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  ALASKA 
  FISHEEIES 
  AND 
  FUR 
  INDUSTRIES 
  IN 
  1914. 
  

  

  Percentage 
  of 
  Total 
  Catch 
  or 
  Salmon 
  by 
  Three 
  Principal 
  Forms 
  of 
  Gear. 
  

  

  Statistics. 
  

  

  The 
  number 
  of 
  canneries 
  in 
  operation 
  in 
  Alaska 
  in 
  1914 
  was 
  81, 
  as 
  

   compared 
  with 
  79 
  for 
  1913. 
  The 
  totaV 
  investment 
  dechned 
  from 
  

   $31,341,670 
  in 
  1913 
  to 
  $30,830,435 
  for 
  1914. 
  The 
  decrease 
  was 
  

   chiefly 
  in 
  southeast 
  and 
  central 
  Alaska. 
  

  

  The 
  number 
  of 
  persons 
  employed 
  in 
  canning 
  operations 
  in 
  1913 
  

   was 
  16,513 
  and 
  in 
  1914 
  the 
  number 
  was 
  16,307, 
  a 
  decrease 
  of 
  206 
  

   persons, 
  which 
  occurred 
  in 
  central 
  and 
  western 
  Alaska. 
  Southeast 
  

   Alaska 
  shows 
  a 
  gain 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  1913, 
  mcluding 
  an 
  increase 
  in 
  

   the 
  number 
  of 
  Indians 
  employed. 
  Of 
  the 
  Oriental 
  element, 
  there 
  

   was 
  a 
  slight 
  increase 
  in 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  Chinese, 
  but 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  

   Japanese 
  employed 
  was 
  nearly 
  25 
  per 
  cent 
  less 
  than 
  in 
  1913. 
  

  

  In 
  1913 
  the 
  pack 
  of 
  canned 
  salmon 
  was 
  3,739,185 
  cases, 
  valued 
  

   at 
  $13,531,604, 
  while 
  in 
  1914 
  it 
  was 
  4,056,653 
  cases, 
  valued 
  at 
  

   $18,920,589, 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  317,468 
  cases 
  and 
  $5,388,985 
  in 
  value. 
  

   By 
  sections, 
  the 
  case 
  pack 
  comparison 
  is 
  as 
  follows: 
  Southeast 
  Alaska 
  

   declined 
  from 
  1,782,898 
  to 
  1,776,075 
  cases, 
  a 
  difference 
  of 
  6,823 
  cases; 
  

   central 
  Alaska 
  advanced 
  from 
  447,249 
  to 
  658,791 
  cases, 
  an 
  increase 
  

   of 
  211,542 
  cases; 
  while 
  in 
  western 
  Alaska 
  there 
  was 
  an 
  advance 
  from 
  

   1,509,038 
  to 
  1,621,787 
  cases, 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  112,749 
  cases 
  over 
  the 
  

   1913 
  pack 
  in 
  that 
  region. 
  Comparisons 
  by 
  species 
  show 
  the 
  following: 
  

   The 
  pack 
  of 
  cohos 
  mcreased 
  from 
  75,779 
  to 
  157,063 
  cases, 
  a 
  gain 
  of 
  

   81,284 
  cases; 
  chums 
  went 
  up 
  from 
  290,918 
  to 
  663,859 
  cases, 
  an 
  ad- 
  

   vance 
  of 
  372,941 
  cases; 
  kings 
  made 
  a 
  jump 
  from 
  34,370 
  to 
  48,039 
  

   cases, 
  a 
  difference 
  of 
  13,669 
  cases; 
  while 
  the 
  most 
  noteworthy 
  ad- 
  

   vance 
  was 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  red 
  pack, 
  which 
  surpassed 
  all 
  records 
  for 
  

   this 
  species 
  in 
  Alaska 
  with 
  a 
  production 
  of 
  2,201,643 
  cases 
  as 
  against 
  

   1 
  965,237 
  for 
  1913, 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  236,406 
  cases. 
  Pinks 
  declined 
  from 
  

   1,372,881 
  in 
  1913 
  to 
  986,049 
  cases 
  in 
  1914, 
  or 
  a 
  decrease 
  of 
  386,832 
  

   cases. 
  The 
  net 
  increase 
  for 
  all 
  species 
  in 
  1914 
  was 
  317,468 
  cases. 
  

  

  The 
  pack 
  of 
  salmon 
  in 
  1914 
  is 
  the 
  largest 
  ever 
  recorded 
  for 
  Alaska, 
  

   exceeding 
  the 
  high 
  record 
  of 
  1912 
  by 
  2,012 
  cases, 
  while 
  the 
  total 
  value 
  

   this 
  year, 
  by 
  reason 
  of 
  better 
  prices, 
  exceeds 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  1912 
  

   pack 
  by 
  $2,628,662. 
  

  

  