Stikeen River journal., 1899-01-28

North. but it is not the salmon but the other varieties that we should look after.
 Take the candle fish, or, as properly named. euclarhon These fish are de- cidcdlv the richest small fish that lives in any waters. hv nature sn full of oil that the natives have used them for lighting. Hence the name candle fish. Why are they not put on the market? simply because men of capital and cN- pcrienccd hands have not co-operatcd, and the people of the interior know nothing about them. The black cod Is Il very fine fish that is sure to find favor among consumers. Then few people realize that in those waters We have the true cod ;ls good fish as the we'll known eodlish of the Atlantic coast. The Alaska herring is rapidly coming to the front. only recently large plant was established by Seattle capi- talsts near Fort WrangeI. Alaska. for putting up herring and shipping the pride of Alasha's food fishes, the ha!i- but Other parties will soon establish plant at some point in the vicinity of the halibut banks north. for the pur- pose of curing his fish, su that il can be shipped To any part of the Wurld. Scientific methods of curing this ti@h have lately been introduced and the writer can see great possibilities in he trade of this one articic alone. There k also d markerci which has Il firm. hard flesh aud douhtIess would find d ready market if put up properly. En- tcrprisinv men from the sound cities have recently declared that the skin of ly known up there. as the dog fish. will revolutiouiZe the trade in shoe leather, and are BOW incorporated as d business enterprise and preparing to pasl, mat tcr1.
 To you who doubt the quality of oui. food fishes let no call Nolr attriition to one man on the Columbia river Who by his pain,taking and careful select on has brought certain brand of salmon up to Il standard. and established Il price for it. above all others. Il credit To our Columbia river and d help to our city. Give the same attention to oth- CTS. Encourage and help these indus tries that must come by the nature of things in the North: handle the product here. and Whiir you are helping Nour- self you will l." brncHting the colnmcr- cial interest, "f our city. People of limited means must depend 10 some extent upon the handlers nt their pl.o- duets tor support They need assist ing in many Wa}-. for il ie through their efforts and experimenting that capitalists are brought to a realization of it's importance, and every business house know, what il means to hr on the ground floor when it comes to hand ling an article of daily consumption.
 The industries that can be built up in tue North are many. and it remains  with >our business mcn to say whether Nou will take thi, matter under voul. consideration OF not.
 do not believe that the locality al- ways determines the qualilA aud il i- foolish to suppose lat the fish in tbr Pacific are not d. good ue the fish in At lantic waters. Why should climatic conditions affect the product ii We Use as much care in selection and prrpara- tion as thrN do. We havr been nay- ing out large amounts for the support of the fishing induetrc, of thc Fast. Let u~ pay more attention to our own and meet them half way at least in the market of t!le Middle States. We have variety. We have a market. We have a supply that cannot be exhausted foi. years toromo. Portland let the Sound cities capture the trade one year ago in Alaska. Will she now let San Fran cisco take the fishing business from the elme place? This ie no K londiltc boom. It means mach for the future Will you let 1t go or share in it profits?
 j. F. WORDEN.