The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 9, 1916, Page 23

,000 SEATTLE MEN MAKE LIVING AT FISHING AND DO IT LIKE THIS Seattle's Fishing Fleet Shows What Fish Industry Means to This City, Approximately 2,000 Seattle men derive their livelihood from the fishing Industry, Here’s the Reason Boldt Makes the Best Coffee tn Seattle— and the Food That Goes With It Is First Class Also. Picnic Lunches Put Up Auto Parties a Specialty RAINIER BAKERY —and— RESTAURANT 913 SECOND AVE. JAS, A. BOLDT, PROP. These fishermen are divided Into two distinct classes, each Qoverned by a strong union, The Alaska Fishermen's union, of which P. E. Olsen is secre. tary, controle about 500 salmon fishermen in Seattic. There is a membership of nearly 3,000 men in this union, The Deep Sea Fishermen's union, which Includes the hall- but and the cod fishing, has nearly 1,500 Seattle members. P. B. Gill is the secretary. The salmon fishing tndu limited between five and six months, ac- cording to Olsen. The methods of try is | halibut | banks and wa; paid the men are equally as varied. “The salmon fishermen,” | explained, | middie of March. Some leave as/ late as April 15. The first return trips are made about the first of September and continue until Oc- tober. Olsen methods of fishing, remain out prac- tically the entire season as their catches are sold directly to the can- neries located near the bank “Kodiac island, Cook inlet, Cop- per river and Bristol bay are the principal salmon fishing grounds At Kodiae beach seining ts the only | method employed, while gilinetting, ‘SEATTLE HAS VARIED LINES Higher education, from uku- lelestrumming and pigeon- walking down to calculus and dietetics, has “got” Seattle, as "twere, by the forelock. So runs prosperity! While the University of Washington ‘es adding to ite group of edifices an Economics building and a house of Politi- cal Science, six flourishing dancing academies are turning out batches of highly accom. plished fancy steppers every week, and the Fischer studio building is = bediam of har- mony. If Sestiie was not 100 above rero in the prosperity these things could not be. Even the school board has been avexened, as is apparent from the ct that a new public school bnild-| ng is being built for the enlighten. ment of Madrona children at 1621 23d ave., and bids have been sub- | mitted f a new high school in degrees lne Only Reinforced Plaster Block Manufactured—Used Extensively Throughout Northwest JAMES Patent Reinforced Solid Partition Ceiling and Wall Linings NO WASTE OR BREAKAGES SOB SOUND-PROOF, FIRE-PROOF AND VERMIN-PROOF feet l-inch, ize of Blocks—4 Partitions Bullt Any Length Without Supports Finished Complete Special Moisture jungalows, Required locks long by 2inch 4 Linings Being a Can 1 foot 7 inches deep by inch thick %-inch, Plastered and Same Day for Cigar Cases Non-Gonductor of Heat and Cold Be Sawn, Nalled, Screwed or Bored SAVE YOUR TIME AND MONEY AND Write for Full Particulars J. JAMES 201 LIBERTY BLOG, SEATTLE, WASH. Telephone Elliott 3360 Will Sell Eastern State Rights to a season which varies! fishing are more varied than the! fishing, while the fishing| “leave Seattle about the! “These men, according to thetr| OF EDUCATION bey ~ and setning are all being used at Bristol bay. Many of the salmon | men who take vessels north receive & bonus for the safe voyage and de-| livery of the catch. fhe halibut fishermen, on the! other hand, can fish the entire year and fish with a long line with hooks placed at six-foot intervals.” “The halibut men, as a rule, are | pald by the pound. Halibut pri are about as stable the weather, says Secretary Gill “Prices during 1915 averaged about 3% cents a pound, while the prices thus far in 1916 have run a little better than 8 cents as an ay erage, with a maximum of 14 cents. | “About 100 halibut boats ply out of Seattle, Forty of these vessels docked at Seattle in August with cargoes approximating 2,070,000 |tons, The majority of the halibut fishing Is done in Hecket straits off of Vancouver island. Seattle does not receive the full benefit of thin | tiehing as the banks are just a few hours run from Prince Rupert, B. C.,, and while the rate paid ts slightly lower than the Seattle price, the fishermen prefer to save the time tn disposing of thelr catch to the Canadian markets, as nearly & week Is saved on each trip. Cod fishing {# an all year around business and varies from the hall- but industry In that only one man fa used to a dory, He uses two long | ines with a single hook. The chiet/ cod grounds are in the Bering sea. st Seattle. The low bid was $179,000, made by Scherrer & Carl- son. The young woman or man wish- ing to enter a business career can find no better opportunity for prep- aration than fn Seattle Seven business colleges thrive here, So great fs the demand for cul ture that the University has eatab- lished an extension department. Class rooms fn the Henry building} are maintained for “spare time” students. Night schools, too, are an {nr portant adjunct to the public school system, offering an opportunity for} everyone. | | Name your subject. You will find {t is taught somewhere tn Seattle. ‘CAN FACTORY HERE T0 COST COOL MILLION One of the latest additions to Se- jattle’s factory district ts the $1,000, |000 plant of the American Can com- pany, under way at Clay st and Railroad ave. and which will be finished about January 1, and will and 900 men in the manufacture of every kind of “tin” can The plant is to include a $2 five-story building of |concrete covering an entire block |with a wharf, dock and warehouse which will be connected with the |factory by a steel bridge «pan-| {ning Railroad ave, 32 t above} | street level Cana for sa on an |the principal output will be now employ between 700 0,000 reinforced 1 fruit will b The factory nHOUs Operation The A Quist Co. has the con tract. That firm is today one of |the busiest engaged in building con tracts in Seattle SEASON’S SALMON CATCH DUE SOON Seattle's silver horde pouring into the city days and thousands 1 into will begin within a few of dollars will soure the stores banks fishing season In the far North is nearly at an end and the vast salmon shipping fleet will b }gin to drop anchor lott bay shortl They are happy days for the fish ermen,” Secretary Olsen explained, but tough ones for us, for the fish ermen, starved for civilization, will | anxious to clear themselves and ay.” Twas Small Catch But Worth $20,000) It was considered a small catch, but the crew of the fish. ing schooner Charles R. Wil- son, first vessel to return from the codfishing banks in the Bering, unloaded 221,000 fish, for which they were paid $20,000 in gold. This sum was split between 29 fishermen, Lars Voge, who landed 13,300 codfish, getting the largest “bit.” Mate Jack Kelly caught 12,350 and Hans Martensen netted 12,000. The schooner was months and 17 days out, four WELCOME HERE | Skinner & Eddy corporation will }launch another freighter | be ready to launch three subma- STAR—SATURDAY, SEPT, 9, 1916. PAGE 23, FOR FACTORIES SAYS HI GILL BY H.C. GILL Mayor Seattle, with its splendid water system, cheap power rates, water and rall shipping facilities and available manu- facturing sites, should be In the forefront as a contender for the acquisition of new Indus. trial plants of every deserip- tlon, A low tax rate, ae well, le an Important bid for industrial plants, Striving to make the burden of taxes lighter should be the constant alm of our of- ficlale, High taxes retard the prog ress of a city, and tend to keep manufacturing plan away: The high cost of government will decrease with the realiza- tlon that expenses in govern. ment, as well private buel- Nese, must be kept to the mini- mum. Leavin, fanciful, which me to be the ten: dency of the day, municipal government can be economical without being parsimonious. ‘SHIP BUILDERS RACE FOR FIRST BIG LAUNCHING Which of Seattie’s big ehip- yards will “cop” the honor of launching the first vessel this fall? Nip-and-tuck, the race Is on today between the Seattie Con- struction & Dry Dock Co, and the Skinner & Eddy corpora- tion, First of the big fleet of cargo carriers being bulit at the for- mer plant will be slid from her ways into the East waterway about September 20, it was an- nounced, The Skinner & Eddy corporation has stated definitely that their first steel freighter will take the water at exactly 2 o'clock on the afternoon of September 21 1 There may be slight delays, un foreseen. Every man in both yards, realizing this, is keved up to a hi pitch of Industry, and the din bed their hammers fs terrific. Ten months ago the Seattle Con-| struction & Dry Dock Co. laid the keel for the vessel they are now! about to launch—an $500,000 steel, freighter for the Ward Line of New York, Tho Skinner & Eddy vessel will) ®& cargo capacity of 8,804 As soon o is off the) the keel for another vesse! will bo laid. The same thing will) oceur at the other yard, so great {a the demand for bottoms About two weeks Inter the of the same type, and about the same time | still another vessel will leave the Seattle Construction & Dry Dock yards. Thereafter, at intervals of elght to 12 weeks, both concerns hope to set other vessels under contract into the water, keeping construction always at “full speed ahead.” Within six weeks the Seattle Construction & Dry Dock Co. will By JAMES A, DUNCAN | (Secretary Central Labor Council) | A year ago our enemies hoped, and sdme of our friends | professed, to believe that when | the state went dry the labor movement would go to the dogs. These hopes and fears have all proved groundie: True, this law had the effect of putting not to exceed 450 Seattle trade unionists, who had been directly or indirectly o nected with the liquor busin out of employment, but on the other hand the membership of | the garment workers’ union hi increased in the past year over 40 per cent, which equals more than one-fifth the number thrown out of employment, while the number of waiters | losing their positions is to some extent offset by the additional number of waitresses put to work in places that have ceased to dispense liquor. rines, FISHERMEN WOULD PROTECT HALIBUT) Fishermen of Seattle are behind & movement to have the govern ment legislate against a full year jseason In the halibut fields The banks are being fished ont, tt] is said, and the fishermen want the cover ent to pla a three months closed season. It is said the yearly catch for 1916 will hard-| ly amount to one-half that of 1915. The prices are much higher but the fish aren't the CITY LAW STOPS OLD BELL RINGER | In addition to this, at Teaxt 3,000} |more members have joined other unions not directly affected by the loperation of the dry law except, | perhaps, in so far as some may now find the in a better posi SCHNECTADY, N, Y., Sept. 9. Because a city ordinance pre vents him from ringing a bell to aid him tn selling vegetables, a re cent charities charge, who is am-|tion to pay dues. Some of the or-| bitious to support himself and his|ganizations report great improve: | family, must again rely upon city|ment in this regard funds for a living, approximately| !t Is indeed encouraging to see 35 per month. |men of such crafts as the long-| |shoremen, who were content but a| [short time ago to walk around |during their lelsure, in overalis, “G{now dressed in such manner as |would do credit to bankers. | It has been said by some officers lof the longshorémen's organization that the aplendid solid front and unwavering determination which Jinsures victory in the present |stri id never bh been | maintained if the saloons had been open, and much more ious vio llence and disturban would surely have occurred A city of sober, ers means a city of workers earn: | ing fair wages within reasonable Jhours, with sufficient funds and leisure to take recreation, visit the stores to make purchases, and with |the means to live under whole sanitar conditions. ity of the present is rely enjoyed by the not because of in the part of the skilled worker to the interests of the unskilled worker, but because the skilled workers are the most gen organized, while it is a much more difficult matter to or- ganize unskilled workers. However, great strides are being made in the organization of the | unskilled workers, and while it 1s} not wise to advertise the details | Deering, diving in Lavrel Mill. [in connection with new organiza: | pool, collided with a big trout. |tion work, It Is safe to say that) The fish, stunned by the blow, |reveral organizations of unskilled | immediately came to the sur- | workers have recently beep organ face and was captured by other ed with excelfenc prospects for} swimmers. the future. selves FAIR MAID AT BATH TARGET FOR HORNET PHILADELPHIA, Pa., pt 8-—Margaret Ginroy, 19 years old, had disrobed in the woods at National Park preparate to going bathing, While seeh ing a snug place in which to leave her strect apparel she stepped on a hornet's nest and the Insects clung to her body, stinging her hundreds of times before she could escape from their reach Her = ser is brought a number of men to her aid, which only added to he consternation, She was taken to a hospital, wh her suffer. ings were somewhat relieved Her body is badly swollen The prospe |being most la |akilled worker \difference on Good Headwork Nets Man a Swell Trout RIDGEWAY, Pa., Sept. 9. Patrick Deering and a trout measuring 24% inches, largest ever seen here, occupied an ambulance together on their way to the local hospital Deering sought treatment for a dent in his head De ean ert cee “NORWALK” | toriously fe organized work- | | were We Aim—to Give the Very Best Service We Think—We Have the Best Location We Know—We Have Good Equipment We Are Accused—of Making Our Prices too Low We Sell the Absolutely the Best Concrete Burial Vault Absolutely Waterproof Concrete Burial Vault Don’t Forget Our Ambulance Service! Absolutely Air Tight Concrete Burial Vault Absolutely Indestructible Concrete Burial Vault 4 HOME UNDERTAKING COMPANY Ninth Ave. and Hubbel Way at Union St. LABORERS ARE GLAD AS WELL AS BANKERS SINCE LIQUOR IS NO MORE WELCOME IN SEATTLE Prosperity for the workers, like prosperity for the business man, | consists in grasping and improving every opportunity that comes along, whether it be in the indus- trial field or the political, and the sooner the workers recognize this fact, the greater and the more rapid will be their progress. We have made great strides re- cently, espectally by the enactment of a national child labor law, the Clayton anti-trust act (which dis- tinctly specifies that labor has the right to picket, as against the no- vicious, union-smashing anti-picketing law enacted by our infamous legislature, and which must be defeated by the people at the polls in November), the cur. reoey bill and the railroad men's eight-hour law, none of which, I fear, would have been secured by | this time but for the efforts and dership of ‘that great, big- hearted humanitarian, President Woodrow Wilson. God bless him. KELLY TRUCK IS USEFUL IN WAR A 3%-ton Kelly truck played an important part {n the mobilization of the Minnesota National Guard, according to Paul Doty, commis sary general and brigadier general of the Minnesota National Guard Following are extracts from Gen. Doty'’s letter to the Kelly-Spring. field Co. Knowing your interest in the performance of your motor trucks, I am writing to tell you that in the recent mobilization of the Min nesota National Guard a 3%%-ton Kelly truck rendered signal sery- The work of department, now the \quartermaster's the truck was placed at this dis. posal of Maj. W. H. Hart, the brig- ade quartermaster The quartermaster supervised the unloading of the troops as they arrived and the placing of the equipment. From 70 to 80 cars unloaded without a single ac cident. This is considered a note worthy acl ement by the federal army officers, The rapidity of the unloading of the equipment was due in no small measure to the re- Mability of the Kelly truc INJURED BY TRAIN Yoda Oziel, the commissary being Included in department, known as Ben Leon, an employe of the Booth-Fisher Co. had his foot crushed by a switch engine early Saturday morn. ing, near Pier 12. He was removed to the city hospital while only $40,165,015 came In 1914. They sent 556,625 worth of American-made —_ from the port in 1915, pared to $16,511,707 the pend previous. Domestic Imports in 1915 totaled $77,971,684, as com- pared to $49,174,727 for the year previous, while the do- mestic exports for 1915 amount- ed to $56,974,456, compared to $48,758,494 for 1914, |BONUSES PUT END FISH BOAT WRECKS Owners of fishing vessels offer bonuses to their crews for taking the vessels to the North and back without wrecking them. Last year there was but one wreck, and thus far this year none have been re ported. PAID ADVERTISING HERE'S RECORD PORT FOR 1915 Seattle did an export and im- port business during 1915 of $257,792,393 as compared to $154,609,943 for the year pre- vious. The inore: In general waterfront business shows gain of $103,182,450. Of the general bus done, the Imports exceeded the ex- ports by nearly $100,000. More than $163,261,313 worth of mer- chandise passed thru Seattle during 1915, as compared to $89,339,742 for 1914, The foreign exports and im- ports of 1915 were greater than those of 1914. American ship- pers received $85,289,629 worth of merchandise thru this port, I make this statement that the people may know who T am: T was born tn North Carolina; my father died when I was but two weeks old; my mother married a second time, and on account of the eruel treats ment accorded me by my step-father, I was compelled to leave home when I was but 11 years of age, since which time I educated myself and made my own way in the world. My father and mother, as well as my grandfather and grandmother on both sides, were born in Virginia, MY great-grandparents came to this country from France before and during the Revolutionary war, and fought’ on the American side. I have practiced law in Seattle tor the past 10 years, I have been suc= cessful in my practice, and I believe that I possess the necess fications for a Judge of the Superior Court of King County, a your support in electing me as one of your judges, with full confidence with credit, and render impartial and equal Juath y before me, strictly in ordance with the without blas and without being swayed by Ine otherwise, your support Respectfully submitted ; Yours very. truly. EMERSON H. CARRICO, | fluences political will appreciate