PAflE TWO. 5 THE DAILY NRW& Saturday, December !?. f r . USED THE WORLD OVER RESOLUTION PASSED AT MEETING OF FISHERIES IN TERESTS LAST NIGHT. are made from the juices of apples, oranges, figs and prunes and tonics. 25c. and 50c a box. FRUIT.A.TIYES LIMITED, OtUwa. Ont. Of feiukari, NT. Uf.a, Enr, Ckrl.tckarch. NX The Daily News PRIXGK MJPF.HT - MUTISM COLU.MHIA. 0 SMOKE Published Kvcry Afternoon, except Sunday, the Prince. Huport Daily News, .Limited, Third Avenue. II. F. PULLHX, .Managing IMilor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ; City Delivery, ly mail or carrier, per month .C 1.00 Hy mail (o all parts of the Hrilish IJmpire and the I'niled Stale, in advance, per y?ar ssfl.OO To all other countries, in advance, per year .$7.r0 Advertising and Circulation Telephone - 98 Editor and Reporters Telephone - - - 86 All' advertising should he in The Daily News Offjee on day preceding publication. All advertising received siilijert In approval. Memb;r of Audit Bureau of Circulations. DAILY EDITION x Saturday, Doc. 2?, 192:1. Getting Ready For Splenaid Christmas. pr-oplc of Prince Ilupert seem to he getting ready for a splendid Christmas celehration and there seems to lie no good reason why they should not do it. Money seems to he no oh-ject for it is heing spent freely hy a great many people. The difficulty ahoiil Christmas presents is that many people gel a lot of presents and a - number of others get few Those who wish to contribute to the happiness nf ihe occasion should try to see that their presents reach those who will be, getting few from other sources. Looking Forward With Cheerfulness. Looking fin ward with cheerfulness is one of the greatest elixirs of life, in Prince Rupert we are apt to dread things. We see portents of evil when we should be looking for portents ol good. Heing eh?erful reacts on ourselves and makes us happy, whereas looking at things through the atmosphere of gloom makes us gloomy. The days are shott, the nights are long, the days are ofteir dull but the" real mini and the real woman is the one that refuses to be influenced by such things as weather. Compares 8tates - . With Russia. , . Comparing the United Stales Honor" problem with that of Russia, .Norman llapgood, the highest paid edilorjub writiy Jul the world, after a visit to Knrope, writing in Hearsts Magazines says: The drink situation in this country is what it, is in Russia. Over there the' wbrkingnyin and the farmer have' almost ceased drinking. The profiteer drinks all lie wants. The government is satisfied. Years ago Henry (ieorge gave as one ground against the protective tariff the prophecy that rich travellers would smuggle, thus encouraging disrespect for law. So they did, but they don't do so much now. After a while we shall settle down to a system. The federal government will lake care of our national boundaries and boundaries between stales. Kach slate or city will enforce the law wilhin its own borders or il will not. Prostitution and gambling have always depended upon local opinion. Any fair observer admits that the working classes in America drink much less than they did. There is some homebrew animi? them, some blind-tigers, as there always have been. Hut the amount of money spent by Ihem nationally is but a frnrlion of what it was. They have almost no. saloon life. The money thai went into saloons now goes into automobiles, shoes, house, movies, phonographs. There are actually no murd-rs by the poor in which drink is an element. The rich, lo be sure, are indulging in the luxury of beating the law. It is their habit. How long they will keep il lip depends on how soon lliey become bored wild the effort, the division of public opinion and the increasing ' badness ,,r Hie drinks. . . - Do Women Read The Newspapers? There are still n few women who do not read (he. newspapers, but nol many. Often women are much keener than men on reading the daily paper. They like (o gel it first and they not only read the local and personal news, the gossip the exciting stories, but even the editorials and alwavs the advertising. Women are gradually becoming citizens just as men' are gradually becoming citizens. True, there are few of either sex bul'iM S f!l fr- rr."sihilily r self-government, wu t, i g,r " ""i-iMlily Hint they fit them-1 se 1, T r 'V-. 'r"U , n,e1a1' w lve to muddle along as best sSSffi " """i,ru l" e Urne when things will be better. (rftn tinned from pace one) Hie issue with United Slates Kvon if closing Hie porl did not accoiuplisli the object of having I he i'r. .larilf removed, American fish woiibl still have to come this way from Ketchikan ami the cost of yetting it tiore would put I lie Americans on an equal basis with the. Canadians again. Conditions could' le no worse for the Canadian fishermen than' I hey were now. The matter had been thoroughly discussed aud the only thing lo do -coined lo be close Ilie port. If conditions remained as they were many of the Canadian boats would be forced In go over In .Cmerican registry. It was necessary that support should be given the fishermen by (lie business men ami citizens and it was op to the hitler lo study Hie .situation and decide what was best to do. II was now reported that Cana dian fishermen were to be pre vented from working on Ameri can boats. Received a Wire Willi reference to the last mentioned point, .1. V. Nieholls reported he had wired lo Ketchikan and had received a reply that no such law had been pas- i'd. .1. Coombs said there had been, such a law for many years hut ( hail not been enforced. II had been learned on good au-Ihnrity thai it would be en forced after January . Chris. Ilendricksen substantiated .Mr. Coombs' statement. Ceorge l-'rilz reviewed the dillicullies under which Canadian bonis were -operating. Not 'uly was Canadian fish rharged a 2c duty on enlerintr the, United Stales Inil engines for Canadian boats cost more as they' were made in the United Slates. Tim only way lo gel satisfaction seemed lo be lo close Hie port. A tonnage lax on American fish would be no good lo Canadian fishermen. Harry Lipsett told of lieinz approached by American fisher men in Seattle asking that he lake over their registry to Hie Canadian side. This bad fol lowed a report received by ihem thai! I he nnrl of Prince lluperf was lo be closed to them. If (he IMU'I wa closed il was certain thai their co-operation would be forthcoming in an elfort towards having conditions equalized. It had been said- that local bo si ncss people would be hurl if the port were closed but they had got along before an American boat ever came here. Could Not Compete Charles Walace declared if (he porl were closed American fishermen would nol be able lo compete with Canadian. They would soon squeal to the au tliorilies at Washington for Hie removal of Hie 2c larilT. Pele Horvik felt dial drastic action was necessary for Hie American fishermen were now heating the Canadians to il in everyway. If they were shut off I hoy would soon lake action. Harry Lipsett referred lo the alliltide of the Pacific Coast Fisherman on Hie question. The publication was beginning to recognize Prince Rupert's position of control. Just as good or bollfr p'riees were 'offered fish ermen for gear here as at hel- cliiknn. Linsell A Cunningham stood lo lose as much as any other retail business in the city but he was prepared on behalf nf his firm lo he the first lo sign a petition asking that the port be closed. Whole Ho? or None If Hie port were to be closed at all, Fred Slork felt that il ought to be closed light. Hy re- OLD CHUM TOBACCO w Serial tobacco company or 0 8 living here. a pound less for their fish at Ketchikan and Canadian fishermen would still gel more here than Hi? Americans would get at Ketchikan. Hy doing so, ship. menl of American fish would be greatly handicapped. What wa required was to yet Ibe assist ance of Ibe United Stales fish ermen and the only way lo do that would le to close Hie. porl lo them. Dr. Kergin submitted figuree lo show that over a million dollars had been paid to Canndinn boats for their catches here last year. Practically all thai money was spent in (he city. There were nol more than sir Ameri can fishermen who bad families Paddy Sullivan did nol agree wilh closing the. port. Not In Favor J. Coombs was' not in favor of closing the port al Ibis lime. In American fishermen, , There was tin assurance that such action would remedy the situation. Vancouver had lo be 'considered and the views Ihenf should be oMaiucd. , Harry Lear ventured Hie slate. menl lhal Ibe closing of Hie port would be followed Iliiee months biter with removal of Hie United Stales I a riff.. Prince Kupert had a club in the rail. way. J. C. Cavlgan look Hie view THE LOVE THAT NEVER DIES lhal closing of the port would be followed by further retaliation: on the part of Ihe United State. He would prefer lo ee another ! means to remedy the situation. I (ieorge Mckerson did no! think that closing Hie port to jUnilod Slates fishermen would reduce the revenue of (he rail- way here. American fish would slill be shipped this way from Ketchikan. W. II. Montgomery agreed that il was necessary lo lake some action. If Hie only way was lo close the porl be was in favor of it. Hoberl Hanna said if reel- procily had been accepted b Canada in It'll (here would no have been any such question as this now. If a Democratic, gov (continued on page M 1 Soft Finish 1 Thrlf-T-Service LWer Wash , Three Services, one nf wlilch will exactly fill your wash day needs, PJmne us for particulars. Canadian Steam Bundru Phone 8. 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