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New York Failed to Vote
New York failed to cast its vote
for President in the first election,
which made Washington Presi-
dent. As the Constitution provid
ed, each state was to appoint pres
idential electors “in such a man
ner as the legislature thereof may
direct." In some states electors
for the first election of 1789 were
chosen by popular vote; in others,
tiie legislatures appointed them.
The New York legislature could
not agree on the manner of select
ing the electors. As a result, none
was chosen, and New York failed
to cast any vote for President.—
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to prices that are being asked for
what we Intend to buy, and as to the
quality we can expect, the advertising
columns of this newspaper perform a
worth while service which saves us
■any dollars a year.
0 It Is a good habit to form, the habit
of consulting the advertisements every
time we make a purchase, though we
have already decided just what we
want and where we are going to buy
It It gives us the most priceless feeling
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adequately prepared.
0 When we go Into a store, prepared
beforehand with knowledge of what is
offered and at what price, we go as
an expert buyer, filled with self-confi
dence. It Is a pleasant feeling to have,
Rie feeling of adequacy. Most of the
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The Fishing Industry of New England,
Founded by Basques in 1500, Is Oldest
And One of Most Colorful in U. S. Today
A typical scene on the piers at Gloucester, Mass., at the turn of the
century showing mackerel ready for shipment.
By ELMO SCOTT WATSON
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
T HEY say that in this
machine age there is
little romance and ad
venture in modern business.
Yet, amid many of the na
tion’s great industries which
have lost much of their “col
or” through mechanization,
there is one that is still large
ly hand-operated and in which
the individuality of those who
follow that trade remains in
tact. That is the great New
England fishing industry.
It is probably the oldest contin
uously operated industry in the
United States today for it goes
back nearly 450 years to that sum
mer day about the year 1500 when
a small group of Basque fisher
men set out from a little coastal
town in France in their small
fishing boat. They had little luck
on their usual fishing grounds and
as the days went by ventured far
ther and farther away from wa
ters they knew. However, even
in new waters lines and nets were
still drawn up empty. This was
their livelihood and it was neces
sary that they find a fishing
ground which would yield them
a full boatload before they re
turned home.
They continued their search for
more lucrative fishing waters and
after many weeks they came to
a strange coast where trees were
green and flowers were bloom
ing. They set their nets and cast
their lines and in an almost un
believably short time the boat
was filled. They set sail for home
and upon their arrival regaled
their fellow fishermen with sto
ries of their astounding luck in
waters “on the other side of the
sea."
Thus was born an industry
which was to play its important
role in the colonization and devel
opment of the New World and to
provide the archives of New Eng
land with many historic sea
sagas.
As an indication of the poten
tial wealth of the early New Eng
land fishing industry, Gosnold,
first navigator on the coast,
caught so many cod that one voy
age of six months yielded him
2,100 pounds in money. Where
upon he remarked, “What sport
doth yield a more pleasing con
tent and less hurt or charge than
angling with a hook crossing the
sweet air from isle to isle, over
the silent sterse of a calm sea."
Doughty Capt. John Smith of
Virginia paid tribute to the indus
try with these words, “Let not the
meanness of the word ‘fish’ dis--
taste you, for it will afford as
good gold as the wines of Guiana
and Potassie with less hazard and
charge and more certainty and
facility.”
By 1504 the Basques were fish
ing regularly along the New Eng
land coast. As word spread
among other fishermen of the Old
World of this fabulous fishing
ground, the adventurous Basques
were joined by men of other na
tions. When the explorer Verra-
zano landed south of the Pisca-
taqua river near Boston he found
fisheries carried on by French,
Basques and Portuguese.
Historic records of Massachu
setts show that by 1615 there were
400 French and Portuguese and
200 English sails along the coast
of New England. In 1623 a fish
ing vessel attempting to land at
a settlement on the Maine coast
was unable to complete the land
ing and “the master thought it
good to pass into Massachusetts
Bay." He left 14 men and re
turned to his home port in Spain.
Next year the same vessel re
turned and left 32 men. Thus *
was established the village of
Gloucester where much of the
early history of the Massachu
setts fishing industry was to be
written.
By 1639 fish had become a
medium of exchange and were
being used as money. It was also
due to fishing that all the arts of
navigation flourished. In this
same year the General Court of
Massachusetts recognized the
contributions its fishermen were
making to the development of the
New world by relieving them of
military duty.
In 1643 the citizens of the then
small village of Boston held a
celebration and the whole citizen
ship turned out to pay honor to
the launching of the “Trial," first
vessel to be built in that city.
Designed to carry on trade be-
Iween the Old and New worlds,
the “Trial” was forerunner of a
long line of clipper ships which
made colorful history for another
century or so. Loaded with a
cargo of salted and smoked fish,
the “Trial" set sail for Balboa
and Malaga. On her return trip
she brought wine, fruit, oil, iron,
and wool.
At the beginning of the Eight
eenth century New England was
beginning its trade with the West
Indies. Clipper ships took car
goes of fish to the Indies and
there exchanged them for sugar,
molasses or rum. These prod
ucts in turn were taken to Africa
and exchanged for slaves which
were sold to the Southern colonies
or exchanged for tobacco.
Fish for Appeasement.
Meanwhile, Massachusetts was
branching out in other directions.
The first state in the colonies to
Miss Reba Onigman has the
distinction of being the only wom
an fish commission merchant in
the world. She operates at the
Boston Fish pier.
have a mint, it coined what be
came known as the “pine tree"
shilling pieces in 1652. Where
upon Charles II of England be
came displeased because he was
not given a share of the profits.
Massachusetts promptly sent ap
peasement in the form of “ten
barrels of cranberries, two hogs
heads of samp and 3,000 codfish."
At the beginning of the Eight
eenth century cod fishing was in
a prosperous condition. The an
nual production was about 330,000
quintals and the value of the fish
exported was about $700,000,
there being 400 fishing vessels of
about 50 tons each in Massachu
setts alone. By 1731 more than
7,000 men were employed in the
New England fisheries. A re
port of the Massachusetts fish
eries made in 1837 shows what
strides the industry was making.
The total value of the cod and
mackerel caught that year
amounted to $3,208,866 and the
number of vessels engaged in fish
ing was 12,290, while the number
of men employed had risen to
16,722.
Today, the New England fishing
industry has reached such propor
tions that the annual catches
amount to 670,000,000 pounds in
round figures with a value of
$20,000,000. -Products manufac
tured from the catch amount to
an additional $24,000,000. Cen
ter of this great activity is Bos
ton where the “Stock Exchange”
of the New England industry has
headquarters and where the great
fish plants pack, ice and ship mil
lions of fresh fish annually.
Activity at the Boston fish pier
gets under way officially at seven
o’clock in the morning when the
auction opens. In a huge un
adorned room with its ceiling run
ning up the four stories of the
building, the auctioneers stand on
a railed platform in the center.
Around the platform cluster the
buyers and it is they who decide
the fortunes of the “farmers of
the sea.” For, the prices they
bid for the catch determine the
earnings of the men manning the
fishing boats, who operate on
shares.
Heroes of the Pier.
Many of these men are direct
descendants of the Basque, Por
tuguese and Spanish sailors who
first made their way to the “other
side of the sea” in the Sixteenth
century. Many still live in the
same sturdy houses of wood and
stone built by their earlier ances
tors. There is keen rivalry
among them for fishing honors of
the year. The crew of the boat
that chalks up the biggest catch
become the glamour boys of the
Boston fishing world and are ac
corded the same admiration and
popular homage as a big league
baseball star or a college football
hero.
They live well, these men who
take the ever-present dangers of
the sea in their daily stride, and
they live with the carefree gaiety
of those to whom physical haz
ards are all in the day’s work.
Oddly enough, they eat little fish.
Steak is a favorite meat, with
plenty of vegetables and fruits,
and woe to the cook whose pies
emerge from the oven with-other
than a crisp flaky crust.
When auction of the catches has
been concluded the work of un
loading the boats begins. Each
boat on its trip out takes on a
load of shaved ice in which to
pack the fish as soon as caught.
This method brings the catch into
port as fresh as it came from
the nets. Unloaded in huge bas
kets and transferred to carts, the
fish are rushed into big pack
ing and distribution plants. Here
they are made ready for millions
who, until modern methods of
mass merchandising took fresh
fish 1,500 miles inland, had little
opportunity to enjoy seafood ex
cept in a smoked, salted or
canned state. This method of dis
tribution has also removed fish
from the status of a “Friday
only” food item and now many
families far away from the sea-
coast enjoy fresh fish several
times a week.
Meet Blue-Eyed Reba.
Exploring the activities on the
fish pier you may be surprised to
find a slender, blue-eyed woman
in the thick of the auction or in
specting a basket load of fish
swinging onto the pier from a
boat, for in such an atmosphere
one does not ordinarily expect to
find a woman. She is Reba Onig
man, who is in her eighth year as
the only woman fish commission
merchant in the world. Miss
Onigman will tell you that she is
“in a business that stinks.” How
ever, she will add in the next
breath that “there’s romance in
the fish business,” and she would
not “give it up for the world.”
Miss Onigman’s daily schedule
might dismay a good many less
hardy women. She is up at five-
thirty o’clock and down on the
pier by six. From then on she is
“just one of the men.” She sells
her fish at the auction, inspects
the catches that come in on con
signment for her and operates in
a quietly business-like fashion
that has won her the respect of
the weather-beaten men with
whom she deals. Winter finds
her clad in high rubber boots and
a Sou’wester. In summer she
looks as dainty and fresh as
though she were just starting off
for some purely social feminine
activity. Her blouse is crisply
fresh and more likely than not a
blue bow is tucked away in curly
black hair lightly frosted with
premature gray.
Another colorful personality
whom you may meet in a morn
ing’s round of the fish pier is the
commission merchant who start
ed off merely peddling a few
packages of fish from door to
door. Then he persuaded a cap
tain or two to let him handle a
day’s catch. Today, he is one
of the wealthy men of the indus
try.
Thus, the fish industry goes.
Fortunes are frequently made
within the space of a few short
months. The men who are its
keystones—the sturdy simple fish
ermen who still speak the lan
guage of their Portuguese, French
and Spanish forefathers — still
lead lives filled with the color
and adventure which are the
heritage of those who “farm the
sea.” The boats set forth with
the early tide and slip back into
port at sunset or dawn. The
great industry which served as a
foundation for this country’s ear
liest trading continues to flourish
and to provide the nation with one
of its most important sources of
food.
By VIRGINIA VALE
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
E VER hear of a slen-
dang? Well, neither has
practically everybody else.
Betty Field has, for in Para
mount’s “Victory” she’s in
vading Dorothy Lamour’s
territory and wearing one.
It’s a sort of glorified sarong,
and the first day after the
first batch of photos showing
the lady in it was released the studio
received 27 requests for the gar
ment.
*
Fred Allen and Jack Benny are
supposed to be the battlers in “Love
Thy Neighbor,"
but it seems to
be Mary Martin,
their co-star, who
is really the vic
tim. The famous
feudists battle
with words. As
for Mary, her
schedule includes
being caught up
on a derrick hook
in a scene on a
dock, being tossed
into the ocean and
having to swim with all her clothes
on, being nearly strangled by Benny
in one scene and manhandled by
Allen in another.
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Mary Martin
She does two dance routines, one
of which involves a lot of struggling,
and another shot finds her rolling
around the back end of a' wildly
driven cab. Nice work for a girl
who can keep audiences happy just
by singing!
*
working in “Second Chorus” witl
Fred Astaire and
Paulette God
dard, had not yet
acquired a car.
Nevertheless a
sign on a fence at
General Service
studios carried
the warning,
“This place re-
. served for Mr.
Meredith.”
That vacant
space, amid the
cars belonging to
other stars, was too much for Mis
Goddard. So she filled the vacanc;
with a brand new motor scootei
decorated with ribbons and eqnippei
with a bottle of iodine, just in cas
of accident.
—*—
Burgess Meredit]
It’s been quite a while since
Brenda Marshall couldn’t have any
dress that she wanted, but the suc
cess that made that possible also
stood in her way the other day when
she fell in love with a frock and
then couldn’t have it.
The dress was designed for her to
wear in Warner Brothers’ “East of
the River," and she liked it so much
that she wanted to have it copied
for her own wardrobe. But the pro
duction office turned thumbs down.
The reason was that she is a target
for cameras wherever she goes.
The dress might be copied by fash-
tion bootleggers, and the style
wouldn’t be new when the picture
is released.
*—
If the war news in your daily
paper and on the radio means a lot
to you you’ll certainly want to see
the new March of Time, “On For
eign Newsfronts." It shows how
U. S. newsmen are covering the big
gest news story in modern history—
tells how men like H. V. Kalten-
born were forced to leave Germany.
It records the story of this first year
of World War II from the viewpoint
of the men who report it to the
American people, and shows why
the United States today is the last
stronghold of a free press, and its
citizens the best informed in the
world.
*
Apparently people who earn their
livings by appearing in public just
can’t help being superstitious—even
athletes are susceptible, as Babe
Ruth used to prove when he never
went out to left field or returned
without kicking second base on the
way.
Burns and Allen are no exception.
Burns never approaches the micro
phone without touching his left toe
to the bottom of Artie Shaw’s music
stand. Grade always sits on the
right side of the stage and has two
chairs, one to sit on and the other
for her script. This latter chair is
always turned so that its back is to
the audience. She’s never missed
this arrangement in seven years, and
judging by her success it must be a
good one.
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Dinah Shore, lately with the
Chamber Music Society of Lower
Basin street, that solemnly spoofing
swing program, and with the Re-
vuers, will be on the new Eddie Can
tor program that starts in October.
A bachelor of arts from Vanderbilt
university, she’s taken her singing
seriously since she was ten—now
she’s cashing in on her persever
ance. A lot of people don’t want
to hear “Orchids of Remembrance"
again unless she sings it, because of
the way she did it recently on West
inghouse’s “Musical Americana."
Loquacious Conductor
Aimed to Make Self Clear
“Fare, please! Fare!"
The passenger paid no attention,
“Fare, please!"
Still no response.
“By the ejaculatory term,
‘Fare,’ " said the conductor, “I
imply no reference to the state of
the weather, the complexion of
the admirable blonde you observe
in the contiguous seat, nor even 1
to the quality of the service vouch
safed by this philanthropic corpo-'
ration. I merely alluded in a (
manner perhaps lacking in delica-:
cy, but not in conciseness, to the
monetary obligation set up by
your presence in this car and sug
gest that you liquidate.”
Then the passenger paid his fare.
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