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Show M. E. CRANDALL ADDRESSES S. H. STUDENTS Myron E. Craudnll, maunder of the Springville Canning company, favored the .students of the economics eco-nomics class of the Springville high school wilh a discussion of the various va-rious phases of the canning industry in-dustry lust Tliursday. He ,'ojhoifc subjects pertaining to the economical economi-cal conduct of the canning industry involving raw products, labor, marketing and finance. Mr. Craiidall told the students that the lu-inciial raw products handled by the Springville factory are peas, cherries, beans and tomatoes. to-matoes. In the nation at large the chief raw products are peas, tomatoes to-matoes and corn. There are twenty twen-ty millions cases of peas and com packed in the United States each year, ho stated, and practically as many cases of tomatoes. This would give fifteen cans to every man, woman wo-man and child, if distributed on a per capita basis. The relative importance of Utah's I crops were given by JUr. Crandall as follows: tomatoes, peas, fruit and beans. Fifteen per cent of the I products canned in I'tah are shipped ship-ped to other states, he said, and predicted a good market for I'tah tomatoes in 1927. The canning industry has added great value to the farm lands in Springville and Utah county, he declaivl. Twenty-five years ago lie-tore lie-tore the sugar or canning factories factor-ies were in operation land could be purchased at Jer acre. Since then land values have more than doubled, he declared. |
