FISHERY INDUSTRIES OP THE UNITED STATES, 1923 



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WHOLESALE FISH TRADE 



In the region of the Mississipi River and tributaries there were 

 142 establishments engaged in the wholesale fish trade. These em- 

 ployed 1,216 persons and represented an investment of S3, 956, 072. 

 The distribution of this business among the several States may be 

 seen from the following; table: 



Wholesale fish trade 



State 



Arkansas 



Illinois -.- 



Iowa 



Kentucky 



Louisiana and Texas 



Missouri 



Minnesota 



Mississippi 



Nebraska and North Dakota. 



Ohio and Pennsylvania 



Tennessee 



Wisconsin 



Total... 



Establishments 



Num- 

 ber 



4 

 16 

 It) 



8 



30 

 23 

 12 



9 



3 



142 



Value 

 $45, 025 



68, 038 

 135, 337 

 148, 300 

 138, 135 

 888, 651 

 323, 874 



69,014 

 192, 665 

 221, 300 

 135, 352 



83, 100 



2, 448, 791 



Persons engaged 



Num- 

 ber 

 14 

 90 

 120 

 72 

 150 

 331 

 140 

 47 

 54 

 113 

 63 

 22 



1,216, 



Wages 

 paid 

 $3, 903 

 45, 868 

 59, 395 

 78, 900 

 105, 3C0 

 381,727 

 162, 294 

 39,711 

 70, 386 

 148. 364 

 47,091 

 11,342 



1, 154, 281 



Cash 



capital 



S3, 500 

 20, 900 

 15,800 

 17,000 

 48, 500 

 82, 800 

 73,000 

 15, 800 

 15, 000 

 32, OCO 

 18,600 

 10, 100 



353, OCO 



Total in- 

 vestment 



$52, 428 

 134,806 

 2)0.532 

 2 4, 200 

 29 J, 935 

 1,353,178 

 559,168 

 124,525 

 278, 051 

 401,664 

 201,043 

 10-1,542 



3, 956, 072 



SMOKED-FISH INDUSTRY 



The smoking of fish is not extensively practiced in the Mississippi 

 River region and consists largely of the smoking of fish that have 

 been shipped there from the Great Lakes region and elsewhere. In 

 1922 there were 10 establishments engaged in this business, located 

 as follows: Iowa. 5; Missouri, 2; Minnesota, 1; Pennsylvania, 1; 

 Ohio, 1. The total number of persons engaged was 183; the capital 

 invested, including wages paid, amounted to S667,G97._ Since 

 most of these plants also engage in the wholesale fresh fish business, 

 the figures on persons engaged and investment are not accurately 

 indicative of the importance of the smoking industry. The products 

 in 1922 amounted to 695,283 pounds, valued at $141,067. Most of 

 these were ciscoes, the sturgeon being next in importance. The fol- 

 lowing table presents the statistics of this business: 



Smoked-fish industry 



