﻿FISHERY 
  INDUSTRIES, 
  95 
  

  

  import 
  help 
  to 
  take 
  care 
  of 
  the 
  sahnon 
  harvest, 
  and 
  since 
  there 
  are 
  but 
  

   relatively 
  few 
  Chinese 
  now 
  available, 
  the 
  natural 
  result 
  is 
  the 
  hetero- 
  

   genous 
  Oriental 
  element 
  above 
  named. 
  In 
  consequence 
  of 
  this, 
  

   constant 
  vigUance 
  must 
  be 
  exercised 
  by 
  the 
  cannery 
  operators 
  to 
  

   keep 
  things 
  going 
  properly. 
  But 
  even 
  the 
  exercise 
  of 
  every 
  precau- 
  

   tion 
  is 
  not 
  sufficient, 
  for 
  occasionally 
  there 
  are 
  labor 
  troubles 
  that 
  

   mean 
  heavy 
  loss 
  to 
  the 
  salmon 
  packer. 
  

  

  It 
  therefore 
  becomes 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  no 
  little 
  interest 
  to 
  note 
  the 
  

   manner 
  whereby 
  the 
  management 
  of 
  the 
  Taku 
  Canning 
  & 
  Cold 
  

   Storage 
  Co. 
  in 
  southeast 
  Alaska 
  bettered 
  the 
  situation 
  this 
  season 
  

   in 
  such 
  successful 
  fashion 
  that 
  an 
  expansion 
  of 
  the 
  idea 
  may 
  do 
  

   much 
  toward 
  solving 
  a 
  most 
  vexatious 
  problem. 
  

  

  Rather 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  season, 
  18 
  Japanese 
  who 
  had 
  contracted 
  

   to 
  work 
  at 
  the 
  Taku 
  cannery 
  throughout 
  the 
  season 
  ignored 
  their 
  

   agreement, 
  and 
  left 
  under 
  the 
  pretext 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  afraid 
  the 
  

   organization 
  was 
  not 
  sufficiently 
  solvent 
  to 
  pay 
  them 
  off 
  should 
  they 
  

   remain. 
  That 
  this 
  was 
  merely 
  a 
  subterfuge 
  is 
  evidenced 
  by 
  the 
  fact 
  

   that 
  a 
  properly 
  secured 
  bond 
  was 
  no 
  inducement 
  for 
  them 
  to 
  continue 
  

   work. 
  Badly 
  in 
  need 
  of 
  help 
  to 
  recruit 
  his 
  much-crippled 
  force, 
  and 
  

   with 
  no 
  adequate 
  local 
  labor 
  resources, 
  Manager 
  J. 
  L. 
  Carlson 
  decided 
  

   to 
  inaugurate 
  the 
  plan 
  of 
  importing 
  white 
  girls 
  experienced 
  in 
  can- 
  

   nery 
  work 
  in 
  the 
  States. 
  Accordingly 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  later 
  10 
  girls 
  

   arrived 
  from 
  Astoria, 
  Oreg., 
  and 
  were 
  employed 
  throughout 
  the 
  sea- 
  

   son. 
  They 
  were 
  more 
  rapid 
  and 
  efficient 
  workei-s 
  than 
  the 
  Oriental 
  

   and 
  Indian 
  labor 
  previously 
  engaged, 
  and 
  were 
  fuUy 
  competent 
  to 
  

   perform 
  the 
  various 
  duties 
  about 
  the 
  lines 
  of 
  machinery, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  

   lacquering 
  and 
  labeling, 
  also 
  hand 
  filling 
  the 
  flat 
  cans. 
  Particularly 
  

   in 
  the 
  latter 
  were 
  they 
  preferable 
  to 
  the 
  native 
  Indian 
  women, 
  both 
  

   by 
  reason 
  of 
  their 
  efficiency 
  and 
  neatness. 
  Separate 
  quarters 
  and 
  

   mess 
  arrangements 
  were 
  provided. 
  The 
  success 
  of 
  the 
  undertaking 
  

   was 
  so 
  pronounced 
  that 
  the 
  idea 
  might 
  with 
  profit 
  be 
  applied 
  at 
  other 
  

   canneries. 
  

  

  Disasters 
  and 
  Losses 
  in 
  the 
  Salmon 
  Industry. 
  

  

  Relatively 
  speaking, 
  losses 
  either 
  in 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  life 
  or 
  of 
  property 
  

   in 
  the 
  salmon 
  industry 
  have 
  been 
  remarkably 
  light 
  this 
  season. 
  So 
  

   far 
  as 
  reported, 
  the 
  only 
  accidental 
  loss 
  of 
  life 
  was 
  the 
  drowning 
  of 
  

   three 
  fishermen 
  on 
  Nushagak 
  Bay. 
  

  

  On 
  July 
  7, 
  while 
  opposite 
  Funter 
  Bay, 
  the 
  cannery 
  tender 
  Jack 
  

   Horner, 
  operated 
  by 
  the 
  Pacific 
  American 
  Fisheries 
  at 
  Excursion 
  

   Inlet, 
  took 
  fire 
  as 
  a 
  result 
  of 
  the 
  engine's 
  back-firing. 
  The 
  10 
  men 
  

   aboard 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  were 
  transferred 
  to 
  the 
  tender 
  Concord, 
  which 
  

   fortunately 
  happened 
  to 
  be 
  nearby. 
  The 
  Jack 
  Horner 
  was 
  taken 
  in 
  

   tow, 
  and 
  was 
  finally 
  beached 
  at 
  Point 
  Howard. 
  Though 
  the 
  vessel 
  

   was 
  destroyed, 
  it 
  is 
  noteworthy 
  that 
  the 
  fuel 
  tanks 
  did 
  not 
  explode; 
  

  

  