Show CANNERIES OF NATION FACING FACINO SURPLUS PACK Packers Report Serious Production Over With Heavy Storage WASHINGTON Aug By 20 20 By By ByThe ByThe The Associated Press Scheduled Scheduled to reach its peak of ot activity in Septem Septem- September ber Americas America's billion dollar canning Industry faces serious rious s overproduction Information reaching the National Canners Canners' Association A shows 45 per p percent r cent of ot the total 1927 tomato pack still on hand Maine reports a years year's supply of ot canned goods Coeds in warehouses 1 es there Despite D a large surplus of ot can can- canned canned canned ned corn still In their plants Iowa packers planned heavy operations knowing they would have ha to sell at a a. loss HEAVY TOMATO IO PACK In Illinois Jobbers fear to buy ex- ex c pt In to very cry small quantities quantifies and corn com canneries are dumping their holdings at any price Tennessee acreage con- con contracts contracts tracts increased 25 per p r cent and the tomato omato pack Is 1 expected to double that hat of ot last year Many Wisconsin plants are arc not operating op this year ear Quoting Assistant Secretary of ot Agriculture Dunlap the canners canners' as- as association says sas It Is s apparent the consumers con con- consumers consumers sumers have not re with their orders oders in the same ration as the in increase In- In Increase Increase crease In production with the he result I that canners find with stocks on hand sufficient to meet the ordinary demand of the trade for tor fora a a. period of ot fully two years vears Many l I ny farmers the association says realize that to meet the problem problem problem lem of ot overproduction It is necessary necessary necessary sary to reduce acreage before b fore the market has collapsed completely and the farmer himself Is bank bank- rupt bank I VITAL TO INDUSTRY I The last twenty years has closely correlated agriculture end and canning The latter provides a cash market marke for many million dollars' dollars worth o of farm products every year Canned foods have ceased to bo be b a novelty but to vast numbers of ot the Amer Amer- American American ican can population have become a avital avital vital necessity Packers add an annual income of ot almost to the dairy Industry alone In round numbers number rs production of ot condensed evaporated sled and canned sterilized milk amounts to four and a half billion pounds yearly The annual amual tomato pack approxImates approxImates approximates tons sweet corn tons ton peas cab cab- cabbage bage for tor kraut asparagus snap beans bean spin spin- spinach spinach ach tons and cucumbers cucumber bushels Establishments preserving eg vegetables vegetables fruits and sea se foods enroll enrol during September the peak month For the entire year however the total employed falls below Milk canning is 1 carried on without so much varl vari- atlon The peak comes in Jul July when the number of ot 1 Is about as ns compared to 2500 for the whole year ear |