Show Utah Canners Cannels Show Growth Of Industry Association E Executive Reveals s Figures for State By GEORGE ORGE SHORTEN Executive Secretary Utah Canners Canner Association Merchants and other business businessmen men of Utah cali be a potent factor in the development nt of the it state te i it if they stock their stores with home home- manufactured goods The Utah canning industry has hns always alwa's be be- e b-e- Keyed that What Utah Makes Utah and th their ir organization tion has always fought for lor the principle that all other ther things b being equal home factories S should be bc given preference on the grocery grocery shelves of the sta state te To foster the welfare weare of the Industry industry in In- In- In in our state stat the Utah canners can ners association was organized in Ogden in the year 1911 Pecuniary profit was vas vas' not the object t of the organization and there has never never neve been any ny capital st stock ck One h hund hundred nd- nd red per cent of Utah's c canners attended attended attended at at- tended th the org 2 24 years ago Since that time there has been r many n changes in the handling o othe of th the f farm rm produce canned in Utah f factories and today we can assure our customers customer that goods can canned d dIn in Utah fa factories factories' t ries are absolutely clean and that the safe safest t and mos most economical food possible is being offered the public Growth Shown The growth of the canning Indus try ry in Utah Js is best demons demonstrated rated by comparative figures figures' over a aper per period od of ye years rs In 1911 a total of 24 2 factories Inthe in inthe the lie state pa packed ked cases o of tomatoes tomato s peas and fruit About 20 varieties of canned goods were were pr produced at that time In 1929 Utah packed packet cases of 01 canned goods an almost p per r cent since our industry first organized d. d This total included principally tomatoes l and nd tomato products including catsup catsup catsup cat cat- sup su-p tomato puree pure etc peas and beans I In 1935 only about two million cases were packed a pest Infestation Infestation Infesta- Infesta tion ion in the thc tomato crop being re responsible re- re for a considerable reduction reduction tion ion from the peak year Thirty factories operated in in Utah this year and 30 varieties of canned goo goods s were put o on the m market Value Cited The approximate valuation on of oJ canning properties s in Utah IncludIng Including Ing ng plant equipment and real es estate es- es tate in 1935 is The approximate amount p paid ld in taxes axes federal state and local is Th The canning Industry pays annually annually annually an an- to tho growers rowers of Utah about Number umber of farmers growing canning canning can can- ning fling crops in Utah is Number of at persons per ons employed In 1935 including executive officers is s These persons received a total payroll of Canning factories In Utah are arel l located in the following counties s Weber Davis Box Elder Utah Sa Sanpete Morgan Cache and Salt Lake r J The average total pack in 1935 was vas high for the season in spite of the he fac that the e tomato pack fell feU to about 50 percent of normal Exceptional Exceptional Ex Ex- Ex- Ex records for canning peas and beans br brought the season average average average aver aver- age up Only three states Maryland Mates Maryland Wisconsin Wis Wb- cousin and Minnesota Minnesota ex exceed eed the thc pea and bean pack record of oC Utahn Utah in n 1935 In the pea canning activity alone our show v that 2 cans were packed in 1935 The record equals if not exceeds any previous year rear In the history of the industry in n Utah In 1934 1 the pack was 1310 9 cans |