The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1929-02-13
1928 COMMERCE
RANKS HIGH in
LOCAL ANNALS
Total for Year Was $lO7,-
466,75l- Second Larg-
est in Past Decade

toms for the district. 1t was ex-
ceeded in the past decade only in
1926, when the fisheries produc-
ton smashed all existing records
for volume.
Outbound commerce for the
year was worth s74,S49,91S, an
increase of $17,2SS,297 over 1927
and incoming shipments had a
value CT $32,636,S33, which was
S3,739,537 less than the same
commerce for the preceding year
The balance of trade in favor of
Alaska last year was $42.213,-
0S5.
Fisheries Value High
The products OF the Territory's
fishing industries. as usual, were
in first place. The total value
of all fisheries shipments out
bound was $53,O70,672. Alaskan
mines. including quarries. pro-
duced a fetal of S14.333,62S. The
fur industry production was val
ued at S4,664,569.
Canned salmon was the Terri
tory's principal product. Ship
ments of that commodity aggre-
eating 2S6,9S1.255 pounds val
ued at $45,548.6S3 were made
during the year. This was $751;
321, AGO more than in 1927. Fresh
salmon shipments also showed a
slight increase but cured salmon
decreased by small amount in
both volume and value.
Fresh haliDut shipments were
worth S1,726,671, decline of
SCOTIA from the preceding year.
The decrease in volume was 81
929,S0S pounds.
Cured or preserved herring
shipments amounted to 1891
244 pounds worth $1,674,244, an
increase Of 3,SS2,O01 pounds and
$214, 141 over 1927.
Shipments of fish oil amounted
to $1,073,454 and 1869, 439 gal
Ions, a gain of 536,203 gallons
and 1886 in value over 1927.
Fish meal shipments aggregated
9,O51 tons worth $664,296, gain
ing $25O,310, and 2,676 tons
over 1927.
Gold Passes Copper
The total of ali shipments OF
gold and silver passed in value
the shipments of copper ore for
the first time in many years. The
value of the first two minerals
shipped to the States was So
633,249 and to foreign countries,
$622,5S4, making the total value
$7,255,S33, as compared to &c.
237,697.
Copper Gre shipped last year
was worth $6.7S1,655 and
amounted to 45,349,973 pounds.
This marked a decrease of 16,-
113, 72O pounds and $1,72S,223
in value from 1927.
AS in former years, practi-
cally all of the production of cop
per came from the two mines
near Kennecott and one at La
touche. According to the records
of the United States Geological
Survey these three properties
have produced copper worth more
than 5000, 100000 in the 1S
years they have been active ship
pers.
Domestic gold and silver ship
ments increased in value $685.
All over 1927, and exported for
eign $13S,905, making the total
$1,027,316. Part of the increased
production came from newly de-
veloped dredging fields in the
Nome and Fairbanks districts,
but the larger proportion from
the lode mines of Southeastern
Alaska, mainly the Alaska Jul
neau property in this city.
Fur Prices Higher
Increased prices, sdlu SOileN1oA
McBride's statement, paid Tor
furs during 1928 served to slim
ulate shipments during the year,
and it closed with total value
of $4,647,S34. including fur seals
from the Government operations
at Pribilof Islands. This was an
increase of $3S1,SS5 over the
preceding year.
For the first time in the his
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