The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-04-29
GREAT FISH MARKET
Boston Handles l50,000,0O0
Pounds Of Sea Food Annually.
Ranks second Only 10 crimsby In
Eneland--MoneY Value Ranges
From 36,o0o,ooo to s7,ooo,ooo
Annuaily--Haibut supply.

Boston. From smeIts to whales.
from herrings TO halibut, New Eng
land must ever have lively interest
n the denizens Of the deep and their
translation to tho uses Of man In a
state which glorlfes the goldfish by
hanging II, a symbol Of plenty, In It's
legislative haliss where the whole
fishery once was richer than gold I
mine and has left annals Of adven-
tlre and of effort which have an epic
quality and are part Of the record
Of the nations growth; where the
fisheries have acbooled sailors and
have graduated captains courageous
fur lighting ships il IS fitting that the
whole community should view with IN
telligent interest whatever pertains
to the garnering Of the riches of the
seas.
Herring made Holland what II is'
Goldfish made early New England. To
day the business Of catching. curing
or selling for immediate consumption
great part OF the country's supply OF
food fish devolyes upon Boston, the
greatest fish market in the new world
and ranking second only to Grimsby,
IN England.
Since Grimsby is merely a railroad
terminal a shipping point for the
North sea fisheries 70 the markets Of
the English cities. Boston may be
called the greatest FISH dealing city
on the globe. It's FISH dealers are as
much merchant princes in way as
were the old traders Of Salem To be
sure. there Is not in their business so
much Of romance. but there are near
ly as many dollars
In Boston today Hamlet would have
TO think of some term more fitting
than fshmonger to apply TO Polonius
Here there are degrees in fishmongeiy
and the highest degree held by the
Wholesale fish dealer is one ,of honor
IN the land. If any incrednlous per
son asks you why, take them aside
: ana make clear to them that the Bos
ton fsh dealer is as important in bis
field as the best packer Of the middle
2 west ID ia his and what is more h'
7 has not permitted himself to be en-
= compsssed in trust He is indepen
Z dent amid the trusts that hedge abou
+ tre natiases feod sApply
The person Inclined to figures ma,
find there IS wealth. visible and vita
= in Boston's fish business. The cit
handles every year between 125,000
600 and $4,000. 900 pounds of fish, q
elusive of the epicmean lobster an
y other shellfish These fish spell !
- money sum between s6.000,000 an
: s1OOO00o.
4 There are 325 craft in the iieet ths
J, lands fish at Boston, worth $1,000
!, {, each. or something more than $4,000
Il u 600 in the aggregate. Each Of thes
vessels has an annual expense accoui
- OF about $4,000. for repairs, sails, ri
n ging. gear. bait ice, supplies and Il
- like. and this means business to Ne
u England of s4,5O0.000 strong II
- Heet employs between 5000 and Z O'
men directly and many others 9
~ work because of it. bringing the tot
'is OF men looking TO the business for
ns living I'D to near 10000 Countii
IN three persons as dependent on each
'aS these men, It viii be seen that a tot
Of 10000 persons get their bread al
butter from BoHtous fishing feet.
Tx Neither IN the gathering Of its 81
DIV nor in its distribution Of the sal
T. can Bostons fish business be cons
=" cred merely local. The fisherman e
far afeId to cast a line for the Bost
market. The greater part OF the COZ
try's halibut supply. for examr
? comes to Boston from Alaskan waite
an where Boston capital and enei
mas maintain fleet of FIVE steamers
lne prosecute the fishery and large
leW modern freezing plant, recently est
lhe lished on American soil at Metchic
ees to prepare the halibut for shipm
nsa cost By fast trains. via Vancou'
Fully 80 per cent. of the Boston n
nds tet's halibut comes from this SOU
sei The salmon fisherman on the
men lumbia river sets his pets for the
~ ton market The Chesapeake bay
y Q. Savannah river shad fishermen
VII the Newfoundland herring seiner
ene the same Fish come from eN
point or the compass to Boston
from here are distributed to points
far weet as the Rockies and as
ited south as New Orleans.
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