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Show Sun Chronicle Thursday, August 14, 1975 Rail Corporation, one of the lids will be produced by the industry in 1975. Ball Corporation believes this to be a nations leading producers of home food preservation supplies, said it is continuing to manufacture replacement lids for home canning on an around basis, seven days a week. Despite this production realistic and achievable goal. schedule, in effect since January 2, the company is not d able to meet the continuing nationwide unprecedented demand for its products, Ball President John W. Fisher said. "We produce an astounding 3 million replacement caps and lids daily, Fisher said, "or over 20 million lids each All week. productive capacity is being utilized fully during every moment of time available, he said. The surge in home canning, which began in 1973, rose sharply in 1974 and reached even higher levels in the first half of 1975. Most of this demand has been fueled by inflation and the over- response whelming country. Ball Corporation does not home canning products directly to the The company markets its products in its traditional manner to wholesale grocers, ihain store warehouses, and hardware distributors which, in turn, ship directly to retail outlets. The actual sale of the prixluctand its distribution to individual retail stores and to its sell end-use- ultimate r. user is, therefore, not under Balls the control. of lids at the and resale at what is higher prices called black normally is beyond our marketing but is totally control deplorable at any time but especially during times of severe national shortages, Consumers Fisher added. are the best check against this practice. Refusal to buy at anything other than a reasonable market price will drive the blackmarketeers back under their rocks, he "Purchase retail of millions of American families to suggestions that they plant new gardens to help relieve inflationary pressures market surveys indicate some 23 to 24 million households, or 35 percent of the nations 65 million households, do some home canning. If this figure is correct this will mean approximately 70 lids for each home canning family in the the-cloc- BALI, HOME canning lids are produced at the rate of 5 million each day with the sealing compound applied in a sophisticated, temperature-controlleproduction area at Ball Corporations Muncie, Ind., plant. companys The on their income. "This is a reflection of the immense demand generated by the American economy as people respond to a recognized need, Fisher said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates there were 20 million home gardens in 1973. This rose to 26 million in 1974 and then jumped to 32.5 million in 1975. level said. The present home canning equipment supply situation, Fisher said, can be traced to events beginning in 1973. As inflation pressures built, NEARLY 3 million home canning lids roll off Ball Corporations production Federal government oflines each day of the week. Here they are packaged in dozens for shipment ficials estimate that 1.6 billion replacement caps and daily to distributors in all parts of the United States. Balls market information indicated heavy sales of garden seed and projected many new gardens and more new home canners. The company built its inventories in anticipation of a good home canning year. Demand rose sharply in July 1973 at the same time a shortage developed in supplies of tinplate for lids and soda ash for glass fabrication. While sales were up in 1973, there were, nevertheless, shor- tages of glass and lids. With these shortages fresh in mind, the consumers in 1974 were acutely aware of their food preservation needs. Ball's sales vastly exceeded any other winter quarter in the companys history as the consumers demanded supplies early. There was a general shortage of both glass and lids during the remainder of the year. At the beginning of 1975, consumers again bought earlier and additionally in response to the urging of the President and other governmental officials to plant gardens. Balls sales of home canning products alone in the first quarters (January, February and March) of the last three years have been $166,000 in 1973; $5.75 million in 1974; and more than $13 million in 1975. The shortages of materials, experienced in 1973 and 1974, have not been a problem in 1975. However, the company has not been able to build any appreciable amount of inventory because of the continuing strong demand warehouses daily. Ball products are being distributed to its customers on an allocation basis. Allocation formulas are based on an item by item average of the previous two to years sales ( each Ball customer. The increased 1975 production is assigned on an item basis to these customers. Balls sales of replacement home canning closures, by individual units, from the end of 1972 through the end of 1974, rose 48 percent. Another increase of approximately 29 percent is estimated for 1975 1973-197- over 1974, company's the bringing increase in production from the end of 1972 to an estimated 90 percent by the end of this year. Production in 1976 is estimated to be 50 percent above 1975. Ball is presently shipping five replacement caps or lids for each lid which is shipped with a complete jar and cap unit. Ball home canning glass jar production will not be greater than it was in 1974 because of the apparent plentiful supply of jars already in consumers' homes or available in the marketplace. The large supplies of complete jar and cap units on the market today, Fisher said, is due to the free enterprise system catching up with demand. At the beginning of 1973 there were only two manufacturers of the complete canning unit. This year there are six other manufacturers which have the complete jar and cap units for sale. Bryce Canyon brings visitors Superintendent Charles A. Budget announced recently that visitors to Bryce Canyon National Park are setting records. The visitor count for July was 52 percent over last year and was also 25 percent higher than 1973 which was the previous record year. This year the annual total is 42 percent above last year. Campground usage is also up some 35 percent. Visitors are being en couraged to spend several days at Bryce where visitor programs are varied to permit an extended stay without participating in repeat actvities. Campers should plan an early arrival to insure their finding camping space for the night. and is shipping to customers Governor challenged to canoe race Sept. 7 Ed Gov. Wyomings Herschler has challenged our Gov. Calvin Rampton and 11 other western governors to provide 3 or more canoe racing teams in a head-ohead, canoe race down the Snake River in Wyomings Jackson on Sept. 7, Hole County, according to Tedd Tuttle, Utahs boating chief. The winning team will carry home the governors cup commemorating the best in the west plus $1,600 prize money. The other five team awards in the Governors cup division vary from $900 to $200. Mr. Tuttle also said that there will n be individual awards in this division and trophies for the first three places in the Recreational Division. He continued, "Utah may not have great numbers of experienced canoeists, but we surely have some of the best, who could represent Gov. Rampton in this exciting event. For further information entry forms, contact Held, Box 483, Cedar City, Utah 84720, phone Jay Dewell, 56 N. 800 W Woods Cross, Utah 84087, or Mr. Tuttle phone at the Utah Division of Parks and Recreation, phone and Dick 586-310- 295-231- WSC offers degree in carpentry, mill A associate two-yea- r degree of applied science in Carpentry and Mill will be at Weber State initiated fall beginning quarter. This program is College designed to give the student an opportunity to develop skills and management ability in the field of struction. con- Individual instruction will enable students to enter the program at their particular level of skill and progress according to their own training ability. On the-jowill be provided as well AS b technical information supplied to assist students in setting up private businesses. Classes to be offered autumn quarter include tools of construction, and concrete forming and framing. 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