The Young Wireless Operator—
With the Oyster Fleet
BOOKS BY
LEWIS E. THEISS
IN CAMP AT FORT BRADY. A Camping Story. 304 pages.
HIS BIG BROTHER. A Story of the Struggles and Triumphs of a LittleSon of Liberty. 320 pages.
LUMBERJACK BOB. A Tale of the Alleghanies. 320 pages.
THE WIRELESS PATROL AT CAMP BRADY. A Story of How the Boy Campers,Through Their Knowledge of Wireless, "Did Their Bit." 320 pages.
THE SECRET WIRELESS. A Story of the Camp Brady Patrol. 320 pages.
THE HIDDEN AERIAL. The Spy Line on the Mountain. 332 pages.
THE YOUNG WIRELESS OPERATOR—AFLOAT. How Roy Mercer Won His Spursin the Merchant Marine. 320 pages.
THE YOUNG WIRELESS OPERATOR—AS A FIRE PATROL. The Story of a YoungWireless Amateur Who Made Good as a Fire Patrol. 352 pages.
THE YOUNG WIRELESS OPERATOR—WITH THE OYSTER FLEET. How AlecCunningham Won His Way to the Top in the Oyster Business. 328 pages.
Cloth Bound—Illustrated by Colored
Plates and Photographs
The Young Wireless Operator—
With the Oyster Fleet
HOW ALEC CUNNINGHAM WON HIS
WAY TO THE TOP IN THE
OYSTER BUSINESS
By
LEWIS E. THEISS
ILLUSTRATED BY
FRANK T. MERRILL
W. A. WILDE COMPANY
CHICAGO BOSTON
Copyright, 1922,
By W. A. Wilde Company
All rights reserved
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The Young Wireless Operator—With the Oyster Fleet
This book is dedicated
to the late
DR. JULIUS NELSON,
sometime biologist for New Jersey,
and to
DR. THURLOW C. NELSON,
his son and successor, who have done and
are doing for the oyster industry, what
Liebig did for agricultural chemistry
Foreword
The story of America's wonderful beds of oysters is the same as thestory of her matchless forests, her remarkable deposits of oil, hercountless herds of bison, and her innumerable flocks of wild pigeons;and that story is completely told in one word of five letters—waste.When our magnificent Pennsylvania forests were cut, millions of feet oflumber were wantonly wasted, left to rot on the ground after the barkhad been stripped off. When that unequaled pool of oil was discovered atSpindletop, gushers were allowed to spout for days and hours merely togratify the vanity of purse-proud owners, and oil was wasted by thehundred thousand barrels. We are paying for such wastes to-day in thehigh price of lumber and oil. And our children and our children'schildren will go on paying the price.
I live on the banks of one of America's noblest rivers, the Susq