Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-15
THE Willy CAM.
Enormous Extent of Trade in
Preserved Provisions.
Three Hundred Millions of
Cans in a Year,
Of Corr, Fruit, Vegetables and
Fish.

Here are some figures that may
interest the readers of The Journal In
regard to the consumption Of canned
products last year: OF canned toms-
toes, 80. 600, 900; corn, 20, 900, 600;
aalmon, SO, 600, 900; HOLSTERS, 80,
600; oysters, SO, 600, 900; other fish,
IL, 700, 600; peaches and hard fruit,
such as apples, pears, spricots, etc.,
80, 600, GOO; vegetables, SO. 900. 900;
email fruits, berries, currants, etc. ,
IL 600, 600; meats and poultry, 25..
GOO, coo; total, about 300, 000, 00O
| tors"
The speaker was Mr.. Alex. Wiley,
manager of n Of the largest manu-
featuring firms of canned products In
the world.
"Where did all these cans go7"
"Well, ousside of the United States
they we're distributed In France, Eng.
land, Germany, Penang, Borneo,
Baukok, Singapore, Calcutta, Madras,
along the Malsbsr coast, and New
South Wales. Our agent at Moscow
ordered q very large consignment In
anticipation of the coronation Of the
car, for these goods are q novelty In
Russia, where they are now selling
fast. Well-to-do Russians will pay al.
most any price for them"
"Whst classes of people eat canned
food In the Uaited States2"
"The middle classes, 80 TO speak.
There are large arid tracts In this ooun.
try where people seldom see green
fruit the year round except In this
FORM"
"Do you claim any superiority
for the canned YER the green vegeta-
bles2"
eyes, In this way: We are now
canning asparagus OF the rate of 6 1000
cans a day, and putting it up within
three hours after pulling 1t out Of the
ground. II Is gathered In the early
morning before sunrise while the dew
Ia still upon 1t. The same remark up.
plies to tomatoes, Of which we are
putting up az, 600 cans daily at oul
factory at Morristown, where @ string
of wagons q mile long Is waiting every
morning to receive the cam. TIL,
same hoids good with peas, which are
also gathered before the suns heat car
got at thom. Ii you buy similar veget
ables green at q retail store they arr
Usually from one to three days old,
They lose their freshness, whereai
under our process they will remaiu
fresh and sweet for three years."
"But what about tho chemical &C
tlon Of the Bolder9'
"All our goods are now soldered OF
the outside by q new patent process,
by which 1t la impossible for the solder
to touch the contents. Here, for ex
ample, Is one of our now sans of thu
kind / refer to. You can sec for your
self that 1t Is as I say"
"What Ia the secret of succeasfu
cannintP
"To destroy the germ Of the fer
mentation-that Is oil there Ia In 1t
apart from rigid cleanliness.
(Which is the largest packing centr
In the 1ited Stssei2'
"B humore, decidedly, for all kind
1T fruit, vegetables and oysters. Ne,
York is the great distributing market
And you must remember that 1t
only the seaboard cities that reall
enjoy fresh vegetables"
''How are the various kinds of frul
etc. purohaaeuT'
Vast tracks of market garde
farms arc bought up In the locality {
the factories, so that the produce
gathered right on the spot. The ve(
etable BURNERS Ia largely developin
into still greater proportions unde
this system"
"Aud your fshl'
Tho majority of salmon come
from the Pacific coast, and lobster
Maine and the British Provinces"
"What about fictitious brands2'
"lhat used to cause q great deal
trouble but it is now dying out. PEG
pie are beginning to find out the be-
for themselves. On our labels v
state In German, italian and Englis
that our canned goods arc warrAnte
pure and wholesome and our dealer
are authorized to refund pu
chase price In any case where ,ol
!. sumors have caose for dissatisfs
. tion."
"Who arethe largest manufacture
Of CAN'T"
+, IA firm In Baltimore. We are no
manufacturing our own Of the best Il
plate. You see 1t is necessary for
to be very particular because our TO
eIgn trade is becoming very larg
Our market In India Is rapidly increa
Ing, whore canned goods are a god
send to people who never saw the
before. Bes'des, foreign COVER
ments r very strict In enforcir
their sanitary regulations, to whit
American manufacturers must con6r
II they wish to hold their own. I'll
French government is particular
vigilsnt In this respect. With rega,
to alleged charges Of blood poisonir
let me say that out Of the 800, 600, OF
a cans sold last year not q single case
sickness was reported 80 far as I q
aware, and this ought to be answ
enough to such Ill founded complain,
I In self defense we are compelled
] watch all euoh cases as come to o
notice. When they arise they q
unually traced to irresponsible part
of limited faculties, for If any gu
result were traced to US, or to any r
sponsible manufacturer, It would be
very serious thing, and Involve q Il
Of probably thousands of dollars"
A movement Is on foot among I
Wholesale grocers for the establis
! ment If . "Wholessls Protect
Grocers' Union," In the interest
} that particular branch of trade. L
object Is to regulate, among otf
/. things, the foreign traffic. it Is
. present custom with many large m,
chants to charge carriage duties
railroad oonsiguments equal to abe
a dollar pm the ton. Several railroa
deduct this from their regular bll