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  WTiites, 
  20 
  cents; 
  reds, 
  20 
  to 
  40 
  pounds, 
  $1; 
  and 
  reds 
  over 
  40 
  pounds, 
  $1.25. 
  Thus 
  one 
  

   company 
  was 
  buying 
  a 
  limited 
  number 
  of 
  red-meated 
  fish 
  vuider 
  20 
  pounds 
  and 
  the 
  

   other 
  none 
  at 
  all. 
  With 
  the 
  20-pound 
  limit 
  in 
  force 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  an 
  infrequent 
  sight 
  to 
  

   see 
  reds 
  weighing 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  19f 
  pounds 
  thrown 
  overboard 
  for 
  no 
  other 
  reason 
  than 
  

   that 
  they 
  lacked 
  4 
  ounces 
  of 
  weighing 
  20 
  pounds. 
  It 
  is 
  well 
  known 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  

   four 
  years 
  the 
  average 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  king 
  salmon 
  caught 
  has 
  constantly 
  decreased. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  early 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  season 
  of 
  1914 
  two 
  stations 
  purchased 
  all 
  fish 
  offered 
  to 
  them 
  

   by 
  the 
  fishermen, 
  mild 
  curing 
  the 
  red-meated 
  ones 
  of 
  20 
  pounds 
  or 
  over 
  and 
  disposing 
  

   of 
  the 
  remaining 
  small 
  rods 
  and 
  whites 
  to 
  canneries. 
  Later 
  in 
  the 
  season 
  after 
  warn- 
  

   ing 
  had 
  been 
  given 
  that 
  prosecutions 
  would 
  be 
  commenced 
  against 
  those 
  wasting 
  fish, 
  

   other 
  stations 
  began 
  to 
  take 
  the 
  small 
  red-meated 
  and 
  the 
  white-meated 
  kings, 
  dis- 
  

   posing 
  of 
  them 
  to 
  canneries, 
  in 
  order 
  that 
  the 
  fishermen 
  might 
  not 
  be 
  forced 
  to 
  cease 
  

   operations. 
  

  

  The 
  stations 
  purchasing 
  only 
  fish 
  already 
  mild 
  ciu*ed 
  by 
  the 
  smaller 
  individual 
  

   operators 
  and 
  fishermen 
  did 
  not 
  help 
  matters 
  in 
  respect 
  to 
  waste, 
  for 
  the 
  small 
  mild 
  

   curer 
  prepared 
  all 
  his 
  fish 
  and 
  offered 
  them 
  to 
  the 
  buyers, 
  who 
  would 
  accept 
  only 
  the 
  

   red 
  sides 
  weighing 
  6 
  pounds 
  or 
  over, 
  thus 
  leaving 
  the 
  remainder 
  on 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  the 
  

   men 
  preparing 
  them, 
  who, 
  having 
  no 
  market, 
  were 
  forced 
  to 
  dump 
  them 
  overboard. 
  It 
  

   sometimes 
  happened 
  that 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  50 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  mild-cured 
  fish 
  prepared 
  by 
  a 
  

   fisherman 
  were 
  thus 
  wasted. 
  There 
  is 
  much 
  dissatisfaction 
  among 
  the 
  fishermen 
  and 
  

   small 
  operators 
  with 
  the 
  treatment 
  received 
  at 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  the 
  buyers, 
  as 
  under 
  present 
  

   conditions 
  much 
  labor 
  is 
  involved 
  for 
  small 
  compensation. 
  

  

  Another 
  form 
  of 
  waste, 
  but 
  of 
  less 
  seriousness 
  than 
  that 
  just 
  described, 
  results 
  from 
  

   the 
  ignorance, 
  carelessness, 
  and 
  inadequate 
  equipment 
  of 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  small 
  operators. 
  

   This 
  was 
  especially 
  true 
  in 
  1913, 
  when 
  the 
  market 
  was 
  burdened 
  with 
  large 
  quantities 
  

   of 
  poorly 
  prepared 
  fish 
  as 
  a 
  result 
  of 
  the 
  idea 
  that 
  anyone 
  who 
  could 
  catch 
  fish 
  and 
  

   put 
  them 
  in 
  tierces 
  was 
  qualified 
  to 
  turn 
  out 
  a 
  good 
  product. 
  This 
  condition 
  was 
  some- 
  

   what 
  better 
  this 
  season 
  than 
  in 
  1913, 
  as 
  there 
  appeared 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  smaller 
  quantity 
  of 
  infe- 
  

   rior 
  fish 
  offered 
  by 
  the 
  fishermen 
  to 
  the 
  buyers 
  than 
  formerly. 
  The 
  lack 
  of 
  cold-storage 
  

   facilities 
  is 
  frequently 
  a 
  serious 
  handicap 
  to 
  the 
  small 
  operator 
  who 
  puts 
  up 
  mild- 
  

   cured 
  salmon. 
  

  

  Promptly 
  upon 
  the 
  commencement 
  of 
  the 
  European 
  war 
  all 
  mild-cure 
  operations 
  

   ceased, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  industry 
  was 
  financed 
  chiefly 
  by 
  European 
  capital 
  

   and 
  was 
  dependent 
  almost 
  entirely 
  upon 
  Germany 
  for 
  a 
  market. 
  At 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  

   year 
  practically 
  all 
  mild-ciu-ed 
  salmon 
  prepared 
  this 
  season 
  remain 
  unsold 
  and 
  with 
  

   no 
  immediate 
  prospect 
  of 
  early 
  disposition. 
  This 
  interruption 
  of 
  the 
  foreign 
  market 
  

   should 
  be 
  taken 
  advantage 
  of 
  to 
  stimulate 
  an 
  American 
  trade 
  in 
  this 
  excellent 
  food 
  

   product. 
  

  

  The 
  waste 
  of 
  Idng 
  salmon 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  foregoing 
  is 
  a 
  serious 
  

   matter, 
  the 
  remedy 
  for 
  which 
  lies 
  in 
  prosecutions 
  of 
  all 
  persons 
  who 
  

   indulge 
  in 
  the 
  practice. 
  The 
  burden 
  of 
  this 
  seems 
  to 
  fall 
  upon 
  the 
  

   fishermen, 
  since 
  the 
  buyers 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  forced 
  to 
  purchase 
  fish 
  they 
  do 
  

   not 
  want, 
  but 
  as 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  fact, 
  if 
  the 
  fishermen 
  are 
  prosecuted 
  the 
  

   result 
  is 
  to 
  practically 
  stop 
  trolling 
  operations, 
  and 
  the 
  chief 
  burden 
  

   thus 
  rests 
  upon 
  the 
  buyers, 
  who 
  are 
  dependent 
  upon 
  the 
  fishermen 
  

   for 
  their 
  supply 
  of 
  fish. 
  Notice 
  was 
  served 
  upon 
  the 
  buyers 
  last 
  

   season 
  of 
  this 
  intended 
  course, 
  and 
  it 
  forced 
  them 
  to 
  make 
  an 
  effort 
  to 
  

   dispose 
  of 
  the 
  small 
  red-meated 
  kings 
  and 
  whites 
  to 
  canneries. 
  A 
  

   number 
  of 
  them 
  succeeded 
  in 
  doing 
  this. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  fishermen 
  saw 
  

   the 
  justice 
  of 
  the 
  stand 
  taken. 
  They 
  had 
  scarcely 
  made 
  expenses 
  

   when 
  able 
  to 
  sell 
  only 
  their 
  catch 
  of 
  large 
  red-meated 
  fish, 
  and 
  were 
  

  

  