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Show CHIi INDUSTRY is crafl BOOST U S Army Will Doubtless Buy Utah Tomatoes and Peas Special to The Tribune. OGDEV Dec 17 Markinc an epoch in the canning ndostry of the state Tjtah tomatoes and peas have been ad m tted to eompet t on w th the canned products of other states for use in tho Un ted States army Details of tho ar angement wh ch means a new market for the local goods were g ven to members of the Utah Canne s asso cation by Kalph Guthne at a special meet ng ot the Weber club th a after ""in add tion to this Mr Guthrie who was recently sent east as the special representat e of tho Utah as sociat on succeeded n open ng new markets n New York and other eastern c ties foT the tomatoes and peas packed in this state During h s v t he also conferred i th repre sentatves of the rockefeller lounda t on Tund but d d not eucceed in ar ranging for the sale of Utah canned goods The fre gbt rates are a &er ous barrier to the Utah canned products in the general markets of the east in spite of the euper or quabty, as as sorted by Mr Guthrie but the rates will cut no figuie m the proposed sale to the government for the reason that the compet t on is based entirely on 9aWh5e the arrangement with the government s operative imn ed atelv, the d rect benefits may not be rece ved bj the Utah canners until next year s crop comes on as the army is not in the market for canned goods at pres ent Mr Guthr e is of the op nion that early orders may be placed for tomatoes and peas foi army o e in the Ph 1 ppme slands b t orders for west era army po ts are not expected before late n llo Mr Guthr e told the canners at the moet ng that the western part of the United States and the Phil ppme islands will be the dist net terr tory of the Utah canners for tomatoes and peas as the local product can be sh pped to the arm posts at less cost than the eastern canned goods The opening of the regular conimerc al markets m INew York means that Utah tomatoes will be si lpped to San Fran c co and then by boat through the Panama canal According to Mr Guthr o s report to the canners he reached the understand ing on the army ont act through a conference with Br ad er General Sharp head of the suppl es department Th s oflic al inin ed dtely o dered the open ng of cor esponden e between the Utah jobbers and e ery depot quarter master of tl o army n the United States The representat ve of the local a so ciat on has no fear ot losing array con tracts by reason of the competit on m qual t In h s den onstrat qns of the superior g ade of the Utah ton atoes and peas Mr Guthne po ntrf the vegetables are gron, altitude with cool weather al! ' ' r pening season prodncm. 7, o ghly ripened product 4 L Utah tomatoes he asserted, (Continued oa VigT CA11IKTRY ' IS Gill A BOOST (Continued from Page Ten) kmnpenel as are the eastern pro duct which retains a large green core after harvesting The future benefits to be derived by the Utah canners from the opening of the new markets Mr Outline ex plained depends largely upon the grad ing of their product Association leg lslation is needed, he said, to keep the grade bf the local canned goods up to the high standard that has given the product a place above all the other to matoes and peas of the country The report of the assoc ation representat repre-sentat ve was received, with keen ap preciabon by the canners because it seems to solve a perplexing market problem for the Utah canned products They realize the truth of Mr Guthrie s assertion that f they ean make good on quality the contracts to be had from the government alone will almost consume an entire pack such as that of this year |