380 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



Townsend Bay, between the Marrowstone Islands, where, in those landlocked and 

 sheltered waters smelts, herring, and anchovies abound. I have shown that in the 

 waters of Paget Sound the anchovies arc in their best condition, [dump and very fat; 

 and the failure of the experiments which Jordan says have been made to can these 

 fish in oil at Monterey, San Diego, and San Francisco, where they are poor and of no 

 commercial value, is no argument against the Paget Sound anchovy being put up in 

 oil as sardines, as they are very fat and, as has been proved by the experiments of 

 Mr. Oates, they are of superior quality and delicious flavor. 



Should my remarks attract the attention of any persons desirous of engaging in 

 the business of preparing sardines in oil, they should procure all their gear and 

 machinery from the East. The purse seines, drag seines, and all fishing gear should 

 be procured in Gloucester or Boston, Mass., and .should be of the best quality and 

 new. So also of the machinery for making the cans, soldering, etc. It should be of 

 the latest and best designs, and procured of the best manufacturers. It is false 

 economy to bring out second-hand or old-fashioned, discarded machinery. Everything 

 should be the best approved in design and new. 



Persons of experience in the sardine business know what would be the cost of a 

 small plant, which could be increased as business demands, and they know what 

 capital will be required; and this should be furnished entirely from the East. No one 

 should come to Puget Sound expecting to secure capital, for it is not here; or bonuses, 

 or donations, which, in the vernacular of the times, are "played out." The people of 

 Puget Sound, and of Port Townsend in particular, have given away in bonuses, 

 donations, and subsidies thousands of dollars for railroads, manufactories, and fish- 

 eries, which have produced no beneficial results. Those, therefore, who wish to 

 engage in this lucrative business should do so entirely with eastern capital. Any 

 one coming here with ample means to start the sardine business will find no difficulty 

 in securing a suitable location on the most favorable and encouraging terms. 



During the boom times adventurers, with small experience and with no capital 

 but "cheek," came here to start fisheries, canneries, woolen mills, steel works, cement 

 works, and other enterprises, relying upon subscriptions, donations, and subsidies 

 for their capital, and every one proved a failure; and now those persons coining here 

 without capital, seeking donations, are looked upon as frauds. 



I have been thus plain in my statement because I know there is a means here for 

 an immensely lucrative business in canning sardines in oil, which should attract the 

 attention of eastern capital and experience. I do not advise inexperienced or impecu- 

 nious persons to come here; we have plenty of such persons here already. But I do 

 advise persons of means, and experience in the sardine business, to come here and 

 examine into the truth of my statements, and I feel confident that I can convince them 

 that I am correct. 



