The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-01-15

sound for the season q 1855 as compared
with former years iEdzcate oHio-E plainly
than any zoFas ! nigat utter tsat tsle ban
saz Industry IN this important eSssr1ez :
receiving greatly Increased attention. eacta
year. Tndeed. ire growth O. the salmon -1-
atstry here tire past year nas been ALL -
marvellous Means have 3ec0rpes own TOT
catching sbckeye salnan. a specsss iftn-
teal with Inc bIurback o. me Coiurnei1.
which has been until quite recently cons y
cred impossible 20 90 II fhe waters q toe
Sound. The spaXt1ng arsunds Ct tn.s Val
liable fish are al the headgaters OF me
Fraser river. ara il - tire principal "a lnloa
packed 0y tic cannsTsss9 Of that river. -S ',
that II has been demonstrated tnat tIie
sockeye can De taken u the waters saI-
rounding San Juan Islands ana u the ssa.ss
CT Georgia. great efforts are being made 20
secure locations Jsor traps-the means ~
which they are takenAase several new
canneries are TO De erected cur COUSINS
across the British line view vith alarm the
evident determination OF our CITIZENS %
profit oy their newly acquired kneHieage
concerning the s0ckeyes and soTne 81 ne
most progressive canusrymen q Isrit-7A
Columbia have made arFan seanents 70 erect
oapuer3es on this side q tfse liiie some 81
the criticisms recently expressed ~ ne
citizens % British Columbia or our Ltss
are quite amusing. Particularly DO they
score the constitutional provision pronip'i-
INK the h0aging % real estate - aliens
Our flshing laws also come n Tor Isif
share 81 criticism.
IT is my belief THAI during the next year
ylIl be seen d much greater Increase IA ihe
salmon Industry on the Sound than ever
before Considerable excitement has 0een
produced during the past year n tais Sec
ton Of tbs state on account Of the cod ana
ballBut flsneFles OF Alaska, ~alcH afe lid
ri .saafl sFtFfT
ranles are now IN process Of forming 70
look after that business on an exseasve
scale n their enterprise proves a success,
and have 10 doubt il .iA. 4 VIII certain
- BE valuable addition 10 rae fishing in
eEstry or the state Following ] give
Lfssf seminary OF tie FISH statistics FOE the
Puget sound district, Incidentally stating
that the figures gsve0 are For the year md
.ng November !. and since then several, u
not all the companies mentioned have in
creased their pack and one eannery in
this district having duf1ng the entire sea
son packed 81, 90 cases Of salmon The larg-
est pack ef any cannery IN either oregon
CT Washington. This was Myers & 90, or
Seattle. which on November nad packed
Loo cases Island Packing Company. FRI
day Harbor, ze.c0 cases: Alaska Packers
Association Blaine 58,ilf cases. National
Packing Company. Port Angeles 1900
cases. Besides which S2ss5I5 worth Of sal
mon were taken by insiians Of Point Rob
erts and sold TO eaunerics Of British Column
bia. Fresh salmon sold value, sfi3.aS7,D
smoked. 5000. sslfed. 1900 or haiibut
S2i.00 worth was handled, kn,gl2.D worth
OF Goldfish. $1,000 WORTH Ut small fish, such
as soles. tom cod ard suelt. The estimated
value OF trout takes for market is $1,000
oysters sold. fZ.G32 sacks AZ $50 per sack.
$sl.50. CLANS sold 800" sacks AZ a5c per
sack. si2.75e. mussels sold. 1850 sacks at
81 per sack. 81 300 ShF.rnps sold, I.s-o
pounds. value S12, herring sold, 1000 boxes.
value si,Ov1.
am pleased 20 state that . small sard-ne
eannery has been established. and II in OPP
Grafton at Port Townsend, and although the
pack was small. consisting ~ I'D eases OF
100 cans each Inequality Of the fish was ex-
cellent. and I can see no reason why the
sardne fisheries OF the state should not
prove Ia time an important adjunct OF the
fishing industry. Ia conclusion ] viii say
that 1t IL my fixed conviction thai with
proper laws and particular attention given
10 artificial propagation, the day is not far
distant when the fishing industry OF the
state OF Washington VIII compare favorab-
IL. In remuneFatiye results, with that Of any
state in tile Union. =