FISHEKIES OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES. 483 



THE WHOLESALE FISHKllV TRADE OF rillLADELPHIA AND CHESTEK. 



There is a largo wholesale trade in fresh, salted, and smoked tish, 

 03'sters, sponges, and other fishery products in Philadelphia, while a 

 much smaller business is carried on in Chester. The following table 

 shows the persons employed, wages paid, and capital invested in both 

 cities: 



FersouK and capital in tlw irliolesale Jislier}/ trade of Philadelphia and Chester in 1901. 



THE SMOKING OF FISH IN PHILADELPHIA. 



The smoking of fish is quite an important industry in Philadelphia, 

 and a few of the establishments located there compare very favorably 

 with the best in the countiy. 



The following table shows the extent of this industry: 



