 275 



Here is an opportunity for our Secretary of State and 

 the Premier of Canada to join hands in helping their re- 

 spective governments to help themselves. Common 

 sense dictates such a step, and financial interests should 

 demand the protection and perpetuation of this great in- 

 dustry. The English householder, who is now able to 

 purchase a tin of good, wholesome salmon, although it 

 may not be of the finest pack, for five pence half -penny 

 eleven cents and the Canadian or American house- 

 wife, who can purchase a can of like quality for ten 

 cents, are each and every one interested in this serious 

 and vital question. 



A close time will, of course, make prices higher for 

 a few years, but in the end this would be far better 

 than the total destruction of a trade which now benefits 

 the entire civilized world. 



In this case the old adage, " a stitch in time saves 

 nine," is a homely reminder that the sooner prompt 

 and efficient action is taken to preserve the now 

 vanishing salmon the better it will be for the world at 

 large. 



