The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-03-19
CLEANED OR UNCLAIMED FISH
Starting n Movement Almost Similar to that
for Drawn Poultry.

There's going to be big revolution il
the fish business" Fulton Market dealer
remarked. "Pehaps you have heard Of tn,
NutritiVe Society It's a lot Of advanced think
ers that believe in only paying for what they
use. and propose putting 1t into practice. Ono
Of them dropped in here the other day anC
wanted to buy good freshi cod. l picked gu,
tor him good one at twelve cents pound
Now. my friend he commenced. you ar,
making me pay for the head. the backbone
the skin. and two-thrds Of the weight OF the
fish in water at SO much pound. while / only
want the nutrtive portion But didn't see Il
III that light and the old char went of with tn,
fish, swearing that he had been cheated On,
9i the men here knew him, and said that 1t
kept grocery in Third Avenue. and the neXI
night walked in and gave him Il call | or
dered II quart Of peanuts. and as he was meas
urng them out said. Don't put in any shells
only pay Tor tho nutritiye portion lie rec
osniHrd me, and saw had him. but lie stuck u
i that meat and fish should be sold 9n a nutrj-
ton basis. while no allowance should be mad.
The idea is Ill right and square, Just the
practice. II we sold codllsh at present rates t
ten and twelve cents per puund-for their nu-
trtive portions only by, the pound. 4 wouldn1
tive values 81 tsh are well known. In loo
pounds of fresh Goldfish there il. 10y actual eX
pertinent, "iEhty,three pounds OF water ana
only about seventeen pounds Of solids. The
salmon Is better, containing only &C. per cent
OF water and 33AI per cent. OF solids. This
would Affect meat dealers. h"causG after taking
the bone out OF the meat il il g., lean. seventy
Nv" per cent. is water; the other twenty-five
is SOLE and nutritve. There's a great ditier-
ence IN the uU'ritlVe values Of fish. For in
stance. that OF II tat hallbut. cons derng the
nesh only thht sells AT twenty cents pound
II 3d. per cent. OF tn" whole; the same As a
shud that is worth from IS cents to ~ apiece
If we should skin head. and bone fish their
nutritive values would bo as follows:
$ S.t.st scr ssn g
Founder Fat haibut ....... 80
cod ~ .
Buehsh .................2l Nlutetsh......... y
Habut lranl....... ~ o salmon. 3it
II you take the fish just us we sell them here
at the Market the percentage Of nutritlve mat
ter IL still less, and it certainly seems in theory
rs II you were paying for ,eventyiiye per cent,
Of useless material to obtain The other twenty.
five per cent that you want. Here are some Of
the prices and amounts Of nutrtive material
OF table hsh just rs they come from the water
and are sold:
PerCt! Per CT
Solids. Solids
rSpna oc to 3c IL s ap We A 10 -
Mackerel Use. to IScJ IA Lake trout (l5c, 10 zoe
hA.oH' lean "'c' - {
This seems on the lace Il convincing srgu-
ment that fish should, al least. bo paid for after
cleaning but It will be- u long time before any
society ran make II work. In Germany more
IL thought about fish culture than here, and
one Of the titles Of the Grown Prince is Pro-
lector OF the Fisheries. There they buy their
h-h not accord ny to TASTE but on a nutritive
basis but curious enough, the fish that have
tho most IN all countries before any analysis
was made