The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-25

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cacy.
Hoover did. hiv best n Z
conservation campaigns
est the country in tie ,S
and pleasures OF consuns.s5
Quantities Of both sea ~
food. and the bureau a. -
has pushed the cause ~ -
every angle Is far q IN ~
ton would permit. The
these efforts and Of normal ~.
in the fishing industry d -.
figures. In 1917 the IJpitss
consumed 20 pounds Of ~
person, and now it CON-
pounds.
The insignificance Of our 81
ments in eating fish Is M p;
able from this until Won -,
our record with those Of ~
coast countries. In EnslsDs
average person eats 100 -.
year; in Norway and So
pounds: and Japan beats NJ
with about 500.
Ii 10 true that our aver,., .,
be much more credilahls n
counted only the area in m. !.
try over which it has been ~
to transport fresh fish. = ~
cally all parts Of these othr "a
tries are reasonably accessif.
fishing ports. An ave-asS 49,
half a pound of fish Is M
persons in some parts Of thisr,'
try. and this offsets the Co..
lively large amount consume
the real fish eating districte
Fishing Behind the Tinn
The fishing interests here n.
ton say. that they are pras,sss
In the position in which tST
business found itself when / {
gan to organize 50 years an ~
beef was handed out to th6 IN.
by the same happy-go-lucky nm
DDS which now characterf,e a.
ing. Beef cattle were trailed =.
times . thousand miles to tie ~.
est market, for nobody wouM y
beef unless it was fresh killed M
organization was developed, "a = |
frjgerator cars invented, and M
has been distributed from I 3.
trail point ever since. E@
The fisheries industry MI
; hopes to get en- a basis simtlr n
that Of the beef organization h
has started by collecting q aea \
Is modern trawlers instead Of mi,
tanning a fleet Of schooner III
miscellaneous craft. These stsr
trawlers are said to bring I, I
many fish in one short cruise u !,
| schooner can catch in q yea.
Then, the company is taking Ri.
erman's luck and harnessihs Il i
efficiency by means Of wifd.s
When several trawlers set out a,
cruise for swordfish or cod, one
| apt to strike waters where the lar
fish are plentiful, while the oths
may get nothing but a few haul
small. less valuable fish. Former
there was nothing for any Of b
craft to do but take what. iortui
! sent. Now, a vessel in good hihil
waters sends q wireless message
F, tho land station, and the message
/ forwarded to the company's 9TH
ships. With this innovation hau
ofaarge fish have become so mn
the rule that extra boats oeo
F, ionally have to be sent out jun
bring in smaller varieties. n
Lis regarded as a remarkable III
Of affairs. as hitherto small q
:. have made up the bulk of the catt
whenever the big fellows PROV
elusive.
Use All But the Smell.
| At the company's plant in Nat
where fish which are not sold fire
/: are timed and cured. new mach
cry is rAvolutionizing the p
ceeses Of packing. Sardines,
instance, are now beheaded by TIT
sands in huge chopping machin
instead OF in the old way by h
operated knives. A new met
makes 1t possible to salt cod IN
hours instead of IS days. At ev,
point handling fish is rapidly Be
reduced to a science. And progf
IN expected to continue.
! The company maintains las
atory with industrial chemist
charge to study new uses for
products, new methods Of pack
and anything else that will incre
efficiency and profits. Glue. .
meal. oil and leather are . few
the by-products which this q
pany is making every effort 70
to advantage. The packers D
been able to utilize every par
q pig except the squeal; the .
cries aim TO conserve all parts I
ffah AYeAn& fhe small