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Show CUIOAUO'SFIBIf SUPPLY. How It la A Hoc tod by tlio FInnn-clal FInnn-clal Btrluffoncy. Hard Tlinea lI1ITe Canaetl tlio Taoptfl to Kcouoinlta tm Their Jiit llllla Wboro the Mali Are 1'rlu. clpull Obtained. The report of a sbortno of 12,000,000 bushels in tho oyster crop of Chcsa-pcnlto Chcsa-pcnlto bnydoos not disturb tho equanimity equa-nimity of thu ChlcHiro dealers. "Our business ia mostly In Gsh this winter," one of them declares. "Ilnrd times havo caused people to economize) econo-mize) on high-priced oystcrn nnd ments and turn to fish ns tho hluplo food. Plbli nro very cheap nnd plentiful. Chlctigo enU 20,000,000 pounds of Inko Ush nnd 6,000,000 pound') of ocean fish annually. Thu lalia fifth vvero caught nnd frozen last fall, nnd so lonfr ns they remain In leo continue ni fresh as when taken from tl.o water. I low-over, low-over, if ' anyone demands a newly caught fish, thu Mackinaw fishermen nro Lending- down choice trout dally tnlteu from tlie straits. "As to oysters, tlio crop of Haiti-mora Haiti-mora and New York might totally fall without embarrassing tho public In tho least or raising? tlio prico of the bivalve. "Tho Gulf of Mottco produces fully ns fine flavored oysters nu are taken anywhere. Many pcoplo Hko the gulf oyster best. New Orleans could easily supply tho world with oysters, as Its const environment is enormously pro- I llllo in oysters, delicious crustaceans, I nnd Italics. Theso fruit edibles are I scut north In refrigerator cars which hrivo conveyed dressed beef "sontll? They also como by express. Tlio fall-1 u ru of the fish nnd oyster crop would ho n great boon to the ifulf coast trade." The fishmonger mentioned that the 1'nclflo codfish had Invaded tho Chicago Chi-cago market to tho detriment of tho Maluo-Ma&sacliuKotts'nninesatco. There Is no difference in the appearance of tho rivnls, hut epicures think thu Pacific Pa-cific cd tho choicer. Tlie Pacific cod Is now shipped to Massachusetts, salted nnd sent out us Atlantic cod. No one enn tell tlio dllTerenco. A populnr ilsh In Chicago is tho red snapper taken in tho Cult ot Mexico, and callud by innuy tlio gulf cod. It l.s n handsomer fish than tho eod nnd of much Onor flavor. Lurgu llecLs cngngif III tho catch of this fish nnd it ts forcing forc-ing lU wny Into nil tho mnrkcts of tho world. llroole trout weighing from two to flvo pounds nro plentiful in tho local market. They conic front private fish ponds whero they vvero taken out mid froron last fall, TJio flncht yellow perch aro taken In tlio Detroit river ut tlio St. Clnlr Plata. MiiMnllongo reach tho market from the Interior tubes of Wisconsin. Tlio luleo trput varies in eulor, both of sltin nnd llesli. Tho Qesh Is yellow from tho southern to tho northern vvntcra of Lnlto Superior. In tlio northwest corncrof Lalto Superior tlio flesh becomes roil and tho hleln n fuc-slmilo fuc-slmilo of tho brook trout. This latter variety, which is tlio finest of trout, Is believed by some to le n broolc trout from tho Niplgon river, which in times past left tho stream and bred a deep-water deep-water variety of Itself. It isacarco In tlio local market. Thero is n suspicion thut tho local dealer sells It as a largo broolc trout. Hols mostly como from pultou, N. Y., whero, on the Oswego river, Is the lnrgest eel industry in tlio world. Ocean fish aro not popular In tho west, nor aro luko fish iopiilnr in tlio east. Tlic condition is natural. (,'ravvfif.h como from New Orleans, where thoy are tho staple food of tho French' lHioplo. Tho crawfli.li makes tho most delicious bisiptQ known to tho I epicure. |