The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-28
Alaska Fish Are Best.

(New West Magazine of Salt Lake)
 There is to the food question than the mere supplying sufficient quantity to satisfy the nation hunger There enters into it the item of quality as well quantity and when all is summed ur, quality the attribute that is most sought by the average human who goes out the market for supply of food.
 It is this search for excellence that has been of the big in developing the Alaska fishing in dustry a major occupation during the past TOUT years When fsn was advocated by the government as a substitute the demand quickly ctntered fish product which suited the fastidous taste of the American people. Salmon from AlasAa was early discovered to possess both food value and deli The pink and red salmon caught in Alaskan when canned have come to be the staple Of all food fish
 While at first the rcd salmon was held in preference because of high coloring the paer pink variety, always preferred t% experienced in the fishing industry, is really the best of all moderate priced canned salmon. It as the best taste and highest nutrtive value and fort dnately is the most plentiful
 Thus necessity gave to the people familiarity with a food that will always remain high in popular favor It also led to the realization that Alaska is worth more than a passing consideration. For with the re- naissaaoe of the fishing industry in America the waters of Alaska have proved more valuable to the public all the gold of it's mountains an1 beaches Alaska fish caught in 1918 adoke the country 70 a new source supply, provided gastronomic de lights and were converted into 65 OOO 900 American dollars.
 As an additional for the people of the United States to awake to Alaskas needs and de- mands of Congress and the Government more careful protective legislation for it's industrial advancement fish products have developed there, that if pro- tected may become more valuable than the sal Goldfish and halibut are more plentiful on the continental shelf of Alaska than off the Atlantic coast outriyaling it does the famous codbanks of New foundland The waters of Alaska have been only partially surveyed and halibut but the quail ity these fish is a proved fact. Dried cod from the Alaska becoming known far inland and the demand becoming sufficient to warrant special con sideration for development.
 ter ring that caught in Alaskan waters as the eastern markets satisfied with obtaining most of their supply from Scottish and Dutch Yet that branch of the Alaska fishing enterprises has under gone remarkable advancement. Although caught for commercial purposes thirty years ago, in 1915 the total pack only 5000 barrels. This increased in 1916 than double about 18,000 barrels, the 1918 output reached the astounding figure of 155 900 barrels These fish at first had to compete with the cheap Scotch and Dutch supply flooding the markets, and the 1918 figures can only be accounted for by the fact conditions shut out the European
 fish from this country Properly handled and packed, Alaska herring superior to European varieties, and properly protected would find ealy market. As indicated by the foregoing figures, herring may now be considered a commercial enterprise we'll worth main taning Yet the outlook for the coming is anything but encouraging to those who have their interests centered in the herring fisheries of Alaska In spite of all it means to the country indus trial asset and of food supply, there is
 ing need for awakening. The supply of Alaska her ring is sufficient to meet every need of the entire country and the quality is excellent And still the herring fisheries American enterprise greatly endangered by the encroachment of cheap foreign competition and the indifference maintained toward all Alaska by the public and the Government for with the end of European competition will be sumed to the damage of Alaskan herring fishermen.
 It. is believed that the American standard for cellence and quality in food commodities will eventu ally become apparent in the increased demand for Alaska herring just has been manifest for Alaska salmon, but in the meantime the industry may be damaged unless reasonable protection is idpd in American
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