Daily Post - 14.11.1943, Page 3

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Three factors have made Cali
fornia one of the greatest fish-
ing states in the United States
and one of the most valuable
single fisheries in the world in
point of poundage landed. First
it has a 1,000-mile coastline; se-
cond, off this coast is an amaz-
ing variety — more than 100
species — of commercial fish;
and third, it has a large popu-
lation of fishermen of Italian
descent who have devoted their
skill and experience to making
the fishing industry of this sta-
te profitable.
The pioner of California’s fish
ing industry—which repres-
ents an investment of «$46,000,-
000 and produces 1,300,000,000
pounds (590,909,090 kilograms)
of fish yearly — was Guiseppe
Bolino, a disappointed prospect-
or frorp Italy who went to Cali-
fornia 80 years ago to mine gold
and remained to become the
first fish hauler in San Francis-
co.
Today, in addition to 906,000,
000 pounds (411,818,181 kilo-
grams) of tuna and 122,000,000
pounds (55,454,545 kilograms)
of mackerel, packed and canned
by about two dozen California
firms and sentfto the tables of
the United States and Allied na-
tions, California’s fishermen
jíroduce 70,000,000 pounds (31,-
818,181 kilograms) of fresh
market fish — sole, rex sole, —
barracuda, halibut, rockfish,
salmon and'many other varie-
ties. Altogether, about 3,500 bo-
ats and 9,200 fishermen (75
percent of whom are of Italian
descent) are erigaged in hauling
the daily catch.
PIONEE’S COMPANY A LEA-
DER IN INDUSTRY
Closely associated with the
growth of this giant industry
is the firm of Achilles Pala-
dini, Inc., the leading producers
and wholesale distributors of
fresh fish in California. In ad-
dition to the catch of their own
fleet of seven steam trawlers,
the Paladini firms buys fish
from some 300 independent bo-
at owners. This they prepare
and distribute to markets, re-
staurants and hotels.
Of the $7,000,000 worth of
fresh fish handled by wholesale
houses in California, the Palad-
ful fisherman — and tradesman
ini Company handles betwee^i
$4,500,000 and $5,000,000
worth. Of the 2,000 fresh fish re
tail outlets (restaurants and
markets) in San Francisco al-
one, the Paladinis are the chief
suppliers of 40 percent. Their
13 distributing plants scattered
throughout the state handle the
bulk of distribution in other
towns.
Born in Ancova, Italy, in
1842, Achilles Paladini wént to
San Francisco in 1860. After a
few years of unlucky prospect-
ing, he returned to the occu-
pation of fisherman traditional-
ly followed by the men of his
family. He peddled his fish in
the streets of San Francisco.
By 1876, Achilles Paladini
was known as the most success-
let this misfortune stand in his
way and was one of the first
businessmen in the city to re-
build and start again. When he
died, in 1920, Paladini, Inc. was
once more the leading fish di-
stribution house in California.
Achilles Paladini’s four sons
now manage the business. Alex-
ander, the president, and Wal-
ter supervise all office matters:
Hugo and Getulio oversee the
work in market. Known for
their intense loyalty to the U.
S., the Paladini brothers are al-
so proud of their Italian ancest-
ry and the accomplishments of
the thousands of persons of It-
alian descent in the United
States.
“Ever since the gold rush
days of 1849,” says Alexander
More than 3,000,000 pounds (1,363,636 kilograms) of crabs are
caught each year in the waters around San Francisco Bay. .Tose-
t
phine and Antonio Bruno exhibit two prizes from their stock.
— in Sar. . Francisco. During
that year, he formed a partner-
ship with a Spaniard from Bar-
celona named Pedro Costa and
| the two introduced the paran-
( zella net to California; later,
| they originated the method of
i dragging the naranzella be-
| tween to boats to haul
! the tremendous catches. They
were the first to go beyond San
Francisco’s harbor bar to fish' in
waters that had never been tri-
ed before, and the first in the
world to use a steam vessel for
fishing with a paranzella net.
LAST BUSINESS IN SAN
FRANCISCO FIRE
In 1906 the San Francisco
earthquake and fire wiped out
Paladirii’s wholesale market, but
he was too sturdy a fighter to
Paladini, “people of Italian
ancestry have predominated in
the development of the fishing
: industry in California. And we
! feel that the U. S. has repaid
| us well for all our eefforts.
1 “Now that America is at war,
we in the fishing industry have
been given an opportunity to
serve our country as we have
never served here before
Our fishermen are work-
ing night and day to
provide food for the armed
forces of the United Nations. —
Their fleets are on the high seas
with U. S. men of war, often res
cuing men who have been in-
jured by enemy action.
“Particularly in the Pacific,
the fishermen of Italian descent
have enlisted in the war. They
know that the rich fisheries —
which they worked so hard to
develop are one of the prizes for
which Japan gambled when she
attacked the United States, and
they are willing to fight to any
length that their own proper-
ties may be protected and that
the rights of free man every-
where may be preserved.”
SPOSTS
NOVEMBER: 10: The To-
ronto Maple Leafs invaded New
York for their first visit of the
season and hung a fifth defeat
on the helpless New York Gi-
ants 7 to 4. Toronto ran up their
third win in five starts.
The Montreal Canadians
climbed to the top^of the Nati-
onal hockey loop with a 5 to 1
win over the tough Chicago
Black Hawks. The Canadians,
with 3 wins and 1 tie top the
circuit, while .the Hawks have
only one victory to their credit
in four attempts.
The Detroit Red Wings rap-
ped Boston 6 to 4. It was the se-
cond victory for the Wings in 3
games.
It looks as if the American
League baseball schedule next
season will not be shortened.—
League president William Har-
ridge said that while such sug-
gestions have been made, the
majority of loop directors do not
favor the idea. — Nevertheless,
Harridge said that recommenda
tions that the American League
operate under a.140 game sche-
dule next year would receive
consideration at next month’s
league conclave.
One of baséball’s most cheris-
hed dreams — that of being na-
med the most valuable player,
was realized ysterday by the ace
pitcher of the American League
— Spud Chandler. A committee
of baseball writers decided that
Chandler was top among the dia
mond men for 1943 in the juni-
or circuit. The New York Yan
ke erighthander polled 246 out
a possible 346 votes to win the
honor. The newsmen gave
Chandler 12 out of 24 first place
ballots on the basis of Spud's
season record — 20 wins, and
his two triumphs over the St
Louis Cardinals in the world
series. The American League s
leading hitter ,shortstop Luke
Appling of the Chicago White
Sox, was the closest rival for thc
most valuable player award,
getting 31 points less than
Chandler.
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