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Show CANNING COf AN! GLOSESJCAIVIPAIGAN 20,00 Paid for UrutliiV Expenses nml Out 13,000 Cn-c of Pears lleans l'earhcs, PunipMns, Tenia, toes and Catsup Packed. The Canning Company closed Its first campaign this week. It has had a most efficient management and a most successful beRlnnlng. H commenced operating on beam August lCth. The formers were paid $C00 for beans and tho company put up 1500 cases of 21 cans each. The fanners who understood the crop made money and demonstrated that with care and preparation there Is money to be made In beans both for tho funnels and tho cunning com. pany. " ? 1,000 was paid for peas which put up 1,000 easos. Tho Pleasant Grovo Cannery had about tho only pears In the state, so they aro In great de. mand at fancy prices. Throe-fourths of thu pack was put up In heavy sy. rup and tho other In water. $35,000 was paid for tomatoes and approximately 10,000 cases were pack, ed besides 500 cases or the finest catsup In America. Tomatoes are soailug in price and Inquiries for them are ruining from nil parts of tho L'nlted States. $450 was paid for apples which made 700 cases of apple butter and it too Is bringing good prices. Some peaches were packed. Hut peaches coming on Just when tho to. matoes were rlpo tho factory could bundle only a limited supply. Next year, however, arrangements will be made to handle more peaches for which there is a good demand. $100 was paid for pumpkins and 500 cases was packed with which to make pumpkin pies for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners. As many ns 123 fcoplo were em. ployed at ono time In and around the factory and $1,000 was paid them for wages. $7,000 was paid for tin cans In which to pack tho products above referred to. Tho operating expenses totaled nearly $20,000 which shows tho luportaiicc of tho plant to this city. "When lt is known that this was the Initial run of tho factory, it Is concccdcd to bo nn excellent show, lug for nn Infant. |