PACIFIC FISHERMAN 



The extent and variety of the purchases which 

 the salmon canners make annually and the num- 

 ber of business institutions which they patronize 

 in the course of their years operations is illus- 

 trated by the following list, taken from the pur- 

 chasing blanks of an Alaska salmon canning com- 

 pany and showing some of the supplies the com- 

 pany buys each spring. 



Properties: — Boats, (power and sail), launches, 

 lighters. Pile drivers, scows, etc.. Can making 

 machines. Crimping and topping machines, filling 

 machines, fish cutter machines, iron Chink ma- 

 chines, labeling machines, solder machines, 

 solder wiping machines, boilers and engines 

 (main and auxiliary), lighting and electric ap- 

 paratus. 

 Raw Materials — Muratic acid, copper scrap, solder- 

 ing copper, pig lead, salmon cans, tops, chips, 

 etc., pig tin, tin plate, tin strip, zinc bar, scrap 

 tin. 

 Box Material — Cement coated wire box nails, box 



shooks. 

 Finishing of Packing Material — Benzine, naphtha, 

 distillate, gasoline and coal oil, display cards, 

 labels, lacquer, cannery salt, caustic soda. 

 Fuel Material — Coal, wood. 



Machinery Parts and Repairs — Boats (power and 

 sail), launches, lighters, pile drivers, scows, etc., 

 parts and repairs, can making machines, parts 

 and repairs, crimping and topping machines, 

 parts an drepairs. Filling machines, parts and 

 repairs, fish cutter machines, parts and repairs, 

 iron Chink machines, parts and repairs, labeling 

 machines, parts and repairs, solder machines, 

 parts and repairs, solder wiping machines, parts 

 and repairs, boilers and engines (main and aux- 

 iliary), parts and repairs, lighting and electric 

 power aparatus, parts and repairs, rougn cast- 

 ings and forgings, miscellaneous machinery, 

 parts and repairs. 

 Hand Tools and Implements — Bits, braces, breast 

 drills, caulking mallets, chisels, clamps, cooper's 

 tools, cutters, drills, files, hammers, handles, 



hatchets, hoes, jacks, lath tools, mallets, mat- 

 tocks, peavies, pipe cutters, planes, pliers, 

 punches, saws, saw sets, screw drivers, shears, 

 shovels, taps, stocks and dies, tongs, wedges, 

 wrenches, etc., etc. 



Electrical Supplies — Electrical wire and cable, in- 

 sulated, miscellaneous, other than lighting and 

 electric power apparatus, other than lighting 

 and electric power apparatus, parts and repairs. 



Cannery Supplies — Bare wire, nails and spikes, 

 blocks, pulleys, etc., bolts, nuts, rivets, spring 

 cotters, screws and washers, brooms and brushes 

 (corn, bristle and metallic), carboys, asbestos 

 and magnesia pipe covering, slabs, sheets and 

 asbestos cement, plaster paris, drums, lime, 

 cement, brick (building and fire), plaster, clay, 

 building paper, etc., leather and belting, lacing, 

 hose, flexible tubing (rubber or metal), hose 

 fittings, etc., all metals, sheets, plates and 

 shapes, bars, rods, billets, shafting, etc., oils, 

 lubricating, greases and lubricants, paints, paint 

 oils, turpentine, varnishes, rosin, etc., all pipe 

 and tubing, pipe fittings, valves, flanges, etc., 

 powder, dynamite, caps, etc., other than sporting 

 powder, etc., packing, gaskets, rubber, etc., 

 stoves, ranges, bake ovens, stove pipe, etc., 

 lamps, lanterns, chimneys, wicks, etc., mis- 

 cellaneous cannery supplies. 



Lumber — Doors and sash, hardwood lumber, 

 shingles, lumber and timber, piling. 



Web — Cotton netting (cotton web), linen gill net- 

 ting, cotton rope, linen thread. 



Rope — Manila, wire. 



Twine — Twine. 



Sundry Fishing Gear — Anchors, anchor chains, and 

 other ground tackle, all other chains, oars, oar 

 locks, pike poles, etc., pumps of every character, 

 sails, tarpaulins, tents, etc., other than canvas 

 and duck articles, pitch, tar, oakum, caulking cot- 

 ton, etc., miscellaneous. 



Stores — Beans, dried fruits and vegetables, maca- 

 roni, vermicelli, barley, sago, tapioca, etc., beers, 

 brandy, gin, rum, wine, whisky, etc., canned 



fruits and vegetables, canned meats, soups, and 

 fish, smoked and pickled meats, fresh meats, 

 chow chow, catsup, horse radish, mustard (pre- 

 pared), pickled onions, pickles, saner kraut, 

 vinegar, Worcestershire sause, etc., coffee, tea, 

 chocolate, baking powder, extracts, spices, etc., 

 flour, white, whole wheat, graham, rye and 

 corn meal, jellies, jams, preserves, syrup, mar- 

 malade, honey, molasses, etc., milk, butter, eggs, 

 cheese, lard, etc., sugar, groceries, miscellaneous 

 sales. 



Vegetables, Live Stock and Feed — Fresh fruits and 

 vegetables, live stock and poultry, feed, live 

 stock and poultry, miscellaneous. 



Drugs — Drugs and surgeons' necessaries. 



Stationery — Desks, chairs and other office furni- 

 ture, library books, charts, professional publi- 

 cations, music, blue prints, newspapers, etc., 

 typewriters, computing machines, safes, letter 

 presses, filing devices, etc., books of account, 

 printed forms, etc. 



Trade — Boots, shoes, etc., rubbers, rubber boots, 

 oil and rubber clothing, etc., hats, caps, gloves, 

 etc. .men's furnishings, collars, cuffs, handker- 

 chiefs, etc., ladies' apparel, dressgoods, skirts, 

 waists, aprons, outside wraps, etc., men's clo- 

 thing, suits, overcoats, etc., overalls, jumpers, 

 etc., underwear, night shirts, night dresses, pa- 

 jamas, over shirts, etc., blankets, quilts, etc., 

 sheets, pillow slips, spreads, towels, napkins, 

 table covers, etc., pillows, matresses, cushions, 

 curtains, tufting, etc., furniture, beds, springs, 

 carpets, rugs, etc., ammunition, rifles, shot guns, 

 revolvers, re-loading tools, etc., canvas and duck 

 articles, cots, gloves, etc., other than sails, 

 tents, tarpaulins, etc., flags and bunting, candy, 

 chewing gum, etc., musical instruments, phono- 

 graph records, etc., cigars, tobacco, snuff, pipes, 

 etc., miscellaneous. 



Mess House Gear, New — China crockery, glass- 

 ware, silver and metal tablewear, etc., cookers, 

 boilers, kettles, dough mixers, pots, pans, 

 knives, ladles, etc. 



SOME OF THE SUPPLIES REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE 1911 SALMON PACK. 



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THE YEAR 1911 AND PACIFIC COAST 

 FISHERIES. 



THE keynote of the year 1911 as concerns the 

 commercial fisheries of the Pacific Coast was 

 —Prosperity. Not a fleeting sort of uplift that 

 is here today and gone tomorrow, but the product 

 of years of healthy and natural development. 

 Slowly and surely the fisheries of this coast are 

 becoming established upon a more substantial and 

 enduring basis. The era of promotion, specula- 

 tion, insincere exploitation and experimentation is 

 passing, and supplanting it we have a stage of 

 brisk but steady and permanent expansion. The 

 fishing industry has here undergone a transforma- 

 tion. The men who once pursued the industry 

 in a spirit of chance have gone, and the business 

 has passed into the hands of a generation of level 

 headed business men, who are conducting it upon 

 sound business i)rincip]es. Scarcely a branch of 

 the industry but showed a quickening and growth 

 in 1911. It is doubtful whether at any stage of 

 their development the fisheries of the coast have 

 been in as prosperous a condition as at present. 

 It is true that there is some dissatisfaction in cer- 



tain lines. Older branches of the industry which 

 flourished upder conditions far different from those 

 now existing are suffering natural declines, while 

 a few of the younger and less permanently estab- 

 lished branches are handicapped by local or pass- 

 ing circumstances. As a whole, however, the in- 

 dustry shows a pleasing growth, and unsatisfac- 

 tory conditions are being eliminated as rapidly as 

 is possible. 



In the most important branch of the business in 

 value of its products, the salmon canning indus- 

 try, the year has been one of good fortune. The 

 pack yas the largest in the history of the indus- 

 try, and through a forutnate combination of cir- 

 cumstances packers were able to market their 

 Ijacks, even in the cheaper grades, at an excellent 

 profit. It is apparent, however, that further rapid 

 development in this line is unwise and that 

 it should be interrupted by a cessation in or- 

 der to give time for an adjustment of the busi- 

 ness workings of the industry under the new con- 

 ditions. Overexpansion should be discouraged, for 

 without this temporary period of adjustment the 

 whole industry would be weakened. 



Further expansion of the canning industry in 



the fisheries of the coast should be along other 

 lines. The year 1911 witnessed a large pack of 

 canned shad on the Columbia river, and prepara- 

 tions are being made for an increase in 1912. 

 The canned crab, sardine and clam industries are 

 flourishing, and there are other branches of the 

 fisheries which could be well developed through 

 the introduction of the canning process. 



The heavy demand for salmon to complete the 

 canned pack made inroads on the stock usually 

 available for the mild curers and salters. This, 

 however, resulted in better prices being paid for 

 salmon prepared in that manner, and the mild 

 curers and salters enjoyed an excellent season. 



Refrigeration is gaining rapid progress in the 

 fisheries and increased in favor during 1911. In 

 spite of the heavy drain on the salmon supply 

 caused by the canning demand, there was an in- 

 crease in the frozen salmon pack. Frozen salmon 

 met with increased favor and was favoi-ably in- 

 troduced into Atlantic Coast, English and Ger- 

 man markets. Great quantities of halibut were 

 also frozen to meet the popular demand. New 

 feezing iilants wene into operation, and still others 

 are projected for 1912. 



