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  ALASKA 
  FISHEEIES 
  AlfTD 
  FUK 
  INDUSTRIES, 
  1913. 
  

  

  kan, 
  and 
  the 
  Columbia 
  & 
  Northern 
  Fishing 
  & 
  Packing 
  Co. 
  at 
  Wrangell, 
  

   which 
  estabhshments 
  operated 
  prior 
  to 
  this 
  year, 
  and 
  the 
  new 
  plants 
  

   of 
  the 
  Juneau 
  Cold 
  Storage 
  Co. 
  at 
  Juneau, 
  the 
  Booth 
  Fisheries 
  Co. 
  at 
  

   Sitka, 
  and 
  the 
  floating 
  cold-storage 
  ship, 
  Glory 
  oj 
  the 
  Seas, 
  operated 
  

   by 
  the 
  Glacier 
  Fisheries 
  Co. 
  at 
  Idaho 
  Inlet. 
  Another 
  cold-storage 
  

   plant 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  process 
  of 
  construction 
  at 
  Ketchikan. 
  The 
  Weiding 
  

   & 
  Independent 
  Fisheries 
  Co., 
  which 
  had 
  the 
  combined 
  floating 
  can- 
  

   nery 
  and 
  cold-storage 
  ship 
  William 
  H. 
  Smith 
  at 
  Saginaw 
  Bay 
  last 
  

   season, 
  was 
  the 
  only 
  withdrawal 
  from 
  the 
  frozen-fish 
  field 
  in 
  Alaska 
  

   this 
  year. 
  

  

  In 
  freezing 
  salmon 
  it 
  is 
  essential 
  that 
  they 
  be 
  sleek 
  and 
  smooth, 
  as 
  

   a 
  bruised 
  appearance 
  makes 
  them 
  unprofitable 
  to 
  market. 
  For 
  this 
  

   reason 
  it 
  is 
  better 
  to 
  freeze 
  salmon 
  that 
  are 
  caught 
  in 
  traps, 
  as 
  they 
  

   are 
  less 
  apt 
  to 
  be 
  marred 
  in 
  handling 
  than 
  those 
  taken 
  in 
  seines 
  and 
  

   other 
  gear. 
  

  

  During 
  1913 
  salmon 
  were 
  frozen 
  to 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  701,418 
  pounds, 
  

   valued 
  at 
  $28,057. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  gain 
  of 
  250,359 
  pounds 
  and 
  $7,770 
  in 
  

   value 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  1912. 
  

  

  Salmon 
  Frozen 
  in 
  Alaska 
  in 
  1913. 
  

  

  MINOR 
  PRESERVING 
  PROCESSES. 
  

   Special 
  Products. 
  

  

  Though 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  strong 
  modern-day 
  tendency 
  to 
  specialize 
  in 
  

   food 
  products 
  along 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  novelties 
  put 
  up 
  in 
  attractive 
  and 
  

   fancy 
  ways, 
  the 
  field 
  of 
  special 
  fishery 
  products 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  devel- 
  

   oped 
  proportionately 
  with 
  others. 
  This 
  is 
  particularly 
  true 
  as 
  

   regards 
  combination 
  products 
  having 
  fish 
  as 
  the 
  chief 
  constituent. 
  

   The 
  notable 
  exception 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  Alaska 
  is 
  concerned, 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  

   work 
  of 
  the 
  ReviUa 
  Fish 
  Products 
  Co. 
  at 
  Ketchikan, 
  where, 
  in 
  1912, 
  

   several 
  thousand 
  cases 
  of 
  fish 
  pudding, 
  smoked 
  salmon 
  loaf, 
  smoked 
  fish 
  

   loaf, 
  deviled 
  halibut, 
  and 
  canned 
  halibut 
  were 
  put 
  up. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  

   the 
  salmon, 
  cod, 
  or 
  halibut 
  which 
  formed 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  these 
  preparations, 
  

   cereals, 
  oils, 
  and 
  spices 
  were 
  used. 
  This 
  company 
  is 
  the 
  first 
  to 
  en- 
  

   gage 
  in 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  these 
  products, 
  and 
  their 
  high 
  grade 
  and 
  

   attractive 
  appearance 
  warrant 
  a 
  hearty 
  reception 
  at 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  the 
  

   public. 
  The 
  chief 
  difficulty 
  to 
  date 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  lack 
  of 
  proper 
  adver- 
  

   tising 
  to 
  acquaint 
  the 
  trade 
  and 
  market 
  with 
  the 
  merits 
  of 
  the 
  

   product. 
  With 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  time 
  and 
  means 
  to 
  advertise 
  and 
  demon- 
  

  

  