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THE LABRADOR FISHERMEN 
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the locality of the labor is sup- 
pressed. The gold is there in pay- 
ing quantities. Ere long science 
will open up wonderful mines in 
this bleak peninsular. Again, the 
soil of Newfoundland, a few miles 
inland, is good though shallow. 
The long summer days produce 
rapid growth and excellent potatoes 
and hardy vegetables can be easily 
raised. The country is ideal for 
sheep and goat raising, provided the 
mongrel race of Newfoundland 
dogs and Labrador huskies are ex- 
terminated. 
Neither mineral wealth, lumber- 
ing nor agriculture have any attrac- 
tion for the native. His cottage is 
perched upon the bare rocks as close 
to the sea as possible, the scene of 
his' toil" His* ancestors = tor -cen- 
erations have hooked their scanty 
subsistence from the icy waters. 
He is almost amphibian. The fish- 
ing instinct is bred in the bone, he 
is the companion of the gull, and is 
in turn gulled by the merchant. As 
well attempt to convert the Siberian 
nomads to a fixed and contented 
life of commercialism in an Amer- 
ican metropolis as to make miners 
or farmers out of the sons of Terra 
Nova. Their existence depends 
upon the cod. No wonder they 
guard with jealous eye the waters 
of their coast, and view with alarm 
the enactment of law relative to 
the industry or the mere discussion 
of treaties relative to the same. 
The people are proud to be called 
the oldest colony of Great Britain, 
and disclaim any connection with 
Canada or Nova Scotia. . If the con- 
versation hints at any connection 
with these provinces the native 
hastens to inform you that,—Us is 
a free country an’ nothin’ to do with 
Canada.” Very true on the statute 
books, but how about the things 
that freedom stand for? Are the 
people themselves, individually, 
free? The answer is found in the 
statements above relative to the 
merchant system. 
The men are already chafing un- 
der this system of bondage and 
some of them, finding that on the 
high seas they could sign with 
Gloucester skippers and earn more 
money and get it at the end of the 
season or the voyage, than under 
the old method, have availed them- 
selves of the chance. This diverted 
just so many quintals of fish from 
the merchant kings to the packers 
at Gloucester. The merchant class 
completely control the situation. 
Salem Safe Deposit & Trust Company 
8 Salem, Massachusetts 
Capital, $200,000. 
George C, Vaughn, Pres. 
E. Kendall Jenkins, 
John H. Linehan, 
William E. Bixby. 
Surplas & Undivided Profits, $150,000. 
TE CG Ro 
Charles Sanders, Vice-Pres. 
William H. Gove, Vice-Pres. William S. Nichols, Treas. 
Melvin Woodbury, 
Forrest L. Evans, 
Interest allowed on deposits 2 
They enacted a law making it a 
crime to sign with foreign skippers. 
This was punished with a heavy 
fine and Newfoundland has enforced 
the law without mercy.. Let it be 
said that no law forbids hundreds 
of these people to come to the 
States’ and hireout-as street car 
laborers and the women as domes- 
tics. Now the fishermen fail to see 
why it is illegal for a fisherman to 
hire himself to a fisherman from 
the States and legal for another man 
10 Cents a Button ose 
~$100a Rip. — 
GLOUCESTER, 
to hire out with an American street 
car company. Ah! that is another 
question and reference to the sta- 
tistics of the department of money 
orders of Newfoundland, ending 
six months July 1, shown me by 
the compiler, affords the answer. 
During this period over $50,000 was 
paid through the main office on or- 
ders issued to people in the island 
by relatives working in the States. 
This ready money is a large item to 
the shop-keepers. The people spend 
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Our Fall Line of 
Dutchess Trousers 
Prices $2.50 to $6 
SPECIAL: Mens and Boys 
Stoney creek pants all sizes from 
28 waist to extra sixe 50 
$1.50 a pair 
You may buya pair of Dutchess Wool 
Trousers and wear them two months. For 
every suspender button that comes off we 
will pay you Ten Cents. If they rip in the 
seat or elsewhere, we will pay you One 
Dollar, or give you a New Pair, 
CAPE ANN CLOTHING CO. 
The Home of the Dutchess in 
MASS. 
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