A story of gallant men and angry seas, by the author of “The Unknown Mr. Kent,” “Captains Three” and many other notable stories. “As chairman of one of the largest of the Billingsgate wholesale fish-dealing companies, I can assure your correspondent that the cause for the current high prices does not rest with the dealers. Your correspondent, who is evidently ignorant of basic facts, asserts that although it is the fishermen themselves who actually catch the fish, they--the fishermen--do not receive a commensurate share of the price which the people ultimately pay for a staple article of food. I must therefore correct him, and _insist that they do_.…
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