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Show t PACIFIC COAST FISHING NOW 0i PAYS SOME MEN $43.57 A DAY Women S; a Munition . . work K . "vd ' A challenge to the highest paid war Workers comes now from the halibut fishermen of the Pacific Coast with a record of $348.60 for eight days' work $43.67 a day per man. Machinists, chemists and foundry-men foundry-men in this country, where certain United States industries have paid vrorkers up to $80 a week, instead of their usual $25 and $30, please note the case of fishing which long will be fireside talk off the coast from Prince Rupert south to Vancouver. It was not the only haul of fortune for the schooner "Director" either. On a former for-mer trip the wages of the men reached reach-ed $30.70 a day. Not so bad a result of the great sale of fish made by the Canadian commission when fish was put into I the dietary of the British and French armies because it proved so popular , among the soldiers from Canada. Enormous orders for fish have run up prices until a big catch brings big returns. Not only the coast cities like Vancouver and Prince Rupert but the entire province of British Columbia have felt the stimulus of the extraordinary development in the I fishing industry. Consul George M. Hanson reported officially: "The 'Director1 was gone from Prince Rupert eight days. It brought in 17,000 pounds&of halibut, of which 9,000 pounds were first class. Tho rest were second class, and brought half price. The first-class fish was sold for 13 cents a pound. The amount received for the catch was $2,139.00. The expenses were $309.00 an unusual figure, as an extra sup-i sup-i ply of gear was taken along in case of emergency. The share of the vessel ves-sel amounted to $435-60, leaving $1,394.00 to be distributed among the crew of four men. Each man received re-ceived S348.60. or S43.57 a day." I |