FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1923 14Q 



Pack of canned salmon, 1923 — Continued 



SARDINES 



In 1923 there was a marked increase in the California pack of 

 sardines and a decrease in the Maine pack. In Maine 29 plants were 

 engaged in the canning of sardines and in Massachusetts there was 

 1. These produced 1,219,675 cases, valued at $5,288,865. Most 

 of the pack was in quarter-pound cans, 100 to the case. When the 

 entire pack is converted to this standard and the 1922 pack is similarly 

 treated, the total amounts are 1,272,277 and 1,869,719 cases, respec- 

 tively, which shows a decrease in 1923 of 597,442 cases, or 32 per 

 cent. The decrease in value was $461,244, or 8 per cent. This 

 indicates a substantial increase in prices. 



In California 22 plants were engaged in the canning of sardines, 

 producing 1,115,422 cases, valued at $4,607,931. These were packed 

 mostly in 1-pound cans,, 48 to the case. Wlien the entire pack is 

 converted to this standard and the 1922 pack similarly treated, we 

 find that the total amounts in these two years were 1,100,162 and 

 715,364 cases respectively, which shows an increase in 1923 of 384,798 

 cases, or 54 per cent. The value increased $1,246,451, or 37 per cent, 

 indicating a lower price for this product in 1923. 



