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Show FISH NOW A LUXURY IN SAN FRANCISCO $$ S SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 11. Although the waters in the vlcin- Ity of this city are teeming with fish of endless variety, this class of food has become the dearest commodity In the market. An advance of 100 per cent has Just taken place In the price of all kinds of fish. Salmon has been advanced from 5 cents to 2S cents and striped bass from 6 cents to 20 cents. The retailor blames the wholesale dealers, all of whom are In a combine, and the wholesaler ascribes the sud- den and phenomenal advance In ffi fish partly to bad weather and partly to the alleged depredations of Chinese, who, they say, fish with nets and destroy vast quan- titles of fish. As it stands now, so far as consumers are con- cerned. It is a case of pay or go without. The fish industry In California is quite an Important one, em- ploying over 2500 men in San Francisco and 1500 alon; the coast and rivers, and a capital aggregating $1,000,000. In San Francisco alone, over $500,000 Is Invested In boats and apparatus. |