The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-11-26
SALMON No 'ES,

The price OF shannon at South BEND,
Wash. has been cut again 70 Sc FOR d 6
salmon, Sc for sAversides and lpc Tor
large salmon,
While they are ag.,atlng the QUESTION
Of a new cabines officer In Washington,
why not add another and have a secHe-
! ,ary o. marine and fisheries. similar -
/ Canadae There it Is one Of the mos,
important in the ministry Fishing Ga
Ette
The United States Fish ana Co,i
Storage Company. Inc. with a capital
stock q S25O,OOO. will establish fish
and cold sr1rage plant at Fairhaven.
for freezing, sailing. smoking. drying
and kippering OF al kinds ot fish, and
expec; TO add cannsry later.
Advices from London say that some
fairly heavy transactions in Alaska
have had the effec, Of making sellers
less keen, and firmaT quotations are at
leas. talked OF. A few parcels of The
present seasons pack Of Fruser river
have come to hand by overland route
and have given satisfaction as FAR as
the quality IS Concerned.
Alaska Fisheries Union has elected J
". Grdwin. Of Seattle, presd Mt t.
sUcc=ed the late NJ. CIs;elo. ~ Vlnc1u-
yer Frank Barlow, NJ Vancouver. whJ
hiss been asso,iltei wl;l Mr. Cas.en1
for years, has been app,in-ei supe- u
tsadent Of Alaska Flsh.rlss Union. At
present the company has force OF msn
working their saw min az tho rrouth T
the Caalca, river, Alaska, getting out
lumber fnr thir frs. cl1na-y 5 ?.
Commercia News.
Canned sam0n market g.. very c..s.
and unchanged. Ezra rlinary s1c~i-
fe-s % las. y=l-'s inD5r. tons are be-
ing made m England Rd Alaska taa,
cost importers 22s has been selling IN
and 10 case iots az lis 81. 4 Joss II
81 0S per cas- ~ 3azea, ana s1ckeyss
:hlt cost 2ss have been So ing ar pos 81. {
q l9ss " sl.S5 pr dozen case CHum-
b.a rive sa'm they ar also r-urn-
Ing o N-w York and sll.ng "a 80
for fats delivered there's. r. Grocer
Tn. Trade Regis,e~ Seattle says
A jlnt railroad circular va. ssuad
recentl'- 20 salmon o aerg stating thar, |
sff--.iv- No s. a storage charge of %
per ton per month or rar' thereof
would b. made on can~ed ,aIm N stored
on whary-s or in warehouse controlled |
by the railroads IN Puget Sound. G-ays
Ha-bor. Saoalwat-r Bay. Columbia AMI
willamette rivers and in British CIum-
bia. This charge VIII be- made on al sal /
mon in storage a. date NAMED. AMI !
charges for s-Orage in other war;
houses viii in nowise be absorbed after |
above date This aaii)n win ben fl the |
private warehouses IN Seattle. At
least 10000 cas=s Of the seasons nut
put will likely b. Stored from a ninth |
20 a year. say 1870 tons
The San Francisco Trad. Journal |
says: owing 10 ne sllw and Insa .is-
factory marks. for lower grades Of sal
mon. Megl RS cannery On the Columbia
river has been closed. Il ran on fall |
fish, which was bought at lyw yric-s.
The canneries on Wllapa HarbJr.
Wash. are canning siivers.d-s and dog
salmon. chiefly the latter. The Gamers
the price 10 fishermen, which
caused large numb,r 10 Op fishing
The difficulty met in selling the cam d
product IS said 20 be ths reason Tor re-
iucing the price. There VIII be con-
siderable Puget s und simon c3rried
yver into 1902, owing TO the price hay-
ng bean above buyers views, It being
N the basis Of S11O for so-keye tails.
On Fraser river he vessels on birth
viii have fairly quick dspatch. The
ot8l shipments will exceed that Df any
'ormer season. Some shipments are
1eing made By rail % distribu I've points
n Canada.