Show PACK OF UTAH CANNERIES WORTH IN 1911 WITH GROWTH IN INDUSTRY I LoL L L s' s Season eason B Begins in In May laY an and andL d 2 1 E Ends d J Just t B Before f I n S us e 01 e ef f L 4 Thanksgiving 1 1 I r r From compilation lun r l-r W. W II JI Chi d Co Col HE JD cases of or fruit oral and vegetables vege ege T THE tables put up b by the cannerIes rc of or I Utah last year were cre divided c as lS follows HS 19 peas pens i- i j fruits fruitA fm unes poaches peaches pears appl apples g. g J cherries raspberries blackberries and dewberries dew berries string string- T beans means catsup 1895 pumpkin JOGS gus Among the products added to the he repertoIre of or the time H me- me e- e nth arc nrc pork and beans and 1 rhubarb rb T Thero 1 r arc ale now in him operation thirty five factories and two are arc preparing for Cor business About out bout outI I fifteen of ot tt those these eto run exclusively on tomatoes and their by product catsup I I. I R By the nd of May Ia some factories vill ili ill be working on omi rhubarb and antl as as- as 1 gu which will O occupy them until Ithe the middle of C Tune June Then the p peas ns Har and and string beans will he begin BUI to conic tin n By Ils' lul July Juh 10 these products will wiil be he one oue of ot the way and the plants which I handle them will vill be begin in up tip gooseberries raspberries black k berries dew dewberries and ch cherries 1 lear ar e on hc about August a t 13 l. and ana lasts for ten days day B By fly that tha t t time timo t the tIie IC big big- crop tomatoes is rad ready leady and tIC the factories which can nothing else b begin In business Tomatoes toes Keep com coming t in until time tho storms atop thor theIr Picking Then apples and pumpkins are taken calc care caie of ai Th The factories all plan to I n ish tiSh h their thell r run runs ns j 1 by th tIle the dR day before S giving Wages paid b by the thc canning factories In JUI 1911 the last year r for which the figures have hn been tabulated amounted to and vr were re paid nut out to jl employees employee Much of or the tho work WIk is liKht and can IJ be done as lS well b by women wom- wom en and children ao so b by mI New ew ew products product are ara being put out ont every cery little while One Onci factory began the nuking making f of or sauerkraut last year Se cral ral manufacture vinegar as a n b pi by-pi by for or lie Canneries Some of or the ra raw material used by bythe bythe the canning in Utah are raised by bv farmers under tinder contract some ome somes Js s raised under direct ct supervision lun of the factor factory agent ent some ono om is purchased In tin the field or orchard and some pome bought ht In the time market 1 The pre prevailing ailing price Irice is 10 a ton In sonic some cases where the farms arms are re a considerable dl distance from the factory the 10 Is if paid for delivery to a l railroad The railroads d charge chanc i il L a ton toil jar for t trans 11 1115 making the cost t to the factory foe fac tor tory lorI 11 fl a a. ton String beans ar are contracted eon con and purchased in th thA Ii same m Va way at nt 35 to 45 45 a ton delivered The canners rs ar are alA more conc con- con c In the production of peas cas They furnish the seed supervision slon and mon y and th the farmers the laud nd and the Ja labor bor From three to three a n half bushels of l seed ee are Rr sown town t to tn th the During the lie s season the field man of the c cannery visits I each contract dan dally daily and anh gives Drives I es directions Ito as I asto asto to and antI watering watering- He lie also Directs directs tho the cutting The canners pay rom 2 to 2 cents cent a pound for the shelled h P peas as The Time hulls hull make excellent fodder for tor cattle and nd sheep ep Some onie fat fac- tori tories lories s are be inn n to ral raise e stock tock In I older to uti utilize this feed Peaches and other orchard products r are usually purchased on the trees when hen the canning factories are read ready for th them m. m The attend attends to tho time picking ami delivery dell which le Is made in bulk Payment Is II made b by y th the ton Berries are bou bought ht in the open market and are worth a ton Some iome of th the b. b best t berries ar arraIs are raIs raised at Provo Pro A par for Cor canning can- can ng n is raised under tinder contract b by a special process of Canned d rood Good Vegetables and fruit canning is 15 a I business fn n Utah tanh Small scattered scat scat- telCa factories have h been ell grouped In 11 nate ate years under single e managements sand and nd this has hns Improved the product and reduced d th the cost of marketing rho Th fht i Is i able ithie I to compete on Corable favor favor- fable able terms with the Pacific coast and eastern factories s. s and anti enjoys a to market tin ln Washington Oregon leva Nevada t Mon Mon- tana Idaho Wyoming XIi New XI i Mexico Arizona Oklahoma Kansas Kansa t J r 1 Missouri Texas Nebraska r- r and Iowa Pc a are ar UI old sold Jn n California Tomato f products lead Jend in hi quantity making up fourths fourths of or tho the exports peas pea nr second and growing In amount cal catsup up and string beans belna sire are are third fourth and fifth Cirth in their order I I named d. rates are favorable fa to th time the Utah shippers shipper Labor is n. n I. I little l higher er but hut only 5 per c cent nl of the labor a hor needs special skill or training Utah cann canned d- d goods good am are In InI I quality and lower r In Iii price than the tm- tm m- m J ported 00 goods orl s. s yet et It is lt estimated that thIt i nearly half hill the thc cans sold oid In Salt v market rk t are arc filled b by eastern tern n and nd er west vrest- ert tem t- t era em rn canneries This fact Is Ift attributed t to t the c failure of ot local to tip tip- te th the work vork of the time states state's tat t s r.- r. cannine canning can can- 11 nine ning factories herc U tinli nb C. Canners Cnn Cn The Utah canners can wherever they f can sean It I ss s cheaper par to take the factories to the communities where the materials 1 are arc grown than to ship the raw prodUct prod- prod f to the factories The he southernmost factory factor o of Utah of which we Ire are informed informed in in- t formed d I Is at itt St. St George e where the raj naI ra- ra i j th products include figs almonds almond I and the lie finer varieties of If- If grapes Other canning factories g doing oln 0 a commercial business follow ollow i Orchard company Canning company Star Canning corn cora 1 Pany n Hooper Canning company Ban Ban- t n ncr r Canning company llIe Kars Can- Can |