The West Coast Fisheries, Volume 4, Number 11, August 1932
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B. St. achine Works______.. 26 N Blumenthal, M. N.__ .... 33· Booth (F. E.) Co., In.c. ______2() Norman, Dr. J. G______: _____ 26 No-rthern Products Corp._ .. 22
c 0 Central Calif. Fish Co. ______32 Oakiand Fish Co ... Central Fish & Oyster Co. _____ 34 Charwood Typewriter Co. ______26> Cincotta Bros. ------.24 Clinch (C. G.) & Co...... 24 p Coast Fisheries _____ .. 30 .Pioneer Fisheries ______.. 34 Cohn-Hopkins, Inc. ____ 19 Pitcho•meter Propeller Co. _ .... Z4 Continental Can Co. ______4
R D --- __ 30 Davi Fisheries ...... 24 Davis (John H.) Co...... 24 {9/ course, it's not easy to pick and choose all the :fibt·es that go into s E San Fran,cisco International Fish Co. ____ 32 Wall Oakum. How much easier it would Ets-Hokin & Galvan.. 24 San Pedro Body & Top Shop .. 26 be to just bundle up loose ends. True! San Pedro Iron Works ______26 But how ordinary-how inferior the Santa Cruz Fisheries ...... 32 F Schmidt Lithograph Co .. ______i 9 product would then be. Seattle Glove Co. ____ 28 Fibreboard Products Co. ______lg Security Trust & Savit1gs Wall is enjoying its second century of Fisherman's Pkg. Corp._ . Bank _____ 28 Shockey Boiler Works ______... 2fi leadership. This requires an extraordinary Spaulding Inspection Bureau .. 19 Spenger (Frank) Co. ______. 24 degree of care in manufacture. G Standard Fisheries -----·---- ... 32 Result: the :fishermen have a mighty Gross (E. B.) Canning Co, ____ 20 Sunset Photo Supply Co ______.20 oakum and Wall maintains a T mighty good reputation. H Tarantino Bros. ..24 Haines Oyster Co. -- .30 Fishermen begin to save money the Tarr & Wonson, Ltd.__ .26 Higashi Fish Co. ______- .32 Tubbs Cordage Co... _ 27 they specify Wall Oakum. Once Horman., J. p ______34 is caulked with Wall it stays tight. Made in America by American Labor r u Unio-n (The) Ice Co.__ ___ 26 Ingle Mfg. Co. ------_ .28 WALL ROPE WORKS, Inc. Isenberg, M. H.______34 48 South Street, New York, N.Y. v Factory, Beverly, N.]. J Van Camp ( Gi.lbert C.) In- surance Agcy., Inc. ___ 18 Pacific Coast Agents Jr. Norris Galvanizing Wks .. 26 Van Camp Sea Food Co., NOR.Mi\N S. WRIGHT & CO., 41 Spear Street, San Francisco. Cal. Inc. ______34
K w Koulouris & Co., A. K. ______34 Wall Rope 'Narks, Inc West Coast Oyster Farms, Ltd. ·--- .32 L Wreden Packing & Co< Larco (S.) Fish Co.. ____ 34 Lawrence (J. E.) & Co... ___ 30 Linen Thread Co.__ __22 Long Beach Salt Co.______19 y Lo~ Ang-eles & Co. of S. 4 WEST COAST FISHER:Es
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CoNTINENTAL CAN CoMPANY, INc. SAN FRANCISCO NEW YORK CHICAGO 155 Montgomery St. 100 East 42nd St. 111 West Washington St. SEATTLE • LOS ANGELES · SAN JOSE : OAKLAND "IT"S BETTER PACKED IN TIN" I
WEST COAST FISHERiES u JOHN EASTON BRO\V1';, contributed articles PROGRESSIVE+ + INDI::.PENDENT of interest to its readers whet!zer or not 'Views expressed coincide with its but takes no
Sardine Prospe~ts Grow Brighter
ARDINE CAKNERS of California, canners) representatives of the t1shennen who for some time ha ''e been an and officials of the citv of · ticipating a dismal 1932-33 season, San Francisco on -27. d :;ring the last few days of July suddenly lerbach, third of more optimistic in their views and was not present. in the northern part of the state heard discnsslons of the in-, began to hurry their preparations for dustry, the lasting sev·eral hours. cperating. This change of view in part Montere-..r civic pointed out t]:-at be credited to hopes that the coming the city ~~as dependent upon canncnes year will see impro,·ed markets for their for a good share of its annual H1COnl.e, canned fish, but its chief cause ·was the and R M. esti- of permits for a total of 110,000 reduced to edible meal and oil The problem of combining a proper re for conservation with 6usiness expe- long has disturbed the sardine in dustrv. In the earlv davs of California sardi11e-canning- (the- busfness \vas begun lJ)- Frank E. Booth in 1901) there w-ere nc, concerning the amount of fish could be caught or the uses to that the canners which it was to be put.· , however, pilchards without California State Fish & Commis- a certain percentage. sion decided that conservation measures This l1as been rnade on I:nany were necessar\' if the fisherv \Yas to be occasions the past it 1Jrg·ed that prmectecl fron1 over-exploitation. \Vith the the fish and game rlted not ad,-ice of the canners and of trained scien be concerned ove1~ \vhat clone with set to stuclv the a])l11lclance and life the fish after it was sbt:.-~nld of tl1e SJJecies, ,-arious laws vvere Fran!? E. Booth} J'>rcJident) F. E. Booth Co. interest itself in the ho•;v a"··d fi11al1v the rt11ings much safely could he caught each \\ hich e.acb Cr~nner C011lpelled tO can This year - in;;;;istent }n 1!rg1ng be perc1itted out of each ton of tlsh he rc two classes: land factories which have renuchon, 1n •,rie\V of ) "·ere put into effect. heen Dcrmits to reduce pilchards , and floating plants fact that no control can be exercised crver the floating plants. the three-mile lim code 1vas state juris- Seel.o Reduction Permits diction. there V\·Tere tYvo licensed one at sea; dur- "\,\.?'e J1ave been this year there may be two of each: permitted to reduce Gra1n Co. and Bavside Doses, v,·hich is Flour Mirafl;res", law." explained v. of Santa Cruz J:t. B< Gross Canning Fish- ing the 111eeting~ on it possible for tis to n1arkets for ed1- ble nroducts of our reduction Dlants. A11 fish receipts. to sonlc a that~ ''Tc ask is opoortunitv to do Since that tin1c, ho\YCYtrJ cc_nnpetition :for ourselves.)) "'-a.._· of canners thing~ 11arr~,., ;;;~d Ltnfavorab!e econon1ic conditions have and \u,,e mnch harm to ma•·kets for both were not planning to open their factor of commodities. lands Pn ies this season, and none of them was expected to operat~ at or to be- _ ha,:e sufficient buying power to ah 111 gm on the seasons {lay~ This tile California pack, and even if thev Co., to do so, cheap Jap:tnc,;c and not only was a poor for cannery officials and workers, but also spelled and indicated packs would tend to shut out the felt the granting- of reduction hard times for tlshcrmen who were ex- to product. Fish me:1l and oil ha'" be the only solution the a like fate, the demand having to earn their livelihoods by ca tcb supp!ying tlsh. K. who to while foreign competition has Hovden Products (of Hold Con/erf!n.ce \'vhich he 1s president) fron1 a visit to external competition for their urincipai eastern n1arkets. also sDoke ~n ',' packers of Pittsburg, Monterey, In order to avert this outcome if favor of tbe Li each, \;\Jilmington and San Pedro ble, President ]. Dale and other confronted vvith domestic rivals missioner Earl B. Gilmore California sardine Fish flour H lfh ese are of State Fish & Game Commission met with have found it a 6 WEST COAST FISHERIES ketable food We are losing five firms had announced their intentions Five canners received reductions ground in our for markets and must of starting their reduction plants to work their assessment rolls, the total turn to other products if we are to sur during the part of the month. ing to $11,815. Reductions vive. The Japanese government has sub These were: B. Gross Canning Co., as follows: San Carlos sidized five canneries in Chosen (Korea) Hovden Corp~, Del Mar $2,635; Del Mar Canning and they are able to sell their fish for Canning Co., San Carlos Canning Co. and Hovden Food Products $2.25 a case in the Dutch East Indies. San Xavier Fish Packing Company~ San $2,900; E. B. Gross Canning Co., Portugal also is subsidizing its canneries, Xavier also was planning on packing dur Monterey Canning Co., $3,000. in order to keep its people employed. ing August, since its warehouse stocks visor A~ A. Caruthers attempted to put Russian sardines may be had in Liverpool are exhausted. Others, however, did not through a 50 per cent cut in the assess for $1.98 a case." expect to start their canning lines until ment for warehouse stocks, but the meas P~esident Gentry of the commission, in later. Bavside Fish Flour Co. and Globe ure was lost in the vote taken by the closing the meeting, said that he was Grain & Milling Co., both of which were board of supervisors. heartily in favor of the idea of permit granted 7,500-ton reduction permits ear Sardine stocks on hand graduallv arr ting straight reduction of edible meal and lier in the year, had not announced their being reduced, since no packing has "tak·e~ oil, since he felt that the need to feed plans at this writing~ place for some time and sales have been the people of California was greater than Since the reduction plan was adopted steady although light. Estimates van:_ the need for conservation. He pointed by California Division of Fish & Game ing from 150,000 cases to 400,000 h~\:e out, however, that neither he nor the can primarily as a measure to relieve unem been made as to what California ware ners had power to set asi<:le provisions of ployment in and San Pedro houses now hold, with the the sardine code passed by the state leg canning centers, packers in the northern that the correct figure is between islature in 1929, in which regulations as to city have taken measures to handle their and 200,000 cases. Ed B. Gross and what might be done with the pilchards employment in as efficient a man- bert G. Maxson of the Gross and Booo:h were set forth. ner as possible. July, under the firms are of the opinion that not mo~~ leadership of Ed B. a movement tha!1 cases is in first anrl Requests Are Granted was set on foot to only local Juhan Burnette of - cannery help. The and Pacific Co. estimates the Monterey A second meeting was held on the fol Grove chambers of commerce have op proximately 90,000 cases. lowing day, also in San Francisco, and ened registration offices, in which any again a good turnout was present. Ma person who has made his home in the vi jor John L. Farley, executive officer of cinity for a year or more may obtain a California Division of Fish & Game, at card certifying that fact. The canners In the middle this gathering made the long-awaited an then are to only applicants hav- ter E. Starr, F. nouncement that the canners were be wg such cards. the end of July more enjoying just as good business permitted to have permits to reduce than 500 cards been issued. Firms as last. Starr recently returned tons of fish in each of the 22 plants in which have indicated that they will co Francisco after more than half a yea; California, a total of 110,000 tons. This operate in this work are Gross Hovden in the vicinity of St Paul, ruling replaced the action Del Mar, San Carlos and lviont~rey. ' and Milwaukee, where he was taken b-v- the division in which a limit in selling "Crescent" brand sardines 75,000 tons was set for reduction (see Ask Fee Reductimu; other m WCF for July, page 26). Chicago and Norman B. Scofield, head of California In order to reduce expenses still fur York, still are hard at Commercial Fisheries Bureau, further ex ther and therefore be able to buy and pack meeting with success, plained the stand of the division when more fish and to pay higher prices and Starr. Booth's export he pointed out that probably not more July ing up, J. H~ than the 130,000 tons of last year will be city at Pittsburg) landed this season and that granting re rentals, local cannery licenses and county 8,500 cases to duction permits therefore will not be a tax assessment. "Business license fees to London. threat to conservation. The peak year, charged the canneries are out of line with England is to be exoeriencing- 1929-30, saw 325,000 tons received, and those charged other forms of business in1proven1ent in econornic ~ondition~, the last five-year average was 210,000. here and with similar charges in other according to E. M. Darrimon of Parrl'tt Permits for 5,000 tons each have been places," stated Marion Richardson & Co., San Francisco, sales granted 22 plants, operated by 18 com resenting Hovden Food San Carlos Canning Co of panies. The list includes the following: ration and Del Mar Canning Darrimon in July returned Pittsburg--F. E. Booth Co., Inc. hearing. before c}ty through Great Britain and San D1ego $J a year decia1~es: "Since England went orr the Monterey--Del :Mar Canning Corp., E. cover cost of inspection and gold .~\:andard, ther'e has been a B. Gross Canning Co., San Carlos Can to $125 a month for waterfront space to change for the better. There is still the ning Co., Sea Pride Packing Corp., Ltd., load fish, while Monterey dole, but many of the Monterey Canning Co., San Xavier Fish charges per company. Jap- returning to work Commodity Packing Co., F. E. Booth Co., Inc., Cali anese producers are subsidized, and the stiffening, factories are fornia Packing Corp., Hovden Food Pro competitwn from floating reduction tions and industrial stocks are ducts Corporation, Carmel Canning Co., plants-exempt from all tax and license price. They told me over there Custom House Packing Corp., and Bay charges-makes necessary an adjustment England had not been so well off lhr View Packing Co., Ltd. if local canners are to be enabled to car or six years. They are tn buv- Terminal Island (San Peclro)-Califor ry on their operations with any margin California sardines; a number nia Packing Corp., Franco-Italian Pack of profit." shipments sent from ing Co., French Sardine Co.. Southern Julian G. Burnette of Monterey Can canneries at freight California Fish Corp. and Van- Camp Sea tran1p stea1ners have been sold abroad [lt· ning Co. and Ed B. Gross of E. B. Gross Food Inc. two ulants the IP prices lower than the and the ' ' Canning Co. also were present and urged reduction in licenses and in rental have been able to meet, Wilmington-- Coast Fishing Co. and charges. saved 22 cents a case." Sea Pride Packing Corp., Ltd. After hearing the canners, R. M. Dor- Rain Helps i« .Islands Long Beach- I tali an Food Products ton drew a schedule of rebates Company. through each company is to have The rainy season in the . No application was made for permits on its local fees reduced in accordance with has been curtailing landings ot , behalf of General Fisheries Corp., San the amount of fish it ships over the mu and that has tended to strengtnen Pedro, or Sea Pride Packing Corp., Ltd., nicipal wharf. Those which send out market for sardines and other Terminal Island. Harry Irving of the 50,000 cases or more will be granted 100 seafoods there, but buying latter organization stated that he expected per cent rebate of rental fees. If a packer and movement continues to make application later in the season, ships more than 50' per cent of his pack Last available but the General plant is being dismantled by water but the total pack is less than ments of sardines and will not operate. 50,000 cases, his rebate will be figured April, when San on the basis of 50,000 cases (that is, if Will Open Late in shipped 951,611 he ships 30,000 his rebate will be California sent out No cannery opened with the beginning 60 per cent, whether pack was 30,000 fish. Of the April totals, of the Monterey season on August 1, but cases of 45,000). went to the United Kingdom .AVGVST 1932 7
Transparent Cove:rs Help in Sale Food Prodn.e1s
Transparent wrapping on salmon from Coast Fisherin l. X JITH.LN THE PAST few years a so as to insure its suitability. V 1/ ne\v influence - the transparent INFORMATION general attitude seems to be that wrapper- has come into import for part of this artide W'aS taken from a re- "with m.ost visibility 18 an ance in the selling of many kinds of mer port on experiences 29 companies in the set---seeing In chandise. Especially is this true of food food-merchandising through the cour- early, ahead oi products; many formerly unprotected tesy of Metropolitan Life Insurana Com such temporary as now are covere<:l and many which for pany. The discussion is presented to read offers and be in a better- posi- merly were hidden now are -displayed, ers of lf/CF because economic conditious tion than we should be were we to thus acqlllrmg a new appeal. to eye and lzave made sales methods a matter of ever it and then be forced to use it. <'ppetite. increasing importana.-ED!TOR. in a better position as leaders than we Among food products now being put would be as follmv ers." up m transparent wraps are: Baked Fisheries V ses _confectionery, nuts and nut ·pro sales were said to have been hurt bv in _tresh and dried fruits and vegeta troduction of visibility in the packag-e. In the commercial fisheries industries. tresh and cured meats, fresh and use of transparent wrappers is becoming fish, flour products and manv other Satisfactory Re.mlts common in certain types of but r:1iscellaneous items. Not only does the Among satisfactory results noted were· not in others. It hst mclucte a wide range of foods, but Increase in sales, improvement in appear ago also almost all of the conditions in which ance of goods, tendency by dealer to give (see for such materials are sold - refrigerated, goods better display in the store, increase found it valuable dned, _ smoked, cured, prepared, in actual number of users (that is, gains their prospective customers baked, bottled, preserved and made not at expense of competition but product, it prevented fresh. by attracting· new u,;ers to the products), in storage, it protected the age in handling, it permitted each filet Use Increasing decrease in amount of returned goods, Improvement in condition and keeping reach the housevvife in clean and No figures are available as to the num quality of goods, improvement in pre condition, and it eliminated all ber of firms using the new device. but the paring of goods (stimulated by closer in addition, it with the total admittedly is large and indications spection accorded bv consumer before care taken by are that it is distinctly on the increase. buying), reduction in ·packaging costs (in their health, '.VOn the users it is employed in a va some cases), simplification of packaging spect and the n1ost part/ ways: As a direct, aJI-over cover opcratwn, and changing of product from frozen filets have been packed in c:ard- . m uc!1 or all of the product int~ ''demand" to ''impulse" tvpe. board cartons, with Yvindo,vvs v1ew; as a wmdow, affording a look into Unsatisfactory results· included: De through which fish rnay be otherwise closed boxes, bags or pack crease in sales, increase in amount of re ages; as an over wrap for packages-such turned goods, loss of weight in some Cured also as candy or cracker boxes-in which the goods, more rapid deterioration in some have their prodLict is completely hidden from view. good~, increase in packaging costs, com goods. to be Chief considerations in deciding wheth IJhcatwn of packaging operations. carefullv er or not to adopt the transparent ·wrap of these results, it later was found off more werv "Can we expect an increase in be corrected after companies had 'gained eliminated by packaging. sales_ and "Will this increase compen experience in use of transparent mate and much easier handling rials. sate tor such added cost as may be in tors of importance in the new trend, as have protection fish Secondary questions included: . Distr_ibutors of seaf?ods will be espe from dirt and damage. 1s a popu product really look better?" Cially mterested m tne experiences of firms which were able to change their lar or smok-ing· appears increase in sales be perma- type o£ ''Is my product sold through dc pro_ducts from "demand" goods. (those to advantage in nnpulse ?" "Will this type of wh1ch the consumer has 1111prove my goods as to keep before he enters the store) to experiments have been made m condition, etc.?" "What wil! goods (those which are purchased on the which visible wrappers have been upon the competition?" spur of the moment, as candy often is). over cans or glasses of fish. In A manufacturer of spaghetti, for exam mer case, the label is added bril- A nnmber of tests have been conducted ple, reported that his product became liance through use the shimmering determine the value of visible wrao- a rapid-seller "lvhen women could see it, cover. In tl1e latter, the fish often en chain store wrapped selected a~ whereas business was slow when the spa joys an enhanced especially butter, etc.-and then com ghetti was kept under cover. when Sales with those of unwrapped around red salmon. gn en an equally prominent place Effect on Condition nations are used. . the store. Another, after such a trial A considerable variation was reported Penocl, went back to its old package for in the effect of transparent wrappmgs on Not Used for Fresh Fish a hme to make sure that visibility and the condition of goods. In part these re Very few fresh fish firms have used the ::ot :'Oi1H" other factor was responsible sults appeared to depend on whether or new covermg to any extent. few or ~"r the· results obtained. A third con not the wrapping was moisture-proof, ganizations have prepared their most ex . ncted ~ests on items selling at high unit and upon composition of the goods. In pensive cuts of fish in this fashion as an fi 1 1 ~nd on otl:ers a~ low unit rates, the case of perishable foods, such as fish, additional eye-appeal for products 1 C. cut In wh1ch pnce ranges trans it was saiil that the keeping quality was a quality rather than a price basis. packmg would be most profitable. greatly improved when the moisture the most however. unfrozen fresh results reported by com proof wrapper was used, thus insuring fish is and ' for retail transparent wrappings fresh goods and greater consumer satis sale either at or close the establish- although in a few cases faction and good-will. Experienced users ment in which it is be distributed. which tended to become of transparent coverings recommend that and then is placed in a shov;- 'J'" which showed imperfections) the material be thoroughly tested before case until purchased by H'EST C04ST FISHERIES
l~lexihle Tariff roposed DON F, HARNER
S l'rrrtary- T r f'i!S urer Steq.uart-Curt.is Parkrr5) Inc. Long California
S SECRETARY and treasurer of a of ra-;,r.,; rnaterial~ ;:tre lo\\'er in n1ean? A. large canning organization with na countries and the cost of labor as tional and foreign distribution, the 4. The United States Government im writer is submitting a for your pos_es strict honest consideration reply: vVhat is w1thm the to become of the American canner com Canned foods must be sterilized properly must procedure peting with foreign canning industry if wher; canned within the USA. But these and curbed? It is the present disparagement of sale price, restrictions imposed upon American in more acute all the time, ~rates of exchange and United States dustry a r great cost to the inclustr)· to can canning busjness corning- r.loser era! requirements upon United States maintain these high standards are not im extinction, or with canners continue? posed upon imports. larger canners left in To outline the Yiewpoint the writer 5. In the packing of canned foods in having a struggle for life bnt takes of the present untenable situation, the USA. high standards of cleanliness are fairlY well entrenched vvith manv I am quoting below what seems to he a are maintained: modern equipment is re years of "advertising expenditure•i. quired, such as recording thermometers, concensus of opinion in the trade, with Should any criticism be offered with whom the writer has discussed this prob- much record of codes which must out a constructive 1en1; viz: be shown on of cans; the careful segragation of "seconds" from first qual- late to act? 'I' he onlv that t:ht' 1. Foreign canners seem to he taking ity and other items of expense in writer has is what h~ knows to be ''irnpossible onej .. _, viz :~~fhat there sho-uld away both export and domestic business, the to maintain American stand- be established a flexible tariH wherever thev with canned foods arcls. But 1n the canner in the duty on foreign-pacJ
Sal1non Season
CAKNERS of the North west during June and July opened the doors of their plants and once again began packing fish in the annual summer season for such activities. Onerations slowly, due to inclement' weather a mtmber of other but unusu- ally large runs of fish soon maxi- in most of the districts. Alaska's pack, according to office of United States Bureau on July 23 amounted to more than cases. The Bristol Bav red production accounted for more than half of that figure, with the southern dis- of the A.laska peninsula second. fishing and canning condi tions have been met with practically ev along the coast, but in spite of it is estimated that the 1932 be ·well below that of recent years, due to curtailment of operations in sectors. A number of plants are many fish-trap sites have been from use by United States B u reau of Fisheries, and a considerable por tion of the factories in operation are working on reduced schedules. Prices being paid for raw salmon are low, but Yarious companies have an nounced it as their policy to use as many seine- and gillnet-caught fish as possi ble, thereby providing employment for the maximum number of fishermen. The following Unitei:l States Bureau oi Fisheries figures indicate production in Salmon jumping a falls in the Umpqua River of Oregon nortlw rn Alaska up to July 23:
Reds Piuks C h IIIIlS Cohoes Kin(js Total Commissioner Henry Strait 6,425 53.07R 4,056 77.483 that vvas eC:.- rlist. 2,30'1 55.87 3 1.112 100 04,875 periencing greatest Eastern tEst. 1,11 s 592 6,248 record. The commercial eli:;;~~ S. 74.655 1.161 4,clp!) trict at that date was cases. Es 2..250 785 68,635 capenlent vvas hea\r:y, prorni~;;ing that "· 1.142,7.18 99,36°+ 1 ,242,FJ7 91,584 4.883 1,966 9•1 104 93,631 seasons also 'Will he good. J.l, 17 2 8,772 231 71,7 5fJ Red salmon was especially abundant m Cook inlet 6,587 3.724 4,(j6~~ 9.,067 51 ,.l25 central and western 2>0U1ld 21,857 14,190 3,812 47,864 and earlv Tulv, the Resurre-ction bay 3 ,b4S cases boy , J ~me 'tT aku'i:at 7-l -1,870 Alaska, too, the percentage of reds is 1111- Coppe; :ri\'ET 7,9Yl high, to Cad A. Sutter 'fuals. '" ..1,701 ,670 230,H7 J 2J .609 15,728 34,912 2,2!_16,366 of Island Co. and D, vV. \-This inclucles all varieties except red salmon. Branch of Libby, & Libby. Both n1en 111ade trips to I~Jaska during 1niddle to visit various of their plants. River sahuon landings \verc as fair by the middle of were receiving 6 cents Catches \Yere of vvas good. Gillnct in the, vicinity of Al-
of ap boat. Trap are sho\\~ing a tendency to increase, b1Jt on}v n1lnor hauls are re ported from the seining grounds. A 36- nlan crevv has been to V\"'TJrl-;: on Pea- cock Spit by River Packers As-
River canners are -den1/inc: the rumor that their pack will be gn:ate'r than that of last year. They declare that f)regon poundage declarations on J S sho\Ned a shortc;_g·c of 000 cases. This decline is attributed to the fact that high water has kept seine and fl·ap catches do\vn to a 1nun1 and that conser\'ative estin1ates in drq/s catclz of salmon lying iu the recri-Tiing roo-m of a iVashintJiOn uutne.ry dicate that approxinJately 150 less gil1- 10 WEST COAST FISHERIES netters are operating on the nver this this season without trouble. The of July were 1,837,666 cases, year as compared with last. are averaging 13 or 14 fish to the with 2,122,044 cases at the first The salmon run at Bristol Bay, Alaska, case and are said to be of excellent qual Itemized accounts of stocks on hand was a prominent topic of conversation ity. at the beginning of July on the basis of among Alaskan packers. By the middle The salmon pack in British Columbia 48 one-pound cans to the case, is as fo\ .. of July the canneries in that region be for the present season, for the period gan laying off their boats and placing ended July 16, 1932, as compared with the or Variet£es Cases limits on catches to enable their can corresponding period of 1931, was as fol Fancy red chinooks or kings ... . nerymen to keep up with arrivals. Pa lows ( 48 one-pound cans to the case) : Standard chinooks or kings .... . cific American Fisheries was said to have Pale chinooks or kings ...... filled all of its cans by the 15th and oth Cases, Species 1932 1931 White chinooks or kings ...... er plants rapidly were reaching the end Puget Sound sockeyes ...... , . of their capacities. The run continued Sockeye ...... 77,742 143.596 Spring ...... 30,090 10;399 Alaska reds ...... throughout July, Capt. S. T. L. Whitlam Cohoes, silvers, medium reds ... . of the motorship "North Star" declaring Steelhead ...... 343 341 Blueback ...... 1•3,671 14,306 Pinks ...... on July 23: "The run of salmon in the Chums ...... Bristol Bay district has been so large Coho ...... 8,131 4,201 Pink ...... 1,515 2,455 Biuebacks ...... that the canneries have placed a limit on Steelheads ...... the catch of each boat. Nearly all the Chum ...... 815 812 plants are short of cans and if they would Totals ...... 132,307 176,110 Total...... allow the fishermen to take the limit a Shipments of canned salmon from large amount of fish would be wast'ed. Spring runs of salmon this year are re attle during June also gained over Canneries on the N ushagak and K vichak ported to be poor and conditions in 'the totals, as indicated by Seattle rivers had their packs for the season industry have been aggravated by labor Exchange. Figures for May are as fol when I was on Bristol Bay." troubles resulting so far in a decrease in lows: Henry O'Malley on J 1;1ly 23 estimated the 1932 pack of 43,803 cases in compari Destinat·ion that the total red pack for Alaska this son with 1931. Export prices for un FO.REIGN season would be 2,000,000. He reported labelled sockeye from the Skenna .River Great Britain, Europe...... 11,024 that Copper .River and streams from and .Rivers Inlet, packed in half pound Prince William Sound to Bristol Bay DOMESTIC cans, are reported at $12 and $11.50 a Atlantic Coast & Gulf ...... were enjoying unusually fine runs of red case, respectively. Practically all of the fish. California ...... 0 • • • • • ••• pack has passed government inspection Hawaii ...... Ketchikan's pink pack on July 23 was and is being marketed as "First Quality", Porto .Rico ...... 1,015 said to total 48,300 cases, divided as fol it being economically advantageous to de lows ( 48 one-pound cans to the case): stroy second quality fish rather than Total ...... 0 ••••••••••••••• l.l7,237 Beegle Packing Co ...... 8,000 make the necessary changes in the em In .Tune this total increased over Ketchikan Packing Co...... 8,000 bossed lettering on the cans. 50,000 cases, as indicated by fol- Independent Packing Co ...... 3,300 Keeping pace with production is the lowing: - Sunny Point (estimated) ...... 6,000 movement of canned salmon from can-· Destination Cases Ward Cove Packing Co ...... 16,000 nery warehouses. The monthly report of FO.REIGN Association of Pacific Fisheries. based on Fidalgo Island Packing Co...... 7,000 Great Britain, Europe. o • o •••••••• figures submitted by 67 concer.ns operat DOMESTIC Total cases ...... 48,300 ing 145 canneries in 1931 with a total es timated pack of 5,900,000 cases or ap Atlantic Coast and Gulf...... This figure is considerably below that proximately 85 per cent of the 1931 California ...... o •• of last year, which is accounted for by American canned salmon pack, indicates Hawaii ...... bad weather, new fisheries regulations that -during June members of the associa Porto .Rico ...... 2.614 which reapportion the time of fishing in tion moved 384,378 . cases of fish. Chief various areas, a large run of chums and interest was in pinks, although chums, Total ...... , ...... , , ... , ; .. 169)975 curtailment of gear. However, the can cohos and Alaska reds also were popu In both tables, figures are on the b:Jsis ners expected to complete their estimated lar. Total stocks on hand at the first of 48 one-pound cans to the case.
Angelo Lneido Returns FroiD
lXJ ELL-PAVED HIGHWAYS and same line, landing in New York June lini. reviewed a body: of unifonned VV no speed limits. Broad boule~ 18. members of a hunting at1d on an~ vards bordered by beautiful A visit with two brothers and a sister, other occasion he saw II Duce riding Cream-tinted walls crowned with ti.le whom he had not seen for 18 years, kept near the Villa by tht~ roofs against a background of green foli him several days in the vicinity of Tra cheers of the age splashed with bright-colored blooms. pani, Sicily, and he spent a week at Mod prernier is American service stations with Italian ena, where a nephew was just receiving attendants dispensing gasoline at 40 a commission in the Italian army . The cents a gallon. rest of the 60 days found him motoring These are some of the impressions to Naples, to Rome, to Florence, to back Angelo Lucido after Milan, to Genoa, to Venice and back to to Europe, according to an inter- the southward again. with the Monterey cannery execu Lucido, president of San Carlos Can- tive obtained by a reporter for The Her ning Co., was accompanied Louis ald. Lucido's journey to Italy included Pellegrini of San Francisco, visited driving 8,000 miles over the country's relatives in Florence. They drove east of highways, visits to every city by the southern route and returned via any size from one end of the pen Chicago, Denver and Salt Lake City, insula to the other, and side trips alJ traveling over the Lincoln highway. over the island of Sicily. They averaged 600 miles a day on the .An American automobile license is the return trip, so that Lucido's expression open seasame to official and private of pleasure at being home again in courtesy in Italy, and his California Monterey was almost unneeded. plates gave him the right of way every Although Lucido avoided any com where. He landed in Palermo April 17 ments on political topics, he said he saw from the S. S. ".Roma" of N avigazione no evidence of unemployment anywhere. Generale Italiane and was on the go Hotel prices were about the same as almost all the time until June 18 when here; cost of foodstuffs was lower he boarded the S. S. "Augustus" of the At Rome he was present when .4 U G US T, 1 9 3 2 .11
Tuna Plants~ Beeeip1s Heavy
UNA CANNERIES of San Pedro T and San Diego went to work in ear nest during June and July when close to 10,000 tons of fish.were .delivered at the California plants. July especially showed a marked increase over recent months, landings in both ports being ap proximately twice what they were in June. San Pedro district (including Terminal Island, Wilmington and Long Beach) during June received the following amounts of fish: Albacore or long-fin tuna (imported from Japan), 514,329 pounds; bonito, 57,691; mackerel, 765,235; yellowfin tuna, 1,358,783; bluefin tuna, 101,594; skipjack or striped tuna, 701,871; total, 3,499,503 pounds. San Diego dur ing June received 3,145,343 pounds, di vided as follows: Bonito, 248,630; yellow fin, 1,125,760; bluefin, 16,695; skipjack, 1,754,258. "Hermosa", one-time pa S~noked Fish Standardization RESER\'ATlON OF FISH insures even distribution of fron1 vlhich can be calculated Pn1eans of s1noke js an art The wood material is fed on to hun1idity at any P"1ven tin;_e :1ut originated in prehistoric ages and at the back, is ing the sn1oking process. which has ben practiced more or less by the above The agitator, to -\;;;.rhich referenc~~ constantly since that period. This fact mentioned conveyor system and then is 1nade above, creates sufficient air circu .. borne out of many ex- into an ash receiver at the lation to accurate recordiilg' hy who even !SO after it has been these and sufficient agitation in-- value of the burner, this section sure the of tbe srnokt: lntt-, wood of fish electric motor for e-verv DOrtion of this Thl.::: flesh. is recoo-- driving the mechanism which feeds the adds to the efficiency nizecl as one its origin in an-- sawdust and the and a for it causes ail of the tiquity, firms which Dractice it the com- treated to color at the have made attempt to -reduce the distributes the heat thrcnghuut practice to an exact science. Almost con"\levs the sn1oke fro111 the entire every individual fish by chamb"er to the smoking prevents this method has above. The of the warmer than another. ticular techniCJue, and i~ controlled by tile of the smoking systems of treatment rate of the sawdust feed; hy increasing the wet and \rariety. the quantity onto the hot plate the on the volume of is augmented. An elec- methods can be tric relay, utilized for control cf the tem are hung sults obtained can be perature of the sn1oking coxnpartn1ent, into J. M. Lemon (United also is situated in this section. hy Fisheries 111 The an o-·verflovv at one end. studies at Gloucester, n1ttted frorn a tank on the has clesiQ·necl an cxperimen- con1partn1ent 1Yy opening a . in wh~ch ther:arying f~c- the compartment. The tors can IJe control ted. I h1s smol F h e FIRST SALMOK cannery on S101L Fur exan1ple, 1 O\Ynerl the Port \V c:st Coast was built in Oregon land fvLarket in 192\) ~1nd 19?1 anrl on in the middle of the N incteenth erated I{ee,~e,'j, lnc., in 1922~ '1923 at;d CeEt1_lry. s.a111Hl11 canning· has fornled an 1924. The \York \Va~, tuo heavy) ho\?,T~ in1portar~-t phase of the state~ s industrial ever, so I sold out in the last-named life allnost as soon as there >;vas anv in year and since then h;n·c devoted mv.,elf dustrial life there. :Many of the fainous exclnsivclv tu fresh 11sb " narnes ir: the history of ,:;allnon canning '"I have: been fortunate in ex- in th•c \Nest are those of men whose fac ceptionally pleasant relationships 1dth tories vce;·e located on the Columbia or the trade, \\T1th tl1ose account:) the co a::-; ted strean1s of ()reg-on's coast. 1 have been am Portland. J ha\"e one account Fresh tJ_~h operations, hoY\Tevcr, have Briti.sh Boats FLEETS of fish. J\' aas RJvcr fishenncn, r1vers Jn Brit Japanc.'e and lndian, oCfer Colutllbia v,Tere inactive and beca1ne general on that ~he: ~a. ter part of June and early the Skeena, however the i\hcr- iJC;81-owners declared that olfer was rdused, fisher!llcn still '.'ouL1 not afford to operate ont for 40 cents. A fny chvs later, after more tban tvvo canneries had shut clow;1 for the sea- also known as coon and others to fol- As the seas.on 111 en 1nci on July 5 tu kn-\' s1Jit. an at I HY an H S. BAKER has been named San Francisco KARL STROMSEN, general superintendent of A K. KOULOURIS, president of the Los An. • marine sales representative fo1· Goodyear Rub A Van Camp Sea Food Co., Inc., Tenninal ~ geles brokerage house of that nan1e, spe,-_1t lJer Co., a San Francisco firm having no connection Island, California~ was all set to start his vacation about 10 days recently at his sumn1er cabin at BiP. with others of similar name. Baker will distribute on July 7. Unfortunately, at that titne officials of Bear Lake in the_ San Berna1·dinn IVIountains. '--" the Goodyear "Gold Seal" trade-marked line of Van Camp and General Fisheries Corp. detern1ined go up often for \Veek ends/j he states, "since a goods. to dismantle the General plant, and Karl therefore number of my friends have cabins up there at ahour had to postpone his rest period while he supervised 8.000 feet eleYation. 1 took the -,vhole family up S TEPHEN E. GENTRY of Great \Vestem Sea· the \Vork. "I expect to tnake my annual pilgrin1age for the vacation; we all like the pure air and beau~ food Co., Los Angeles, spent July at Yosen1ite to the hot springs in August," he explains. ''I tiful surroundings. I dicl a little fishingo fot 'black 1.\iational Park on his vacation. always get soaked there-anyway you want to take bass, \Vhich is the most comn1o1r species in the lake, that remark-but they surely make a yoLmg fellow "Last year the cabin was under 20 feet of sno'N, C. HOLZAPFEL, fottnder of lnter·nationai Eke me feel fine. n and although it held up all rightj I have had to A .:: Pai-rrt Co., Inc. (formerly International Com put in some additional Stlpports, as another snowfall positions). has retired hom presidency of the large OHN L. GILBERT, executive vice-president of like that n1ight cause it to collapse. l own the organization \vhich he began in a London alley J Alaska Pacific Salmon Corp., Seattle~ is spend· house and lease the land fron1 the government.n shop half a century ago. Holzapfel announced his ing the sun11ner in Southeastern Alaska. He ar decision on the occasion of a visit to San Pedro, rived dudng June and since then l1as been visiting C LARENCE FRANCIS, executive vice-presi California, when he and his son, Atthur, conferred plants at Ketchikan (Sunny Point)} Kake (which dent of General Foods Corp.~ recently stated: ·with Arthur Pegg, Los Angeles Harbor manager has been leased to Lihby, lVlcNeill & Libby), Funter "Th-e quick-freezing of foods is the gfeate:st research for C. G. Clinch & Co., San Francisco. Bay and Port Althorp. Gilbert Skinner. another developtnent which has been n1acle by General Foods The veteran marine paint n1anufacturer now is of the chief officers of the corporation, also is in Corporrttion. 1'hrough the innovation of elevating his attention to a progran1 for international Alaska, spending the summer in the western freezing, we have found a 111ethod to package ancl reciprocal tariff reduction, a subject in which he is portion. brand practically all perishable foods; and to put greatly interested. Arthur Holzapfel has been fruits and vegetables of all kinds on the table ~-rt named president of the :firm to succeed his father. HOVDEN, president of Hovden Food Prod any tim.e of the year.. , , New trends, such as tl1is K (' ucts Corporation_, with f1sh canneries in I\Ion one of quick-frozen foods, may start us ou.t oi the HRIS WUORI wanted to make sure that terey and San Diego, Callf01·nia, left late in June depression. For this reason, rese-arch is rnore Im Paavo Nurmi, great Finnish distance runner, for an eastern sales trip. In part, his sudden de portant than ever and n1ust not be discontinued. \\'as well-fed during his stay in Los Angeles, parture was occasionefl by the death of his Chicago '"Research must always continue in the food in~ \Vhether or not the Olyn1pic Games comn1ittee distributor, R. B. Boak, o£ Boak & Cmnpany, clustry, \Ve can constantly develop better \Vays t•=.. :finally decided that he could compete, Wum·i there prepare foods, find new products to sell a-ad unco\rer fore sent Nurmi a choice bit of Columbia River H IDNRY O'MALLEY, United States Commis more information about proper regulation of d-i,~t. 1 ' kippered chinook salmon. It is understood that the . sioner of Fisheries, estimates that the value of tast)· fish is to be served during a dinner given in game :fi_sh to th~ community in which it is taken is HARLES R. POLLOCK,. Washington depart· honor of Finland's mighty marathon chan1pion. $3 per pound fm- trout, $2 for black bass and $5 ment of fisheries head} and Charles R. J\'1 aybury, for striped bass. He bases his estitnates upon fig state director of licenses, were featured speakers_ at B. FRIELE of Nakat Packing Co. was ures which he has con1piled fron1 reports of dealers a meeting of Queets Olyn1pic Club (Queets, \\'ash H. so11tlnvard-bound for Seattle during the last in :fish tackle, boat owners, automobile concerns, ington) on June 17. Their talks chiefly were da:y·s of July, having embarked from Ketchikan on grocery stores and others selling merchandise to cerned ·'.vith game fish laws and the difficulties the morning of July 23. His last day before sail sportsmen. enfo1·cen1ent officers. ing was a btisy one, and he traveled hy airplane irom his Bristol Bay plant to Ketchikan and then ORMAN L. FREEMAN, Prince Rupert (B.C.) L EE T. CRITCHLOW, head of J\Tonterey to and from his Hidden Inlet cannery. representative of International Fisheries Com~ :J\iarine Tvfachine Shop, 1\-'l:ontere:r~ Caii{orni.:c~ mission, recently made a trip to Juneau and Ketchi~ says that the Jvionterey Eighty Club has laur:.che.--1 a vigorous campaign to keep outside boats OBERT and JACK VANCE, two Sacramento kan to take care of official matters. R from the city in onlet- to give hoine-O\\'ned naif · youths) are telling one of the season's best fish -¥, ~ ( \vhose cl-ews spend their n1oney- in JVf onterey J a stories. The two California boys went swimming i\ ZZ!E MEREDITH, secretary of Meredith chance to m.ake livings for their ovvners and q~era~ in a nearby river; one cll-·ved into a quiet pool and ..L~ Fish Co. of Sacramento, California, has been tors. Eighty Club, of which Critchlo\'V is a n:m head-on into a 40-pound salmon. He seized sending o11t letters to the cotnpan/s customers at her, is a civic organizatio-n \vith one mf:mber fron~ it in his arn1s and yelled for assistance. His lxother regular intervals to 1·ecommend certain. species of each of 80 industries or occupations. It is -,;ecking came to the rescue and clubbed the fish to death, fish on which there are specials, to list prices for the cooperation of l\ionterey canners in its "patromze The tvvo then v/rapped the salmon up in thei1· bath all varieties and to encourage purchases. home-boats" progratn. ing suits and 1)rough t it home. WALTER MORGANo skipper of the (' ERARD SWOPE, president of Gener~! ULIUS ORMAND, president of National Food Pedro tunacruiser "Chicken of the Sean, .J tric Co., recently was granted the g;ulc ,., r Brokei-s Association, recently told rnetnhers of declared at the time of last making port at Fish of 1\'ational Academy of Social Sciences. American \Vholesale Grocers Association at Cin Harbor that he had discovered sharks to be n1an1tnals. a v•:arcl was made in 1·ecognition of his cinnati that in his opinion a most wholesome atti He has located the mamae beneath the posterior social services and his nlans for dealing \\ tude exists among the larger elen1ents of the food portion of the fernale of the species, he says, and. employment. industry on the West Coasc has succeeded in obtaining from then·t such quan "The salmon industq.c, a foot ball for sotne years tities of ·milk that perhaps he visualizes a big tropi~ AX BERG1 manager of Pa~..;itLc Fish -\vith no profit to canner1 distributor) or jobber, deep~sea cal industry in butter and cheese productsj Altoona; \Vashington1 recently made 2 trlv and no advantage to the consumer-has taken a on a tiburon basis. Of course icthyologists are at California. His Colmnbia River carmel')" long step forward toward stahilizatiun," he said. issue with the navigator~s findings, for sharks long shoycd by fire several :months ago. ".All buyers are placed on an equal footing_, as all have been knov/n to be fish, not 111a1nmals, but it special inside or secret rebates have been discon may well be ren1embered that no less eminent an ARR WIEST (recently a. pat·tner tinued. That means a ·wholeson1e situation. All observer and chronicler than Hen:nan Melville \\Fiest & Co. and no\v head of hit> are on a fair price hasis. The business will go the whaler-he \Vho wrote ''J\foby Dick1 the '\:Vhite age in Los Angeles) and Frank Lenk to the one vvho best justifies his right to existence Whale" and the idyllic "'Typee" holds k1rth in the fresh fish division of Youngs lviarket in production or distribution. No longer can favor of the tenet that the great cachelot is a fish. Angeles) have cabins only a couple oi L~ocks po\Yerful individuals or groups of buye1·s fot"Ce un Melville had °CUt inn nmny a sperm bull and CO"V 1 at J\Ianhattan Beach, on the ocean. vvelcmne, unfair, and uneconomic prices, conclitions, and he knew that the females bore living young, very much," states Lenk. "Our lamil:Y and terms upon the sellers. j} gave milkt and breathed with lungs; but the shape six, there 1)eing fo11r children. of the animal) its finst food, habitat and other char~ \\'inters in Burbank and the sununers W-ALTER CARLSON, port engineer at San acteristics caused hirn to decide that it actually r~·'I·ancisco for A. P'alaidni, Inc., in June spent was a fish, a11 contradictory evidences notwith LVIN P. BAUKOL of tbe Sa11 several days in Eureka, California, overseeing in~ standing. So). also 1 in the case of Captain Morgan, offices of :~Ionterey Canning Co., stallation of a new 1·udder on the "Attilio Paladinin .. who declares that he has dissected not less than California} spent his \/acation on RvssiB~~ l{h paranze11a trawle1· of the Paladini fleet. 175 sharks. ing July. A.VGVST, 1932 15 R. NORMAN HENDRICKSON, who ior !\ ,f ISS MARY ELLISO, office secretary of the ET.ER GASETAS, office manager of A, K, smne time has been associated with Spaulding lVl California Packing Corp. Terminal Island I(oulouris & Co. (seafood brokerage of Lo~ _A_n~ Inspection Bureau of San Pedror left recently for sardine and tuna cannery~ enjoyed a two-week geles) 1 wander·ed off on a lfJ-day t:rip LEXANDER C. FINLAYSON, superintend- ARL A. SUTTER, ge:aeral manager of Fidalgo ent of fish hatcheries under Dominion Depart~ Island Packi11g Co.~ Seattle and Alaska> spent men-:: of _Fisheries, is retiring from duty. The su June and }11Jy visiting his comvany1 s plants in the perintendent is an oJd-time1· in fisheries work. hav~ BEN HILL, northvnst. fie arrived in Ketchikan on June 11 and spent considerahle time there. E:is brother~ ing received his early training under the biological assemblytnan _han~ the 86th district of Calijornia Otto, is 1nanager of the Ketchikan pla:nl·, and l1is branch of Scotland's fishery board. .He joined the which comprises Sm~ Pedro and Wilmington, Is a can- CanaL~ian fisheries staff in 1897. didate /or to leg£rlature, Hill is son) Vance,. is superintendent. Next he ;-vent un to Port Graham on Cook Inlet to look over the As an eYidence of their regard fm· him) 1nembers known as o/ (."omm.ercial /iJiuries and p~lant of th~ d~partment staff at Ottawa presented Fin is .raid to ha7H been in sa1aing the there. Following his return to ~Ketchikan from layson \Yith a gold \Vatch and chain. The pre~ paJSage of tht- so-called "fish-netn bill.. He coopcr Cook Inlet, he took passage to Petersburg, \\·here >Sentatio?1 V\ras made by \i\"'illiarn A. Found, deputy rded with representatives of fisherme-n's organizations he stopped briefly and then \vent on hy tender fisheries and 110\Y in charge of its \Vork. in pro-:.Jing to Gu1;ernor ]amn RolpA; {t,_, that he to the plant at Pillar B2y. lie said that his :firm .r/wu!d veto t!u bifl wli-ifk wotdd ll-a''Vt pre1.1entrd and Jr:·verett Packing Co. in July \Vere pntting p-~~'NK ~ENK, 1nanager of the fresh fish _di· Cl)mmercial fishing far broadltill Jwordfis!t. He also up salmon at I-Ierendeen Bay in the Arctic, "\Vhere Yislun ot Youngs ~Iarket Co.) Los Angeles~ opJ>osed t.he closi"ng of the an excellent ruu of reds has occurred. 81H:nt a brief vacation in the Sn1ith River (Ore I-!IJ gon) .:::uuntryJ trout¥fishng. "I didn't have any of fiyh E UGENE SCOFIELD, biologist 1Nho spends his V1.rinters in Southern California and his sum truuhle finding the trout,'' he explained upon his Ca/Wlltries a1~d of Fislurmen's Coo-pr.rati'lJe A.r:Jiociotio1t, r{'turn, "because Tomrny I.,..ofthouse~ captain of the San Pedro. nlers in the northern part oi the state. left Cali tnutorcyc1e squad here, was up just ahead of me fornia State .Fisheries Laboratory during July io and told :ne ''"here to go." return to Stanford University's I-Iopkins i\-[arine Station at Pacific Grove. I-Iis \vork there \vill be N1 RS. EIGEL BUSCHMANN and htr daugh ISS JULIA MESSANO and Anthony De «- continuation of his studies in the life history of te:·, Ruthf came north from Seattle during 1\.iiglio were 1na1Tied on J nne 11 in a ceremony the sardine. July join their husband and father at Nakat which interested many members of San Pedro's Corporation's plant at VVaterfalL Busch~ fisherie,s industdes. The wedding took place at ARY BEZICH, that "pore banJ-·workin~ gal'' \Yho i_s general superintendent of the N akat I\Iary Star of the Sea chL1rch in the presence of vvho handles the telephone, keeps all 1he arri-ved in Alaska in l\Iay. relatives and invited f1·iends. The bride was at~ accounts, issues the checks, translates in thn;e tended by 1\1rs, Jennie De J\fassa, sister of the languages, and incidentally :mediates boat-crew "~' H. JOHNSON, manager of Canadian Fish grootn, and Gennaro De Massa served as best man. fights and international ta.x.adon problems~ is saill & Cold Storage Co. at Prince Rupert, B. C.~ Anna .1\fessano, the bride's sister, and Julla J\1es~ to have had a vacation 110t long ago. It seems that the 1932 convention of Canadian sano, her cousin} were bridesmaids; Frank 1\Ies~ that at the time the tuna fishernten eugagt:.d in o. ..t\ssociation \viii be held in Quebec on sano and C. 1-.iineghino acted as ushers;. and legal battle \Vith the cann.ers concerning the "bold 13 and 14. Johnson, a past presi- Anna and Jennie Artiano 1vere flower girls; Lucille back;' rnoneys for last year~s catchj Ivfary was , the organization, explains that this will be De 1\figlio was train-bearer, and Carmen J\Iessana offered an opportunity journey S0Ld::hward tr; tn~t time in the history of the association in was ring bearer. Frocks of the entire bridal part:y San Diego, \vhere the proceedings were celebrated It ?as met in that city! other annual gather~ were in dainty pastel shades. A reception followed before a magistrate, All she had to do '.vas keep havmg been held at Prince Rupertp Van at the hom.e of the bridegroorn1 s mother, Th1:rs, Lucy all the records o{ the trial" but It Vl3.s chan.gt:"' Ott3,Yaj J\fm11·eal _and ,Halifax. De Miglio. an3n,yay. 16 WEST COAS1" FISHER E IONEL SHATZ, 3ecrdary-treasurer of A. OHN , 1\I.i-\.RTI:~,l, o-f Harbor Boat Building W. BRANCH, manager of canned sal· PalaclinL (nc., San 11\ancisco \Vholesale fresh J Company, San Pedro, '"'-'ill voyage tlp to ···,Tat> mon depar·t-;:nent of l,ihby, 1\-Icl'Yeill & Lihbv flsh organization~ some time ago described ·the work couve·, B, C., "to visit relatives" in August. \vho n1akes his headquarters in Seattle, spent nv ~~ his company is (loing in encouraging sale of sea~ laug-h· if the lJ. S. Congress would put of Jur.e and July 1n Ala~_;ka. IIis chief purpose foods . through a q11ick v;,rine-and-beet· bill, for then to visit each of the company's northen1 plants . ;Our salesmen,') be tells, ';have been continual Johnny '.rvould be put to it to ftgure up sonte ex~ sse that they ;.vere in readiness lor operatirJil. H:: ly calling on the trade, pointing out to them the cusc to explain \vhy he didn't have to go, aftet· reported during middle July· that the Gorge effort the \'-'holesa1e dealers are making in increase alL Tf ;-f'ijua:na on1y had some decent bre\vers) plant had 25,000 tlsh on the floor during one -fish consumption and requesting their cooperation ancl the I\1exicans didn't so everlastingly soak: the V'hile he \-vas there, cmcl that the cornpany's le3.seri_ i-n an enrleavor to take fish out of the 'one da:f a "C-ringon for everyth1ng he huys in their hloont cannery at Kake was securing fine fish alsr.:, \veek' cla~'S- \Vc are having them post Vi'inUO\V ing country, lt would be far tnore convenient lor IVlrs. Branch and \V. S. Jhavende1·, stickers, and also tnail out blr;tters. 1nost of us to have out· great-uncles or secon(l ::.uclit()r. accom}Jani.ccl Branch. '·Advcrtjsernents appearing in the n1ornlng papers cousins in Tiaja Ca1iiornia, for ies a long and feature certain Yarieties of fish for the luncheon tedious jo-urney all the \Vay to Blaine. f"' S. VVHITEHEAD~ staff·nte1nher of rnenu. Our salesmen call on the 1arget· restaurants, kj,; .Fisheries Laboratory at Terminal Island. shrJ\V the1n a copy of the advertisement and l"e N. VVILLIAJ\IIS is the nevv superintendent had to cliscontlnue his researches to enter a h:her quest that tbey have a supply of the featnred fish s of the Sunny Point (Alaska) cannery culosis sanitariutn, reports that he is much restore:{l 011 hand. so that they v·xill be in a position to take Alaska Pacific Salmon Corp.J Seattle finn operJ.t.ed. in health, and has returned to tbe home care of the a.nticipated demand." by the Skinner & -n:cidy interests. \V illiams for ents, near :Palo Alto, Cali[ornia, ''\Vhite-y" ~as c..U merly \Vas superintendent of the Funter Bay can· his friencls ca11 him-says that he feels :fit enough nery, and has had n1u.ch experience in the sahnon to rett11~1. to \Vork right no\v', but the doctfJrs industry. let him,__ at least not for a \Vhile yet. saw the son of one of the Japanese o\vne1·s CJ{ the The superintendent replaces S. G. Bartholomevv', back, as soon as you caa come, \-\.Thitey l "Chicago' 1 floating face clovvn in the waters of who recent1y resigned. Hartholome\v has heen in l~... ish :Harbor uear the Harbor Boat plant \\'ith· the salmon business for a decade and a half. out stopping even to- take the \vrenches and othet· ERBERT EGGLESTON, iormedy tools out of his pockets, Redfield dived overboard at Eureka hnt Jater transferred to and brought the boy in. :First aid then '\Yas ren., -r OUIS BROWN of Van Camp Sea Food Co., ierey hranch of \A/ estern California Fish Co,J sr:·ert (_lered by the staff of the boat-building firm, and L Inc., Terminal Island and San Diego canners, ~everal days early in July Yisitiug his friends -j_p Humboldt County, California. at the smne time the pulmotor \Vas called. Fortu .. retw·ned during Ju1y front a month's travel in east nately, the yo1.1ng Japanese vvas revived even be· ern United States. "The trip was for both husi fore the lile-saving equipment anived, and sonte ness and -pleasure," he explained after he once b_' P. CHURCHILL, professor of zootogy again his 1 Island headqttarters. ''I additional \Nork by the pulnwtor crevv soon per -,:vas in l'ennina1 ~ ~ ~ ·university of Snuth Dakota, three """Z.n a~o rnittecl him to recove1· completely. \Vent east on the train, llought a car and drove fouml a fish back in the n1iddle -United Sta~e~"- . ,... back in it. A:mo1~g the places I visited were \Vash \vbich didn't look like any he had ever see:n. _b c B. CHILDS, general representative of Libby, ington, D. C., New York and Pittsburg. They sent it in to Samuel. E. Hildebrand; senior ichtll'- r;. F still complain about hard times in the East, but I 111 1\'[c~eill & L-ibby~ 1)aid his first visit to logist of United States Bureau of Fisheries 1 A1aska during middle July, vvhen he traveled north don't think they talk as much about the depression ington, D. C. Hildebrand iclentifled it as o. "vard to inspect sexeral of the satmon canneries as was the case a year or so ago." species, never before found, and it ha~ been operated hy his firm. Hybognathus churchi1li in honor of its di,scoverer. F-·RANK CARDINALLil manager of P'ittsbtrrg, ELLIE EVENSON of the office staff of · CaJifornia~ branch of A. Paladini, Inc., aniye VV. ABTS 1 traveling sales representative smoothly ope1·atlng, the captain ma.Y I't·anco Jtaliar. }1 acking Co., Terminal Isl S. SHIPLEY, rn-esident of YoTk Ice J\1a seiner and resume the -round-J1an] and, Califon1j.:-c, rcturne(l to his oiiice recently "' chinery Co., ·y-ork, T\~nnsylvania. is on a tour 'vhich be \von l_listlnci-icm ir:. the cL after a hip of two ·months to eastern and micldle the T_Tnitecl States cludng vvh1ch he expects to owned and connnandecl the -firsl \Vestern 1narke-ts. visit every one of the :firrn's 36 ;:vestern branches. pnrsehoat i-n San Pedro~the On the Pacihc C:C1ast he \vill stop in Seattle) \Vash Aiter the loss of tbis vessel on the Aiio ILLIAiv'l: DURANT and Bernard Seven, crab ington, ancl in :)act·amentP, San F·rancisco and Los Berntsen purchased half interc:st fisht:rm~?n of :0.-larshfielcl, Oregon, recently cap Angeles, Cali.iornia. Joan-'', a big seiner that \VaS built by tured a wolf eel in a crah pot. The six-foot sea Gahelich nf San Pedro and later sold serpent, \Yhich is uncmnmon in Pacific \\Taters, put EORGE STOLTZ of Ocean City, Washington, of 1\Ionterey. Berntsen made the np fierce fight before it v,·as overcorne. It is de tlu_g up \vhat l)rubably is the grandfathet· of all somely, but after a couple of seasuns scr-ibed as having a heaO resembling that a bu11· razo-r cla1ns during an expedition net long ago to the other ownerj and ret1tn.1cd home dog. beaches near Copalis, \Vashington. The molht~~k time to nrging the cause of 1neasured more than seYen inches ia girth and factory \vhieh at last has UGENE ·C. SCOFIELDY oceanographer and almost that length, and 'Neighed exactly one pol1n{l. b1·ought into tangible being. E n1arine biologist -,vbo has been making a It was turned over to V·/ arrenton Cannir:.g Co., of the spa ..wning habits of \Vest Coast \vhere it later \Vas inspected by V./ashington :fisheries (';HARLEY BRIGGS, lllarine_ has transfened his G. II. Q. frmu the- State Fish department offtc-ials. 'They estitnate-fl its age at ap .,____) stwance adjttster of S2n _Utego. eries Laboratory at Tenninal Island to IIopkins proximately six ye;:us. man 1nuch harrassecl o-f ]ate: for in qntd lVlarine Station of Stanford ·university (at IVIon~ he has had t.o make three terey), and San Francisco. I--la.ving finished his W. SHANNON? president ot San Leandro hwy to investigate as many {iekl work for this year's spa\vning, he \Vill -~,vork Sportsmen's Club, San Leandro, California. being total losses. Briggs 111ovc:-:> up his data in the n1ore northern places. Scofield's says his group has secured 250 signatures to a peti that he receives ad\'ices co:nceJ·ning contributions to the kno\vledge of sardine 1i£e-his~ tion asking California Division of F]sh & Game a wreck, and usually goes by land, lJ~~ tory comprise practically all that 5.s known of the prohibit sale of striped bass in commercial markets, onstratcd in 1·epeated instant:es that subject. The petitions still are hcing eirculatccl. cnvered mure sv,rlft1y by autumob11c A.UGUST, 1932 1'7 Canned Foods Show G·ain A.:\::-JERS, brokers, jobbers, whole "Very decided increase, SO 111UCh SO deal of attention an1ong ])etroit housc salers and retailers, after having that it was commented bv store vnves. !hese questions·" and a.. U5\lversJ 1n had son1e tvvo 1nonths in \vhich to managers at last e are push n1y opu11on, are provlll_g a heln to estimate the results of the national sale of canned lll cooperation canned goods sales because are ~lar- canned foods advertising campaign re ifying many ideas housewives here .. centlv conducted for ]'\a tiona! Canners campaign has had a tofore entertained reg·arding canned Asso~iation by Continental and Ameri 111 stirnulating sales. Ton can can companies, are congratulating nage IS ±ar greater than for the same on canned goods the last the sponsors and the staff of advertising period last vear." month have been better than m the same c"xperts who handled the nrogram. Opin "vVe have had an increased unit sale period in 193L" ion ap1;arently is united irt the belief that of canned foods over a of four "National Canners this publicity not only greatly increased weeks as compared with ] stimulated the sale of the sale of canned goods during the time and in creased slightly, was appearing but that it ·will continue Praise from W'lwlesalers "Our sales in cases arc ahead of last year and to increase movement of these foodstuffs "The campaign proving very suc- our through the educational effect it has had cessful and our salesmen are keeping be stock will be entirely cleaned out Detore upon the nation's housewives, hind their customerco in getting them to ne\v is ready. \Ve an: cc1nvinced Retailers, who are more definitely tie up with it," states a wholes;:,Jer who the advertising campaign 1s re- sponsible for this increase.~' "npon the firing line'' because they deal alw has found the publicity valuable, with the consumers, have been Others add: Metlwd., Used generous in their pra.ise of the "Either the advertising you are doing cz.mpaign. Their letters indicate that on canned foods or om· own hard work .l\s stated in previous 1ssues of \;\T CF their profits ·have increased in direct ra has about doubled our canned foods sales ad-vertising began in national u-;_agazines to the efforts they put forth to tie in in the last 30 and trade Later, these their cnvn establishments with the general "We have a marked increase fields had given thorough exploita· progran1. in the sales of canned foods during the tion, a change was made to "\Ve have made a careful check on the last two weeks.'' in order to reach a different tYDc results obtained," says one retailer, "and i(W e have 11ad a decided increase in culation. - - report an increase in sales of 25 per cent canned foods sales." Appeals were Yaried. ";..[eedn't tell me above normal volume in canned goods. "Campaign has stimulated sales to re about canned foods: I know ~hey're Our tie-up advertising nroduced results tailers. Our seven salesmen " states a unifo-nned :nn:rse 1E one a drive on canned foods fur in excess of expectations." ''J've to hand it y()U~~ Other statements bv retailers include paign, and report increased a. -..vonder declares an enthUs1as- the follovving: - "Canned goods sales have m- husband to his capable wife an- creased since this campaign \Ve otber. ''If v1hat you ~V\rant is n1c1re for have sold a great deal of canned are getting good results from specials goods in the last few weeks. \Ve placed :rnoney_; rerne1nber that canne(1 foods each week through the trade and noJe extras that don't cost ,you a a !arger order for canned goods today larger sales, particularly on better grade than at any one ti1ne \vith1n a year.'J the groceryn:;an in a of canned goods. The local tie-ups are 1ne, can ned foods ''\fost beneficial canned foods adver of gTeat " are tl1e best tismrt ever conducted." "Canned verv welL farmer in still '!Thirtv per cent Jncreasc o·1,;t--r last \Ve had the week for convenience, fla-vor appear )'t~l r. ., ~ 1nany 1nonths. ance-these of sales- "It is the best Canners advertisement gaining appeals used in the advertise,~ 1Ye ever sa\i\'. SaJcs are very good." ments. ''Custon1ers ha,/e 111entioned seeing the Canner.< and Brokers _l\s indicated above, pictures \vere ustd and reading it and se-veral to increase the attention-'.'alue of on the fact that thev had illustrations Yvere of lc~arncd so1ne things the:r didn't .- kno\'V 211 d that they >vould do less home renre- and buy n1ore." tional .i\ssociation advertising on canned have picked bas hcolped me mcreasc· business on of progratn up in tl~e last fev-.r canned goods. One of companies ''Tl1~re has been a decided increase in tbat I represent is advertising on the Other Publicity cannccl goods sales since the J\T atlonal same witb the canner's copy and Association advertising cop:y this has a great But straight appearing," Other canners. and declare· copy was not have never kno1-vn canned goods ''The Canners has been a tire burden to .. nwvc so well as during past month." great help. I expect even more results the , In the past three months these stores as the advertising continues." helps •:a1·e sold ·more canned and corn "Have had a better volume of busi ize the results. il1an thev had sold before ten months." this vear than One nf the n1ost popular of these as ''Srlles. have increased from ten to !if the Canners. advertis- sistances was the series of seven book past t\Yo \Yecks." sales have heen much worse." lets on canned foods. Thousands upon bave had with Advertising thousands of these VY'ere 1nailed to per cent increase housevvives 1.vho savv thcn-1 adv-crtisentent and vvrote for thenJ. L ne have noticed canned goods sales in Jlousewire.• Interested some in the past few weeks. seven were entitled: "Should Children ,, a'·c tying up each week with the "The educational feature of the ac!Yer Canned Foods "P1ain G'acts tisements has hc:en attracting a great Canned Foods'', "227 Te:,;ted Rec- 18 WEST COAST FISHERIES ipes for Canned Foods", "Nutritive Value Advance in form at i o n about each company. As mentioned above, the more of Canned Foods", "How to Buy Canned month's campaign was furnished to re- complete this tie-in the better were the Foods", "Delicious Meals the Thrift tailers the advertising directors, in results noticed by retailers. Way", ''What to Have-Any Day, Any order they might be able to tie in .Devices Varied Meal, Any Course." These not only their own local advertising. Free adver were mailed out by National Canners As tising layouts, free sketches, cuts and Reprints of the more sociation, but also were distributed in electros also were furnished unon re- vertisements, with publicity great quantities by wholesalers and re quest, in a of sizes to n1eet the ual stores on the other side of each tailers throughout the country. needs and capabilities of each proved a popular tie-up. These either were furnished by the· publicity headquarters or were purchased from local newspapers. Suggested lay outs and copy also were provided, and. proved of great value. Other merchants secured proofs of the ILBERT N CAMP advertisements, pasted them upon stiff cardboard and used them as window and counter displays, ca.lling the attention of housewives to their supplies of INSURANCE foods. Two other popular dow and counter cards were San Diego-86'7 Harbor St. Phone FRanklin 2876 suggested canned food menus and which announced special nrices San Pedro-Municipal Wharf. Phone 2680 eties of canned goods not the public. A practice which gained considerable Specializing in popularity the past few months was that of "assorted cases" to customers. An assorted case is one ia of Insurance which two or three cans each of a va-. riety of canned foods is offered for a Fishing Industry total price which affords a on each commodity. Sale of these assorted cases increased both volume and oroi1i REPRESENTING for merchants tbronghout the country. Future Plans BOSTON INSURANCE COe No announcement has been made I BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS indicate whether or not another canned foods advertising be Hn- dertaken this fa.ll. the m- II ______Complete Insurance Protection terest and enthusiasm by re- (Continued on I I cut shipping cost new low . IBR BOARo·""'Pao UC~'S I 710 RUSS BUILDING, SAN fRANCISCO _Mills and Factories: SAN i'!l.ANCISCO !.OS ANG'UES STOCKTON SAN FRANCISCO ANTIOCH VERNON' POI!l'ftiiN!> l'HiLA!lELPifi"A LOS ANGELES SOUTHGATE PORT ANGELES SUMNER Q6'K.'UND SALT !.AK!l-CIT)( PHILADE-LPHIA- PORT''TOWNSEND"' ,HONOLU-LU-- - KAHULU~ AVGUS1' 1932 19 Tuna Pa~kers Fee Slas SAN DIEGO tuna canners during July Conn ty, the canners or the assessor. with consequent in entered protest with the San Diego coun Chairman Thomas and other volume o£ our packers' ty board. of equalization over the rate of members of the board the argu- "Directors of the assessments applied to canned tuna in ments of the canners agreed to re- the best interests of cannery warehouses, declaring that the value the tuna on the basis suggested by will be served by figure set on the value of the goods was Honssels. It is understood that all other strong financial position too high. tuna packers in San are to have ent period of business Van Camp Sea Food Co., Inc., was the their stocks evaluated on same basis. this end many operating economies have firm which called attention to the matter. been effected this including and wage throughout Bismarck Houssels, vice-president in DIRECTORS of Continental Can Co., company, and the more conservative divi-- · charge of production, and A. K. "Gus" Inc., on July 26 declared a quarterly dend policy adopted the directors COil- Johnson, vice-president in charge of San dividend of 50 cents share on the stitutes a further this direction. Diego operations, went before the equal common stock, Augnst 15 t_o "The low stocks many canned prod- ization board and stated that their ware stockholders of record Angust 1. Previ ucts novv in \Varehouses and on dealers~ housed stocks of tuna had been assessed ous dividend payments in 1932 have been shelves and the recent advancing price at the rate of $5.00 a case, while the aver at the quarterly rate of 620 cents per trend in some of the canned age selling price of late had been approxi share. foods are encouraging In v1ew mately $4.41 per case. In addition, their In commenting em the dividend dec of the fact that we have retained sales costs amounted to 13 cents a case, laration, 0. C. Huffma.n, president, stated cally all of our old customers they declared, and labeling and handling that business to July 2, 1932, was about added many new ones on long term re- required another 14 cents. As a result, 17 per cent less than the total to the quirement contracts this an im- they felt that $4.14 was a fair evaluation same date last year, due largely to lower provement in general should for their goods. specifications on contracts. "Our general immediatelv be reflected in increased In answer to this argument, James line division serves as a fairly represen volutne of -business to the con1pany")} Hervey Johnson, assessor, stated that he tative cross-section of industry in this had valued the tuna. not on the basis of country," continued President Huffn1an, its manufacturing cost, but on the aver "and for this reason depends to a large age selling value of canners, wholesalers extent on general business conditions. and retailers. He .declared that a can of The sales in this division have held at a tuna of a certain grade should be given steady level for several months and re- standard price, no matter where it was cently have shown a tendency or who owned it. He also is said to have toward improvement. of car;- COHN-HOPKINS~ remarked that it was a question of who ning crops in 1932, for the nwst part in CAUFORNIA was to do the assessing in San Diego dicate reductions from those of last year, BU 0. Box 211 Terminal Island, exarnina tions of all fish cannery Certificates LONG LONG BEACH, CALIF. and help the service by 20 WEST COAST FlSHERlE ew Sardine .Representatives HOVDEN FOOD PRODUCTS Cor dine and tuna organization, has Chicago as a result c,f a rnerger ofti- Monterey and San Diego sar- acquired new connections in cials connected R. B. Boak a1'd Allison-Bedford -~------R. B. Boak Co. for many vears well-known in the - - business of Chicago. Upon the the founder and president, R. B. was decided to liquidate the As a result, an affiliation tween Allison-Bedford and the SAN FRANCISCO maining members of the Boak organiza tion, these includincr S. M. Cozzens, man iii) ager, and Freel S. Young and August 1\ lander associates. These three have the salt and canned fish divisiUl, of the firm with which theY tF)'Y associated. - The Boak firm for some time ;·ep- resented K. Hovden Co. and later Hov lit den Food Products Corporatio:L As a Selling Agent Supplies result, during a recent eastern trip of K. Hovden (president of the California Craig 319 West Sixth Street ning organization) arrangen1ents 923 East Third St. Pedro, made f,?r Allis,?n-Be,dford S:o. to d[,,_ Telephone tnbute Portola sardmes ann tuna m the middle-western In the brokerage vvill Holland, Norway and Iceland. ere 1 from Ireland and Norway, I\10NTEREY BAY SARDINES CLAIMANTS against Ltd., by John Brands: EL EL MAR. others, on July 21 in San an involuntary petition FISH OIL and MEAL Among companies fornia Conserving $1,316; Mills, petition firm committed an act when it permitted an attachment to be levied upon it in the superior San Francisco. CANNING COMPANY UNDER DIRECTION of Karl Sales Office and Pi ant: Monterey, Calif. Cable .A.ddress: "GROSS" genera] of Food 'Nork '.Vas begun on dismantling the San ------·--~------ f.E.I30 THCO~ ,I Packers of s1nce Canneries at Mon.terey, Pittsburg, Centerville San SEA \Xlbolesale and Retail with headquarters General Offices: 110 Market been receiving a at its Terminal Linde Packing UGUST, 1932 21 G . .P. HALF E.R'fY & Co., well-known tinue to serve as accountant as well for 1931. This was clue larg-dv to dra,tu: salmon production and distribution firm the present. cluctiun in vvarehouse ~to"'cks and of Seattle. has announced a slashes in overhead expenses development in seafoods-canned SIXTY -FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS rfhese inlprovernents, ho\vever salmon. of commercial salmon ·were 11acked on the firm to operate at ''For about 70 vears salmon has been the lower Yukon durinQ the first 1932 seac 1YJ2. Owi11g to can·J1cd in tbe saJ{Je manner, that is, m which clused ·d~ring middle July. export markets for an sofar as it concerns the consumer.'' ex is the first time in se.;,;eral that cent of British Columbia's canned sah-,Fm Guy P Halferty, president: "It conunercial operations ha""',re per- output and to the unsettled conditilws in been thought impossible to devise mitted in that district. the principal \Vorld n1arkets, B. (' method of removing all the skin Packers, Ltd., proposes this thc salmon is placed in the can. SUPERIOR PACKING Co. has made here closely to a of "For quite some time I have been giv a number of in its Tenakee sal- in operatio.n and ing this matter considerable thought and, nwn plant, to ]. T. Tenneson, it is stated. The in cooperation with M.r. \V. F. Schlothan president. year ended of Ketchikan, Alaska, we have devised "\V e are many local that this policy a simple but effccti·>e machine that residents as and will continue to work irito a better position does job perfectly. It removes all do so all season," be states. , to its bank loans although the the skin and enables us to can each sal the closure of several canneries in the of the carrvover fronl mon 111 a more appetizing, attractive trict, there are more than the usual num the very price pre.vailing 111 the tnanner. ber of Indians seeking work this year, market resulted in an One of the chief drawbacks to canned and a stagg·er system is being used to the year of salmon has been the appearance of cer distribute jobs as widely as possible. for the fiscal year was tain packs in which skin and other debris "Two of the latest types of rapid can the improvement being clue to has become mixed with the choice meat. ning machines have been installed at the of pack in accordance with anticipated re Jn firm, solid this trouble is mini- plant. These have a rated speed of 150 quiren1ents and to severe cutting- in ove:r mized. but even such products sales per minute each. For the season it is not head costs. ctppeal undoubtedly would be increased planned to operate them at more than Return to a earnings were the skin to be renwved. This fact 140. A ne·w plant with 150- tion is expected to be a process, and was recognized last year in British Co cans-per-rninute also has been the objective for the to lumbia when one of the Skeena River installccL" g-et costs low factories experimentally ran a few thou Superior Packing Co. plans to put up a pany to sand cases in which the skins had been normal pack this season, according to the substantial rccmovec! by hand. The pack was found president. that a favorable outcome to be much better but the cost materially from the Ottawa ence might \vas increased. - FRANK INRIG, who has been en \Vith the new Halferty machine there pntting the B. gaged in salmon canning for more than try on its feet. At the moment, however, '"'ill be but little augmentation of the cost two and one-half decades, has established the position in foreign markets is ren·· of turning out a case of salmon, and it a small one-line cannery on :\i[oses Inlet dered the United States therefore seems likely that the new de (off Rivers Inlet, B. with hand- vice will become e-:xceedingly popular cases and the fact butchering ancl filling, a , double- the dePreciated among· northwest packers. "Of course, seamer and two retorts. long has have applied for a patent on this very the latter an been a familiar figure in the River Canada's equipment,'' explains President country. He was located at . •'and we expect to profit, not the last \VCck ton in the early with operators have only in distribution of our oyvn produc- Columbia Packers further, tion, but it is q11ite possible that this ma later under the name of chine will be placed on the market. This load their stocks befo,_-e the nevv' ing Ltd., built the Goose Bav can pack comes on the market. is :mch a big and important development nery on Riyers Inlet he s'old tu th;lt it undoubtedlv will revolutionize the In view of these llllCertainties Car1adian Fisll Co. in plans are to limit the total B. C. me;thocl of canning· salmon t~;at has been i'o1lo\vccl for so n1an:y years to 900,000 cases which would JAPAN TINNED CRAB MEAT Guild per cent of the big pack reports that for the 1932 season only ANOTHER HALFERTY develop seven vessels, with an tonnage T'he Canadian rnarket for canned sal- the of · can- 111011 -..vhich. _is assured to Canadian nlanu nenes. ves~ facturers by protective dutiesf has re and his sels and yes- n1ained steady during the past cleYcr set of recipes sels and tons in sea- B. C. Ltd., . 11F>n. T'he cooking instructions are ar- son's output by floating canneries is esti share of this in a folder so made that it will mated at 180,000 cases. as compared with Stanley Burke, the standard card filing cabinet 400,338 .standard cases in 1931. It is not to maintained hv all careful housewives: a certain whether the estimate includes out that the has been tab even 1s 1;rovidcd to indicate location crab to be inspected by the g-uild ahnost entirclv sold and a medium of folder in the cabinet. The "Show examined 240,339 cases in 1931) or the pack is anticii1ated for 19,)2. Boat" :·ecipes include macaroni rings, sa] .. entire prod11ction, but in either case it salmon loaf. salmon in cas· a considerable decline from Choice" salmon salad, sal and salmon sandwich fill- Crew rnembers of t'lxo Japanese crab fishing craft and a Soviet Russian guard ship exchanged shuts at each other dur KIRKENDALL, Prince Rupert ing late July off the coast of Kamchatka. manager for Booth Fisheries Co. Tbree Japanese are said to bavc been became serioushc ill late in wounded. Althoug-h the cause is not s hortlv before the middle known, it is supposed that the misunder was hope-d for a time that he standing \vas over vvhat fisb.ing areas are PACIFIC SALMON .SALES Corp., recover, but pneumonia cleveloned open to exploitation. pul-\:erful v•Ihich 15 ·corn-- and last proved fa tal. pan1es \vere l"eier Solem, who for many years has BRITISH COLUMBIA PACKERS, to he cerved as' accountant for Booth Fisheries at the close of its fiscal year found individual canner his at Prince Rupert, was appointed manager itself to be in much better condition than cn.vn pack) as \",;as the case pnor or- to succced the deceased. Solem viill con- had been the case at the same time in ganization uf the institution. 22 WEST COAST FISHERIES Fir111.s Rednee and Salt Fish WESTERN-CALIFORNIA Fish Co. SARDINE CANNERS of Monterey nery to re_d~ce the full 5,000 tons, thereby and A. Paladini, Inc., large fresh fish were scheduled to meet with Mayor J. P. greatly a1dmg the unemployment situa shippers of San Francisco, during July Sandholdt and other civic officials early tion It may even be possible for sorne were putting up hard-salted black cod at in August to discuss the fish meal and of the plants to handle more than that their Eureka plants. This pack, which it oil market. Since canners of that region total, since California State Division of is said is being produced for the first time have been given permits to reduce 5,000 Fish & Game officials have announced in the history of California fisheries, may tons each of sardines, Monterey's city themselves as being willing to be gen amount to several hundred thousand government is anxious to obtain as great erous in distribution of reduction permits pounds, since the Western-California total an amount of employment for its citizens for edible purposes. already is approaching one hundred thou as is possible. Mayor Sandholdt believes sand. that proper legal control of production Salting was made necessary because of and distribution will permit maintenance SPERM OIL will be the subject of a an over-abundance of this species. of fair prices and thus allow each can- hearing to be held on September 20 be fore members of United States Tariff Commission at Washington, D. C. Cost of production, prices at which imported oils are being sold and other gauges by which proper tariffs on this product may NETS NETS NETS be determined are to be discussed. "LANSING", one-time flagship of the Union Oil Co. fleet of tankers and later USE mother-ship for the killer-fleet of Cali fornia Sea Products Co. of San Francisco rapidly is being made ready for operating as a floating reduction ship off the coast of California outside the three-mile limit. As was reported in WCF for July 1932 Gold Medal Brand the big 389-foot steel steamer r~centl; was purchased by a group of San Pedro and Monterey purse-seine fishermen who have banded together to form Fisher Cotton Fish Netting men's Products Co., Inc. They hope to have their vessel ready to receive fares from a fleet of a dozen or more purse DURABLE - UNIFORM - DEPENDABLE seiners by the middle of September. In the meantime, officials of spgrts men's associations are investigating the The N effing of Quality legality of the "Lansing's" proposed oper ations. Southern California Rod & Reel Club and Pacific Electric Rod & Gun Club both have issued letters of protest WE RECOMMEND to Los Angeles newspapers and to the conservation commission of California State Chamber of Commerce. Just what CALIFORNIA COTTON MILLS COMPANY th"v expect to accomplish through these protests is not apparent, since there seems no way to control the activities of Seine Twine, Thread and Twine Laid anv person or organization operating in Fishing Quality Rope extra-territorial waters. JAPANESE SARDINES during 1931 GOLD MEDAL COTTON NETTING were said to have been satisfactory to French buyers except for the tomato Is Obtainable from Our California Distributors: sauce. This year the Japanese are using Italian tomato sauce, and also are making efforts to improve their own product. Cincotta Bros. Marine Hardware Co. McCaffrey Co. San Francisco San Pedro San Diego Mild-Cured and Frozen BARBOUR'S LINEN FISH LINE "Best By Test" SALMON Made of Highest Quality Imported Irish Flax ALASKA HERRING Cable Laid MAY BE PURCHASED AT ALL OF THE LEADING SPORTING GOODS STORES EINAR BEYER, President THE LINEN THREAD COMPANY NORTHERN PRODUCTS CORP. San Francisco Seattle Los Angeles Cable Address-"NOPRO"-illl Codes 443 Mission St. 1504 Textile Tower 122 E. 7th St. 200 Bell St. Dock Seattle, U. S. A. AVGVST, 1932 23 This section i.r official publication for: Purse-seine Fishermen's Associatiort, .West Coast Fisheries San Francisco; lLf on~· terey Sardine Industries, Inc., JYI onterey; Fishermen's Cooperative Association, San · _'/rnerican Tuna Fishermen's nr,>niLwm. San Diego. ew haling Ship CoiDJDissioned where it is being converted from a coal to an oil burner. Hereafter it will be known , which has been re~ christened "California", was built in 1911 at Fairhaven, California. It measures 194 feet in length, 40, feet beam and draws 15 feet It is a wooden of 903 and 555 net tons. All from the "Lansing" has been to including 12 meal tanks or six tanks and a bone saw. tion, six big tanks formerly used on road tank cars have been installed stming oil and water. On tbe outvv-ard trip these containers will carry v.~ater · as that is used · i1· be replaced Another fornia" is signed to whalemeat have been and ten tons. and to chill three storage chambers holding 120 tons of meaL This uct from the oil will be sold to a geles manufacturer of dog and cat food. The chief however, will be whale oil. is to be delivered direct to the big Proctor & Gamble soap in Long Beach, and it is Aiming the S'Ven-Foyn gun at a whale from the fore-deck of a modun killer-s/zip from 800 to 1,000 barrels will in each month. Although the price been out, it is understood to be APT. F. K DEDRICK of Alameda, try, to serve as killer vessel, and it now one-fourth of the $27 or veteran California whaler, is back is in Bethlehem yards in San Pedro barrel paid a few years ago. in the whaling business in spite of the fact that he has disposed of his old mother-ship. Only a short time after that occurred, the old-time captain found him;;elf head of a new company and with a steamer to serve as reduction ship for his catches. the past several years, Capt. been president and general of California Sea Products Co., been in charge of its operations Under his direction the "Lansing" and four killer (two built in Norway and two were used. and each ,,~as sold to Proctc;r and delivered at its Los An- :Harbor pier. ot long ago Capt. Dedrick, his son Fred Dedrick) and other in California Sea Products decided to liquidate. They therefore dis of their steam killer-ships, and sold the "Lansing" to Fishermen's Co., Ltd., for conversion into a reduction ship for sardines. Capt. Dedrick is organizing Cali Vvhaling Co. for a new whaling Venh Dried whale m.eat to be used as chicken feed, whale meat for fertilizer and haps whale-liver for edible and are other v;hich the deliver to its Beach. and Fresh """'"'*·""'"' Paint DAVI FISHERIES. Striped Bass, Salmon. Shad and Catfish. Operating My Own Boats. Pittsburg, Calif. FRANK SPENGER CO. Crabs~ Shdrnps, Fish, Sardines. Cocktails-Sporting Goods. Berkeley, Calif. Marine ETS-HOKIN & GALVAN. for wooden vessels Marine Electricians. CALIFORNIA DISTRIBUTORS the Marine Equipment. CLINCH & CO.~ San Francisco-Wilmington. 49 DRUMM ST., SAN FRANCISCO of the "California" is to an old-time steam-schooner Branch: 116 Se·venth Street man. He Marine Hardware have 25 rnen under while the will total. l CINCOTTA BROS. The season on off California oridnarily is from Marine Hardware and Fishing Supplies. May to the end of K n vember, bnt this Capt. Dedrick e~ 444 Bay Street, San Francisco. to operate to tLe TARANTINO BROS. of the new year. Nets and Twiw3s Mail Headquarters for Purse Seiners. locate the "California" Fishermen's Supplies-Groceries and Island, while the goes out tu CINCOTTA BROS. Tackle. in sulphur-bottornsj sperrnsj J}:n., Purse Seine, Half Ring and Lampara 2739-A St. humpbacks and California Nets. Bait and Crab Nets. Complete San Calif. . The~e probably will range we1ght from :JO to 80 m;s. 90 tons. stock-Soft, Medium and Hard Laid Twines MILD-CURE 0 P 444 Bay St., San Francisco MONTEREY Northern California are ths as has been stated in previous is San Francis-co-lntern~; Salt has been most active Built, Repaired, Repitched for any Ship San Ft-ancisco fi_n:ns ituer- afloat. MONTEREY BAY SALT CO. type of pack G. High Grade DEEP SEA SALT. states that salnJon is PITCHOMETER PROPELLER CO. Coarse Ground Varieties. at 2112 Chestnut St., Alameda, Calif. Moss Landing, Monterey Cou.nty" Russo is in (wh~re Marie . is managn). 'vVestern-California Fish Co. is ·with San Francisco-International in :Made from PORTERDALE tt SEINE TVJ'INE. Knit to size mesh and thread. fresh division t( Co., Inc.). has handled a s1na1l (1tJ::;;_--< We use PORTERDALE SUPERIOR etti u-f fisb 1 and Standard ~Fisheries has SEINE because it is best. not put np an:v~ at all. Our and which insures Purse ET & E J. St., San Francisco AUGUST, 1932 2:5 Death and I* D. FIVE FISHERMEN of the North- 111 Jul:y \Yhile the ".N orrna·'' vvas running agriculture .rather t.han trolling. west lost their lives during the fev.- at half-speed down Carroll Inlet. At various points along the Alaskan weeks, and numbers of others had coast the fishermen are narrow escapes. CAPT. HARALD nlas Dle but comfortable Julius Jaeger, 76-year-old fisherman ter of th" fishing vesse 1 of that ~yoting their to groc-vvipg v,ege- and United States Bureau of Fisheries citY, suffered a severe stroke tables and Some 01 t11en: nave employee, died of heart disease during during June. His is said to 111ade arrangernents ·with their friends late Jnne at Juncau, Alaska. His have shoyvn itnproven1ent since that tin1e. who still are fishing ing was said to have been vegetables ·will be - so that over-exertion when he saved an eaCh can share in the of the PACIFIC MACHINE WORKS of who had been overcome by gas othe'\, Prince H.upert, B. C., recently installed a SO-hp. Deutsche full diesel in the Harry K. Kobrt. 57 -year-old NOME HARBOR will be benefited ~einer "C. N.", vvhich Prince Rupert (B. C.) fishing vessel op spring by Martin to the of 6,50(!, this sum come erator, died at that port at the end of couver from Paci.fic from monev distribtned lJnited June. He had been ill for some time, had been salvaged States Wa~ Department for nn- and had been unable to operate his proven1ents. in Kitkatla Inlet two years troller, "Bonita." Previous to becoming plete overhaul also was given the ship, a fisherman, he had been in teres ted in after which it left on a seining charter. CAPT. JAMES boat-building. been the contract to Alfred Anderson, salmon fisherman of offal the Skeena River sal- Seward, Alaska, was trapped in his cabin "FLORENCE" Princf' Runert can He uses fire and burned to death late in July. nerv tender. re~eived- a- new' propeller tug William Leslie, Indian employed as a clur;ng J nne.- refu~e c)ut to sea, salmon fisherman at Prince Rupert, was drowned while on a fishing trip during ALASKAN TROLLERS, faced with the middle of July. the problem of trying to live on less than UNALASKA and Dutch Harbor. James Moses, 29-year-old I nclian, was nothing, since money paid for salmon Alaska, are experiencing of the lost from the purse-seiner "Norma" -vvhile this season will not herring- runs on a fishing trip for Libby, MeN eill & meeting the issue of persC;ns are at Georges Inlet. No one saw teliigence. "If we can't n1oneY herring, with the old from the vessel, nor were anv fishing,'> says one of boat-owners, Akutan presstd ernergency serv- cnes heard. The accident occurred Ja(e ''we'll at least provide food, but hy 1ce. Fishe:t"Jnen llappy Oveifl have the its next session. \Vork on the out a svsten1 C(_'!Operativ·e buv1ng extended breakwater will be completed seeking- favQrah1e legislat1on. ~ but if funds are made available for the construction EUREKA vvill not be completed next spring. has filed Corp. has been to Califor- of ma fishermen in busi- ness actnnties At its head is Joseph F: Gisler, San Francisco marine surveyor and former salesman for report. diesels. Gisler, wb o not but bas 'fhe breakwater had been limited to 1,350 feet in the original construction order because it was believed tbat the work will be act as media 11loncy set aside by the federal govern- to tor bet\veen sardine fishernten and op llJent for the "~,york would not erators canneries erection of a longer barrier. of and reduction the salu1c1n of experience caught on the high seas '\rill be low bid was received, C!VJC solve to through tl1e clos-ed area ference. PITTSBURG who traveled to to operate again take in the salmon Hiller has indicated are expected horne several l},reek,S Eight seiners as a result of cur- 111 the-se the north. Letters "Southland," indica tc that for the addition will be •~clor 1i,a R_,n, and as a result until again is in art~ being fu1- In order that delav \vho is president and n1anager rapidity, work on the project, it l10W of United Fishing Corp., also intends to that a municipal bond is represent the vessel-owners m other ALBERT fishing to be retired when the ·ways, such as handl]ng their to sea appropriates the in-g. taking· care of legal 1nattersJ on July- 2'6. 26 WEST C0,4ST FISHERIES "ASAMA," and Enterprise" \o;ere. am.ong the ships re cently g1ven serv1ce 111 the yards of Larson on Terminal Island. All under. went general overhauls and were givP·1, paint jobs. ~ - · Be sure to get the original Galvanizing :for Fishing TARR & WONSON Vessels COPPER PAINT. None genuine without our com~ HJN!OR NORRIS GALVANIZING In<'. plete name and trademark, 1813-23 East Washington Str••t ' Los Angeles~ California the full rigged at sea. F SHER SH R UI SAN PEDRO-WILMINGTON Auto Bodies and SAN PEDRO BODY & TOP SHOP. Building. Machine W m·k B STREET MACHINE WORKS Engineers, Machinists. KelJey Metals. Phone 1666 .. 527 West B St., ·wilmington, CaliL Marine Hardware Tzmasl!ip "OLYMPIC'', ow'tled by Captains Zankie and Zuanich and one of the largest and newest of the fleet The Union I a Company has been serving for years FISHERJVIEN'S ''Urtion'' as 0 Distributors of "Gold Medal" Nelting --it's packed so that 1t when crushed to fill the Each fragment is a piece with original refriger- Six;:h Street, Phone 1636; Res. Phone 36/L SAN PEDRO IRON WORKS. W.H. San Pedro, E lJNI N IC OM AUGUST, 1932 27 San Pe 0 Fishe Lose TWO FIRES, one during late June the company purchased and equipped an ments and repairs. and another toward the end of re- other plant within two weeks and at Correction should be made of the item sulted in damage to nets by San once set it to work. As a result, L. W. in WCF for July, Pedro fishermen. The first blaze did Ferdinand & Co. now is manufacturing Andrew Larson's damage estimated at $15,000, while the Jeffery's marine glues in the United Building Co. was the firm which handled loss due to the second was set at $500. States, a practice which it believes will the wof!c Both fires occurred in San Pedro. mean a saving of time and money for its clients in the vVestern Hemisphere. L. W, FERDINAND & Boston, W. P. ("Two-cycle Massachusetts, obtained the agency formerly engineer HARBOR BOAT-BUILDING Co., Pedro fishing vessel for Jeffery's marine glues in the United Terminal Island, California, has been States and Canada in 1885. These prod busy with repair work during the past is chief aboard the ucts had been on the market since 1840, month. "Chicago'' had a new 26-hp. Griffin has been wrecked but their sales to 1885 had been negligi Falcon engine installed; this machine is fishing craft now, but says the third time ble. Under management of the late Lor manufactured by United States Motors should be the charm. rin Ferdinand, sales increased markedly. Corp. of Oshkosh, vVisconsin. It will Upon his death in 1925, distribution was drive a new bait-pump, an auxiliary air taken over by his son, E. L. Ferdinand, compressor and a stand-by generator set. B. C. Boats and his son-in-law, L. C. Herring. The company also completely over During the last few years there has hauled the 20-hp. Bridgeport gas engine, (Continued from Par;e 11) been a strong tendency to use only which is to be used to operate the ice representatives of the associa~ American-made products. In order to machine, one bait pump and to serve as tion meet representatives of fisher- be in a position to satis~y this demand, au emergency auxiliary. It was a big men not later than the first week in N[ay L. W. Ferdinand & Co. induced Alfred job and required considerable time to and the price be set for the coming sea Jeffery & Co. of London to turn over to complete. son each year." the American firm its popular deck grade "Angler," sport fisher owned by Dr. Rivers Inlet fishermen also decided to formulae so that Jeffery's marine glues L. H. Case of Santa was on the go out on a 30-cent basis. A consider could be produced in this country. ways for a paint and refinish. able portion of its fleet of gillnetters had Shortlv before the final details of the "Eagle," some time ago converted to a been tied up, although boats had transaction were arranged, the Ferdi live-bait tunaship, had a new propeller been operating. Final was nand factory was destroyed by fire, and shaft and wheel installed. reached by July 18. the entire stock of glue which was ready "Belle Isle" was hauled out, cleaned for spring shipment was consumed. and given its semi-annual overhauL Unfortunately, fishing conditions h:we \Nith characteristic American energy, "Flamingo" was in for minor adjust- not been good since the various fleets re turned to operation. First unfavorable weather conditions hampered the gillnet men, and later the run of sockeyes fell off considerably, so that catches were reduced to a point where boat- owners found it unprofitable fish. Trollers working off the months of the rivers were having better success. To compensate for this lack of fish, and also for the time lost the strike, governmental officials that from July 25 to the end of the sal- mon season the week-end closed period be from 48 24 hours. is expected that the reg·· THE GREEN ROPE ular closing date for the Copper Oleated Manila on British Columbia streams tended. Fishermen that these mea- FOR FISHERMEN sures will to make up ground lost past month. Anti Lasts Fouling Longer Anti Handles Rotting Easier (Continued from Page 18) W A.TER REPELLENT tailers, wholesalers and will be a Why not specify :a coil for triaL The guiding factor in the of N a- tiona! Canners Association and its con proof of the pudding is in the eating. tainer allies upon this subject. Fish canners, in with all other packers, secured the pro- gram. Many species of canned ftsh were !ll: mentioned in the advertisements. Canned fish frequently was featured in menus. Merchants seemed to like I play up canned fish in their tie-in dis- plays, as was indicated times dur- ing the past year. Store and I. offerings also stressed canned Fi- I nally, tie-in by a number of ~ I the packers swelied enthusiasm. of the public for canned fish and ~ ' edly was steady movement salmon, sar I I dines, tuna and mackerel which has con I I tinued throughout the winter and spring. 28 JJ7EST COriST J?lSllERlE Sa11 :Diego Ships Bn~y sence o£ its master, who has been vacation in Portugal. of Capt. Manuel Avilla, the ship had made four trips by middle Jurce and was . said to have landed 1nore fi:;!~ at that tlme than any other member tbe San Diego fleet. ''San landed 120 about a~ rived with its fomtb load; Manuel n1a J'vfachado .Medina is in command of the pla.nt ilrst crmser. nad "City of San Diego" 1n a total unusually fine fare a·t the --with The Indian mark. less a Capt. Henry Olson, word Fisherman on the label insures two trips to do it. tain for Van Camp Sea this special glove. See that you get it. was delivered to Van acted as master, with Capt. On Sale at Marine Supply Stores Co. by Capt. Manuel in the engine-room. Under their direc Also CANNERS' GLOVES in the latter part of June tion, approximately 100 tons was , Boys' and 65 tons: s hortlv after in, and practically fish was in in stock for immediate he vvas b~lck again1 tl1is titne ±ect condition. Thev much tons after a 24-day trip. the big Fairbanks-Ji!Iorse diesel and the: "Patria" delivered a load at the same Baker ice machine installed bv Ben F SEATTLE co. tin1e as of the· Seas'" first ar- Duncan of Los Angeles. - "Invader" and "Defender", under com- Seattle, JV ashington rival. "Lusitania", owned Capt. Manuel G. mand of . Matthew Monise and Wholesale Only 519-12111 St. South · maintaining record as an Manuel S. late producer in spite of the ab- tled the question was s l1ip. The cruisers were built about two ago, in the yards of Co., and ::re much alike in dc sJg·n and equipment. Both had loads or HIS Home Owned and Operated Bank :is ap fish, both were ready to head for T so they started at scratch and preciative of the Patronage received from Fisher~ a race all the wav ''Invader'· men and the Fisheries Industry. proved the faster, gaining six miles Ill the 145-mile trip. CALIFORNIA business men are inter ested in establishing a new carp according to recent reports from Lake, center of that activity and head- Main. Offir:.e 1 S~ W~ Cor~ Fifth Avee1 atE~ San Diego 9 Calif. of Utah Fish BRANCHES fish is to be kept alive in Fifth at Unive,rsity Ave.~ San Diego until for when Chula Vista and Escondido killed, and sent to for canning. COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS ,,; fish in the United States, latest available reDorts, are under at this time of last year, but to the five-year Total ertnen Choose fish holdings on May amounted 654,822 pounds. I I_, H. K. SHOCKEY, ES A-lade for every size of vessel afloat and every climate. Does nol require ai1Y n1otor. cornpresscd air or stcan1. ~.:;i1nple to install and op~ratc. Also Fish Coo.~ers the Trade 125 Street SAN DIEGO. CALIF. Phone JV! a itt 4#8 AUCU:ST, 19 :J 2 29 Halibut Industry Slow Trend. lTTLE CHANGE is vessels. This brings the and arc the halibut industry of ings total for that· port and during the past few weeks. Move the first six n1onths of 1932 .-._~ouver. con~ ment of fish still continues fairlv pounds, as compared with tinue to be paid Ne'.V but prices are well down auc( pounds during the same period in \Vestminster for small. Landings continue fairly Prince Rupert, B. by 23 Prince Rupert. It although but a portion of the entire fleet received 7,786,650 davs for the of vessels is operating in this fishery out 573,250 pounds trip Jo Y ancouver of Alaskan. British Columbian and Canadian vessels and Landings at \;Vashington ·ports. bv members of the arcl, Sitka and othe:r A sudden and unexpected development June 24, landings were tinue to vary widely, with during June was the appearance of including 2,029,750 from Canadian and changcs in price. A number large schools of halibut, containing an 3,908,000 froni American: at the same these fleets are not unprecedented number of fish, off the time in 1931, 6,997,740 that are often lay coasts of Oregon and 'vVashington. For pounds, of which contri- Prjces vary fron1 the first time in vears halibut became buted 2,895,400 pounds 4 and 2 to -5 or 6 and 3 cents. available on the Columbia River in suf 4,102,340. On June 3, like that at Prince seern s ll.cient quantity to permit carload ship to 4,714,050 of to Fresh rnents being made from Portland. Ore was Canadian and fish fish schooners are landing their fish at American fish. this and also at Kalama and other But a- few Prince halibuters \Vashington ports, both on the Columbia vlas instru- n~ere operating in that due to Pacific and up the coast. low prices. Canadian fish was heini;i A total of 21,830,000 pounds of halibut purchased at from 4 and. 2 cents to 6% had been caught in waters of the north and 3 cents, with the tendency upward Pacific up to June 30. The catch is from at the end of American offerings areas tvvo and three, which practically but still low. rover all halibut fisheries between Seat .. amounted to tle and the Aleutian Islands to the west the ~f\1uerican share •xard of Alaska. and the: Canadian Seattle landings have continued fairly vessels - are steadily during recent weeks. Many hali up in port, and a ntunber of those inters which ordinarily would sell their wl1ich are not !aiel up are working in fares at Alaskan or Canadian ports have other fisheries. 1n 1nanner. adopted the practice of traveling to Five of the Prince Rupert bali- I-T a11hnt 1n cold stvrage on J nne Puget Sound for unloading, finding that but boat~ up salrnon packing the lTnited States t.otalccl the slightly higher offers on Seattle work from fishing in the of '.Yhich Excbange are sufficient to compensate neighborhood of Prince to Van .. in the \Ye:-:t. them for the long voyage. This, coupled couver and New 'vVestminster Under 1931 the total was 1}\:ith the abundance of fish noted the the ilve~vear average above, has tended to make a pop- lOtal of · 1,279,559 ' ubr port of call for the fleet. and fron1 J-une 15 to B. C. 1 during the ntonth started packing total on the later date up to 160,000 pounds of fresh 1\J e>.\" \7\l e~tniins C)n Jn1y 1~) 1031 1 the total valued at $9,6-!8, from Canadian Chris 1::-1arkvold, pounds. WILLIAM ABSENCE OF BLUEFYN tuna from , .. and ~tates ~hat_ jt cJ~~ar}y !n~llcates with Atlas-Imperial Diesel Co., the accusto1ned hanks off Baia Califor- t11ere 1s a 1ack o! s1nall-s1zen nsh and C~ecrge Stakclin, formerly master n1a has been 111 nlan\r which blucfin arc rCJ feed. mechanic at the Fish Harbor hrancl1 of cannery1nen, and v others. Dragich belieY~s that bluciln Morse & Co., have joined occasionallY claim that the un tl1e coa~t a so1~t Co. and are re fisherv has been . due to ovcr- I'he\.r cc~111e north ct1ong t~1E: At!as and Fair- fishin_g. The bas been made says~ sv-v-1ng out 1Jnti1 tht}r reach ap the [sl- that the States anese current offshc)re, and then travel Na'.Ty back south. J\t ptesent no one ca:1 dis-· Ct"'lvav. proye or sub:-;tantiate the OYSTER SHOES are the late,;t de- den~ change 111 1nasterjs theory) since :1o defin-ite of enterprising J. Brenner cause. mation on tl1e tunas available. Brenner Oyster Olympia, Capt. Nick the He has invented a device like a l1rin1atnre snoeshoe \Yhich pre- workers from trampling ·oragich down into the beds. tuna" has l-Ie think::; 1 made with Monel metal instead, that runs arrived on schedule bars and cross-wires set m a snowshoe frame about 16 or 18 tirne, hut couldn't find sufficient feed to and 6 or 8 inches wide. The satisfy their needs and therefore \vent rubber boot is fastened to it on to other regions. He 011t the sole attached to serious shortage of bait has con- fronted Ji,·e-bait ships during the past 30 WEST COAST FISHERIES "CALIFORNIA" lost a rudder in "Magellan" damaged its propeller and been damaged, it being said that the southern waters when it came off second lost the fore·-part of its keel while sein propeller was injured on a shoal. best in an encounter vvith a shark in ing for bait during middle July. It made vicinity of Magdalena Bay, Baja port under its own power, delivered its CAPT. MANUEL OLIVER ME fornia, on July 12. The big fellow be fare of tuna and then was hauled out on DIN~, l?ennanent executive officer oi came enmeshed in the bait-net of the San Diego 1V[arine Construction Com the S.E.S. Portuguese fraternity of tunacruiser and, while struggling to free Diego and master of the tunaship itself, smashed the rudder. The Wrigley pany's marine railway. !antic," had to be carried ashore from hie tug "Milton S. Patrick" brought the ''Musketeer" broke its ship ·when it reached San Diego ·· "California" to San Diego, where repairs Cabo San was July. He had been having were made at Campbell :Machine Com towed to for hemorrhages, due to tumors, and pany. R Silvera is captain of the "Cali repairs. operated on immediately following n1s fornia.') "St Veronica" also is reported to have arnval. One tumor was said to be so near the spine that it could not touched in the operation. E. LAWRENCE Established 1914 C,f\PT. MATSUNO of. the ship "Gen co. eva giVes some mterestmg Merchandise Brokers H. REEVES about conditions in the sonth. In a Wholesale Fresh Filfh Broker cent interview he stat.ed: "It was very Genew·al Sea Foods and Fish hot off Guaymas durm? July, running Products 809 N. E. 76th St. from 84 to 86 degrees. fhe last tnp out. 242 SALMON ST. PORTLAND, OREGON Portland, Oregon we got bait easily at the cape · Lucas), but we had trouble fish. Small ba1t, such as that now being taken at the cape, is all right for CoAST we need big bait to catch tuna. FISHE~JES we finally did get some fish, our R,EIEDSPOR_T~ OK-110."''""~"" ab,?,t~t all gone. I here 1s a theory among live-bait ship captains that when on the banks the tuna clown and onlv the When the seiners leave, back up, they say. That would account ~or the fact that some big loads of skip jack have been brought in recentlv. "Most of the bait-boat fares - have been coming from up in the (Gulf of California or ]\far but we don't know how long the will last in that vicinity." "WELL-PAC" CANNED including canned albacore, crabmeat clams, now are distributed in Angeles by A. K. & Co, sea- food brokerage. The account was ee our sto ers cured not long ago from Pacific C Co., which represents the ers, TBK Co., in the have exclusive rights in explains Peter Gasetas of· firm, "and we are a tis fie a good seller, since the best-known brands!' Every company, every market is on the alert to secure FISH, PREPARED or new business these days. Dissatisfied customers are any manner, when packed in oil or in and other substances, is to be con:::;idered their most profitable hunting-ground. tv1any a firm has for tariff revision at a found its sales dropping off because it attempted on October 6, 1932, in Sardine and tuna nackers are ur_ged satisfy its trade with inferior merchandise. prepare information which they to present the commission in ,_,rdu That's why more and more fresh fish dealers, both whole have it ready for this hearing. sale and retail, are specifying "C-Coast" brand salmon and other Oregon seafoods. They know that "C-Coast" K J. WHITMAN, President brand fish is selected, that its quality is insured by a reputation established over a period of years. Are one of the dealers who are keeping all of their customers satisfied by handling "C-Coast" products? Write or Est. 1892 wire today for quotations and information. s I S Reedsport, Oregon Quality A /ways AUGUST, 1932 31 orthwest Prod" lnvestigatted UNITED STATES Tariff Commis new oceanographic laboratory, built at James M. Lemon, associate sion has set dates for hearings on crab a cost of $200,000 on the university's of United States Bureau of meat and canned clams, both products of campus in through a grant The congress will be held in Buenos considerable importance to fisheries of from Rockefeller was dedi- Aires, Argentina, from August 27 to the N orthwesL The hearings, to be held cated in mid-June, it will not. September 10. in Washington, D" C., are scheduled for be ready for occupancy fall. The October 4 for crab and October 5 for principal speaker at the exercises was FOOD COSTS on July 15, clams. Robert A. Millikan. one of the world's 15% per cent less than on June Both studies are to determine the cost most famous scient.ists · his subject, fit- according to United States of production and any other factors tingly enough, March of of Labor. Retail prices in 51 which will be important in determining Science." Dr. Thompson, cities dropped one per cent from May to a fair protective tariff for the seafoods. director of the new institution, spoke June this year. The clam hearing will be concerned briefly on the historv of marine studv at solely with clams packed in air-tight the University during the past three dec containers, but the other will include ades. "COLD MAGIC" is the title of a discussion of crab meat, fresh or frozen handsome book issued by York Ice (whether or not packed in ice), or pre "QUICK-FREEZING SYSTEMS in Machinery to tell history of pared or preserved in any manner, in the United States of 1\: orth America" is refrigeration the past years. In cluding crab paste and crab sauce. the subject of a paper prepared for pre addition to describing- York sentation at the forthcoming Sixth In the publication telb of the uses UNIVERSITY of "Washington's fine ternational Congress of Refrigeration by of refrigeration in the busy life of today. Conili~ts Mark O:~"tt~go•• lndns1ry ARGUMENTS and protests of van the grounds that the rental was too Production in the Columbia ous sorts have marked the Oregon com high for the profits obtained. Subsequent pick late in and bv mercial fisheries during the past month. to cancellation of the lease, Governor week July gillnet- One center of trouble is the projected Roland Hartley of VI ashington wired catches were reaching more construction of two pile and stone jet his senators urging them to ask the war proportions. Prices to i1sher111en \vere ties in the Columbia, one at Chinook department not to re-lease fishing rights being maintained at six cents per pound. Point and one from the southeastern end on the island but to leave it open for all Columbia River Packers Association of Sand Island. These barriers have fishermen of Oregon and vVashington. a 36-man seining to work been planned by officials of the Portland \Vhen the gov~rnment cancelled the cock Spit at the first the district of United States army engineers' leases, the two firms were 30 days quality of all fish taken was to be office to help keep the river shi.;;~ channel in which to vacate the and remove good. in its proper place. Sand Island is be- all buildings. Later obtained an ex- Shortlv after the due worn away by the stream's currents, tension of 15 days, the time limit to declir1e in the cut clown the south side and de expire on July 8. price to fishermen one posit the silt on Clatsop Spit, according Officials of the companies explain that to the federal officials. The job calls for the buildings and are being expenditure of approximately $88,000 on used as a base for operations on one jetty and $56,000 on the other. Peacock Spit, leased by State of North shore fisheries men claim that \Vashington. They out that 70 the barriers will completely destroy fish or 80 men are being on the traps in Bakers Bay. They believe that spit grounds. They intimated should the runs of fish will be deflected and will the removal order he made final, the the traps without entering them. Peacock Spit payroll would have to be army engineers claim that the sal eliminated. are mon runs are controlled by the tides The question of the Sand Island sein in order to rather than by the flow of water from ing leases has been a stormy one on the two cities and that the jetties therefore river for many years. \Vhen the cancel fare organizations have have no effect upon the traps, ex lation request of the packers, based on 3,000 one-pound cans of upon those directly in the way of the grounds that the lease rental was too salmon for an equal number high in view of the economic fruit grown and packed in the vicinity of Fishermen's Protec in the fishing industry, was the capital city. concerned over the gi!inet interests immediately began an to Arvid Mattson, emphatic effort to have the island fish While the fisher- ing leases stopped for all time on the MOVING grounds that such action would be of general benefit to the industry as a whole. FISHING AND MARKET condi tions in Oregon have not been particu~ RIVER PACKERS' larly good during the past few weeks. Barbey Packing Co. Gi!lnetmen of the Columbia during June protested the federal order found runs of fish small. In spite of. this them from fishing on Sand scarcity, the market was weak, due to the Columbia, claiming that heavy landings of troll- and trap-caught "Whole Columbia River fishing indus- salmon. The Portland seafood market endangered by the action. suffered further damage when closing of and CRPA held a joint lease the California season on crabs forced Island until recently, when at large quantities of crustaceans into the request the lease was cancelled, on Oregon city. "WEST COAST FlSHE IF.; S ner~ \>vas III-SEA BRAND Ill Sunset Beach HIGHEST QUALITY brought into the following ter fro1n Point It \Vas learned that the vessel had made temporarv "'" B RAND'·' pairs and then had attempted to r~t~;n to the fishing banks, but had again be In 5 and 10 Pound Boxes corne disabled. The "Martha'· carries z, Direct from Packer cre\v of four n1enJ con1n1ancled bv illet le E. A. Hansen. " "TRUXILLO", fishing launch ating out of Newport, Oregon, in heavy swells off Tillamook har 0 ;-, July 3 and nine persons were drowned. HIGASHI :FISH COMPANY The dead included B. A. York and hi_, We Operate Our Own small son, Winfield Brooks. Henry ]. Brumels, T E s Ahdill, Hobe \7\T oocly, Frank Joseph Comstock. Five other persons es caped by swimming to shore. Wholesale Fish Dealers of • of Fresh Fish caught in r llClSCO CITY WHARF -- MONTEREY, CALIF tio 1 Oakland Foot of l.eavenworth Street, San WHOLESALE Francisco, Calif. P. 0. Box 2232 Branches: Eureka, Pittsburg, Santa Monterey SANTA CRUZ FISHERIES s A Wholesale FISH y Municipal Wharf, Santa Cruz. Ltd. Tokio and 1jl[ atsushima, J a1~an Largest growers Japanese Seed Under super Bureau oyster seed to the U. direct to grower via fast steamer, to 1 count per case. salers. N oied For Their Excellent Flavor n1ne U. S. Distributors an a1 export all varieties. 4-44 SANSOME STREET SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. A lJG VST, 1932 at!k In T\VO of paranzella trawlers of United nov/ ~ire under one were back the vicinity of Eureka in In consolidation of Pittsburg_ July after having cmtailed their Oyster act1v1t1e~ also are being considered. Re·- tions the past several weeks. acres of the two thei:· first of included the "Catherine firm's main fleets and on Paladini·• and "Attilio Paladini," op at the of \Vharf, erated A. Paladini, Inc., of San Fran- though another is being second set included "Inter Ryan Slough, as well 8.s a CLAMS AND MUSSELS are quar· No. VI" and "International on Bird Island. The cornpany antined in at present through ·· operated San cultivating only native action of State Fish and lurida), which Public Health, of which Fish Co., also of San it is possible Porter is director. Laboratory sets have been work transpl:wt species) shmved that it is unsafe to eat these ing off Santa Cruz recently, on the ducecl. shellfish in the summer and the usually dragged in the ·winter. Probably several period therefore has established Booth Co., Inc., fresh fish clivi- the field shortly. from July to September 30, and Standard Fisheries have been already mentioned, original order is modified. one set together for the past extensive filings on splitting the catch. and other interests are NORTHERN CALIFORNIA bottom- fish arc reported as gating the area. erics Co., l1olding exceptionally good of late. Eureka Oyster lished several years are carrying most of the fares to been shipping its ing, mildcuring sanitary San Francisco over the Redwood High· months, due to state nurnber of San to re -,-vay. regulations, but officials sale been commence shipments during latter and offices Son1e tirne age· part of July. EUREKA seems likely to become a the plan of joint trawling operarioi1s prominent oyster port if present de vvas but tlte cooper:u1 in the California citv are SAN FRANCISCO Fish group was until the present. Not only are north bay beds Company and Fish VI. S. \i'y'inter, vice-J)resident continuing to be developed, but work Company will continue to merge their and general of the~ holdiug also is going forward in the south bay operations in various fields an eco- group1 is take where Louis and Katherine to Alioto. n1anagernent Sea have filed on and have the two San an unusnalh7 fine retail seafoods estab- seven sacks of secured from Francisco organizations. The outside lislunent in ~the R1chnlon·d district S::tn ;vfcMillin, biologist in the employ stations of the two companies at Eureka Francisco. South Needs P:r~odn~tion Control FRAJ\IK LENK, things of that kind are fine, but what we California is sold withi11 the fish division of Youngs Los need most is stabilization. Here in Los the state.'· that what the fish Angeles we are importing 65 to per California needs cent of our J1sh-in a location has one of the richest ftsberies in the world. "'vVe also need help in introducing our fish in the states back of the coast. Hali is nO\i\'," he says,, uit's the old, but and salmon are sold throughout the of alternate gluts and short middle west and in the Rocky Mountain fish is plentiful, the dealers states, but practically all fish caught off prices and give their fish away. \Vh en fish is scarce, prices up but we do nut haYe any to selL we could ar- .son1e agreen1ent \Nhereby the rnar · only would go out in sufficient quaLtities to supply our needs, we could se1 1 our fish for much higher prices, and · could mucl1 more to the thus things better all the terri tory in or other obligation;;, legitimate fish dealer each would a committee to how is required in its territory. All associations would get state officials and a plan out to control the amount of need is the state backing in of this kind. Cookbooks -and 34 WES1' C0.4S1' FISHERIES There is the usual sale for GimlUE Dl MASSA, Mgr. species shipped out of San Kou!ouris believes that the LO ANGEL S have improved sales somewhat eles Angeles, although not to any great ex FISH SHIPPERS fish & Oyster Co. tent. GEORGE NAILOR, fish brokerage business in Los Wholesale Shippers is reported to have joined Los Angeles of all kinds Fish & Oyster Co. of Los Angeles, of FISH AND SEA FOODS which Jack Deluca is president. W reden Packing CHARLES L. FIEDLER of Harbor Telephone 5200 Fish Co., Los states that this MUNICIPAL FISH WHARF, San PedYo, Cal. fall his company will handling can- Provision Co~ ned crab-meat from Warren Oyster Warren, Rhode Island, and J. & J. W. Elsworth Co., Extensive Dealers in Fish, Meat through Matt N. Blumenthal, and Poultry in Los Angeles At present the company is trawl-caught fish from Northern Cahtor for the past 30 years, Pioneer Fisheries nia and some halibut and salmon from \N ashington and Oregon; local species PRODUCERS AND SHIPPERS KINDLY Wholesalers of aU kinds of are not moving very rapidly. QUOTE DIRECT FRESH FISH, PERCH, :lUNGFISH, SMELTS, "SWORDFISH is plentiful and MACKEREL, LOBSTERS, ETC. as cheap as it ever has been," states Mai:n Plant and Offices: Frank C. Lenk of Youngs Market Com pany. "We shall probabLv see lots of 129 SOUTH MAIN STREET frozen swordfish from Japan later on, in Phone MUtual 4351 the off-season. It predominates in the frozen field, mainly because the local companies don't care gamble on freez ing the species here. CARL REHN, head of the established Rainbow Fish & Oyster of Los Angeles, states that business 1s MUNICIPAL FISH WHARF going as well with him as could be ex CENTRAL pected. All species are moving rather Telephone 1474 slowly. FISH & OYSTER CO. ~ M .. H .. ISENBERG 1 Formerly Zaiser PJJ:oduce Co. I PRODUCERS, TAKE NOTICE We are the oldest. firm in Los. Angeles ~ handling the j We buy aU kinds of Fish, ~speeimlly Cai"p~ OYST s Fresh W ah~r Fish Trade I Bbek Cod~ M:uUet, W.hi!:e Fish~ Rook Cod.~ -from the eastern T~leplwnc PRospeet 5705 Los Angeles 1 HaH.but1 Salmon and. Speeia!U.e!io 1 First quality of grades, 1812 South Central Avenue supply insures you prompt LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA ~J Telephone TRinity 3808 Distributors of J.P. HORMAN FISH WHOI,ESALERS Fresh AU Fresh Fish in Season Telephone 350-W Frozen NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF, YOUNG'S MARKET COMPANY L BS E I H A live and Cooked Although in Lobsters, Car Lots a we also all kinds of California everywhere and gu.ar i\TTENTION, PRODUCERS: QUOTE US Sea-Foods serv~.ce. FRESH FISH AND SPECIALTIES A~ K~ K U OURI OMPANY, LARCO Establish~d 1870 410 TOWNE AVE., LOS ANGELES, CALIF. 604 E. Fourth St. V And ike 3067 Phone TRinity 7121 214 State Street Los Angeles, California Santa Barbara, ealif • , , rtiSI I The past thi has been on firms !8S splendid financial two or ago have closed +heir doors ceased duce they once ties. In the a firms are left sold cars in the Un • But there are storms of a sue- ceeded these three reasons: Sl DVERTISI Fl I Editurial and Business 124 ~NEsT 4TH, Los AxGELES, CALIFORNiA ii r·' there • IS no su,bstitufe for · quality il ' VAN CAMP SEA FOOD CO., Inc. Terminal· Island, California, U.S.A. :. t