PROBLEMS IN THE FISH BUSINESS 27 



We have been trying to induce the Government to make a nation-wide 

 advertising campaign in Canada as to the value of fish as a food. I am 

 quite sure that Mr. Lefurgey is right in his reference to shipping to 

 England. Our market is Canada and we can produce and deliver fish 

 to the people of Canada, if they will take it in quantities, and they can 

 get fish cheaper than any other staple food. Mr. Feilding did not men- 

 tion whether there are several of these hand carts from which fish is 

 peddled or whether there is only one and the man has a monopoly. 



Mr. Feii,ding : Hfe has the whole fish trade in a town of about 7,000 

 people. 



Mr. Byrne : It is an exorbitant price because he is charging twenty 

 cents for what he pays the fishermen five to eight cents. That is an 

 unfair profit. He will try to justify himself by the fact that there is 

 not much sale and he is bound to take risks. People should be educated 

 to eat fish, not in the cities alone but also in the small centres. It is 

 in the small centres that good fish cannot be obtained, but, if delivered 

 regularly and in good condition, and if the people were educated res- 

 pecting the value of fish as a food, conditions would be greatly improved 

 and the stores in the small towns would handle the product properly. 



