Show CANNERS' CANNERS POOL TO FILL ORDERS OF T GOVERNMENT v hi of or Utah Packers Plan to Meet l o 01 a 01 an U. U S. S Needs Elect Officers n in Ogden Meeting u fr Cr S Sp O Ogden den Jan 9 At At the eighth annual s 51 convention o of the Utah Canners Canner association asso asso- e el ert elation clation held here toda today announcement w was made that arrangements had been m completed by the Agricultural college ato a ato to give a four weeks weeks' course for the ir in bl benefit of the tho field CleM men at the canneries canneries can can- cand d l f and the tho growers of canning v crops This This course will start Januar January h 21 and is expected to be a big factor t tin tl In Improving ln the thc growers growers' end of oC the o 0 of canning In Industry of ot the state tate ti tiThe tiThe The Tho convention the sessions of which o 0 were held at the Weber club was at attended at at- 1 tended b by representatives from twenty twenty- one companies and firms controlling SI s two thirty-two canning factories In the M Mp state Amon Among those addressing the p meeting were President II H. L. L Herrington Herring- Herring s 5 ton of ot Ogden H H. H E. E J chairman of ot the California preserved t food tood committee San Francisco Dr DI F. F E S S. Harris director experimental 1 P sta- sta 1 tion Dr M. M C. C Merrill professor or of i lr horticulture Dr George R n. Hill pro- pro I 1 L fessor lessor of botan botany and plant pathology h and J J. J r I 1 N W. W Watson farm arm labor sp specialist of ot the Utah A AI Agricultural college I I Product 2000 noo Carloads I tj rl r t I t tJ President H. H 1 L. L HerrIngton submitted I I a as his annual report He said the twenty- twenty a as one firms represented used the product prod prod- n of oC 9 OO acres and that there had t tl been e expended more than for tor G products of ot the soil and for a as labor during luring the tha past year ear He gave o c cr the number of ot cases of canned goods C produced in 1917 as approximately h 1 or 2000 cars of or canned products prod prod- L 1 to be distributed distribute over thirty stat states s. s Tho The Joint purchases amounted b to twelve carloads of material bought F b by the association and and It Is expected l that the orders for the present year m will be still heavier owing to the Intention In In- In s of ot the canners to pool their C Corders orders In the future a The recent eastern trip of President s Herrington was the subject of or his ad address ad- ad dress at the afternoon session He out out- t lined the governments government's plans regarding a athe the placing placing- of ot orders for Cor canned goods t which he be said ma may reach CO GO O per cent S of the pack S Will til Pro Iro Rate U. U S. S Ord Order It Is the governments government's intention to s first ask for Its supply through the National Canners Canners' association and If It the returns are not sufficient for Cor it its I needs the additional amount will be bc requisitioned he le said It is the Intention c tion of or the tho Utah canners to pool the thc f government orders and pro rate th then them m i among among- the members of or the association so that no unjust burdens ma may be Imposed im imposed Im- Im posed upon any ono one concern The Tho election of oC officers for the tho association asso asso- i elation for tor the ensuing year car resulted l In the selection o of the following Pres Pres- 1 ident Iden t. t A. A J. J Hall Og Ogden en vice president en t. t William Van Alen O Ogden den directors F F. J. J Fabian Murray urray George e W. W Goddard II II H. I I. L. L Herrington ton Ogden James A. A An- An derson Morgan dorgan lon an J J. J S. S Spring Spring- silkA silk A banquet which was attended b by more mOle than two hun hundred letI persons was va served the canners at the Weber reber club at 6 p. p m. m and later they were the L guests of ot the American Can Company Compan of Utah at a vaudeville performance a at the Orpheum theater I h |