FISHERIES OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES. 



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THE WHOLESALE FISHERY TRADE OF PHILADELPHIA AND CHESTER. 



There is a large wholesale trade in fresh, salted, and smoked fish, 

 oysters, sponges, and other fishery products in Philadelphia, while a 

 much smaller business is carried on in Chester. The following table 

 shows the persons emplo3^ed, wages paid, and capital invested in both 

 cities: 



Persons and capital intltc irholesale fishery trade of Philadelphia and Chester in 1901. 



THE SMOKING OF FISH IN PHILADELPHIA. 



The smoking of fish is quite an important industry in Philadelphia, 

 and a few of the establishments located there compare veiy favorably 

 with the best in the countiy. 



The following table shows the extent of this industry : 



Establishments . . 



Cash capital 



Wages paid 



Persons engaged. 



No. 



18 

 '156" 



Value. 



5148, 530 

 56,400 

 49, 176 



