The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-06-08
Weekly Salmon Report Shows
An Upward Tendency.
THE 4ArcAET IS BURIED
Discount Troubles Are Over Chi
hooks Magnificent, But Blue
Backs Are Scarce.

Astoria Ore, 10 p. M, 7th June, 1885, |
Today we are glad to be able to report
that the forward shipments of Columbia
river salmon to all large centres have
reached their normal condition. No
traces now remain Of hardness In orders,
and demands are coming In at such
rate that Gamers are taxed 10 get goods
ready for shipment on time. During the
last seven days 50 carloads. containing
1900 cases, have been dispatched tol
various eastern points, and In the coming
week shipments will run thirty to forty
per cent higher. The principal feature
to repor. since our last statement, has
been the rapid closing up Of all old stocks
in New York, Chicago, Baltimore, Phila-
delphia, and st. Louis, and 1t is doubtful
If these five cities now hold between
them a thousand cases of last years first
class goods. This state Of affairs has
caused a big rush of peremptory de-
mands on the jobbers and through them
on the packers, who are doing their ut
most to meet the call. 1t has had the
effect also, very noticeable everywhere,
Of stiffening prices, more particularly for
fiat cans We quote today as follows:-
Columbia River standard brands, straight
chinooks. sl.S5 to a,42h for tails and
$1.52ls to 81. .75Hl for. fats. Ovals nave shown
signs of climbing higher in two or three
quarters and now run from N.55h to
sissy, sales OF these goods averaging
over the Sl,9O mark. Keys on all goods
cents to IA censs extra. Ovals for for
eign shipment are quoted at sos to $40.
less per cent Our correspondents
reports from all quarters show dearth
of new goods everywhere. New York
will probably receive this year more
Columbia River salmon than she has has
accepted for some seasons. The demand
in Chicago is steady, with fnclinations
among big buyers to take goods at firm
and advancing prices. During the past
week the Alaska Packers Association
has placed a considerable quantity of
goods for foreign shipment at from 80
cents to 92A cents per Dozen The Sacra-
mento river packers have felt the in
creasing foreign sales and nearly 1900
cases had been shipped to Europe up
to Wednesday from California. 1t is
rumored today that the Alaska Packers
association is opening a big market In
Australia for cheap trash, at cut prices,
gone forward to that country from San
Francisco. On the Fraser river, packing
will be begun before our next report, and
everything points to a slack year. The
absence Of bluebacks In the Columbia is
an Indicator In this direction. Fraser
river packers will soon be in the middle
of a fight with foreign jobbers, which
may develop some interesting situations
before they get through. There seems to
be a tendency to dlstrust on both sides
concerning the fluctuations In the price
of the British Columbia product. Opera
tions in this city for the past week have
been steldy. The run of chlnooks since
Saturday has averaged fifteen fish tc
the boat, and while the catch has not
been extraordinary for this time of year
| II has been uniformly good, and has
closed the first weeks continuous rur
since the season opened. Blueibacks are
very slack, and many OF the Gamers
are beginning to doubt their ability t
all orders for this class Of goods IL thu
present state Of affairs keeps up. Tn,
blueback run is now two weeks overdue
and to put 1t plainly has been to dat,
a fiat failure. At the Cascades and Tn,
Dalles very little is doing. Several o
the wheels are still out Of the water, ant
those that are fishing find no blueback
to pack. The steelhead run is due Ii
a few weeks and these fish are alread,
appearing, seemingly pointing to goo,
catch as the season advances. The Chi
hooks this year are magnificent. and ar
unusually fat. The average weight a
present Is fully s9k pounds, and severa
Of them are scaling 60 pounds. From thi
: time to the 10Th Of the month the larges
fish of the season. will appear. Th
.. middle river canneries are all doing fair
ly well and prospects there have bright
ened somewhat during the. past seve
days. With excellent receipts at this en-
of the season the total pack will not b
3 able to reach last years figures, an
a everything points to the correctness Q
our decaction that the Columbia VIII b
5000 cases short for 1896 Yesterda