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Show CANNING FACTORIES SHOULD GROW. By Spencer Schow. It has been announced by some of the experts on food in the United States, that all the salmon, corn, and beans canned in this country in 1918 will be shipped over to Europe to feed the troops from this country and those of the allies. It is estimated that one-third one-third of all the canned tomatoes, one-fourth one-fourth of all the canned peas, and one-third one-third of all the condensed milk will also al-so have to be shipped to the soldiers in France. In the United States each year there are enough fruit and vegetables wasted wast-ed to double the output of canned goods. In the fruit - and vegetable districts of Utah, for example, there : is always a great loss, especially in the later crops, such as peaches, apples, : pears and plums. By the time these crops come on, the people have tired : of fruit for table use, and what is not sold is often wasted. If the government of the United States would see to having factories put up in the fruit and vegetable dis--tricts where so much is being wasted, there would not be any need of a shortage short-age of either fruit or vegetables in the homes of the people of the United States or in the trenches of Europe. There is plenty of such things raised here and if canning factories were erected in places where the people are unable to market their products before they are spoiled, a great industry could be made to flourish, besides the keeping ; down of prices on articles which are a : necessity on every table. ; , : : : : :: :t:;t; tttthttttt 1 : : : : : :k |
