It is needless to say that the catching and canning of 

 the sahnon is a very large and profitable industry. The 

 number of people dependent upon his "iridescent high- 

 ness," the lordly salmon, for a living and the number 

 too, in all civilized portions of the globe, who find eco- 

 nomical and delicious nourishment in his red and juic}' 

 steaks, would be beyond the ken of man to tell. Yet it 

 is safe to say that no one product of our Western Hemis- 

 phere serves to advertise and popularize the country more 

 than the canned salmon. Millions of tins are annually 

 shipped East or exported to Europe and sold at such 

 prices that ' ' canned salmon ' ' is now rightly considered 

 the handiest, the cheapest, and the most nutritious 

 cooked food of the centurv. 



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