180 PACIFIC SALMON FISHERIES, 
and sold for the same price. This grade has not had the wide fluc- 
tuations of the others, due mainly to the generally small pack made 
annually. 
Pink salmon has been the football of the salmon market ever since 
the pack became of sufficient size to become a feature in it. The 
size of the pack has been steadily increasing, as the fish became 
better known, and while the price obtained has been excellent in 
certain years (in 1911 it sold at $1 per dozen, the highest point 
reached), usually the price has been low. In 1897 it was quoted at 
65 cents. In 1915 the opening price was 75 cents, but as a matter 
of fact a large part of the pack really sold for 65 cents. The lowest 
point it reached was in 1903, when it was quoted at 50 cents a dozen. 
It is only of recent years that chum salmon has become a factor in 
the market. Although sold for some time before then, chum salmon 
appears first in the regular opening prices in 1908, when they were 
quoted at 70 cents a dozen. In 1913 it was quoted at 55 cents, 
while the opening price in 1915 was 70 cents on Puget Sound and 65 
cents at San Francisco. 
The pack of Alaska and Puget Sound kings, or springs, has always 
been small, and while they have always been quoted at $1 per dozen 
or better (in 1911 they were quoted at $1.80) they have always been 
slow sellers. It is extremely improbable that the canned pack will 
increase much in the future, as this fish is the best for mild curing, 
and as the mild curers are able to offer better prices for the raw fish 
than the canneries, they will always get the fish when desired. 
OPENING Prices PER DozEN CANS SINCE 1890. 
1890 TO 1902. 
Years and species. Talls. Years and species. Talls. Years and species. Talls. 
1890, 1895. Z 1899. 
Columbia River chinook. .|$1.40 || Columbia River chinook. .|$1.324 || Columbia River chinook . .|$1.25 
WWiaska rede cic «ate case 7 20's || Alaskatred=: 2 cae. c- stan 1159S || Alaska 6dr. sears eee 1.10 
Alaska pink...........--- 76 |p Alaska pink: toe scos fase -80 || Puget Sound sockeye..... 1.10 
Alaska pink. 9< So. seecenee 674 
1891. 1896. 
1900. 
Columbia River chinook..| 1.35 || Columbia River chinook... 1.25 y . 
asks Teds 5-4 emeleamex'e = 1,20 pia laskared escapee ieee 1.10 || Columbia River chinook. .| 1.60 
Alaskaypinicel> . Secee's es =< +45\y)|| Alaska: pink. 22% 2see ae -75 RTOG 2 14424 tress 1.25 
Puget Sound sockeye... .. 1.10 
1892. 1897. Alaska pink... - 550. esispp Pa) 
Columbia River chinook ..| 1.35 || Columbia River chinook..} 1.05 1901, 
Alaska red......-.-...---- 1.15 || Alaska red-.-------------- 95 wags : 
Alaskaypimkt 472 .se0sn- rif (3) Puget Sound sockeye. --.- .80 || Columbia River chinook. .! 1.50 
Al gskay pine. cei einins eel <60._|| Alaska red. = one 1.25 
1893. Puget Sound sockeye..... ~95 
1898. Alaska pink: 2-2 e-eeemee yf) 
Columbia River chinook -.| 1.324 ; ; 
rere 1 ER Ne 1.173 Colette Hives chinook. . 
Skea pink: Jojo. aaewet see 65 aska Teds. ciessec > 43» : y 
2 Puget Sound sockeye....-. .80 || Columbia River chinook. .| 1.35 
1894. laska pink........-..... 65 , |||) Alaska red. -22-s5..- cag 1.00 
Puget Sound sockeye. -.-- 1.00 
Cote ibis eiver chinook... 1.35 Adaska pink | S-<)-kgeseceey 65 
