Show I UTAH CANNERIES This intermountain region has front the first been n very large consumer of canned goods Back In the days of freight trains propelled by oxen mules and horses there was always n good supply of cases of tomatoes which were considered then among the aecea sHies of all the mIning camps whllo canned peaches pears etc came close in this line but more as a luxury In the days of ox teams the Eastern States supplied this class of goods but on the railroads tapping Utah California Califor-nia came in as a competitor and soon succeeded In gaining most of the trade here In Idaho and especially in Mon tana where tho trade in the lato 70s ran up to about ono hundred carloads per season In those days the best commercial travelers on the road were sent Into these mountains to make sales of canned goods and they had to come armed with rates all the way through from the cannery to tho purchasers warehouse because the roads east and the one line from tho I lne west figured tgrcll down to fractional parts of a cent on a I case to secure the traffic Merchants I entered Into the fight and they were governed about Q much or probably more on cost than on quality a In those days all went since cusloniera were not so fastidious wer fastdlou9 as now l During those years Utah was not considered a good locality for manu nc turers and thus let slip by her opportunity oppor-tunity until quite a recent date before entering Into the canning business Tho history of tomato canning In Utah In of Interest now that the business ha become such n Important industry la our State In 18S7 Messrs A C McKinney and R C Lundy started the pioneer cannery can-nery In Ogden They secured a build ing formerly used as n vinegar factory Their proposition was the putting up of tomatoes catsup and pickles Ono of tho first important things to do was thinitodo that of getting n supply of tomatoes and vegetables for pickling In tho winter they arranged with farmers to plant and raise n certain number of acres of tomatoes to be delivered when rlpo at their cannery for which they were to receive a fixed price per ton There was the selection of the right kind of land and seed to produce choice tomatoes Fortunately the Hon Fred J KJesel had been urging the starting of canneries here for years and his wellknown wholesale house came forward I for-ward and purchased all the product of the cannery the first year thus buying the pack before the tomato seed was planted The pack that year was some timing over 5000 cases which were sold at 285 per case a top price then The I cannon did not make a success and It suspended business Afterward A C McKinney continued the business under I un-der tho same name but at another place in Ogden and put up about 15000 I cases of tomatoes per year up to and I Including 1S08 In 1S99 his pack was 20000 cases of tomatoes He Is now located I lo-cated In a new brick building supplied with the most modern machines This new plant thoroughly equipped cost SloOOO During the past season It employed em-ployed 75 persons for 75 days and a small force Is kept employed all the year This cannery puts up various kind of fruits when good fruit Is la abundance The largest cannery in the State is In the original plant of ten years prior and Is designated the Utah Canning company Their first pack was In iBM when they turned out 17000 cases of tomatoes to-matoes and employed about 100 people for 75 days In1SS their pack went up l to 32000 and 150 hands were employed the usual season In 1899 their pack ran up to 16500 cases and 250 persons were employed for two and a half r mouths They also turned out quite a lot of catsup They had enough tomatoes toma-toes for 60000 cases but they could not get cans and had to lose The Salt Lake Valley Canning company com-pany Is also located Ogden In a plant having a capacity to put up 30000 cases per year The past season Its product was 1COOO cases of tomatoes and SOOO canes of fruits This plant started la Ogden three years ago They put up nice fruits pumpkins ete The Woods Cross Caning and Pickling Pick-ling company located at Woods Cross has a very complete plant supplied with the latest machinery Last season sea-son It turned out 15000 cases of tomatoes toma-toes and 6000 gallons of catsup Tills cannery was started In 1S92 and under the management of C W Mann has been quite successful The plant cost over 10000 and they had 15C acres ot tomatoes contracted for the season There is a small cannery at Syracuse another at Hooper and another at Clinton These three were recently started rho product of all the canneries can-neries In Utah the past year makes L good showing but the industry has lately received such an Impetus that the future will show far greater results In quantity of goods put out Tho quality of Utah canned goods ha boon all right and has gained popularity with the people CANNING PACK IN 1SSO CtC Tho Utah Conning company Oden4500 Tho Ogden Canning company Ogdcn 20003 Salt Lake Valley Canning company sU Ogden 160M Woods Cross Canning company 1 Woods Cross 15000 Syracuse estimated 10000 Hoopor estimated 10000 Clinton estimated 30000 Cinton estnlutc I Total 127KO These canneries begin their seasons work In the winter First Is to contract I con-tract with the farmers for as much acreage a they can handle the tomato product The rato the past sca4oa was r 7 per ton delivered at the cannery and all ripe or merchantable tomatoes are taken and paid for One firm lost 500 tons because they could not get t hu cans for them and had to throwaway tho tomatoes after purchase and delivery de-livery A good season makes tomato farming among the very best of all In a good season the yield Is from twelve to twenty tons per acre After getting acreage secured then cane and bores must be contracted for labels for cans and cases secured and quite n cuns force of men put to work nailing tho cases ready for use The lumber for cases I is purchased In Oregon by tho carload already cut to be nailed up at tho factory and carts must come in carloads and be stored ready for use One cannery reports 0 cost of 3500 per year for labels which must be on hand at the start of canning At the can series good wages are paid ranging from about 75 cents for small boys antI girls up to 53 or more per day for men Some of the plants pay by the piece for all tho work whllo others have stated daily rates The growing of tomatoes to-matoes gives employment to many farmers and their families while the number of persons regularly employed and those engaged during the canning campaign make quite an army of mea women and children benefited la the State by this iadustry The success of these caaacrles hnu influenced others lo engage la the bun mess The failure of the canrdakors lu fill their orders with the Utah canneries canner-ies caused the loss of hundreds of loan of tomatoes last season while waiting for caaa This has started the two companies who propose to not only engage la the canning business but also gage to make all their own cans for their own use and to supply the other can nerlca In the Stale One company headed by L B Adams Of Ogden proposes pro-poses the Investment of a very largo amount in a plant machinery for canning can-ning and also for making cans timid factory and cannery to be located near Ogden S Another company will locate a rae between station near Roy and cannery toiy tween the two railways each of which will put In a spur to reach the factory amid aianufacluro cans It will also estimates that jUt tho compaay an Investment of plants1 will require N00000 to 1 > 00X > Both of these nov contracts with aianv mean plants rarmerHla Davis and Weber countU the fu LoiflatOKU5l settIng to mjac tomatoes lories ready for operailng by May e the best o rine next Utah possesses with plentv of and poll aloajf llinnle to the very beat of alr to produce naloca 1 |