South Bend Fishermen Cut Out the Cannery and Double Their Price
Tired of ten cents a fish from the Barnes cannery, South Bend crews formed their own company and began shipping to Astoria for twenty cents.
The fishermen of this harbor have been greatly dissatisfied with the prices paid by the Barnes cannery and, as a result of their dissatisfaction, have organized a company and are shipping their catches to Astoria, where they receive 20 cents per fish as against ten cents paid by the local cannery. They are shipping to Astoria from 16 to 20 boxes daily.
“they receive 20 cents per fish as against ten cents paid by the local cannery.”
When one buyer controls the dock, producers have often tried to build their own route to market. The South Bend crews' cooperative move is a small, early version of the producer alliances that still fight concentrated processing power.
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