﻿582 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OP 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  largei' 
  than 
  in 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  three 
  preceding 
  years, 
  although 
  the 
  yield 
  of 
  

   steelheads 
  was 
  less. 
  

  

  Siimmarii 
  by 
  States 
  of 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  cases 
  of 
  salmon 
  canned 
  in 
  1892, 
  1893, 
  1894, 
  and 
  1895. 
  

  

  States. 
  

  

  1892— 
  Wasliington 
  

  

  Oregon 
  ,. 
  

  

  Calit'oruia 
  ... 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  1893_Wa8hington. 
  

  

  Oregon 
  

  

  Calit'oruia 
  ... 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  1894— 
  Wasliiugton. 
  

  

  Oregon 
  .. 
  

  

  California 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  1895— 
  Wa.shington 
  . 
  

  

  Oregon 
  

  

  California 
  ... 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  Chinook. 
  

  

  134, 
  253 
  

  

  237, 
  G84 
  

  

  14,334 
  

  

  Blue- 
  

   back. 
  

  

  19, 
  441 
  

   51, 
  106 
  

  

  380, 
  271 
  70, 
  547 
  

  

  Silver. 
  

  

  28, 
  708 
  

  

  60, 
  293 
  

  

  1,550 
  

  

  Steel- 
  

   iiead. 
  

  

  26, 
  945 
  

   45, 
  403 
  

  

  90,551 
  72,348 
  

  

  129, 
  078 
  

  

  176, 
  024 
  

  

  26, 
  436 
  

  

  331, 
  538 
  

  

  55, 
  237 
  

   23, 
  074 
  

  

  78,311 
  

  

  156, 
  549 
  

   216, 
  507 
  

   31,663 
  

  

  53, 
  717 
  

   25, 
  523 
  

  

  404,719 
  1 
  79,240 
  

  

  157, 
  187 
  

  

  316, 
  284 
  

  

  28, 
  635 
  

  

  70, 
  304 
  

   12,854 
  

  

  S3, 
  158 
  

  

  31, 
  707 
  

  

  62, 
  913 
  

  

  500 
  

  

  95, 
  120 
  

  

  32, 
  118 
  

  

  100,087 
  

  

  500 
  

  

  132, 
  705 
  

  

  25, 
  G63 
  

   39, 
  563 
  

  

  65, 
  226 
  

  

  23, 
  209 
  

   38, 
  829 
  

  

  62, 
  038 
  

  

  81, 
  957 
  

  

  138,981 
  

  

  400 
  

  

  18, 
  985 
  

   30, 
  693 
  

  

  221, 
  338 
  

  

  49, 
  678 
  

  

  Dog. 
  

  

  29, 
  411 
  

  

  Hump- 
  

   back. 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  238, 
  758 
  

  

  394, 
  486 
  

  

  15,884 
  

  

  29,411 
  

  

  23, 
  480 
  

   9,230 
  

  

  32, 
  710 
  

  

  33, 
  952 
  

   3,162 
  

  

  87,114 
  

  

  17, 
  530 
  

  

  17, 
  530 
  

  

  9,049 
  

  

  9,049 
  

  

  48, 
  686 
  

  

  27, 
  027 
  

  

  75, 
  713 
  

  

  23, 
  633 
  

  

  23, 
  633 
  

  

  649, 
  128 
  

  

  282, 
  (595 
  

  

  310,804 
  

  

  26, 
  936 
  

  

  620, 
  435 
  

  

  308, 
  594 
  

  

  384, 
  108 
  

  

  32, 
  103 
  

  

  400, 
  752 
  

  

  525, 
  839 
  

  

  29, 
  035 
  

  

  955, 
  626 
  

  

  Note.— 
  468,970 
  cases 
  of 
  salmon 
  were 
  packed 
  in 
  Alaska 
  in 
  1892 
  and 
  619,379 
  cases 
  in 
  1895, 
  making 
  the 
  

   total 
  pack 
  for 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  in 
  1892 
  1,118,098 
  cases, 
  and 
  in 
  1895 
  1,575,005 
  cases. 
  

  

  To 
  supply 
  the 
  annual 
  demand 
  for 
  00,000,000 
  to 
  80,000,000 
  tin 
  cans 
  in 
  

   which 
  to 
  pack 
  the 
  salmon 
  cauglit 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  on 
  

   the 
  Pacific 
  Coast 
  is 
  of 
  itself 
  a 
  large 
  business. 
  Many 
  packing 
  firms 
  

   make 
  a 
  part 
  or 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  cans 
  they 
  need. 
  This 
  is 
  more 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  

   of 
  keeping 
  desirable 
  men 
  employed 
  between 
  seasons 
  than 
  for 
  any 
  saving 
  

   in 
  expenses 
  for 
  cans. 
  The 
  bulk 
  of 
  the 
  cans 
  are 
  turned 
  out 
  from 
  factories 
  

   at 
  San 
  Francisco. 
  In 
  April, 
  1893, 
  the 
  Pacific 
  Can 
  Conii)any 
  of 
  San 
  

   Francisco, 
  by 
  opening 
  a 
  branch 
  factory 
  at 
  Astoria, 
  filled 
  a 
  long-felt 
  

   want 
  of 
  the 
  packers 
  in 
  Oregon 
  and 
  Washington. 
  For 
  ten 
  months 
  in 
  

   the 
  year 
  this 
  Astoria 
  branch 
  gives 
  employment 
  to 
  80 
  persons, 
  of 
  whom 
  

   25 
  are 
  females 
  and 
  55 
  males. 
  Chinese 
  are 
  not 
  employed 
  in 
  this 
  estab- 
  

   lishment. 
  The 
  weekly 
  pay 
  roll 
  averages 
  $750, 
  or 
  $30,000 
  a 
  year. 
  The 
  

   plant 
  represents 
  an 
  investment 
  of 
  $80,000. 
  

  

  Of 
  late, 
  each 
  year 
  finds 
  some 
  new 
  shape 
  or 
  size 
  of 
  can 
  used 
  in 
  salmon 
  

   packing, 
  there 
  being 
  16 
  varieties 
  of 
  cans 
  for 
  salmon 
  manufactured 
  by 
  

   this 
  company 
  in 
  1895. 
  The 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  cans 
  turned 
  out 
  in 
  1895 
  

   amounted 
  to 
  18,500,000, 
  of 
  which 
  2,000,000 
  had 
  the 
  key 
  attachment, 
  on 
  

   which 
  the 
  royalty 
  is 
  75 
  cents 
  i)er 
  1,000 
  cans. 
  A 
  large 
  quantity 
  of 
  the 
  

   various 
  cans 
  is 
  kept 
  on 
  hand, 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  canneries 
  of 
  the 
  Columbia 
  

   and 
  coast 
  rivers 
  and 
  those 
  of 
  Puget 
  Sound 
  are 
  supplied 
  as 
  needed. 
  

   The 
  tin 
  plate 
  used 
  amounted 
  to 
  45,000 
  boxes, 
  of 
  which 
  10,000 
  were 
  of 
  

   American 
  manufacture 
  and 
  35,000 
  were 
  imported. 
  The 
  average 
  price 
  

   of 
  plate 
  during 
  1895, 
  including 
  an 
  import 
  duty 
  of 
  $1.20 
  a 
  box, 
  was 
  $4.10 
  

   a 
  box, 
  averaging 
  100 
  pounds 
  with 
  112 
  sheets 
  each. 
  American-made 
  

   plate 
  is 
  50 
  cents 
  a 
  box 
  lower 
  at 
  Chicago 
  than 
  that 
  imported, 
  but 
  50 
  

   cents 
  higher 
  by 
  the 
  time 
  it 
  reaches 
  Astoria, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  difference 
  in 
  

   freight 
  — 
  by 
  sailing 
  vessel 
  from 
  Europe 
  of 
  $7 
  a 
  ton, 
  or 
  by 
  rail 
  from 
  the 
  

   East 
  of 
  $14 
  a 
  ton. 
  

  

  