FISHERY INDUSTRIES. 49 
OvutTruT or CANNED SALMON, 1912 To 1918.4 
Product. 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 Total. 
Coho, or silver: Cases. Cases. Cases. Cases. Cases. Cases. Cases. Cases. 
3-pound flat.....- 2,719 3, 587 4,579 2,050} 13,145] 30,412] 26,238 82, 730 
1-pound flat...... 17 266 285 2,338 8,191 362 12, 786 24, 245 
1-pound tall...... 163,462 | 71,926] 152,199] 119,880] 240,573 | 162,457 | 179,934 | 1,090, 431 
Metals LkgaAta 166, 198 75,779 | 157,063 | 124,268] 261,909} 193,231 | 218,958 | 1,197,406 
Chum, or keta: 
4-pound flat...... 2,795 985 37 6ill Meer ec eee 1, 423 26, 760 3, 559 35, 895 
Tepound flat. o2o | oee eee 2, 619 5, 568 Hi | ee Cone 2, 530 2,996 14, 030 
1-pound tall...... 661, 838 | 287,314 | 657,918 | 479,629 | 722,692 | 877,457 |1,358, 405 | 5,045, 253 
Totaleess22%. 664, 633 | 290,918 | 663,859 | 479,946 | 724,115 | 906,747 |1,364,960 | 5,095,178 
Humpback, or pink: 
+-pound Alaiye SL. 13, 712 20, 822 2, 103 4,325 41, 491 91, 403 63, 557 237, 413 
i-powund' fat... -|-<-<- sa 3, 258 9, 286 3,508] 14,796 6,014 | 20, 215 57,077 
1-pound tall...... 1, 266, 426 |1, 348, 801 | 974,660 |1, 867, 683 |1, 681, 506 |2, 199, 559 |2, 355, 182 |11, 693, 817 
LEG illagss Spe eer 1, 280, 138 |1,372,881 | 986,049 |1,875, 516 |1, 737, 793 |2, 296,976 |2, 438, 954 |11, 988, 307 
King, or spring: 
3-pound flat...... 5,151 1, 585 3, 143 2, 404 2,617 12,973 6, 000 33, 873 
Teporaehts. aos) b ode 22x Sack < 2s - dea 4, 804 3,755 3, 804 5, 133 5, 267 22, 763 
1-pound tall...... 38, 166 32, 785 40, 092 82, 092 59, 452 43, 845 37, 959 334, 391 
Topsle.. 23... 0 43,317 | 34,370] 48,089] 88,251 65,873 | 61,951] 49,226} 391,027 
Red, or sockeye: ; . 
4-pound flat...... 28,024] . 29,041 53, 825 52, 033 81,565 | 124,309} 137,008 505, 805 
1-pound flat...... 16,242 | (11,735 | 64,671] 112,847| 86,395] 89,612] 151,864] 533,366 
1-pound tall...... 1,856,089 |1, 924, 461 |2,083, 147 |1, 765, 139 |1, 936,971 |2, 274, 460 |2, 244, 865 |14, 085, 132 
14-pound nominals|..-....2..|..0...ecce|eeceecense PEDO Wo sae cers Whe encsees cs feceeet eee 2 2, 293 
2Z-pound nomingls)). cf Fs ss2| cece ses aladee to ecaleee bs aay 6006 iets Sapa e osc mses 6, 006 
Total eases 1, 900, 355 |1, 965, 237 |2, 201, 643 |1, 932,312 |2, 110,937 |2, 488,381 |2, 533,737 |15, 132, 602 
Grand total. .../4, 054, 641 (3,739, 185 |4, 056, 653 |4, 500, 293 |4, 900, 627 |5, 947, 286 |6, 605, 835 |33, 804, 520 
a The number of cases shown has been put upon the common basis of forty-eigh t 1-pound cans per case. 
AVERAGE ANNUAL PRICE PER CASE OF Forty-E1GHT 1-pouND CaNns orf SaLmon, 1908 
To 1918. 
Product. 1908 | 1909 | 1910 |} 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 
Coho, or silver.......... $3.98 | $4.07 | $4.89 | $5.67 | $4.44 | $3.45 | $4.39 | $4.31 | $5.34 | $8.76 | $9.15 
Chum, or keta.......... 2.58 | 2.28] 3.04] 3.72} 2.37] 2.21 3.37 | 2.59 | 3.34] 6.14] 6.27 
Humpback, or pink....| 2.69] 2.40] 3.15] 3.94] 2.55] 2.58] 3.50] 2.78] 3.64] 6.44] 6.58 
King, or spring.........| 4.20] 4.32] 5.34] 6.48] 5.37] 4.04] 5.01] 4.63] 5.36] 10.40| 9.85 
Red, or sockeye......... 4.53] 5.30] 6.33] 5.45] 4.54] 5.58] 5.82] 6.04] 9.48] 9.44 
LOSSES AND DISASTERS IN THE SALMON-CANNING INDUSTRY. 
The most serious losses in the salmon-canning industry occurred in 
western Alaska and were occasioned by the unusual ice conditions 
which prevailed there until June. The ice floes in Bristol Bay were 
the direct cause of the loss of the ship Tacoma, 1,672 tons net, owned 
by the Alaska Packers Association and valued at $12,500, and of the 
ship W. B. Flint, 746 tons net, belonging to Libby, McNeill & Libby 
dial valued at $35,000. Part of the cargo of the latter vessel was 
also lost, having a value of $26,360. A number of other cannery 
vessels sustained minor injuries in the ice. The Bureau’s steamer 
Roosevelt extended aid to a number of cannery ships in distress in 
the ice and rescued 21 men from the Tacoma who had been encamped 
for some time on the ice after the ship sank. 
