Douglas Island news., 1920-07-23
ALASKA SALMON
 SEATTLE MARKET
Owing to Force of Circumstances Much Fish Is Being Shipped
 South m Ice

f The scaruc Times In % recent is- auc speaks of tbe tendency ths year ol Alaska salmon to hc shipped to . chat port reah Instead of packed and mId cured and also tells thc reason for Che failure of ;he mld- cure market The following a thc .arucle.
 Due to a comDuatou of c.rcum- stances including closing down o- a number ot mHd-curc plants iu Che North. cmaled operations. by thc canning industry high rates O, for- c.eu exchange am tendency to "nae Che buck" m fluaucIue out- puts. Seattle s now receiving heavy cousmmcnt of fresh Alaska salmon iu nearly every steamship Cha, ar- r.,cs from Che North The Admiral Evans making port .hs week. brought l00n eases. averaging goo pounds to The ease.
 The Seattle and tributary sound markets are reported by dcaIcrs to bc absorbing Che influx n good shape so ur Tho puso. sound chinook catch .hs scasou Is running at Ono rate of 5O per cont or One cat.b Iast year, n general. it is re- ported Che salmon rum ths year s % great deal of a failure except tn Alaska waters The Alaska king salmon Is selling at Che rate ot it ccnts 1 pound to che wholesaler v.r- uaue fc same price w thr ume ast year
 In former year nc lueest and best fsh m 1e North wcrc mid- cured Tho history of chat industry s athor interesting. Before Che war amos, au Che mld-cured output was shipped abroad When Europe went to war; che mul-ure companies had heay. output ou hand ro rcf rid ol It they sacrificed it. dumn- iu- 10 ou Che Atlantic coast This had Che efe.t ol creating new marbc. for he product Che mul- cured Ush making au immediate hIt with fhe East and Middle West Since hDu Che comran.c. have had a bis market n Che territories indie catel
 This yea- however Che Eastern dealers wan. to buy mIld-curod salmon I'm small quantities. ordering carload at a Umc This would force tIe mId-curc companies to carry hc.r product here m storage for many months. selling it oG In compa atIyoIt small .usanmort. from time t1 nmc The crcot. .t is pointed out would bc to add heavily to tbo expenses or thc mld-eurc come nar.os I'm former years Che Eastern dealers stood Che expense Of holding tae product In storage bout they have .Iesfennod lt this seasou "plssius thr buck- to the northern companies
 The Alaskan concerns s s cN- unIueI by local dealers. are unable to carry One extra fumc.al burden ol holding thcir product u storage for months and accordingly are op- eraung ou smaller seale tba year, The demand of Eastern consumers for Che product however. Is oNoop- uonauy good
 There s also a lively demand abroad. bout Che fafc ot exchange Is too high Tho expense o' carrying
 Che output m storage here would
 runs into hundreds of thousands oi doIau m few moths A carload of mUd.curcd salmon IS valued at st0.o00.
 Another aotor say dea'ors .s the shortage oi railroad cars They com- plain chat refrigerator ears. needed for the mUid-curc product orc being used to handle s.ls shipments from Seattle lo Now York and say that this Is having bad efeat on Che 'n- dusuy
 An fhI. explains why Seattle homes arc able Co pick and choose in buying tesh salmon this season at what orc reeardcl by Che trade as Ivory reasonable prices According to Che dealers the Alaska f.sh win con- .unuc coming here m Increasing quantities Puget sound fresh a'm- ou also s being placed on Ono Seattle market
 Become n sfockholIar in Che Un.t-