| Show NATI CANNED FOODS WEEK the history ot of the canning industry dates back to the napoleonic wars wara when the emperor napoleon conceived the idea ot of the enormous advantage it would be to the movement of hla his armies 1 to have food supplies so prepared that they would not deteriorate and packed in a m manner anner that would make i i them convenient to handle he offered a special award to any annj I 1 one who would devise such a method of preparation and the immediate result was experiments in the canning ot of vegetables the progress ol of the industry was slow alow for about fifty years due to lack of impelling necessity but since that t time ime it h has as advanced very rapidly and is now one of the leading industries of the civilized world I 1 I 1 in the early history of the canning business the cans were made and tilled filled and sealed by hand which made the expense considerable with a resulting high price to consumers ot at such canned products from this early experience experience per peri lence ence a traditional idea has been carried down to the present time that the use at 0 canned foods is not economical indigent and improvident people are often referred to as people who live out of cans I 1 to charge those with extravagance who use largely canned goods is not consistent with the facts tor for the true I 1 est economy may be practiced by their use in some variety every month in the year probably one of the greatest econ 1 ornies in history was effected by the invention of the wonderful machines by which tin cans are manufactured at a fractional of the old handmade hand made cost and which has resulted resulted in hi ing within the reach of the humblest wage earner most mast ot at the real food luxuries ot of the world the luscious fruits of the tropics with their original ape arance odors and flavors are at a modest cost trans ported to the steril sunbaked sun baked deserts to gladden the lives of the frontiers nien men and pioneers in industry by the same token the same boon is carried to the inhabitants and hapless transients of the great and frigid ice field of the north the delightsome sea bloods ol of all climes are safely packed und and shipped to all parts of the world worl the products ot of the temperate zones are likewise canned and transported at like nominal nomina 1 cos cost to such points as require them ot of to tons ot of products are annually saved and distributed tri buted serving the purpose ot at the health pleasure and economy at 0 man the unreasonable delicacies that were at one time only found on the tables ot of the rich are now commonly found on the tables ot of the masses the average winter diet a few years since was salt pork and dried vegetables it Is now supplemented by fresh canned meats fish vegetables and fruit greatly to the advantage ol of the race the progress ot at the canning industry indest y Is evidenced by the ever increasing variety of canned commodities not so many years ago we could count the various canned products on the fingers ot of our hand bands 8 today we have over one hundred and thirty articles of meat fish vegetables and fruit cruit with numerous grades and classifications that make it not only possible but also convenient and economical to serve a most complete dinner including soups salads and de desserts from rom the lowly contents of tin cans think it over the idea grows on one it seems highly important that we should say a word about the sterilization or safety feature of using canned goods another fallacy of traditional origin Is that certain poisoning is very common in canned foods the old fashioned physician who failed of any other satisfactory diagnosis of the inner distress of a patient would often ast ask have you been eating anything out of tin cans it if the sufferer had so eaten tin cans were probably blamed the modern physician however has learned the great care and cleanliness exercised in packing and the ultimate perfect sterilization ot of all canned goods renders them safer than even resh fresh vegetables and often recommends them as items of diet tor for delicate patients the very rare cases of poisoning that have been traceable to canned food were mostly caused by tho the eating ot of home canned products where the facilities ot of sterilization were not satisfactory is it Is stated by experts in canned food preparation that foods should be subjected to a sustained fa brenhelt ot of degrees tor for a certain period of 0 time in order to kill all bacteria that may be contained in fresh meats and vegetables canning factories have equipment to positively affect this program of sterilization the housewife with the use of open cookers cannot exceed degrees fahrenheit in the cooking of her canned foods which plainly indicates the greater safety in commercial canning the results of the canning industry may be summed up about as follows 1 it selects fresh meats sea boa foods vegetables and fruits in the height of 0 their maturity and ripeness and 2 prepares them in a manner that renders them palatable wholesome and absolutely sate safe for consumption and 3 delivers them to the consumer in a variety of forms and sizes of 0 packages that meet the atie utmost convenience ven veni ence lonce of the housewife the traveller the camper the prospector the explorer on land or sea and in tact fact every known food requirement in season and out of season and 4 makes such a modest charge tor for the service as to place it within the reach ot of the humblest wage earner and 5 thereby making a large and valuable contribution to the sum total ot of human welfare by increasing the wealth of the world and raising the standard ot of living this is national canned foods booda week the P purpose 0 of which Is to se cure the united intensive effort ot of every canner food broker distributor wholesale grocer retail grocer and machinery and supply man during the week of march ard 3rd jofh to make known to the consumer the benefit of canned foods and their wholesomeness wholesome and convenience to stimulate the interest of consumers in the use of canned foods to do this in a way which will create a higher regard tor for canned foods we are interested in the canned foods movement as a national matter but ut we are more particularly interested te in the canned foods ot of utah wo we have become a state of 0 real importance and significance in the canning world one ot of our genial native sons Is president of 0 the national association so of canners we canned approximately cases of 0 fruits and vegetables last year and evaporated and canned 50 pounds ot of milk our expenditures tor for raw materials and pay rolls amounted to in our purchases let us remember utah canned goods it if every one ot of our people the borders ot of our state would each do just a little my what a result we would get in the aggregate and remember this thia as an important financial matter THE DOLAR THAT GOES THE 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