Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-08-19
THE SALMON PACK
Output Not Much Affected by
the Strike.
PROBABLY REACH 100000 CASES
Cannerymen Made Out Far Better Than
They Expected An Excellent
Quality OF Fish

Notwithstanding the fishermen 8
strike. which was prolonged through
two Of the five months salmon season
just ended, the catch this year com
pares favorably with that of other
years, and will not be more than CO.,
900 cases short of last years pack.
The pack this year, according to the
best information, will probably reach
46o, 900 cases, the greater portion of
which was made after July /, as
against 500, 900 cases packed in 1895.
The cannerymen made out far better
than they expected, owing TO the
strike, and are especially congratulate
ing themselves upon the extraordinary
fine quality of fish which has made up
the great bulk of the catch
Ii the outlook for marketing tho
pack was only better, there would be
no regrets associated with the past
season. Unfortunately, the unsettled
financial condition has affected the
buyers. and George Taylor, of Tay lor,
Young Il Co., stated that Eastern pur.
chasers who formerly placed orders for
200 cases are now contenting them.
selves with so and 100 cases. AS a
consequence, the pack will move
rather slowly.
The great bulk will go East, though
considerable portion will go abroad.
The British ship Sutherlandshire, in
port at Portland, is loading salmon for
England, and good proportion of the
pack is being forwarded to San Fran
cisco to be shipped from that po t.
At the ruling market prices. the
pack, when sold, will bring, in round
figures, 81, 70o,0 900 into this section.
those obtained last season. The tend
ency of the cannerymen this year has
been toward fancy packing. and. in
the opinion Of some, this has been
rather overdone, and will certainly
affect the prices of flats and ovals
The strike was somewhat of benefit
early in the season to the packers at
Eagle Cliff and vicinity, Through the
inactivity at Ilwaco and Astoria they
secured more than their usual proper.
tion of fish. That the strike was not
a success while it lasted is evidenced By
the fact that i'll the neighborhood oi
l50, 900 cases were packed up TO June
30, when the strikers began fishing
Among the canneries that packed dur.
ing the strike were the Eureka ant
Epicure Packing Companies, Hapgood
j. w. Cook 81 Co, Seaborg's oannery
at Ilwaco. William Hume at Eagl,
Cliff, and Mc9owan at Chinook
There was no fishing on the upper
river until after the strike, when f
M. Warren and MoGowan made larg'
packs, very considerably more thar
last year. Around The Dalles, though
the catch was not as good as had beeI
expected, and the pack was only me
dium.
The season has been an extraordinary
one in many respects Very few, il
any, bluebacks and steelheads wer,
and far finer and fatter fish, on TIN
average than have been taken in, tn
river in years, and as the run WAS yer,
large and steady, increasing SO the las
week of the season that the river wa
full of fish, the cannerymen were for
tunately able to make up the anticipat
ed shortage The catch proved tn
truth of the saying among the Colum
bia river fishermen that more than hal
of the pack is to come after July l. Ii
fact, the fish were so plentiful the las
few days of the season that the packer
cut the price down to 81 cents pc
pound, thereby precipitating small
strike.
Notwithstanding its superiority, tn
Columbia river fish will encounter Goa
siderable opposition from the Alask
and British Columbia salmon TIL
Alaska fish is much inferior in quality
but, on account of its low price. it find
good sale. The British Columbi
fish is also affecting the market for &c
lumbia river salmon in England, as
is good in quality and packed by th
most approved appliances, while it
sold at a lower figure. The prestige {
the Columbia river pack, however, vii
sell 1t in any market.
Fire In Penttentiary,