The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-05-02
CnICAGO'S FISH SUPPLY.
How It Is Affected by the Finsn-
cizI Stringency.
x4.rd Times Have Caused the People %
Eoqnomize Their Meat Bills
where the Eish Are Rrin-
eIPzHF Obtained


The report OF shortage Of 1900, GOO
bushels in the oyster crop Of oI-esa-
make bar does not disturb the equa-
rfn,itv of the Chicago dealers
.-Our business Is mostly in hsh tins
-Efater." one Of them declares Hard
times have caused people TO eeono-
mize on high-priced oysters and meats
and turn to fish as the staple food-
Fish are very cheap and plentiiuL-
Chicago eats 10000, 900 pounds OF lake
fish and s. 5.O00. 900 pounds Of ocean hsh
annually. The lake fish were caught
and frozen last fall, and 50 long as
they remain IL ice continue as fresh as
when taken from tie water How
ever. If anyone demands q newly
caught fish. the Mackinaw fishermen
are sending down choice trout daily
taken from the straits
As TO oysters, the crop Of Baltl-
more and New York might totally fail
without embarra assing the public IN
the least or raising the price OF the
bivalve.
.sThe Gulf Of Mexico produces fully
as fine Favored oysters as are taken
anywhere. Many people like the gulf
oyster best New Orleans could easily
supply the world with oysters. as its
coast environment IS enormously pro-
life IN oysters. delicious crustaeeans,
and fishes. These gulf edibles are
sent north in refrigerator cars which
have conveyed dressed beef south
They also come by express. The fail
ure Of the Ssh and oyster crop would
be a great boon 10 the gulf coast
trade"
The fshmOnger mentioned that the
Pacific Goldfish had invaded the Chi
cago market TO the detriment Of the
Naine-Niassachusetts' namesalle- There
j. no difference in the appearance Of
the rivals, but epicures think the Pa
cifc cod the choicer. The Pacific cod
is now shipped to Massachusetts,, salted
and sent ont as Atlantic cod. No one
can tell the difference.
A popular fish in Chicago is the red
snapper taken In the Gulf Of Mexico,
and called by many the gulf cod 1t is
q haudsomer fish than the cod and Of
much finer flavor. Large fleets engage
in the catch Of this fish and it IS fore
ing its way into all the markets Of the
world.
Brook trout weighing from two TO
i've pounds are plentiful in the local
markets. They come from private fish
ponds whore they were taken out and
frozen last fall
The finest yellow perch are taken in
the Detroit river az the St Clair Flats.
Muscallonge reach the market from
the interior lakes Of Wisconsin
The lake trout varies in color, both
OF skin and flesh. The flesh is yellow
from the southern to the northern
waters Of Lake Superior In the
northwest corner Of Lake Superior the
flesh becomes red and the skin fac
si.nile of the brook trout. This latter
variety, which is the finest of trout, IS
believed by some TO be a brook trout
from the Nipigon river. which in times
past left the stream and bred deep
water variety OF itself It Is scarce IN
the local market. There is a suspicion
that the local dealer sells it as a large
brook trout
Eels mostly come from Fulton, y. Y,
where, on the Oswego river, is the
largest eel industry in the world.
Ocean fish are not popular in the
west, nor are lake fish popular in the
east The condition is natural.
Crawfish come from New Orleans.
where they are the staple food Of the
French people. The erawfsh makes
the most delicious bisque known 70 the
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