Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-12-25

Il wiIl b sseE, from ths izssrssiLnR
letter fFom car oorrespe1dent - no
diAk, thai fha salmon asheKles IN tnsf
quarter ok ths 1erKitsEy have been re-
mnnHrstaee The PAST season. even, !.
would eeexn. bsyozd tbs expecta1in1 o.
TIE parties engaged in thena- Al down
the eaaaa the snaaon has proved . very
poor one; the canneriss On the Colnmola
river h4Vs rot made q ptyinz catee. ana
While thoss II BRITISH Columbia havs
Jared & little better, yet they have -.
done . profitable b1siness s. AL. anc
there 10 general complaint Of failure
TO clear expenses By all parties con
cer1ad. We havs not receivad yes ~
full returns Of the salEon pat 40 q 20
several canning and saitsE9 establish
1 menis Ia southeastern Alsska. bat "
hear thst TIERS has been . veEy TAI
catch At KiaSsk, at Red oay, 80 Laorini
and &C C9sa-an. Quite > nnmber have
/ also been pat Up rs killisn0o, as also
considerable packing OF cd, tnooet
these industries are only carried on N
sort OF collateral and lncidsnfal waS
there, and are secondary alsoRether g
the great business OF the manufacture
Of herring oil. for which the large work
Of The Northwest Trading Company wer'
specially established.
| The fact that the salmon have oaeE
| found In such abundant quantities FOL
| the suppiy Of the cannerles in western
Alaska, their INSTALLING presence every
season in the Southeastern section, and
the reports brought by the miners Whe
have spsnt the summer on she banks OF
the Yukon Of their great abundance Ane
exceliencs In the waters OF that mi2hfl
river and its tributaries. while theii
presence further down the coast in n1m.
bers suit vent to supply the establish
meuts thai have sprung up there, ba:
grown 10 be soch an uncertain caloolA-
tiOn-all these ara indications that
Alaska Is to be looked TO, in q little
while, Is the onlT sure source from
which TO expect the regular replenish
ment Of the Pacific coast prodnet Of
this highly priced article OF food. Be
sides this the cod, the haIibus, the eala-
ohon and the herring of Alaska vii
each and all contribute easily whatever
the demand of the worlds market mag
cali for from their apparently inexhaast
Ible stores.
A large sum Of mo ey was paid, only
q few years ago, by the United States Il
secure for our citizens certain fishing
privileges on the eastern eoast. AND
| yet, notWitnstandinQ this, there has beer
foaud to be no adequate provision for
| the full enjoyment of those privilege
aud serieus treubies have arisen 10 con
/ nection with them between our country
and Canada, which have aroused tht
| bitteFest feeling in the localities eontiR
uous to the fishing grounds, and th'
settlement Of which bv any further
treaty 10 strongly opposed BY many
Of the Dominion people and statesmen
| The fisheries on the eastern coast ar.
prosecuted at fearful risk 20 life and
/ pFoperty, and every season rolls up 10
sad record Of vessels destroyed ana
families plugged 10 poverty and sorrov
from the losses incident to the bazsrdoul
nature of the calling as there pursued
Bat there Is no such haza attending
the taking Of fish in Alaska. as q rule
and no losses OF lives or vessels hav,
occurred in any fishing industries here
except in the whale fishery. beyond |
very few of the casualties attributable
purely TO accident
Toe terrible suffering Of which We &c
accounts from Labrador, and which il
also felt TO large extent IN Newfound
land. owing TO the absolute failure o
the last fishing season on the L1brado
coast, adds its lesson also to the teach
inRs derived from the other facts ab0v'
cited. There is little doubt that defsmet
aud disparaged Alaska will eventuall
and at no far distant day be the fielG
from which the most valuable harvest
OF the fnHy treasures of the deep val
be reaped that the world has yet seeR.-
Alaskaa.