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imposed on Canaflians, United States' fisliprnioii will now share to tlie fullest 

 oxteiU, witliont iiavino- as yi!t in any nay contributed towards tiieir cost : it may 

 llien fairly i)e claimed that a portion of tli'> award to he demanded ol' the United 

 States' Government shall he in consideration oi' their participation in the fruits of 

 additional expenditure home by Canadians to the annual extent, as shown above, 

 of nearly 200,000 dollars. 



Summari/. 



The privileges secured to United States' citizens under Article XVIII of the 

 Treaty of Washington, which have been above described particularly and in detail, 

 may be summarized as follows: — 



1. The liberty of fishing in all inshore waters of the Dominion; the value of 

 which is shown by the kinds, quantity, and value of the fish annually taken by 

 United States' fishern'en in those waters, as well as by the number of vessels, hands, 

 and capital employed, 



2. The liberty to iand for the purpose of drying nets and curing fish, a privilege 

 essential to the successful prosecution of fishing operations. 



3. Access to the shores for purposes of bait, supply, &c., including the all- 

 important advantage of transferring cargoes, which enables American fishermen 

 to double their profits by securing two or more full fares during one season. 



4. Participation in the improvements resulting from the Fisheries Service 

 maintained by the Government of the Dominion. 



The above privileges may be considered as susceptible of an approximate 

 money valuation, which it is respectfully submitted should be assessed as well with 

 reference to the quantity and value of lish taken, and the fishing vessels and fisher- 

 men employed, as to other collateral advantages enjoyed by United States' 

 citizens. 



It has been stated in the preceding portions of this chapter that an average 

 number of at least 1,000 United States' vessels annually frociuent llritish Canadian 

 waters. The gross catch of eacii vessel per trip has been estimated at 5, GOO dollars, 

 a considerable projiortion of wiiieh is net profit, resulting from the privileges 

 conferred by tlie Treaty. 



These privileges profitably employ men and materials representing in industrial 

 capital several millions of dollurs ; the industries to the advancement of which 

 they conduce, support domestic trade and foreign commerce ol great extent and 

 increasing value ; they also serve to make a necessary and healtiifid article of food 

 plentifid and cltei.|) for the American nation. It is not merely the value of "raw 

 material" in fish taken out of Britisli Canadian waters which constitutes a fair 

 basis of compensation ; the right of this fishery was an exclusive privilege, the sole 

 use of which was highly prizcfl, and for the common enjoyment of which we 

 demand equivalents to be measured by our just estimation of its worth ; we 

 enhance the main concession on this point by according kindred liberties and 

 indispensable facilities, all of which are direct advantages; and, in oi ler to illus- 

 trate tlie assessable value of the grant, we adduce certain data relating to the 

 nund)er of United States' fishing vessels more immediately interested, and the gross 

 quantity and value of their catch in Mritish Canadian wafers. 



In addition to the advantages above recited, the attention of the Commis- 

 sioners is respectfidly drawn to the great im|)ortancc attaching to the beneficial 

 consequences to the United'States of honourably acquiring for their fishermen full 

 freedom to pursue their adventurous calling without incurring constant risks, and 

 exposing themselves and tiieir fellow countrymen to the inevitalile reproach of wilfully 

 trespassing on the rightful domain of friendly neighbours. Paramount, however, 

 to this consideration is the avoidance of irritating disputes, calculated to disquiet 

 the public mind of a spiritefl and enterprising peo|)le, and liable always to become 

 a cause of mutual anxiety and embarrassment. 



It was repeatedly stated by the American members of the Joint High Commis- 

 sion at Washington, in discussing proposals regarding the Canadian fisheries, "that 

 the United States desired to secure their enjoyment, not for their commercial or 

 intrinsic value, but for tiie purpose of removing a source of irritation," This com- 

 mendable desire evidentlj' was reciprocated by the Hritish Commissioners in 

 assenting to the proposition that the matter of disagreement as regards a money- 

 equivalent ''should be relerred to an impartial Commission." It should not be lost 

 sight of that an offer for tlie reciprocal free admission of coal, salt, fish, and lumber, 

 had previously been made by the United States' CUmjmissioners, "entirely in the 



