The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-04-18

Willie Irvine, a native Captain of
Kasaan. stated that in his opinion the
men should share at the very least
$1,000 per season. taking into account
the long working hours, and the short
ness of the season Last year Mr..
Irvine with four men. caught about
Se.00u fish. ranging even in Humpies
and Dog Salmon. Each man received
s40o. using company gear and fuel Of
the kasaan cannery. Prices paid for
Humpies ranged from Sc, H.,
Dogs s,s-l5c and Cohoes 17-30c
each. Three months is an average
season. he declared. fe also pointed
out that canneries should make al
lowaness for independent boats. whose
owners were made 10 pay for the de-
probation of their own property thru
the efforts of the fishermen.
Mr. Kettles. seiner, OF Chomley,
spoke along the same lines. declaring
hat the average earnings OF a man
using his own boat was $500 per share
which was not enough for fair wage.
E Bong, who trolled on the West
Coast last year for six months using
own trolling gear cleared 5000, or an
average OF $3.50 monthly. Prices paid
aim for red King was 71ac per 10. and
Sc for white For Cohoes the price
Hanged between 40-50c each. The
s.gh boat for the west coast Melted
1890 for a FIVE month season and the
ow boat $500, selling their product
% mildcurers- Ten dollars for Is
.-.our day he opined was fair price.
Geo. Eden OF MetIakatla and Y. Al
an told their earning for 1917 and
both declared 1917 prices should be
.iised in 1915.
Bob Oliver, secretary OF the Alas
IA Labor Union, local No. 5, read then
a petition which he declared had been
REGULATED among the business men.
n which it was asked that prices for
-,.aska be SET with the Puget Sound
prices as a basis. He asked that all
The fishermen in the house favoring
that petition rise and practically
every man Of the FIVE hundred present
complied.
c. ]. Collins, local buyer for the San
Juan Fishing Company made a sug-
gestion that the operators would be
willing 10 offer differential price Of
sc on Dogs, &c on P.nks and sc on
aeds. as an inducemenr TO the fisher
men 10 bring in the bright fish. in
state suitable for fresh fish" mar
ket and freezing purposes
Geo. F. RounsefeIl, Superintendent
for the Ketchikan cannery remarked
tina. he could not see how the can
nerynen were going 10 have any mar
gin left for fair profit, If fish prices
were TO go up as well as cannery sup
plies. He stated that he thought that
using caanery gear, oil and boats and
allowing half cent for delivery, Pinks
should be sold at &c, Dogs SC, Red King
CSC and Cohoes Csc. Using independ'
emit gear. delivered Pinks SC, Dogs 1oc.
Cohoes and Sockeyes CSC.
| Roy H. Thompson stated that the
fishermen in setting prices on King
salmon on the west coast had over
looked one fact which made 10c a
pound too high. Mildcurers in buying
the King salmon catches, have to sell
at loss all fish under "A pounds. te
the canneries. Only salmon over 2.
pounds are used In the mildcure bust
ness, leaving them 20 dispose of al
under that weight al whatever price:
the canneries offer.
H. No other speakers volunteering ant
Judge Gunnison having 10 leave OF
the City Of Seattle for Wrangell and
Petersburg. the conference was clos
ed. A meeting OF the business mel
of the city was called TO discuss tha
. food problems but nothing definite wal
done.