The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-24
st. Louis Dealers Say That Or
ders Are Greater Than
Ever Before.
PRICES HAVE NOT INCREASED.
Former Employees of Packing
Houses Are Among Steadiest
Customers-Oystcr Season
Begins To Morrow.

As one n the Indirect results Of the
| packing house strike. fish men os 81. Louis
are handling more than twice the quantity
OF fresh fish now than they have ever
handled in the history OF the fish trade in
this section. More than 2Op.o1v pounds Of
fish are received by St. Louis fish com
mission n-n in 81. Louis every week
About 1000 pounds are reshIpped TO
Southern Illinois, Missouri. Arkansas and
the Southwest. for which St Louis IS the
distribution point ST. Louis consumes
l25v" pounds Of FISH weekly. With the
opening Of the oyster season tomorrow.
ST. Louis fish men expect the demand for
fresh fish TO increase.
II believe that the strike of the packing
house employees has had much to do with
the unprecedented demand Tor fresh fisn.'
said Juie Toner. manager OF The Booth
Company. yesterday.
'of Cours". as soon as the strike began
there was an increased demand FOR fresh
fish. especially among the workingmen,
who feared that the strike would inter
FER. with their accustomed supply Of fresh
meats. We placed larger urGerS with our
iiSh fTnsfi and have Len surprised at III"
extent uL tie market Tor iiSn. especially
~ late. Tn. prices have not been 3id-
ii year ago for the various varieties of
hsh. 1t seems TO u~ that tnc demand for
hsh has increased h-caus. the general
public has acquired "a iast. for fresh IiSh
which they had not had previous i,. th,.
meat striks. which called attention to th,.
vast quantities of meat which are con
SImed.
LARGE LOCAL CONSUMPTION
The most OF tho fish received in ST.
Louis is consumed within the cit,. limits.
From what We learn many union work
insmen whose sympathirs are with tn.
striking packing house employees prefer 10
eat fish than 10 run chances Of eafiu1,
meat which has been killed bv the non
union labor in the packing houses.
me increased demand for fresh fish has
kept tne Wholesalers hard at work to sup
ply suft1cieil! fish and as 4 result tn. fish
received in 81. Louis does not III. in the
Ice more than ii few hours before II j.
taken 10 the homes Of the consumer. This
has been beneficial 10 the fish trade as il
mas resulted in the conssm,r gettini; Il
fresher stock of fish than ordinarily and
IN turn has made Il stronger demand for
the fish.
Fully 30 per cent OF the fish received in
ST. Louis j. caueh; i'll the lakes OF the
North and is known technically az lake
1T includes bass and lake trout white
iish ami the other varieties. The Nissis-
:lppi River and its tributaries furnish
about 30 per cent. the principal variety be-
''t ihstyus -hiSSiSSlpbl lElNtE CATFISH,
men IS shipped all over the country.
Much buffalo and white perch and carp
are received from Mississippi River points
From the Gulf Of Mexico are received the
and pompano and fresh mack
eIel. The ocean furnishes only about j.,
per cent OF The fish received in this market.
In prices the lake fish and the ocean
fish are the highest. what Is known as
order bass. a special size of bass fur
nished TO the hotels. brings - cents a
pound wholesale. and pompauo brings
lf.Na g.tnn iEHI
sailed Is the carp. for which about cents
a pound is secured.