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Table XII. Summary of Properties op Net Preservatives.— Cont. 



Discussion. 

 Mr. Taylor: I think it is safe to say that all the fish taken com- 

 mercially in the United States — for that matter, in the world — are taken 

 by means of nets or lines made of some kind of textile thread; usually 

 cotton, sometimes linen, hemp, or even silk. But these are all perishable, 

 and naturally some means of preservation is most important. The statistics 

 we have indicate that the. value of the gear in the United States made of 

 cotton, linen, hemp, and so forth, is about $15,000,000. How long it takes 

 to turn this over we do not know definitely; presumably somewhere be- 

 tween one year and two years is sufficient to demand an entirely new outfit. 

 The cost, then, will range somewhere less than $15,000,000 a year for nets, 



