HERRING PACKERS ARE WARNED
AGAINST POOR COOPERAGE EVIL
(By Aug. H. D. Klio, Herring Expert, formerly with the United States Bureau
of Fisheries)
Packers of Scotch-cure herring in
Alaska will make a very serious mis
take if, as has been reported, they at
tempt to cut down operating expenses
this coming season by using inferior
containers. This coming year pack
ers will have to seft their fish on their
merits, since large lots of Scotch and
other foreign cures will again find
their way into the market. Certain
defects, especially in the curing, were
overlooked last season on account of
the very heavy demand for the Alaska
Scotch cure; but unless the packers
are far more careful than last season
they will have considerable difficulty
in selling their fish on account of the
fact that the inspection will be much
more severe than heretofore.
With the Norwegian and other hard
cures, the fish are so heavily salted
that a dry or leaky barrel does not
have a disastrouos effect on the cure;
but with the Scotch cure there should
be no loose or free salt after the
twelfth or fourteenth day of cure, so
that it is absolutely necessary that
the barrel be of high grade to hold the
pickle, which is really the life of the
Scotch-cure herring. Dry or leaky
barrels are often the cause of tainted
or rusty herring, for which there is
no sale. Thinner staves than those
adopted by the bureau of fisheries for
the Scotch barrel are a decided disad
vantage. First of all, the fish are cured
much lighter than in any other method
a thicker stave affords, and secondly,
of packing herring, and therefore re
quire more protection from heat, which
the journey from the curing station
to the regular herring centers is al
most twice as far as from Scotland
to New York, making it essential that
only the best grades of wood and work
manship be used. The barrels are
not only handled very much oftener
during the trip from Alaska to New
York than the imported product, but
the handling is very much rougher as
well.
Last season some barrels were made
to imitate the standard barrel adopted
by the United States bureau of fisher
ies. The standard barrel was set up
originally by the Western Cooperage
Company, under instructions of the '
special representative on Scotch cure
of the United States bureau of fisher
ies. The barrels made in imitation of
the standard barrel were by far too
frail; the iron or steel hoops were
not alone too narrow but also too
light. The Eastern trade knows the
difference between the various kinds
of barrels used in the various coun
tries; and often when buying fish thsft
are of equal quality, selects the parcel
that is packed in the best cooperage.
One lot packed in Alaska last year
did not pass inspection in Seattle as
to selection, cure of fish, etc., but
found a buyer at a slightly reduced
price because of being packed in the
standard Scotch-style barrels—some
thing the trade demanded in the East.
Repairing and recoopering barrels
that are leaky or otherwise defective
are big problems in New York, espe
cially during hot weather, and with
coopers of repairmen almost unobtain
able. What one imagines is saved by
buying a cheaper barrel of inferior
grade is more than offset by heavy
cooperage charges when the fish arrive
in Seattle, where they must be over
hauled again before allowing them to
be shipped East. This is a big factor,
not alone on account of the additional
recooperage charges but the delay
caused and the additional risk in
volved by keeping the fish exposed to
the warm weather. In Scotland most
of the barrel-makers burn their names
in the bottom of the barrel, and buy
ers of herring, as well as regular in
spectors, often look for the name of
the barrel manufacturer, especially
when herring' are intended for cold
storage for use, say, six months later.
Certain buyers will not contract for
any herring unless the fish are packed
in the standard Scotch-style barrel.
With the adoption of the proposed her
ring inspection system, empty barrels
will also have to stand Inspection, the
same as In Scotland.
Attention is again directed to the
fact that this season the trade will
be much more critical with the cured
product and packers will surely have
gained valuable information from their
mistakes of last year, so that the trade
looks forward to a better cure in gen
eral. Scotch cure packed in domestic
200-pound barrels or inferior Scotch
ctyle barrels will not find a prompt
sale. If cure and quality are alike,
the packers having the best cooperage
will be the first to sell. Improper
cooperage and fish packed In other
than standard barrels are just causes
ror rejections. However, a properly
made barrel la a big time saver when
closing a barrel after fish are packer],
besides saving time and trouble in
setting up knbcked-down barrels.
CHINESE PIRATES
WORKING OVERTIME
TOKIO, March 13.—Chinese pirates
are reported active off the coast of
Shantung. A Japanese sailor who
was found swimming In the sea and
brought back to Japan, said he was
one of the crew of eight who had
sailed in a coasting schooner from
Tsingtou. Off the Shantung coast
three strange junks drew rapidly
alongside and thirty pirates armed
with pistols and swords boarded the
schooner, looted the vessel and put
the crew to the sword. The only sur
vivor jumped overboard and kept
afloat until rescued.
STILL ALIVE WITH
A BROKEN NECK
CAMP SHERMAN, Chillicotlie, O.,
March 13.—Lieutenant John A. Logan,
U. S. A., of Cleveland, is one of the
few men who have sustained broken
seeks and is still alive to tell the story
af how it happened. The lieutenant is
in the base hospital here, and attend
ing surgeons say that he will enjoy
life for many years to come, despite
the broken neck.
Lieutenant Logan, an aviator, sus
tained the injury while on duty in
Prance. He went up one day over the
Vosges sector, and engaged several
Jerman planes. A piece of shell from
jne of the enemy’s guns put his mo
tor out of commission, and the Officer
was forced to voiplane. He lost
control, and had the preference of
living on a house or landing on the
ground. He chose the latter, and
when he was dragged from the
wrecked machine it was found that he
lad received only a few slight
scratches. He rejoined his squadron,
jeing able to walk, but that night his
•ight side became paralyzed. Surg
sons made an examination, and it was
ound that Logan’s neck was broken,
rhis was the fourth accident in which
lieutenant Logan flures, for, previous
;o going into active service, he was
njured in three training accidents.
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LOWE PRICES
WILL CURTAIL
corroNEOPS
DALLAS, Tex., March 13.—hearing
cotton prices will sink near the pre
war levels, unless measures are taken
to prevent it, Southern cotton grow
ers are joining in a movement for gen
eral reduction of 1919 acreage. In
Texas the move has taken the form
of a pledge to reduce acreage to two
thirds of that of 1918. The state ag
ricultural department is emphasizing
the benefits of planting grain on the
acreage thus saved.
The government crop report placed
last year’s Texas production at 2,580,
000 bales. Cotton was around 35 cents
a pound at the close of the picking
season, but many growers and some
speculators felt it would reach. 40
cents and did not sell. Prices fell,
however, with the signing of the arm
istice and since then have been wav
ering between 21 and 25 cents.
Bankers who loaned money to
growers found their security dimin
ished, and plantation owners found
their crops of less value than when
harvested. Texas growers estimate
there are 1,600,000 bales stored by in
dividuals and in the compresses. They
declare much of this has been dam
aged by winter rains.
While cotton at 21 to 25 cents is
higher than before the war, growers
say production cost is so much higher
that they will lose money r.t 25 cents
a pound.
Last year’s government reportB
placed the Texas acreage at 11,235,000.
By reducing this one-third, bankers
and agriculturalists feel that prices
can be held to a point that will bring
a profit and also bring a higher price
for the unmoved crop of 1918.
The Council of Defense in each
county and the county agricultural
agent have been named as committees
to aid in an extensive advertising
campaign to presuade all planters to
sign the two-thirds acreage pledge.
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It’s a drink that surely fills the bill.
Delivered to the trade or families in
large or small quantities
FREI) HAEF, Distributor
KENNY HOLDEN’S
Pool and Billiard Parlors
CIGARS, SOFT DRINKS AND TOBACCO.
FIRST-CLASS BARBER SHOP
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CMS. GOLDSTEIN & COMPANY
of Juneau, Alaska
Offer to the trappers and dealers of the North
the followinig prices for No. 1 Prime Furs:
Lynx, extra large No. 1.$35.00 to $37.50
Lynx, large No. 1. 30.00 to 35.0C
Lynx, small . 20.00 to 25.00
Mink, dark coast skins. 5.00 to 7.00
Mink, dark coast skins, small. 3.00 to 5.00
Mink, fresh water. 5.00 to 10.00
Land Otter. 12.00 to 15.00
Red Fox, No. 1 large. 30.00 to 35.00
Cross Fox, according to beauty.'. 50.00 to 100.00
Muskrats.75 to 1.50
Silver and Black Foxes, as to color
Wolverine . 5.00 to 12.00
Wolves. 5.00 to 20.00
Ship us your Furs! As soon as recelvod we will grade same and
wire our best offer. If our price: are not satisfactory we will return
the furs and pay transportation charges on sauA both ways.
References: Any bank In Alaska, Dexter Horton National Bank, 80- 1
attle; National Bank of Tacoma, Tacoma, Wash.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
We operate the largest Fur Manufactory north of San Francisco.
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