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Dollar
Business
29
Prince
Rupert
Daily
News
Monday,
June
11,
1951
hprmens
Co-od
is
ence
in
Jap
Inlet,
Jiist
south
of
Prince
Rupert.
For
several
years,
these
three
and
others
had
pooled
their
resources
to
buy
food
and
fishing
gear
wholesale.
Now
they
wondered
if
not
a
similar
system
England,
of
which
he
had
heard
while
still
In
Ireland.
A
letter
to
1
the
British
Co-operative
Society,
Holyoak
House,
Manchester,
telling
of
the
problems
of
Prince
Rupert
fishermen
and
asking
for
help
and
information,
brought
an
Immediate
reply,
But
the
answer
was
disappointing.
elation
but
it
was
not
until
1931
Prince
Rupert
area
to
bring
when
the
bottom
fell
right
out
higher
prices
such
as
could
be
of
the
.
local
fish
market
that
obtained
In
Vancouver
and
Seat-action
was
taken.
J
tie.
,
.
That
year
a
charted
was
ob-
GET
FISHP
ACKERS
Li
c
story
and
the
fact
1
that
Co-op
has
recorded
outstanding
achievements
in
connection
with
the
development
of
Prince
Rupert's
fishing
Industry
and
those
who
participate
In
It.
Twenty
years
ago,
Prince
Rupert
fishermen
found
themselves
in
a
dire
position
owing
to
the
bottom
having
almost
fallen
out
of
the
fish
market.
They
had
cargoes
of
silver-gleaming
sliver
salmon
which
they
used
to
sell
for
12
to
15
cents
a
pound.
Suddenly
the
market
flopped
;
could
be
developed
by
which
they
and
co-operation,
these
fishermen
slowly
overcame
an
"Impossible"
situation
which
started
a
"co-operative"
movement
along
the
entire
Pacific
Coast
and
left
In
Its
wake
90
per
cent
of
Prince
Rupert's
fishermen
2,500
working
together
for
their
common
good,
owning
an
establishment
worth
more
than
a
million
dollars
and
doing
a
multi-million
dollar
business
every
year.
But
the
history
of
Prince
Rupert
Fishermen's
Co-operative
Association
goes
back
to
even
before
depression
days.
!
talned
by
Prince
Rupert
Fisher-
A
canvass
was
made
for
funds
di
juiac
Jiury
e
story
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Fishermen's
Co
"We
can't
help
you,"
read
the
could
market
their
fish.
One
man
could
do
little,
three,
not
much
more,
but
together
a
large
group
of
united
fishermen
letter.
"You
have
to
help
your-1
me"
8
w"V"
w
nsaM-.i.
j
ana
m
1938
tne
frca
oougni
self."
Pamphlets
on
organizing
Flfsf'
consumer
store
was
two
dlesel-powered
flshpackers,
ve
is
the
story
of
local
enterprise
successfully
a
co-operative
society
came
i
.
-"""
me
Azurue
ana
ugaen.
might
accomplish
something.
So
-Htv,
th.
ifr
linen,
iisn-coiiecung
was
msu-
to
big
business.
Lake
other
iishenes
concerns
1
tuted-
eoUector.
the
eluding
the
address
of
the
Brit-
gathering
Rupert-based
trollers
were
now
able
to
compete
with
the
American
fishing
fleet
to
fish
In
members'
catches
on
the
fish
i
Murray
was
appointed
to
find
out
!
how
fishing
and
marketing
of
j
fish
could
be
carried
out
on
a
I
co-operative
plan.
lsh
representative
in
Eastern
;one
nere
m
me
same
nine,
o-operative
has
ing
grounds
and
offering
them
outside
waters
of
Hecate
Straits,
I
Canada
Murray
wrote
again,
this
time
th
highes
bldder
of
fveral!
Dixon
Entrance
and
Langara
p
along
massive
lines
in,
Prince
Rupert
since
of
its
inceptionThere
will
be
those
who
will
I
to
the
representativebut
all
helocal
h-buylng
companies,
Passage
and
so
get
In
on
the
and,
when
at
the
beginning
of
the
"dirty
thirties",
depression
price
of
"troll-caught
salmon
hit
j
rock
bottom
of
four
cents
a
pound,
they
decided
they
must
try
to
do
something
for
THE
EARLY
STAGES
Murray
took
stock
of
what
he
li
the
Co-op
has
been
HOW
IT
STARTED
Rain
come
down
in
a
monotonous
drizzle
on
the
day
in
February,
1928,
when
the
late
Sam
Olsen,
Jim
Wauchope
and
Jack
Murray
held
their
confer
got
was
more
pamphlets.
Long
Prices
were
slightly
raised
y
and
sometimes
heated
argu-
i
this
means,
but
at
another
ments
followed.
Wherefer
fish-
stormy
meeting
members
of
the
ermen
gathered,
there
came
up
new
association
decided
they
nth
buoyant
cunaiuuiu
sucn
a
ining
as
another
world
cream
of
the
salmon
runs.
This
had
not
been
possible
before,
since
the'
small,
underpowered
vessels
could
not
leave
far
from
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on
Page
30)
knew
about
co-operatives,
but
had
to
admit
it
wasn't
very
much.
He
did,
however,
remember
the
address
of
an
association
in
..r
story
might
have
been
depression
out
of
which
Co-on
nt
one
had
there
been
1
wag
born.
But
that
is
a
different
Counting
on
each
other's
help
the
subject
of
forming
an
asso-
1
must
get
their
fish
out
of
the
CANNED
SOCKET!
SALMON
CANNED
COHOE
SALMON
CANNED
PINK
SALMON
CANNIO
TUNA
J.;.
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Vl'
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share
with
our
fellow
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of
Prince
Rupert
a
pride
m
the
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5
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M
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wt
mt
a
a
X
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industrial
growth
of
our
community
and
extend
a
coruial
welcome
to
those
associated
with
"Columbia
Cellulose."
,
.
the
packers
of
paramount
OCEAN
FOODS
!
.Canneries
and
Oil
&
Meal
Reduction
Plants
are
located
in
the
major
.fishing
grounds
throughout
British
:;.
'
':!
-
Columbia
s
coastal
waters.
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-
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3
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FISH
OILS
CANNED
SOCKEYE
SALMON
CANNED
COHOE
SALMON
CANNED
PINK
SALMON
MELSGDM
ISMS.
Fisheries
LIMITED
Best
of
luck
to
CO
CELLULO
Aft
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MATED
Ma
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Ik
ESTABLISHED
1861
:
Sixty
Years
of
Service
to
the
B.
C.
Fishing
Industry
VANCOUVER
PR,NCE
RUPERT
VICTORIA