The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-19
4 MONOPOLY BROKEN.
Gloucester Fishermen Vail at
Puget Sound Issasion.
THEIR sTEonGHoLD ENTERED
Seattle ships Halisat and God - New
Eegiand Kfshsrmea's Hesdaasr-
ssrs-SlAnders Eefut4a.

The shipment Of Pacific coast cod and
hastbu. 70 che Atlantic eoazss has now
reached such dimensions azsd has entsrsd
into such successful competition wssh the
Atlantic coast psoduc. ahst i has iss-
vaassd the stronghold Of tbs cod and hall
bsss iisssers al Gloucester, ssass.. and has
caused them 10 complain of It's effect On
prices and 80 depreeiaEe gtse quality OF
the Pacific coast arffgie- = letEer frezn
Gloucester 10 The Boston Post voices the
grievances Of the Nes Esigland fisher
men. saying fBAt <lse insEass,n Of that
market BY hailbuf aad cod froaa this city
and yaaeouxer has seriously reduced
theEr Income. The letter says that short
IL before. the FIRST OF the year Atlantic
Aaiibut was selling ~ ls cents q f,osfsd.
ws4Ise q Few dsya afteruard the price had
fallen 10 cents. All cauSe3 b. ship
u1enE from VANCOUVER. which was s.is-
po@ri OF In Boston FOR less than the csssst
OF frelghtage, aud says that It merely
Illustrates the saetermsned effort OF Was>-
eru sxsrs:au.es 10 unxierseil the Eastern
firms ami 10 secure market for their
FISH.
The Gloucester letter says: During
tins lung history which cod and failbas
industries have had tn New Englarsd. the
field q competition has been Open 10 only
local companies. all supplying she same
Gsh, those caught Up eat OF the old At
hltic by the sturdy New Elgianders.
who have nsssle Georges and Newfoasi-
land banks famous. Such q thing as
rallfoxsilng across the country fish caught
In tfsk Pacific, until recsnt years. aas
hardly ever dreamed Of. and for one rea-
son. because OF the Paciflc.s warmth,
good fish could moi be taken
Az regards raAlroading across the coun-
trs a4h caught In these waters. the Bog
ton people have no complaint To make. as
IL only happens sia-sng three or feur
months In the winter season, when the
supply on the Atlantic coast Is small and
the market 10 good. During the summer
season the supply Is as large in the Bos-
san rssrket as anywhere In the world
and II would be extremely foolish tn skip
sish 10 that market at the low prsces that
prevail there. The real cause Of the
Gloucester fisilermen's kick Is that dur
Ing che few mouths In the winter when
tlsn IS scarce they have been able to
Charge NJ Immense price FOR their catch
ADD they don't like the idea OF fish conf
ing from ibis Coast and selling SO as to
make a reasonable profit, The claim
that hzassss,t has neyer been shipped East
until recently because OF the warmth OF
the p.ssl..s causing poor fish to be caught
= nonsense. II Is a weiI-knowsi fact that
the paeifie IN this region Is 50 cosd .hsas
bathing cannot be had even in summer.
while along the Atlantic coast that Is
Que OF he chief aiasiselnents. Hallbut
taken ON this Coast are better for fresh
fish purposes thar the Atlantic hanbut.
from the fact that there are so few OF
what fish men call gray fiaiibut among
them. The fish are not as large as The
Atlantic haEbui. but are ef much better
flavor.
The Posts letter also says: Two or
three years ago large companies began
forming at SEATTLE and Vancouver. abe
latter being the point from which the
Immediate competition Is being directed.
MosF Of them are being supplied with
British capital. and apparently mean
iighi. II Is only within a comparatively
brief period therefore. that TIE tide Of
&>trrr-e-t@etNfRsf ANtc t1SsA SElttlE Ill tfAE
direction. but beyond some fo~ebod.nRs
that Atlantic fish viii not sell as high
rs before, and that the industry may he
retarded. there L. no feeling that tho
railroad fisir VIII ever superSeae the PAL
atshie supply which for years has come
Through this port. and for which We New
EnElanders have = fond taste. That the
raisroaffng can continue through the hot
ni-s;ssas h improbable, for nah, after
crossing s.ep miles Of a July country.
VIII, be In extremely poor condition"
The two companies oa the Atlantic
coast that handle the inest tish are ih,
New Eugisnd aud the Atlantic. The lat
ter company owns 50 per cent. of The
faiihsFt and cot fishing boats on the At
iantie coast AMI consequently are averye
To handling fish from this coast. ON
ihe other haad. the New England cam.
pany, which has Its headquarters on n
wharf In Boston and which supplies all
the halieut markets on the wharf. handles
Isgek Sound fisis and is building IN a
large trade With Il during the winsar
season. Last fall the New England cam
psny sent representative cut here. who
c'aafSered the steamsr capiiana ami made
fFifs over ths fishing ground as far as
ISsseh IaaEiotts island The return tr.,
was made a couple Of months later. ana
the catch. which was os fair size. Was
sfaine9.iatels shipped 70 Rostoa and s..x-
posed az by the Ne-S England crtanany-
n fair profit. Two or xfae-> .tlnnpants
nave been made TO Boston during the
PAST s@o or three summers shat have
been disastrous. the fish when rpa.hsue-
tanFe only bringing IL AMI cents Der
reaild- while ;he fFeIgAting across +Ae
continent WIS 5 cents ler pound.
While she New England cosnrsanv has
Us headanarsers AZ Vancouver. /, could
operate FROM this city 5ust as well. ax
ifss iish are al caught In she oper, sea.
aaiteis sas been shipped from th8s
CITY during the heated serrA ana reached
ne Atlantic sosboara in l,e5ts5r cos,sll,.er,
'han shose ooaaiug freu the great hanks
BE whole cause OF the New England
Wa is plainly seen rhe dealers at
tsieaeesser have had 3 nsea0rely on cell.
nag he water catch IN Boston az high
prices ansl are afraid az The fish brought
IA from the Northwest.
DR. fr1cs's Baking Powder makes the
tssSrEf FtpsS hs~4sssss Eeas.