The Forrest City times., 1892-02-12
The Canning Factory

There is no enterprise so beneficial as a canning and evaporating factory. The canning of fruits and vegetables have grown to be one among the leading enter prises of thls country. The value of canned products has reached the sum of many millions of dollars annually, and proved great blessing to the human fam fly. Nothing in the worlds history has advanced the interest and prosperity of the American farmers, as the mordern can nery. The products of the orchard and vegetable flelds are no longer limited to few days of the ripening crops, but every day of the year may be used. The lux cries of the earth from vine and tree are no longer confIed to their surroundings, but the old and young, rich and poor, in all parts of the world can, at small cost, obtain the luxeries of the country in which
 we live, both rom fruit and vegetables.
 In winter or summer, In the South or North, East or West in the thinning camp or tented field, the luscious fruits and veg etabes are the results of the American cannery, and the skillful management of the canning processes. Among all the blessing of civilization, none embraces wi- der sphere for the comfort of humanity than the modern cannery, Arkansans are just ly proud of their young state. They have fertile soil, navigable rivers, genial eli mate, bountiful harvest, and beautiful
 women, for which they are not excelled. The past five years has demonstrated that slow progress has been made in the pro duction of cotton. If the growth of fruit and vegetables would be utilized, a prof itable market would be found. The prob lem of market can be easily solved in IA &.l.l ,f..lx sr n vast benefit to working men and women who now eke out aD existence in the til- age of the credit destroyer, cotton. Ar kansas is the finest fruit and vegetable growing state in the union, but under the present conditions no stable market can be relied upon. Tomatoes, peas, beans, corn, pototoes, pumpkins, squashes and all kind of fruit can be grown in abundance, where certain market is open to those who would largely engage in the business. We are buying from California and east ern cities that we produce at home, and paying the wages of many workers far away, employed in putting up those goods, while many here would be glad to get the work to do. We are paying the freight, the manufacturer, the profits between the wholesale and retail dealer. jobber and different bills of lading all the way from our town, to where the goods are put up. l AS to a market there is no question when the whole world uses canned goods, and is willing to pay for them. A canning | factory can be run almost the entire year. Those factories in the North, where they operate only few months in the year, de- clare a handsome dividend every year. Our seasons for vegetables and fruits ex- tend seven or eight months, and then the sweet potatoes will find market in the mining camps and in the sections where they are not grown, and in the sup ply of the army and navy. l hereby ad- vocate one of the most promising enter prises our people can contemplate-a cannery. It will produce greater returns to the stockholders and the public than any enterprise that can be established. All the surroundings point to it's necessity. The tagging business, the producer and the labor unite in call for canning fac tory. A CITIZEN.