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#002 The Worlds Columbian Exposition Scrapbook, p. 158
18 EXPOSITION STUDY CLASS REVIEW.
fisheries has also fluctuated so much as to prevent modern capitalists
from embarking very largely in the trade.
AMERICAN FISHERIES.
The federal government early recognized the importance ofthe fish-
eries and the necessity of encouraging them by legislative action
In the summer of 1852 serious troubles broke out in the fishing grounds
of British America between the American fishermen and the British
authorities, who claimed the right to exclude the former from the bays
and inlets of the British possession. This claim, which was supported
by an armed naval force, was regarded by the United States as illegal,
and the war steamers Princeton and Fulton were sent to the coast
of Novia Scotia to protect the rights of the fishermen.
The dispute was temporarily settled by mutual concessions, and in
1854 a reciprocity treaty was agreed upon by the two countries, contain-
ing the following stipulations concerning the fisheries: "The inhabi-
tants of the United States shall have, in common with the subjects of her
Britanic majesty, the liberty to take fish of every kind except shell fish
on the sea coasts and shores, and in the bays, harbors and creeps
of Canada, New Brunswick, Novia Scotia, Prince Edward's Islands and
of the several islands thereunto adjacent, without being restricted
to anv distance from the shore, with permission to land upon the coasts
and shores of those colonies, and the islands thereof, and also upon the
Magdalene islands, for the purpose of drying their nets and curing their
fish." It was specified that the liberty thus granted should apply solely
to sea fisheries, and not to salmon, shad, or other river fisheries ; and
that the fishermen should not interfere with the rights of private prop-
erty, or trespass on parts of the shore occupied by British fishermen.
PRODUCTS OF UNITED STATES FISHERIES.
At the census of 1880 the fisheries of the United States employed
131,436 persons, the capital invested was £7,591,700, and the value of
the products (including seal and whale fisheries), was £8,600,000; the
number of vessels engaged was 6,605 of 208,297 tons.
In 1889 the capital invested in the whale and seal fisheries was
2,081,636; the number of vessels was 101, of 22,600 tons, valued at
$1,791,173 ; the value of products landed was $1,834,551 ; persons
employed, 3,513. In 1890 the Arctic whale fishing yielded 226,402 lbs
of whale bone, 3,980 lbs ivory, and 14,567 barrels of oil. In the year
the product of the Alaska salmon canneries was nearly $7,000,000;
the value of the seal and other furs shipped from Alaska to London
'87—'90 is given at 49,000,000. In 1889 the fur seal and sea otter indus-
try yielded $1,124,983. The value of fish exported 1890-'91 was
$4,996,621.—Statesman's Year Book, 1892.
THE BEHRING SEA QUESTION.
The grounds on which they have done this were that Behring Sea
belonged to us, that we had bought it from Russia with Alaska, and
that nobody had a right there unless we invited them to come.
The ground on which Great Britain allowed her subjects to take
Object Description
| Title | World's Columbian Exposition 002 |
| Subject LOC |
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) World's Parliament of Religions (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) World's Congress of Representative Women (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) Chicago (Ill.)--1890-1900 |
| Subject IDA |
Religion Papers |
| Description | This is a collection of documents from the World's Columbian Exposition and the World Parliament of Religions, which was held in Chicago, Illinois, in 1893. |
| Date Original | 1893 |
| Searchable Date | 1890s (1890-1899) |
| Identifier | WCE 002 |
| Coverage Geographic | Chicago (Ill.) |
| Coverage Temporal | 1890s (1890-1900) |
| Type | Text |
| Collection Publisher | Meadville Lombard Theological School |
| Rights | These documents can be read, downloaded, and the transcripts printed for educationalpurposes. |
| Language | en |
| Contributing Institution | Meadville Lombard Theological School |
| Collection Name | Jenkin Lloyd Jones World’s Columbian Exposition Collection |
Description
| Title | 0158 |
| Subject LOC |
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) World's Parliament of Religions (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) World's Congress of Representative Women (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) Chicago (Ill.)--1890-1900 |
| Subject IDA |
Religion Papers |
| Description | This is a collection of documents from the World's Columbian Exposition and the World Parliament of Religions, which was held in Chicago, Illinois, in 1893. |
| Date Original | 1893 |
| Searchable Date | 1890s (1890-1899) |
| Identifier | WCE 002 |
| Coverage Geographic | Chicago (Ill.) |
| Coverage Temporal | 1890s (1890-1900) |
| Type | Text |
| Collection Publisher | Meadville Lombard Theological School |
| Rights | These documents can be read, downloaded, and the transcripts printed for educationalpurposes. |
| Language | en |
| Contributing Institution | Meadville Lombard Theological School |
| Collection Name | Jenkin Lloyd Jones World’s Columbian Exposition Collection |
| Transcript | #002 The Worlds Columbian Exposition Scrapbook, p. 158 18 EXPOSITION STUDY CLASS REVIEW. fisheries has also fluctuated so much as to prevent modern capitalists from embarking very largely in the trade. AMERICAN FISHERIES. The federal government early recognized the importance ofthe fish- eries and the necessity of encouraging them by legislative action In the summer of 1852 serious troubles broke out in the fishing grounds of British America between the American fishermen and the British authorities, who claimed the right to exclude the former from the bays and inlets of the British possession. This claim, which was supported by an armed naval force, was regarded by the United States as illegal, and the war steamers Princeton and Fulton were sent to the coast of Novia Scotia to protect the rights of the fishermen. The dispute was temporarily settled by mutual concessions, and in 1854 a reciprocity treaty was agreed upon by the two countries, contain- ing the following stipulations concerning the fisheries: "The inhabi- tants of the United States shall have, in common with the subjects of her Britanic majesty, the liberty to take fish of every kind except shell fish on the sea coasts and shores, and in the bays, harbors and creeps of Canada, New Brunswick, Novia Scotia, Prince Edward's Islands and of the several islands thereunto adjacent, without being restricted to anv distance from the shore, with permission to land upon the coasts and shores of those colonies, and the islands thereof, and also upon the Magdalene islands, for the purpose of drying their nets and curing their fish." It was specified that the liberty thus granted should apply solely to sea fisheries, and not to salmon, shad, or other river fisheries ; and that the fishermen should not interfere with the rights of private prop- erty, or trespass on parts of the shore occupied by British fishermen. PRODUCTS OF UNITED STATES FISHERIES. At the census of 1880 the fisheries of the United States employed 131,436 persons, the capital invested was £7,591,700, and the value of the products (including seal and whale fisheries), was £8,600,000; the number of vessels engaged was 6,605 of 208,297 tons. In 1889 the capital invested in the whale and seal fisheries was 2,081,636; the number of vessels was 101, of 22,600 tons, valued at $1,791,173 ; the value of products landed was $1,834,551 ; persons employed, 3,513. In 1890 the Arctic whale fishing yielded 226,402 lbs of whale bone, 3,980 lbs ivory, and 14,567 barrels of oil. In the year the product of the Alaska salmon canneries was nearly $7,000,000; the value of the seal and other furs shipped from Alaska to London '87—'90 is given at 49,000,000. In 1889 the fur seal and sea otter indus- try yielded $1,124,983. The value of fish exported 1890-'91 was $4,996,621.—Statesman's Year Book, 1892. THE BEHRING SEA QUESTION. The grounds on which they have done this were that Behring Sea belonged to us, that we had bought it from Russia with Alaska, and that nobody had a right there unless we invited them to come. The ground on which Great Britain allowed her subjects to take |
