The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-03
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.
a FACTORY TaAr WOULD PAY.

An Enterprise that Truck Farmers
Want TO See Established
"W ouldn't q canning factory pay in Sa-
vannahr Maj. g. NJ rivals was asked last
night by a MORNING News reporter.
"Of course It would, f" 1laj. Ryals replied.
and be went on tell why it would pay. He
said II would be supplied not so much from
the surplus tomatoes. beans, peas, and
asparagus, as it would from vegetables
grown purposely for It. Truck farmers
now take great risks and plant early, in
order TO get early shipments in
the northern markets, and if the
frost don't catch the crops,
the high prices commanded for the early
vegetables pay better. If there was a can
ming factory here, such risks would not be
taken to as great an extent as now. but
truckers would plant later and make sure
OF crops. The character Of the vegetables
used Tor canning would not require sucl q
practical knowledge Of truck farming as
the = stem of diversified planting now en-
gagged IN does, and a large acreage along
the lines of the Central and the Savannah
Florida and Western Railway not now Gull
tlvated would be planted, and the products
would go to the factory.
MAJ. Ryals says that there is no doubt
that factory Of this kind would success
fully compete with any vegetable canning
factory in the country, as land and labor
are cheaper here than in the north, and two
crops can be grown every year by truck
gardelerS With a base Of supplies close at
hand, the truck gardener here can more
than compete with his northern rival Then
transportation facilities here would enable
the factory to put its products on the
markets of the south, west and northwest
and 1t would have no trouble in the field of
competition.
The stock was subscribed here to establish
factory of the kind, Mai Rivals having
worked 1t up, but as the expert from New
Jersey, who bad agreed to run it, and take
stock IN it, was not able to comply with
certain financial requirements, the matter
was dropped, and the company did not
complete its organization. Mai Ryals ex-
presses great confidence in an enterprise of
this kind, however, and says he is vii ing
to take STOCK in another canning factory if
the rlgkt kind of a man can be enlisted to
come 10 Savannah, take an interest in the
factory and superintend its practical work
ings.
Hart Bros, who ship a great deal of truck
TO northern markets, say that the surplus
vegetables alone would go far to supply a
canning factory, as at certain seasons the
bottom drops out Of the northern markets,
and sometimes vegetables will not bring
freight, and that when this is the case the
vegetables are a total loss, as they rot on
the ground. Tnis is particularly true of
tomatoes, beans and peas.
Hart Bros. and Maj. Ryals say that a
picking department could be proftably
attached TO the canning factory, as nowhere
do cucumbers thrive 50 well, the vines
being most prolific, and thousands of
cucumbers 60 to waste every year.
1t Is said that the canning factories of the
Pacific coast put up 80, 900 cases of toma-
toes last year, and sold them at remunera-
tive prices, although the greater part Of the
goods we're sent to markets all the way
from 1000 to 1000 miles distant. Savan-
nah Is nearer the great cities of the north
west than San Francisco is, and in close
communication with the markets of the
middle and northern states, and with her
near by southern markets il is claimed that
more than one canning factory could be
successfully and pro6tably operated here.
1t is believed that the stock would be
taken, in limited shares, in much the same
way as the stock was taken in the Savannah
cotton mills, and the investment prove a
lucrative one. The lumber for the boxes
could be supplied very cheaply, which is
not an unimportlnt item connected with
the advantages this city offers for a factory
of the kind.