The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-09

E - - q massbss, salnen ana
.-~n1--otner varieties F1ay .
r.,e ~ 8et - Exaensively-
- q saIDsn naeehsrtes.
n0ee fhe infinite past. In the paseo-.
III - days when you were tad
80 ana ! was q fish, through the
ehane.ng ayndations Of evolution
- ncee Or iess perfect human types
III - nlnefesnth century being, men have
lraNn ~ sympsthesic chords to the
sSsr1y lenfnens OF the deep. Only the IA
! zS~. II - sympathy has changed from
szSs s61s&cve that wrapped their beings
- -. ever ensn were fssh, to the de-
~ fSnY new en4ostain "a the eAnnibai-
~ e1o6umotion 81 ons.tsme brothers and
n RI sSeGe aays that are called 10 witness
1lSgt decree of material development
- 4 strong in we'll regulated
- manhood 20 drag from their ma
5sonent the scaled Inhabitants Of riv-
- "a and lake. The man who re-
81 10 act Of fishing ~ process in
sizing with worm at one end
. ~ at TIE other was misanthrope
-, fnew not the joys Of life or ever felt
Iii saat comes from piscatorial
~ Whether with the bent pin Of
-, 1shtng for minHows. or the
- hncklsg or other barbed deception
mnho tbs Joy Of the scientific latter
16r tho healthy man and boy loves
nnGr1 and Will play truans TO Indulge IL.
n1na Tor the Amy tribe. man u not
~ WITH tbs mere qualification Of his
- inntincts Men must cat. and.
f1ng nothing more edible than these
Deeducts Of the liquid elements. they
- 8 3 way a. coid-blooded az thu pro-
80 Mood of Ash. Devised ways and
~ taking Their victims. not one 1t
W - Int by the thousands and tens Of
6n1s: and whether. with stisy~ned
b = ~ classy eye, they reproach pass
5om the local market stalls or.
~ 81 Ice and refrigerator cars. they
~ % nearby towns and faraway ctt-
n. canned In TIM they are distributed
poGh0ut the civilized world. they bear
- testimony to the mastery. even
- Il Be- the cruel necessity OF man
t 90 other animate creation.
- n this general destruction the pro-
- q human need and business develop
1T whas part IL played by Seattle and
rol spundf II II said. and probably
= Aruth, that the waters Of the pacif1c
} ~
- y ne arms and hays and sounds OF
y kti&ntic. but from where, In an equal
1,6fy. IN the whole United States are
11U pounds Of the raw and cooked
t seat forth for the consumption Ut
u mankind?
- = now about the height Of the sAimon
I'd nepn. and . little inquiry into the
$3.50 and methods OF the salmon Industry
- weli repay any citizen who wishes
nbw s0nsething Of all that II going on
1T him. Going hrst 10 the eannery Of
01yers n Co. at the foot ot pearborn
oGk. busy scene presented Itself 10 the
1.4r. One Sew with i2.aon salmon had
- sgnIoaded ara another with $50 waa
Hkde the dock waiting for it, load 10
Il tken on. Mr.. Myers entered into an
Atnoation Of the process by which the
k2fs converted into the canned product
- 1nds It's way TO consumers all over
uMif. Il ought not 10 be necessary
II &scFtba the various kinds Of salmon
- Hb4ir different Aeaaona and II wtll suf-
~ say that the run or spring, fyee or
&ook aaiman. the same fsh under dsf-
1rIo1 nxsnea. begins about the middle OF
- followed by the scckeye. which are
ssrn saeeeeded. every ether year. by the
Aunphaek saimen. Following these come
~ sllssf salmon and then the dog salmon.
! october and November. During the
N@neef there are tha xteslheaEs 1x all
s 0tne various kinds the sockeyc ID the most
& esailahae for canning. and II II during tho
IN d this Ash that the cannertes are bush
~
Taken freA the traps. sesnes and nets At
! the eAnHef5&s the process OF canning IL
pv1an ana ended and the commercial arti-
che = Eat out 10 the trsds. The Ash are
aaded @ tie eannery. = siimy. giass-eyea
ess& They arr placed near ioar low ia
ess U fcni Of which stand workmen
ma teng. sharp knives. who. by practice
seesSs wonderfully expert In the art %
sasuAs 81 the heaes. tails and fsns ard
nkAe eus the ensrasls, all az which are
s4saa INTO recegtacles, whence they are
saaea = vessels to all and fertilizer fac
The dsssmheweied fash are then
go % vats ~ fresh water. where they
1esAed and eleansnd OF hiacd and dirt
A s Ihey 10 Inc a cntsing ma
-. sasch cuts them into strips and
These are taken 70 ether work
-. Nso pask the raw pieces In ssn cans.
80 n fast as filed. are psaced on q
Naica takes them 20 another machine
= .7leh ssasaes a worknen who ssrst puts
"a Top to the can and then ssts n
-. irsusNing apparatus. Witch washes
WV 8sk2 Ntk7sfF frG7s the
$50 sasre they are passed 20 she ey!yrn-
nsea.ne. ~htrh fssteus the tors ara
their edges with raasssti. arIt-
saxs side along Oh rollers. and 40
q za 'aat sas edges IT the newly sr.sup.
- - PASS through trough If molten
49, snseA slrmiy axes tasrn n. place
!. tseace they SO through spray
=. go water, - they can be handed. ans
s.s. 'asn placed IN trays. each holding 10
eaas are then Dramatically sailed
eso*ssg the pancsars In tire tor ara
~ y aas water. ~ eaa Is deficient
- s !. mate known ~ bubbles arising
80 = u 4 examined. tAe leak located
~. g sesa taken 20 special workman
-. ~asasf fhe imperfect spess ara r~tur-
y fae tray. After ssss Zee. ire
~. : ssfs : taken - stssns hax where
A. eeeksa for one hour. Thex are
A. .sssn est and holes raseturva q, ss~
80 - vt sspssttan ~ air Aa8 gases
- = - aAssssssssy ~rsieSs awafn TIE cans
-. go sssssd again ta hotter wafer ara
- s - sass to nix rescrf. ssst locks axe
s.Az f an engine. where thss are
20 '~ ene hour tn q steam pressure
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