﻿THE 
  HERRING 
  INDUSTRY 
  OF 
  THE 
  PASSAMAQUODDY 
  REGION. 
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  The 
  names 
  and 
  location 
  of 
  the 
  firms 
  engaged 
  in 
  the 
  canning 
  industry 
  

   in 
  this 
  region 
  in 
  1895 
  are 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Persons 
  and 
  ivages. 
  — 
  A 
  majority 
  of 
  the 
  employees 
  are 
  residents 
  of 
  the 
  

   towns 
  and 
  villages 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  canneries 
  are 
  located. 
  There 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  

   considerable 
  number 
  who 
  come 
  in 
  from 
  the 
  country 
  and 
  the 
  Canadian 
  

   islands 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Eastport 
  and 
  Lubec 
  to 
  work 
  in 
  the 
  canneries 
  

   during 
  the 
  summer 
  and 
  return 
  home 
  again 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  season. 
  

   Each 
  cannery 
  employs 
  from 
  50 
  to 
  upwards 
  of 
  250 
  persons, 
  or 
  an 
  average 
  

   of 
  about 
  123. 
  Those 
  at 
  Eastport 
  are 
  generally 
  larger 
  than 
  at 
  the 
  other 
  

   localities, 
  and 
  employ 
  more 
  help. 
  The 
  greater 
  number 
  of 
  them 
  have 
  

   from 
  140 
  to 
  180 
  operatives. 
  The 
  em[>loyees 
  in 
  all 
  instances 
  comprise 
  

   both 
  men 
  and 
  women, 
  and 
  a 
  large 
  percentage 
  of 
  boys 
  and 
  girls. 
  The 
  

   work 
  is 
  usually 
  done 
  by 
  the 
  piece, 
  but 
  clerks, 
  foremen, 
  and 
  general 
  

   laborers 
  are 
  paid 
  by 
  the 
  day 
  or 
  week. 
  

  

  The 
  boatmen 
  who 
  collect 
  the 
  herring 
  at 
  the 
  weirs 
  and 
  transport 
  them 
  

   to 
  the 
  canneries 
  are 
  generally 
  paid 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  $1 
  per 
  hogshead. 
  

   Some 
  of 
  them 
  receive 
  a 
  salary 
  of 
  $30 
  to 
  $45 
  per 
  month, 
  and 
  an 
  addi- 
  

   tional 
  50 
  cents 
  per 
  hogshead. 
  

  

  The 
  rates 
  paid 
  for 
  i:»iecework 
  to 
  other 
  classes 
  of 
  help 
  in 
  1895 
  were 
  

   approximately 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  Tin 
  cutters, 
  25 
  cents 
  per 
  each 
  box 
  of 
  tin 
  of 
  

   112 
  sheets, 
  whether 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  or 
  small 
  size; 
  rimmers 
  and 
  benders, 
  

   1^ 
  cents 
  per 
  10 
  cases, 
  or 
  if, 
  as 
  in 
  some 
  instances, 
  two 
  boys 
  are 
  employed, 
  

   $1 
  per 
  day 
  each; 
  seamers, 
  6 
  cents 
  per 
  100 
  quarter 
  and 
  8 
  cents 
  per 
  100 
  

   three-quarter 
  cans; 
  can-makers, 
  12 
  cents 
  per 
  100 
  quarter 
  and 
  15 
  cents 
  

   per 
  100 
  three-quarter 
  cans; 
  sealers, 
  30 
  cents 
  per 
  100 
  quarter 
  and 
  do 
  

   cents 
  per 
  100 
  three-quarter 
  cans; 
  fish-cutters, 
  5 
  cents 
  per 
  box, 
  equal 
  to 
  

   about 
  $1 
  for 
  each 
  hogshead 
  of 
  fish; 
  flakers, 
  one-half 
  cent 
  per 
  flake; 
  

   l)ackers, 
  10 
  to 
  12 
  cents 
  per 
  case 
  of 
  100 
  quarter 
  and 
  10 
  cents 
  per 
  case 
  of 
  

   50 
  three-quarter 
  cans; 
  leak-menders, 
  50 
  cents 
  per 
  100 
  quarter 
  and 
  G5 
  

   cents 
  per 
  100 
  three-quarter 
  cans; 
  and 
  case-makers, 
  1 
  cent 
  per 
  case. 
  

   Foremen 
  receive 
  from 
  $2 
  to 
  $3 
  and 
  engineers 
  $2 
  per 
  day; 
  general 
  

   laborers 
  from 
  $1.25 
  to 
  $1.50 
  and 
  $2 
  ])er 
  day. 
  In 
  most 
  instances 
  the 
  

   rates 
  paid 
  for 
  piecework 
  are 
  sufficiently 
  high 
  to 
  enable 
  the 
  operatives 
  

  

  