The record-union., 1893-08-14
FOLSOM NEEDS A CANNERY.
And There Is an Excellent Building
Available.
The Town Is Surrounded by Orchards,
and Possesses Fine Shipping
Advantages.

Editor Mcfarland of the Folsom Tele-
graph, makes an excellent suggestion TO
the moneyed citizens Of that town, as Will
be seen from the following article in his
paper:
The old machine shop, at the lower end
OF town, which has been in disuse for
good many years, would make most ex-
cellent Iruit- packing establishment, and
we cannot see why some one has not util-
lied IL for this purpose ere this late day.
1t ~ probably a little late in the season
now 10 undertake the packing OF any of
this years crop, even if prices were such
as TO warrant the shipping of fruit to n
distant market; but we are constrained to
believe that If some enterprising person
would secure tue premises herein men
toned and arrange for handling the crop
OF next year, a lucrative business could
be built up. The canning and preserving
OF fruits, as well as the packing Of the
natural fruit for shipment, would, we
have no doubt, prove paying industry.
y company might be formed composed
of some OF our local growers, and with a
very little capital the establishment of a
large and paying business enterprise could
be secured-one which would give en-
pIoymentto quite number of our towns
people during the fruit season, and ma
terially aid in the growth and add to the
prosperity OF the city OF Folsom.
Fruit packing and canning establish
ments are successfully operated at other
points in the State, and where the fruit is
neither so abundant nor of such excel
lent quality as hereabouts and transporta-
ton facilities no better, If so good as we
have right here. In fact all the natural
advantages enjoyed by any place within
the confines of the State where the busi-
ness of preparing fruit for distant or
fOraIpn mark a. parrian n ha
found right here. This is d fact that can
not be controverted; and yet tons upon
tons of as fine fruit as ever grew and
ripened upon tree are allowed to fall to
the ground and rot i'll many orchards in
close proximity TO this city.
1t is little wonder that hard times come
upon people who are so utterly shiftless
as to let their fine crops of fruit go to
waste for the want OF a little labor to
make it ready for market or prepare it
for home consumption. There are plenty
OF people, and they do not live far from
Folsom, who will buy their fruit the
coming winter, If they make use of any,
who have nothing to do but stand around
and proclaim that 1t IS hard times" If
such individuals would go to work, and
even dry or can enough fruit for their own
use, they might make times a little better
for themselves at least.
To return to our subject, we will add
IhaI IL uoeS SeelH dS tnolgn our local Iruiu
growers should arouse themselves from
their Rip Van Winklelike slumbers and
make some effort toward caring for their
crops in the future. If the plan we have
suggested be iinpracticable, then let some
other method be adopted that will save
the fruit from going to decay in the orch
ards.
For the present, Captain Aull is using
the premises above described for packing
his fine crop of Bartlett pears, grown in