The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-05-04
THE oUTLoK FOR CANNED
SALMON.


The FlHhlng Oazetto.
lbsttcrs and private adyloea 10 prom.
innht jobborH In canned aamon In this
nlty from parties IN n position "a Judge
accuracy ~ the situation ln salmon
lndioato that tho present In n decidedly
efitlal iunctun In tho salmon packing
buHinoa Of tho Pacific coast, and pariic.
alarly ~ thr Columbia river region.
F'rctn the best information on the sub
lcot " Ii gathered that the market both
here and abroad are on the verge OF
Generalization. owing 10 the steady de-
preolaliDn HI values. depraciatifn
which. a. quote 0na authority on the
subject. n dsrSoiiy uitftbutai 10 the war
on prlccs Incident To- the efforts or the
packers Ia compete with the info ior
Kradon 0f flah thai masquerade ah sal.
mon in thu principle markets.
The popular demand TOW h. ana for
some time past mas bs-'n. for cheap. low.
priced salmon, 10 meet this demand
packers have psprted 10 the packing ~
low-srade fish, which have not met or
satisfied Tho flrp, .ulana trade. bm which
has resulted IN extending the use ~
tho article into protions wh~rr a
few yraiH before n was unknown aA a
divs, ltH frner un- has however. ro,
bc"n an unmiKod bleNHing on the con.
trary. the tncNascd demand from con
NFag L.. HHal a...
among thu packers and thiH in turn
opened w NEW fields of production.
Alaska and FrnDrr River salmon both
inferior IN quality Ia the Ecnuiuc ColuT-
hia river EalmoH--by reason uf thci
uhrapnsssa and abundance have bocor q
= disturbing element IN thc market. ic
lns offered at prices very u,ti,. n any.
abovc the oosH Of producing ,hc Colum
hiA river article. have made rcrloua
lproada lnto che profits ~ he e lumbln
River psvakpp To meet thsssc lus,,s =
incident "a thcvsr cuts" the packcrs
bogan by rsiucing the prior for iish to
tho fishermen. The result of this action
waa apparent In the hong AMI DISASTROUS
strike of tlc Columbia river fishermen
larl s'ayon.
Tho claim IN made that the Columbia
river packers have bs~cn forced to pay
too high a prioc for flrh. and thus they
have bcn unable 20 met the competition
" Alaska salmon ON an cquitablr basis.
Opinbna here support this view, several
promincn, jobbcrT holding that uhc cx-
actions ui the FiHhcrmcn'A Union have
toro.d the packers on the Columbia, for
several reasunA, tn market their pro
conocd'Nd that a, ~ oszlts per pound for
th- raw rEh thcw n really no pront il
sailing tinnnd SALMON al ti.sb for No. u
tails. ti,t0 for No. |. fats. on the river
To-Day We are toli that Columbia river
salmon. for future delivery, arc offered
40 low aE Sl,i0 pcr dozen for tails and
81 IS for hata. In 1895. az the opcning
OF the scaSun. spot Columbia river
salmon was hcld at about the same
ratr az tn iSg6--thnt H. sl.2b for No. l
tails and 81 90 for No, flats, b,T, futures
wcra quutcd a, Il.3S and Sii5 to $3.50.
The expectation that the pack will be /
large this year has undoubtedly had a
weakening influence upon priocs Of Col
umbia river futures. bun the compctltl- |
ton of the cheaper Alaska rel salmon |
IN no doubt rFponsible for II large share
or tho weakness of the higher grade
Columbia salmon. Preparations for
packing have gnne forward on "a large !
scale m all the aalmon-p packing sections
of the w,ssi 10 that therc iS every prob
ability of large output and CORES
IK'ndingly low prio'R,