GOVT.
ALL SALMON
Thousands of cases of salmon,
contracted for by foreign buyers, still
are in the warehouses in the Pacific
Northwest and will probably remain
there indefinitely, for the federal gov
ernment has refused to issue a license
for their exportation, says the Seattle
Times of Dec. 6.
At the outset of the last fishing sea
son salmon packers and brokers were
notified that Great Britain had reduc
ed the amount of salmon that would
be pi -mitted to enter that country by
50 per cent, but it was promised the
reduced quantity could be shipped in
upon licenses obtained by the English
buyer.
This move was intended to con
serve cargo space, which was to be
given to food products in the ratio
of their value of sustaining life and
strength. The English buyers order
ed on the licenses issued to 1hem. buy.
ing in equal quantities from >he Cr.it
ed States and Canada. Other for
eign orders also were placed ear'y.
A part of the foreign business has
b^en filled, but the American gov
ernment has clapped on a rule forbid
ding the issuance of shipping license
to salmon and the brokers are com
pelled to hold the fish in warehouses
on this coast.
Alaska Packers Not Hurt
Alaska packers are not bun by the(
food administration’s price luling
which fixes the following schedule:.
Reds, $2.25; pinks, $165; and chuine.1
$1.60, salmon brokers and distributors
1 claim. If Puget Sound packers are
still carrying some of their pack of
this season they will be injured, for
it is claimed the Puget Sound chums
cannot be packed profitably at the
figure quoted. Some of the best post
ed salmon men claim that a Puget
Sound packer would be lucky to get
out even on chums at $1.60.
Most of the Puget Sound pack for
the present year was sold and in
the hands of jobbers before the price
list wras issued by the federal food
'administrator. The Alaska pack,
however, still in the hands of the
packers, has not been moved. In
. salmon brokerage circles it is claimed
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that the food administration's price
fixing was the outgrowth of an effort
to bull the market on salmon. At
the time the government quotations
were made reds had gone up to $2.6(f,
| pinks to $1.85 and chums to $1.75.
! There was a tendency towards even
higher prices.
Ten Cents Off on Reds
The food administration’s prices
are practically those fixed by the
| Kelley Clarke Co., which was the of
ficlnl opening quotations of the trade
The Pacific American Fisheries had
issued an earlier price list on certain
salmon which closely approximated
the Kelley Clarke's quotations, and
indicated that the two concerns,
working independently, had arrived at
the same conclusion as to the amount
or profit that the Food Administra
tion would permit the packers to take.
The only change made hy Food Ad
ministrator Herbert C. Hoover in the
Kelley Clarke Co.’s opening quota
tions was a reduction of 10 cents on
redsJ
The high price paid fishermen for
salmon throughout the entire year is
responsible for the higher quotations
on this year’s pack. It is estimated
now that 9,500.000 cases of salmon
were packed on this coast, and in
normal conditions, the tendency would
be toward a break in prices, especial
ly as exports are cut off. However,
the canners paid such a high price for
fish that they cannot reduce prices
and get out whole, and the demand
for salmon has increased with the
growth of the movement for conserv
ing the meat supply.
The late quotations by the food ad
ministration allow brokers and dis
tributors their usual commissions.
The jobbers’ profits already had been
limited.
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CLOSE TAB BEING KEPT
ON THOSE WHO GO TO SEA
(By Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 27.—Elig
ible young men who go to sea in or
der to avoid the draft will have to
stick their job or go into military serv
ice. according to a recent ruling of
J. O. David, collector of customs here.
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*'A check will be kept on every man |
or boy who leaves this port under a!
seaman’s certificate in the coastwise i
as well as the offshore trade,*' Mr.'
David stated, "Thus his whereabouts
and what he is doing will be known to
the proper government authorities at
all times. If he quits his job he goes
’ ’ to the army or navy without delay."
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NORMAL SCHOOL TO SUPPLY
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GOVT. WITH TELEGRAPHERS
(By Associated Press)
GUNNISON, Colo., Dec. 27.—In or
der to help provide for government
needs of expert telegraphers. Dr. .1.
H. Kelley, president of the state nor
mal school here, has announced a
course in telegraphy will be added to
•
the curriculum next term The course
will be open to high school students.
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Through an error names of Mrs.
Kerr and Mrs Sutton failed to appear
as contributors of boxes sent out by
the Woman’s Guild Auxiliary to Uncle
Sam’s boys.
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All bingles issued by the Horseshoe
must be turned in before January 1
or they will be repudiated.
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The W. ('. T. U. will hold a special
business meeting tomorrow, Friday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. T. H.
Phillips.
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On and after January 1 the barbers
have decided to raise their prices, on
account of the increased cost of sup
plies and cost of living. tf
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Finkelstein & Sapiro’s. On display
Monday, December 24th.
ARE YOU PREPARED, IF NOT?
The progressive firm of Finkelstein
& Sapiro with the view of helping to
make the FIREMAN’S MASK BALL, a
success have had shipped up from
Seattle rbout thirty-five suits (ladies!
and gent’s) for rental and the same
will be on display Monday, Decern-1
ber 24th. You had better hurry for!
there is every indication that they
will go fast.
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Cabbage, per lb.5c
Garlic, per lb.15c
'Green Beans, per lb.15c
Apples.$1.50 up
Lettuce and Celery
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