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Show TIN CAN SHORTAGE WORRIES CANNERS S Approximately a Billion Less Cans Than Needed to Supply Needs of Industry, Department Says. WASHINGTON, March 24. A shortage short-age of approximately one billion tin cans contronts the canning industries i ot' the country according lo estimates 1 made today .by canning interests and I department of commerce officials. Principal railroads have notified the I department of commerce that embar- goes placed on plate steel and block tin I Had oeen lifted and that everything possible is being done to expedite their shipment. A committee of six government govern-ment officials and representatives of plate and canning interests has undertaken under-taken to make an inventory of the can-ncrs' can-ncrs' requirements. Should the necessary neces-sary number of tin cans be forthcoming forthcom-ing from manufacturers, it is said the price of, canned goods probably will remain at the present level, which is an increase over last year's prices of about 25 per cent. , - In one industry alone, the canning of gray fish, the shortage is said to approximate ap-proximate 500,000 cans. |