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be choice, and there is no doubt that thousands are wasted be- 

 cause of undersize or non-marketable quahty. But to remedy 

 this defect some companies have permitted them, and the dififerent 

 kinds of fish taken with them, to appear under the same label as 

 the better article. Dealers have fortunately discovered this, and 

 the only thing for the canners to do to redeem their reputation is 

 to exclude all but the finer quality, as they did heretofore. Per- 

 haps there has been some excuse for this in the falling-off of the 

 Columbia River salmon, whose excellent qualities have created 

 an enormous demand, and in filling standing orders the workmen 

 may have in haste made mistakes in tlie canning. Or, more prob- 

 ably, inferior qualities have been carelessly handled among the 

 better and received the sign manual that had belonged previously 

 to none but the superior article. Possibly disaster has befallen 

 some firms through this unprofessional handling. But the 

 streams are still so well stocked with the fine grades of salmon 

 that no one need suft'er long who has the energy and the capital 

 to start in anew, with thoroughly reliable stock. 



The "Royal Chinook," whose magnificent proportions have 

 often tipped the scales at eighty-five pounds, whose beautiful 

 deep-pink flesh has charmed the epicure, is still abundant in the 

 North-West, though a little caution in the catches will be neces- 

 sary to keep up the supply. But he has a rival, so small as to 

 seem at first hardly worth fearing; its name alone being anything 

 but attractive. Yet, the little six to ten-pound "sock-eye" has cer- 

 tainly swam to the front. Its beautiful red, firm and richly-flav- 

 ored flesh, and its preserving qualities, have nearly overshadowed 

 its royal brother, as well as the Alaska salmon of the greater 

 rivers. But here come announcements of new companies who 

 will pack nothing but "sock-eye." Puget Sound fisheries, wherein 

 the fish are caught on their way to hVaser River, are preparing 

 to take greater numbers than they did before, for the reason that 

 the exports call for th^ rare, new commodity. ]\Iore canneries 

 are to be erected at Astoria for Columbia River salmon, at I'air- 

 haven for the Puget Sound fish. In Washington, new traps are 

 to be put in place for the expected rush of the salmon. Companies 

 are forming and locating for salmon fishing. Cold storage plants 

 are being erected for the salmon catclies in dififerent parts of 

 Alaska, Washington, Oregon and British Columbia. A Dane has 

 patented an arrangement by which fish can be carried great dis- 

 tances while still alive, and the device is to be used in carrying 

 salmon as far east as the fish will keep. The result of all this 

 must be distinctly foreseen by any thinking person. One day, 



