The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-08
THE WHALING INDUSTRY
By Frederic ]. Haskin.

;1wEuHUxuNmIsm mmlnmE1b1zsalns = zsH' rne popular gospel of eeonomizine ~rhere natural resourres are concerheu. is f,nding a new exeripiificatfon. Wna tnc eon,panies are planning 70 nm fhe meat of whales to better ~ age. Tn the oIdea days, after the nSro per and the whaiebones were ren.osee s.gs,., ,h. catch. the great carcasses s.e.. sst aflaat as of no further eco- nafuic value. In the dawn of the pres enE century manufactories sprans up ans rendered. the flesh as well as tnr nl8hher in order that none of the Tat unixht be lost, converting the reoolleo flesh. the bones and the refuse Into marx etabIe fertilizer. Now modern inganuitv ofsers 10 take the meat anu can 1t after the hest methods that are employed In heaf canneries. and put " on Ahe market as food suited TOT trade where coolies and low-ciass A- borers are the consumers. Travene and seamen have eaten or the hes", An1 from their belief in it's wholesomeness' they have endorsed the enterprise.
 This industry win find its first foot hold in this country at Tyee. In Soutn. aa.f Alaska following the preceoehs set several years ago by Alaska. eeyenty-ton whale affords meat ehoush to equal That of 200 fat steers ros ahout d quarter of q century much or
 
 Fertilizer. or. as in the case Of enter mrfsinw Canadian factories, made into food that is fed to cattle In Tar NOT way after 1t has been mixed "i'" straw or wheat.
 This novel idea Is expected to bring about a revival in the whaling mus trv which has suffered q rapid dechhs sn the past half-century. Only sho.' while ago a man of prominence ID Jaran wrote the Bureau of F1snerieS of this government asking that an In ternational congress he called 10 1orm uiate plans for the protectloh
 whales. The industry has not kept tns syssfft mace of others that were born .ytfh inc nation. because science has fo,and other lubricants for the engineer ana tanner and invention has fouho things to take the place Of wnaleDone m inc work Of the dressmaker ana thS whipmaker. .T ,..a
 Whaling has been somewhat a!teIeo under the modern regime. The steam er has come to take the place of the cumbersone, uncoppered craft or other days. and the harpoon gun ana otne. . modern devices have elbowed the hano lance into the background. However one may Atill hear the cry that nas thrilled thousands of boy readers--tns ' There she haoWsF that en sa elose intervals the pages of many sea tales. It is still heard on steam-driVeh veeaaels as on the old sailers and the enthusia siIfsa of the hunters is unapateu' even if the,danger has been minimizeo.
 For nearly thfee hundred years NC" E1gland has been the center of the ne, tidn's whaling industry. New beulos, paa frkm Nantucket half a century or Hlors ' aao. and Norwich. Provincetown anu etamford make a goodly showing. cah Franciaco is the point from whicn tns amaTl Pacific fleet sails Tor the A,Sas whaling grounds Usually the snips saii in ApSit and the hunt oesas sansad veonth later The steamer is heaoeo toward ;the haunts of the prey, t ths loolrout keeps a keen eye ready TOT any dtaturbance of the waters, and gun rer stands ready tosdischarge ms s. uo0sl dealing missile as soon as co,nvS ',s hack comes within range AS the exploding bomb Kills tns WI it. hedv holds 1t fast to the ship. tnousii ro,,1iIass fathoms of line may De Feele' o,,t tu the animals death struskN Sometimes 1t takes another . snoS th, the gun to sttli it, and occaslonaAs na, @ old hand lance hurled 1roin ~"
 haat must be resorted to. LA, %s soor as A whale Is killed the. uous ,ssinflated from an air pump anu afRoat yvfth A flag and buoy as mar N ave After the days hunt is over t.'' stAamer tows the whales back 10 1h' nearest factory. where the great poute' .,s, lie like rafts Of logs waIehs ho,r cutting. It is here that one sees h"M tha whaling industry has traVeied II a circle. for the first whales ever reh' tlered for the oil were those tnat weL' cast up on the shore four or five cen turies ago. and the work or oolIiht was purely asshore Industry. lns' s, .hout I7e2 the plan of trying out tn' anrrRR9fullY into practice. The great mammal wa then dragged alongside and the bluo her cut out strip by strip and ooile' in kettles on board, the men ana th decks reeking with the odor or the oi and of the waste that was sometime burned in the boilers. while the mast and sails and rigging were eoVere with soot.
 The present day method is anothe of the many proofs of the supremac of machinery over manual laoor- Glah engines draw up each whale. tall hrs' from the raft-like collection anchore before the factory. big chains hoidin if in place, as 1t slides up the plane be tween the two main buildings that forr the average factory. One of thes buildings Is the blubber boiler house the other the meat house and guam factory. Flensers cut gashes down tn great body from head to tall and gian hooks. operated by winches. tear ava the blubber in strips. Knives run b machinery chop this into bits. eleva tors carry it to the boiling house. an automatic -chutes distribute 1t anon the kettles. Steam at a forty poun pressure Is turned on for eight hour and the highest grade of oils draw off. Reboiling produces other grade of oil. The fins and tail are cut strips. salted and shipped in barrels Japan to be sold at about fifty cents pound.
 Hitherto. the flesh has been cut chunks and boiled to get out any ff that may have been left. Then tn cooked meat was carried to the top the eight or ten story factory an lowered. shelf by shelf through tn building to be dried. and then pt through a disintegrator. The prOdut