The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-19

sssaaH. Th~s. price n r.rs sssssa. rS.x
aaFs TIE privilege. Il ae5t-Son % thssy casa
EFss. 80 sel this year'x catch 70 tire as~-~
tras6
Re &s'al1 Pack.az Company II In x-asef
ss11gh Ret confirmed viii gs. gEa6 Il
A@s sTzsa &C the san1 hanSs ara = god
e@nnsry al Friday ha-bor .aas CONSUMES
their easea.
Mckee 4 NcEsonases eaansry q. gtains
70 - Las Deal. aat TIA price 10 s.ox stated
lbs kraEacF-A merriam ca ssgerY AZ rsf~-
haFsE VIII probably Dc 4. IL later. r. n
tas hands q Raeeayss T. n was1a. ard
'A@ feasible nst5a@3 of aispaS3ng q X Is 70
na2xs X part 81 tns cannery plaat O. fns
big concern
The AaaCortes Fseksrx Ceusassy IL uat
tlssE inside yss+ bus Mr. vinch. .A@ ogySer
taas been c9tsssyYtEg WITH rhs ss~asx Of rf,e
~fsa1sso company ag4 gsA~gnsar. star4 -
-" get rs price ~hica they par al u.s.
~ he nas tsu god traps ara a earrevy
cf short zoe cases capacity. Hlx par.
IL u money maker
T1oosssies Owned by the Companf~
TIC number q traps and locations nnw
owned % taa Iasliie-A.aerAean Fish Com
p&nr Is forty-six. oEt % this there are
t1s1sy~ays :iFst-c-2ss trap properties that
have shown astonishing recDrt.x Some %
the properties THAI they have oyaght aave
paid a fair peresnfag e On twice th, amount
paid sos them. AID tasre Is 10 reason n
VIEW way they should act continue e. do
10.
That tire -SacIf3c American Ftxh Company
h neither = trust nor q monopoly Is eazfiy
seen III Tie fact that IL does not ana can
rot conirol fDere than aa.s the traps even
fran Anaeoftss 10 fosae Roberts. IL has
twenty-five working traps. shs Alaska
Packers Association mas twenty active
traps and there are al lexs. twea;y inae-
penae1t iEapa-
Stalking Ont the Waters.
The big deal has aroused a bt-ssn In trans
and iris spriSs and summer al the avail
ahte waters via Ia staked os.s; traps are
already being located, and oui " the large
number 81 new locations there viii be az
goo9 ones found as are row known, 50
that the Chicago company car no more
control the trap ash business Of this end
OF TIE Sound than II can The atmospheric
Negotiating for Canneries.
The same thsng IS true Of the cannsrses
IL has tie canuery AZ Friday Harbor, OF
limited capacity: Mckee L. MeDona!s's.
not q large concern. aad is trying 10 get
meas. al AnaeeFtes. and possibly TIE
srFanc0-A merieaEi. al Fairhavsn. Then
i has an option or eannery site q, Fair
haven. Sai1 10 De where the old Eelllng-
ham mill stands. and containing about six
acrsF On this Il has promised 10 build
probably utilize the Old mill sog box fac
tory. This would be five eanneries.
Iht faets are thai the saiEnan run 10
oVerfiowgng every fourth year. II an ay-
erage year possibly al this cannery capsc-
iy might nos be used, bit the trap Ioca-
uoas TIE company now have would run ev-
cry one Of these eanneres az fun blast
in the year % big ran and the engaging
81 Extra caEnery capacity d only In line
Will business prudence. 1t Is a fac: ev-
efycHs knows that during the heavy run
handle the rxa. and boat load after toa,
load was thrown away, nuisance for
months afterwards 20 the surrounding
country. These spoiled fish were the ar
est salmon IN the country and their waste
VAS almost q crime. The eompany's agents
say Iney viii pat ap about as much fsh
a. = new eannsd on the Sound IN their
ka9t. which last year was Az 80 cases.
Fishermen say the traps and locations they
have In hand will catch as much as the
sound catch has been In the past, and the
claim o. the company Is feasibl and pos
siels- They can do II and allow the out
side cannsvses 10 ran TO tasg fun eapac-
~ as they. are dang from the fish cauSh.
Ia independent traps
Fish Enoush for Everybody.
J. Fl. Mcmillan. one Of the beat posted
fishery men on the sound and the probable
manager ot the chuckanut eaunery this
year. said today that be had no doubt az
the ability OF every e@nnevy 20 run thIs
year 10 It's suE capacity. although the Pa
cific American Company had Withdrawn
the product OF some independent traps
from the market There was fish. enough
sbuehie. foreman os the Aberdeen Pack
Ing Company said that new locations
would develop. He seemed 10 fear the
result OF the competition very lstsle. O;her
fishermen expressed the same opinion
The cannerles outside the new syndicate
are; The Alaska packers. the chucksnus.
iams. Seahorss and the Carlisle Canning
Company. The 4. 4. \. have traps OF
their own. and supply their e~n Gamer
s s ca int 1900 fTsn sc ssannsr
and Johnson & Ga. and sfth the help OF
new and independent traps and sill METERS
are safe, 10 doubt, The rspu.ed manager
OF the Chuckanut cannery has fear OF
a dsarth of fish: Steel viii have 3 fuii
supply. although slis capacity will IL in
creased 80 500 eases per day. lie has con
tracts with AlsoT HTos, that give him this
years catch. ard has three traps OF his
OWE. AiuswoFth & Dunn buy their esh IN
On. market. and depend largely Oh gill net
because OF the competition Yaaax a
Williams aFs 81 tsis hands az A rsreiVsr
ard cannot - counted as vet The Carlisle
company owns its oen traps ard locations
ard IS independent rrs-sen; Appearances
show thar the traps and csrneYtes that are
nc; of the Pacific American Company VIII
F&t NE HisSH is1e ever t&seF i5Is WI
less there Is fish famine. which would
affect al alike.
The expenditures and stability % the
Chicago company have already given n
stimulus 20 tie Industry. They Nave a
siset pile contract 10 let. boxes 70 make
that vii tax the capacity ~ several large
factories, hu lifrgs OF large esxs 70 husla
machinery 20 bay. and traps TO pat In ard
stfend- Their employees VII number ~
army.
Ftshermsn Get the Ben~Ht
Fishermen are jahisant because they ara
assured of a higher an8 A stable price
for 8sh. aai ire price Will es much larger
tAa9 in previous years because % the III
creased ira ~ srf RES, The vast STAN run
sing into naGthoa- Nh.cA he company rx-
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