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Show DELEGATES SEI TO ens' mm. C01EI1 Twenty-one delegates from the Utah Canners' association will be sent to the National Canners' convention at Cleveland. January 26, according to arrangements ar-rangements made at the annual meeting meet-ing in Salt Lake. The delegates will go in a special car which will be attached at-tached to the Overland Limited leaving leav-ing here next Thursday afternoon. The following i canners of the state have been named as delegates: G. B. Rodman, H. L. Hcrrlngton, John G. M. Barnes, H. J. Barnes, Richard Rich-ard Stringham, James A. Anderson, Thomas Leslie, P. A. Dixon, J. G Leonard, J. E. Randall, M. Youngberg, H. W. Jacobs, M. E. Crandall, J. L Pierce, A. L. Brewer. H. D Olson, W. J. Parker. Mr. and Mrs. Lucian A. Ray, H. Patterson and J. McLaughlin. Officers Elected. All the officers of the association were re-elected for the ensuing year at Saturday's session of the annual convention of the Utah Canners" association. asso-ciation. Gage B. Rodman will continue as president; H. L. Herring ton, vice president: H. D Olson, secretary; sec-retary; M. L. Sanford. assistant secretary secre-tary "and treasurer; Mr. Rodman, Mr. Herrington, Richard Str.'ngham,,H. W. Jacobs. James A. Anderson and Thomas Thom-as Leslie, directors. A new director to take the place of the late A. J Hall w.ill be chosen later. Publicity Campaign Planned. Plans were discussed to bring Utah's canned goods before the eyes of the nation by means of a co opera ing advertising campaign. An inspection inspec-tion of all canned goods will also be one of the means of assuring the American public of the quality of the product. "Everything from Utah can be depended de-pended upon, and we invite the whole world to look to Utah as it now is and to what it will be," said Mr. Anderson of Morgan, Utah, 'director of the Utah Canners' association, as well as the National Canners' association at the canners' banquet held Saturday night at the Hotel Utah. Mr. Anderson said that Utah would show to the world the best she had, and that Utah canned goods would live up to the advertising title, "The Miracle of the Table." He declared that by means of the publicity plan and inspection plan that is to come, Utah will be made not merely the queen of (he west, but would bo made, by its brilliancy, the king of the west. Mr. Anderson related how conditions had changed in Utah from the early days of canning industry up to the( present time, and compared conditions then and now. He said that in early days differences existed between the , railroads, jobbprs, farmers and canners, can-ners, but pointed to today when all could meet harmoniously and socially together. Ho said in older days cooperation co-operation had not been sought, but rather each tried to get the best of the other in price, -vvhile today fair co-operation formed the basis of business. busi-ness. President Rodman, in Introducing H. L. Herrington as toastmaster at the banquet, said the session was the largest convention of the association jever held. |