The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-23
Astoria the Home of the
Salmon Industry of the World.


n sroRlA and the surrounding section has the unique distinction
~ OF being the poor muns Utopia its great fishing
industry which il known the world The salmon industry of the
Columbia has been byword the for generations and
will last for generations to come
Here the enters into business without capa he has
master and his boss During the fishing thousands
engage in the fishing business the percentage basis without any
y beyond small fee for fishing license and enough hold him
for few days The with few hundred dollars becomes nepcnd
en in by making the purchase Of fishing boat and
an expenditure Of not less than three hundred dollars
Years the fishing the Columbia mostly by
dropped into this section worked few weeks months and than
passed to other fields Of labor and enterprise Today the fishing
done by who live Astoria and other cities along the all the
year around They Of families who Independent
long the fishing lasts which will be for many years Some
Of them engaged other work such farming carpenerng
and like occupations who spend the the river fishing when
they not busy ut their trades
Salmon fishing the Columbia the only occupation Of the kind
the world where from four to five thousand work for themselves
The product they the finest put into and there
need to feed for the stock from which this is secured
The salmon crop the Oregon side Of the Columbia River
alone IN from 30 100000 to 40.0000D yearly.
This catch the cannees and fishermen this
point the Of from 0oo000 rs oooO0o each year half Of
going the fishermen for the work of catching the salmon During the
present the price paid the fishermen for their salmon from
five TO six cents pound
TO show how the fishing grounds practically kept in the hands
Of the fishermen the workings of the Union Fishermen
Cooperative Packing Co.. oeof the largest institutions Of the kind and
probably only the world This has the interests Of the
fishermen NJ heart first and last II also has the preservation OF the
young fish mind all the time while catching the larger fish
As model for other annee and fishing companies to follow
cxce all Others and the others followed suit the catch of salmon
would increase greatly each allows all the small fish to
the river spawn each until they bic enough 10 catch
This company Incorporated in 1897 with the Of the
Union Fshemns Cooperative Packing Company and the
year built canncry with nocd space of $3.50 square feet In
1904 cold added the plant and in 1906 addition
built to the cold storage increasing area square making
total floor space s75 feet This makes the largest annery
will be to build warehouse two stories high ooxoo
feet this year.
The company issued 300 shares 800 each which all
sold The corporation works the cooperative plan that each
shareholder has only regardless of the number of shares held
by him. The profits divided amongst the fishermen according
number Of pounds Of salmon delivered by each Of them during
The stockholders do not get profit except six cent in
c which paid the stock each year Fishermen owning shares
the company but fishing for the company treated alike with
reference to the division Of profits.
When first commenced the company had $50 boats engaged
catching salmon and has 35 boats with $50 employed
the fishing alone With the 30 employed and about the
merry the total number employed amounts M Nearly all these
stay the city during the entire year and keep in touch with
fishing constantly The fact that each interested in the
Of the firm makes them rcass citizens and does away with the
need to hire ineran class Of to harvest the
Only the genuine Columbia River Chinook salmon packed by
@ company This king Of fishes put up 1pound oval half
pound ov 1pound tails 2pound nomna pound exports lpound
flats hfpound fats each kind with the plain key attachments
Since the erection Of the cold storage plant the has engaged
extensively picking salmon An important feature of the work by
this model company that the fishermen allowed only the
with the large mesh that only the large salmon taken Fish
are caught only with the gill net by this that the pack
Of an unusually fine quality.
The output of the company figured largely in the worlds fairs
ot