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possible in Prince Rupert, are, so to speak, sitting at the oars, watching events, 
and hoping that the artificial Canadian advantage will be broken. Once American 
houses are forced to install freezing and cold-storage plants on the Canadian side of 
the line in order to offset the present Canadian advantages in handling fish, and the 
American fishing vessels are compelled, as a result of Canadian orders in council, to 
change their base of Operations to the Canadian side, a trade channel will be cut to the 
port of Prince Rupert that will permanently divert to that city this purely American 
business—an American product sold to the American people. 
American concerns have to this time held off installing freezers and cold-storage 
plants, hoping that Canadian governmental regulations would be counteracted by at 
least similar governmental regulations on our own part. 
PRESENT CONDITIONS. 
There are at Prince Rupert the following fresh-fish concerns: 
Canadian Fish & Cold Storage Co. (Ltd.), a Canadian corporation with freezers 
and cold storage; capacity, 14,000,000 pounds; authorized capitalization, $2,500,000; 
said to be subsidized by Canadian Government. 
The Atlin Fisheries (Ltd.), a Canadian corporation subsidiary to the New England 
Fish Co.; no freezers or cold sterage; have shipping house and ice boxes; approxi- 
mate value, $10,000. 
Goletas Fish Co. (Ltd.), a Canadian corporation; no freezers or cold storage; simply 
have local buying manager. 
Rorvik Fish Co. (Ltd.); no cold storage or freezers; have only buying and shipping 
facilities. 
The Booth Fisheries of Canada, a Canadian corporation, subsidiary to The Booth 
Fisheries Co. of America; no freezers or storage; have shipping house and ice boxes; 
approximate value, $10,000. 
National Independent Fisheries Co.; no cold storage or freezers; have shipping 
house and ice boxes; approximate value, $10,000; subsidiary to the National Inde- 
pendent Fisheries Co., of Seattle. . 
The Pacific Fishery Co. (Ltd.), a Canadian corporation; no freezers or cold storage; 
shipping house and ice boxes; approximate value, $10,000; subsidiary to San Juan 
Fishing & Packing Co., of Seattle. 
Prince Rupert Fisheries, a Canadian concern; no freezers or cold storage; have 
buying and shipping facilities only. 
(Note.—All of the above companies, except The Booth Fisheries, are dependent 
upon the Canadian Fish & Cold Storage Co. for ice. The Booth Fisheries have an 
ice house at Lake Kathlyn, some 200 miles east of Prince Rupert on the Grand Trunk 
Pacific Railway.) 
In southeastern Alaska there are the following fish-buying concerns: 
Juneau.—Juneau Cold Storage Co.; estimated capacity, 200,000 pounds. National 
Independent Fisheries Co., of Seattle; maintains fish buyer. 
Petersburg.—No cold storage. Glacier Fish Co., of Tacoma; maintains buyer. 
Ripley Fish Co., of Seattle; maintains buyer. 
Wrangell.—Columbia & Northern Fishing & Packing Co.; estimated cold-storage 
capacity, 300,000 pounds. Ripley Fish Co., of Seattle; maintains local buyer. 
Ketchikan.—Ketchikan Cold Storage Co.; capacity, 1,000,000 pounds. New Eng- 
land Fish Co.; cold-storage capacity, 4,000,000 pounds. San Juan Fishing & Packing 
Co., of Seattle; maintains local buyer. Washington Fish & Oyster Co., of Seattle; 
maintains local buyer. Ripley Fish Co., of Seattle; maintains local buyer. New 
England Fish Co., of Vancouver; maintains local buyer. 
