Show Tomato Drive Eases Tension Among Among- Growers mountain Intermountain residents today are among the most tomato con con- conscious conscious con conscious people in the country ac- ac according ac according cording to George E E Holt chair chair- chairman chairman chairman man of the Utah Canning Toma Toma- Tomato Tomato to Growers Stabilization Commit Commit- Committee Committee Committee tee This Is evidenced Mr Holt HoIt de- de declared declared de declared by preliminary reports from the recent drive to reduce last year years s over carry-over of canned tomatoes to- to tomatoes to tomatoes matoes in order that the market for this year years s crop might not be disrupted Figures so ao far received Mr Molt said indicate that the splendid cooPeration of retail merchants throughout the West went far to- to toward toward to toward ward selling the consuming public more t tomatoes matoes for tor the daily dally diet and as a result of this the new nea crop cropIs cropis cropis Is not expected to present the s ser ser- serious ser serious r- r ious lous problem that might have pre pre- prevailed prevailed pre prevailed otherwise Large both chain and Independent responded to the plea of the growers committees for an ane e extra tra push on the over carry-over stock which amounted to ewes ca es esI I as of June 1 I This Is six times the over over carry at the same time last year Thousands of dollars In the ad- ad advertising advertising ad advertising appropriations of food stor stores were devoted to the promo promo- tion promotion of tomatoes and the participatIng participating participating stores went ent far toward taking tak- tak taking tak taking ing up the heavy warehouse stocks s Mr Holt said It Is expected that definite figures fig fig- figUres fig ures Ures on the drive will be and made public In about aH a H ek |