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Show A BfC MERCER IN THE SOUTH Canning and Packing Interests Form Huge Combination With Capital Jl of Ten Million Dollars. In the Production of Its Specials the Company Will Operate a Fleet of Fifty Boats and Employ One Thousand Hands. New York. Announcement Is mado that an important ileal Involving tho combination or merger of some Inrgo southern packing and canning Interests Inter-ests lins Just been completed through George A. Young and nBsoclates. Tho deal Involves tho acquisition by tho Mcllhenny company of tho tobasco sauce business of R Mollhenny's Sons, and the packing nnd canning business of tlio Mcllhenny Canning ft Manufacturing Manufac-turing company, which is said to operate oper-ate one of tho largest modern canneries canner-ies in tho United States. Tho capitalization capital-ization of tho now company will bo $10,000,000. E. A, Mcllhenny will bo president nnd Frederick Kopf vlco president. Mr. Kopf, in speaking of tlio enterprise, enter-prise, said: . "When tho company finally acquires " r other factories, of which a number will bo taken over, some prominent Jobbers nnd wholesale grocurs will bo elected to tho board. "Tho company's lands nnd factories aro situated on Avery islnnd, Louisiana, Louisi-ana, and It has offices in New York, Chicago, Son Francisco, Portland, Montreal nnd London. In the production produc-tion of Its specialties, tho company will operate u licet of fifty boats nnd upwards, and will employ over ono thousand hands." |