The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-02-11

as to be easily and safely transplanted to
the remotest corners of the earth.
The canning houses of Maryland alone
gave employment to thousands of men,
women and children during this year, all
of the lighter fruits and vegetables having
been canned. The fields have been rob-
bed of peas, berries, cherries, peaches, to.
matoes and corn, etc., and thousands of
cans Of these delicious morsels are ready
for winter use. One of our larger pack
ing houses had between twelve and four
teen hundred women and girls at work
upon the peaches. It is an interesting
sight to watch the, progress of peach
from the time it is delivered at a packing
house until it is snugly incased in a can
ready for the table. :.
The peaches are first taken to culling-
room, and the peelers stand waiting their
turn to get box. Two big men at anna
chine do the culling act, and when a,box
of culled peaches is ready to be peeled, it
is given to a woman or girl, as the case
may be, and she hustles Off with it to a
big room, takes her seat among other wo-.
men or girls and begins work. While
peeling the peaches the women sit close
to each. other, and merrily flash their
knivesdoyerst the peach until the peel is
off: Sometimes while tiiwork the girls
sing and chatter, and, spo doubt, some-
times think of some good locking young
fellow who does not want them to peel
peaches. The cans are in waiting for the
peaches. and when the peaches are peeled
they are taken to large tables and there a
number of girls place them in the cans:
Before the peaches are put into the cans
quantity of sugar is first placed in and
then follows the peach. The can is then
taken; to vessel Of hot water and small
quantity of water is placed in the cans.
The can is then capped and processed by
being placed in tank of boiling water
and afser renaining the required length
of time it is taken out and cooled off in
cold water. A label is then placed upon
the can and the peaches are ready for the
market. aiiu 9sp
y. The tomato packing in Maryland begins
about August L.. When q wagon load of
tomatoes reaches the packing house it is
weighed. The tomatoes are then placed
in kettle and scalded, they are next
skinned, then placed in the cans; the
Gaping, processing and labelling follow,
and the tomatoes are ready for the mar
ket. From cock crow until sunset the
wagons are backing into the canning
houses, unloading and then going off
again through the crush only to return
later with more boxes and baskets.
In no part Of the country has this in
dustry brighter prospects than in tho
South. Of all sections which T would
look to for great success the South is the
one. The climate is altogether suitable,
your labor is cheap, and not single case
of canned goods should be manufactured
in the North and brought to you for con-
sumption. The North has lived for years
on the blindness of the South in this par
tieular. I want to see your product put
in Theoretically sealed packages by your
own people, and at your own canneries.
It Is time that the business men Of the
South awakened to the importance of q
broad spirit of encouragement to oil en-
terprises that look to Southern advance
ment. AS great as has been the work OF
the Southern people as whole in the
marvellous development that has been go
ing on for for five or six years, too many
have stood idly by and waited, hoping
that others would come in and lead such
enterprises and let them grow rich out Of
it. Most of the developments which are
making the South prominent as an indus
trial field have been the result of pluoky
Southern effort. Let them keep up the
motion. T am like others who are at all
conyersant with Southern affairs, strong
believer in the Southern States as field
for progressand development and wealth
making in the near future. investments
such as speak of pay handsome profits,
besides being of much benefit to the city
or County where the factory is located.
The capital required for conducting this
business is small, the cost of the machin-
cry being so moderate that in our own
State many farmers operate their own
canning factory in connection with their
other duties.
The statements as to the percentage OF
profit in some cases would be incredible
if they were not otauthenticated by unques-
tionable testimony and amply substantial
t 4 by ascertaining facts. With sufficient
capital and proper management, there is
probably no other business known COM
bining such large profits and so high a
degree of safety. Take che entire pack,
throughout the entire canning districts OF
the whole country, Of the last season, so
small is the stock of canned goods on
hand that the holders can we'll afford, il
they desire, to wait until spring to dispose
of them. The demand for consumption
increases disproportionately to the sup
ply. This country is large: facilities tor
distribution are increasing, and the trade
for canned goods is growing. In every
household it is portion of the daily ra-
tions. 1t is cheap, ready for use, and in
all respects is desirable. Without it there
are portions of our country that would be
forced to subsist on salt bread and meat.
To tho camp, the mine and the mariner il
is now indispensable. Take the country
at large, and venture to assert that the
pack last year does not exceed three-fifths
of an average one, and that, too, in face o1
little or nothing being carried over from
former season. S. M. SINDALL.
Baltimore, February l, 1892.
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