188 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
der, to prevent smuggling to a greater or less extent by those so dis- 
posed, and that the factories doing a legitimate business would thus be 
placed at a great disadvantage. 
AH parties are agreed that the removal of the duties on the manu- 
factured sardines of $2 50 per case would result in the transfer of the 
business from Eastport tc New Brunswick, which would throw the 
labor and profit of the business into the hands of Canadians. 
VIII -STATISTICS OF THE INDUSTRY. 
Table showing by towns the number of persons employed in the American sardine industry 
in 1888. 
! » 
Total number of per- 
sons employed. 
Sealers and 
can-makers. 
Packers. 
Cutters and 
flakers. 
General laborers. 
Smackmen. 
Location of canneries. 
No. of cannerie 
Sealers. 
r x3 x> 
g £ 
rM 
2 ■ 
S & 
8 « 
XI 
Male. 
Female. 
Male. 
Female. 
Bobbin ston 
2 
132 
19 
16 
23 
30 
10 
31 
3 
North Perry 
1 
62 
10 
10 
10 
12 
8 
10 
o 
Eastport 
19 
2, 146 
440 
292 
332 
366 
261 
354 
101 
Pembroke 
2 
113 
15 
5 
22 
21 
15 
25 
JO 
North Lubec 
4 
251 
47 
17 
56 
.47 
32 
43 
9 
Lubec 
4 
374 
55 
49 
77 
61 
55 
54 
20 
Cutler 
1 
161 
36 
35 
39 
26 
20 
5 
Jonesport 
3 
269 
40 
"28 
43 
69 
47 
35 
7 
Millbridge 
2 
229 
33 
27 
40 
55 
30 
40 
4 
East Lamoine 
1 
89 
20 
10 
22 
10 
4 
19 
4 
Bass Harbor 
1 
92 
13 
8 
’"’-2 
16 
25 
9 
14 
5 
Brooklin 
1 
155 
26 
24 
28 
35 
13 
23 
6 
W est Deer Isle 
1 
57 
6 
15 
10 
10 
10 
6 
Green’s Landing 
3 
185 
20 
30 
36 
65 
5 
24 
5 
Total 
45 
4, 315 
780 
516 
2 
755 
848 
525 
702 
187 
Note.— T his table does not include the weir fishermen, nearly all of whom fish their own weirs and 
sell their catch to the canneries most conveniently located and paying the highest prices. In 1886 they 
numbered 1,110, of which 650 were Canadians and 460 Americans. 
Table of apparatus and capital employed in the American sardine industry in 1886. 
Location of canneries. 
Number 
of can- 
Average 
weekly 
pay-roil. 
Value of 
shore 
property. 
Collecting boats. 
Addition- 
al cash 
capital. 
Total 
capital 
invested. 
neries in 
1886. 
Number. 
Value. 
Robbinston 
2 
$400 
$13, 500 
3 
$1, 450 
$1, 400 
$16, 350 
North Perry 
1 
600 
5, 000 
2 
10, 000 
20, 000 
35, 000 
Eastport 
19 
720 
*196, 100 
68 
39, 640 
477, 800 
723, 540 
Pembroke 
2 
200 
5,000 
5 
1, 150 
15, 000 
21, 150 
North Lubec 
4 
412 
13, 500 
8 
1, 550 
15, 700 
30, 750 
Lubec 
South Lubec 
4 
612 
25, 000 
t4, 000 
10, 000 
11 
3, 300 
67, 000 
95, 300 
4, 000 
Cutler 
1 
700 
3 
1, 000 
15, 000 
26, 000 
Jonesport 
3 
470 
14, 500 
4 
3,450 
60, 000 
77, 950 
Millbridge 
2 
600 
23, 500 
6 
2, 750 
52, 500 
78, 750 
East Lamoine 
1 
700 
6, 500 
3 
500 
10, 000 
17, 000 
Bass Harbor 
1 
650 
20, 000 
4 
6,600 
22, 000 
48, 600 
Brooklin 
1 
1, 200 
20, 000 
2 
5,200 
50, 000 
75, 200 
West Deer Isle 
1 
250 
5, 000 
3 
450 
5, 000 
10, 450 
Green’s Landing 
3 
300 
10, 500 
3 
650 
34, 000 
45, 150 
Total 
45 
7, 814 
372,100 
125 
77,690 
845, 400 
1, 305, 190 
*This includes the value ($10,500) of two factory buildings operated in 1885 but standing idle in 1886. 
One of them is located at St. Andrew’s, New Brunswick, though both are owned by Eastport firms, 
t This represents the value of a factory operated in 1885 but idle in 1886. 
