February 7, 1919
“Petersburg Prices Will Prevail” says a headline in the Juneau Dispatch of a recent date. Following the headline is a story to the effect that the fish buyer there will pay the prices prevailing in Petersburg and will endeavor in that way to induce the fishermen to make their headquarters there. The article also states that the Dagney marketed 5,000 pounds of fish for fourteen and a half cents on that day, stating that it was the Petersburg price. As a matter of fact Petersburg price for halibut on that day, January 29th, was sixteen cents per pound, a difference of a cent and...
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