Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-02-22 | Page 6 | Canners Fight Freight Rates

CANNERS CAHNERS FIGHT FREIGHT RATES r S Utah canners asked growers t taid to toS S aid all them in a cooperative effort to obtain lower freight rates at the thet t I closing session euIon of the twenty sixth annual convention of the state tato as association as- as late Jato Friday aft afternoon in inthe inthe the Hote Utah W. W R. R ton on of association president said development development develop develop- ment of at new producing centers near the tho AU Atlantic seaboard markets has haa practically cut those markets off from Utah canners He also alsoS S stressed that the Pacific coast market market market mar mar- ket is threatened by freight rates f favorable to other districts because of rail competition with water trans trans- He Ho warned that if our Utah Industry in industry industry In- In is s to prosper quality must be be Inc increased eased and coop cooperative marketing marketing mar mar- followed out Value of the canning Industry to Utah was told by Mayor E. E B. B Er- Er win Albert T. T Smith of Clearfield responded to the mayors mayor's address Other speakers were Dr J. J R R. Esty of th the National Canners' Canners association from San Francisco Wayne E. E Mayhew of Ogden and Charles Charlis L. L Smith president of the First NaI National National Na- Na I lIonal bank A dinner d dance nce was held Friday night Members of the Utah State Canners Canners' Can Can- neTs ners' association honored L I. N. N Uncle Ike Pierce of Ogden at the two-day two annual convention cOn closing Friday night at the Hotel Utah Approaching 90 years of age Mr Pierce was born during the Civil war war in Kentucky and adopted Utah us as his native state many years ag ago The veteran canner established the Utah Canning company in 1888 and built the first factory at Pacific a avenue and Twenty-ninth Twenty street in Ogden He sold his interest in the factory in 1920 but the company still operates under the same name and at the same location Mr Pierce has att attended r ded all aU 26 annual annual annual an an- nual conventions held by the state association