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Show J 11 SSofRn jHl Utah canners vrlil be called upon to furnish between 108,000 and 125,000 0 ' J2pPr'cases ot cannefl tomatoes to the JJnlt-L. JJnlt-L. ' States government this year, ac-T ac-T JH cording to F. E. Gorrell, secretary or y JH the National Canners' association at 1 Washington, D. C, who dined with I vH canners of the state at the Wobor club 1 today. Mr. Gorrell stated that this dis-3 dis-3 aH trict had been exceedingly fortunato rJH this year in canning, as other districts throughout the country, which in oth- '.-jaH cr years past, canned large quantities, - JH have fallen considerably below the av- VH crage. ;-H That the government proposes to vlr- . tually assume control of the canning -H industry throughout the United States 'iB was another piece of Information given . H by Mr. Gorrell.- Ho is direct from H Washington where ho has been in con- f'lH ference with the food administration JH board headed by Herbert C. Hoover, .H nnd the plan was outlined to direct iB' tho canneries during the war by gov- i'-JI ernment supervision. The canners and the food administration board expect to co-operate in harmonious actiou and 3H it is desired by the government that tho cannery men make their contracts jfiK with the government for the large or- IHY. ders for supplies of food at fair rates 'SSm f profit. The government, Mr. Gor-roll Gor-roll said, does not wish to stifle busi- HT ness but will not stand for the malting H of excess profits. jH Goes to Coast. ,JH Mr. Gorrell is making his annual .-H trip, as secretary of the national as- 3JH soclation, to the several canning asso-ciations asso-ciations throughout the country. He jH will leave gden this afternoon lor JsH California where ho will visit the tuna VB canneries in the southern part of the 'B state and confer with cannery men in 'jH general on the present situation. ,H The government, at this time, Is ..H more interested in the canned products of tomatoes, beans, peas, corn, sardines, sar-dines, tuna and salmon, than fruit, he said. These products are considered the staples of food and will be brought principally by the govornment for tho army and navy use. The canners of the "nation, he said, have a most vital part to play In the present groat crisis as they must supply largely the cantonments. can-tonments. Most of the food used at the cantonments and big mobilization centers is canned and a huge amount of this is desired at all times. The matter of government licenses for factories and canning plants was also explained by Mr. Gorrell. The government will require even' canning plant to operate under federal license and, in this way, will line up the food producing factories of the country under un-der supervision of the food administration adminis-tration board headed by Mr. Hoover. In this mannor the government will also enforce Its price regulations and will control prices at every angle of the canning business, from the harvested har-vested product to the consumer's table. Milk Is Scarce. The canned products which are being be-ing produced at this time of year, he said, will not be exported to a great extent. Most of these food products 'will be kept at homo to feed tho people peo-ple and thus allow other food products to be exported. The milk canning situation, Mr. Gorrell Gor-rell said, is' critical at this time and tho milk canners of the nation are up against a hard proposition in solving solv-ing it. All of the canned product available avail-able has been exported to Europe and there is still a heavy demand for more. There is no milk in Europe, he said, and the supply that is in this country Is being shipped so fast that the milk cannors are frantic and do not know which way to turn. Tho supply here Is not udoqunte to handle the unusually unusu-ally heavy demand from abroad. |