﻿FISHEEY 
  INDUSTRIES. 
  

  

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  Sound 
  & 
  Alaska 
  Fish 
  Co., 
  organized 
  this 
  year 
  at 
  Seattle, 
  sent 
  the 
  

   schooner 
  Allie 
  I. 
  Algar 
  to 
  Cook 
  Inlet, 
  where 
  a 
  successful 
  season 
  was 
  

   spent 
  mild 
  curing 
  king 
  salmon. 
  

  

  The 
  power 
  schooner 
  Bender 
  Bros, 
  was 
  operated 
  by 
  J. 
  E. 
  Shields, 
  of 
  

   Seattle, 
  in 
  mild-curing 
  operations 
  on 
  the 
  Kuskokwim 
  River 
  in 
  western 
  

   Alaska. 
  Although 
  more 
  than 
  150 
  tierces 
  were 
  packed, 
  the 
  under- 
  

   taking 
  was 
  not 
  considered 
  a 
  success. 
  The 
  fish 
  did 
  not 
  have 
  the 
  much- 
  

   desired 
  bright 
  silvery 
  appearance; 
  also, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  keep 
  the 
  product 
  

   from 
  spoiling, 
  it 
  was 
  necessary 
  to 
  salt 
  too 
  heavily 
  for 
  mild 
  curing. 
  In 
  

   the 
  central 
  and 
  western 
  Alaska 
  regions 
  the 
  lack 
  of 
  cold-storage 
  faciU- 
  

   ties 
  is 
  a 
  bar 
  against 
  effective 
  mild-cure 
  work. 
  It 
  either 
  becomes 
  

   necessary 
  practically 
  to 
  hard-pickle 
  the 
  salmon 
  or 
  else 
  run 
  the 
  risk 
  

   of 
  spoiling 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  a 
  lack 
  of 
  proper 
  means 
  of 
  cooUng. 
  As 
  in 
  

   Bering 
  Sea 
  and 
  Cook 
  Inlet 
  waters 
  practically 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  king 
  salmon 
  are 
  

   red 
  meated. 
  

  

  Statistical 
  Summary. 
  

  

  The 
  investment 
  in 
  mild-cure 
  work 
  this 
  year 
  was 
  $1,165,866, 
  as 
  

   compared 
  with 
  $326,152 
  in 
  1912. 
  Although 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  very 
  notable 
  

   advance 
  in 
  mild-cure 
  operations 
  this 
  year, 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  gain 
  in 
  invest- 
  

   ment 
  is 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  inclusion 
  of 
  working 
  capital, 
  which 
  item 
  was 
  not 
  

   shown 
  in 
  the 
  previous 
  report. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  fixed 
  plants 
  increased 
  

   from 
  15 
  in 
  1912 
  to 
  20 
  in 
  1913. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  persons 
  engaged 
  

   increased 
  from 
  779 
  in 
  1912 
  to 
  2,644 
  in 
  1913. 
  This 
  gain 
  was 
  largely 
  

   of 
  white 
  fishermen 
  in 
  southeast 
  Alaska. 
  The 
  total 
  product 
  of 
  mild- 
  

   cured 
  salmon 
  increased 
  from 
  5,245 
  tierces 
  in 
  1912, 
  valued 
  at 
  $399,852, 
  

   to 
  7,443 
  tierces 
  in 
  1913, 
  valued 
  at 
  $543,362, 
  a 
  gain 
  of 
  2,198 
  tierces 
  

   and 
  $144,510 
  in 
  value. 
  

  

  Investment 
  in 
  the 
  Salmon 
  MiLD-CtrRiNG 
  Industry 
  in 
  1913. 
  

  

  