Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-02-18
AMERICAN CANNED GOODS.
Factories That Turn Out II Product
Worth $4,000 900 Yearly.


Worth ST5,O00,000 Yearly.
The production of American tin, tn,
American tin plate industry, so-called
has increased 25 fold in seven years, and
Incidental to It's development and eX
panslon there has been large increase
in the canning business of the United
States, which now amounts to $4,000
900 In year, requiring nearly 2,OOO'OOO
boxes Of tin plate, and keeping at work
more than 1000 canneries distributed
throughout the country,
The sale of canned goods is subdivided
III the United States into four branches
There is, first, the canning of food prep
arations of all kinds, except fish, fruits
vegetables and oysters, In it are In
cludcd meats, cereals and soups, and
this branch OF the American canning
business gives employment to 5,OOOper'
sons, and represents capital OF some
$4,000 900, while the business amounts
in a year to $15,OOO,OOO. 1t is largest in
New York,
The fruit and vegetable canning bust
ness of the United States is very much
more extensive, representing an in
vested capital Of Sl5,O00,OOO, an annual
trade of $30,000,000, and employees to
the number of more than 60,000 This
branch of American canning is car
ried on chiefly In two states, Mary
land and New York, and in respect 10
the number of establishments and the
amount of business done, the capital
invested and the number of employees,
MARYLAND is far ahead. The fish can
ming business in the United States is
carried on at 100 establishments, IN
which more than $500 persons are EN-
ployed, and the value of the output is
$7,000,000 a year. The chief cameo
product of the United States in fish /:
salmon, and the chief state in The
amount of business done in this line is
Oregon. In the cast there are more
than $500 persons employed in thu
state of Maine. In fish canning and 7O'
in Massachusetts,, and the fish cameo
in both is a considerable item of com
merce. This is a line Of commercial en-
deavor in which New York is but sean
tily interested, having but two fist
canneries, the same as New Jersey.
The oyster canning business in tn
United States is limited to very fey
establishments, less than 20 in all, bu
what they lack in number they NOR
than make up in the amount Of thei
trade, which is between $3,000000 ant
S4,OOO,OO0 a year. There are $500 per
sons employed in this branch of tn
business, more than so per cent. @
them in one state-Maryland.
Though not directly connected wit
the business of canning-and, indeed
n separate branch of industry--tb
trade of preparing and shippingplckle
preserves and sauces has increase
greatly during the last two years. Fc
n very long time English manufacturer
had general control of this line of bus
Tess. With an increased home d,
mand for such condiments, and with a
adequate supply of homemade tin, III
American manufacturers have been e.
tending their line, and there are no
nearly 400 factories engaged in tn
line, having m annual product wort
S10,000,000. The chief Of the states
the extent of the business done in tn
J line is Pennsylvania, but Louisiana do,
much of 1t.
The corn-packing states are Ne
!. York, Maine, Maryland, Illinois, low
, and Kansas; in tomatoes, New Jerse
, Maryland, Indiana, Virginia and lie
, lucky lead; of canned fruit, Marylan
Delaware, California and Michigt
/ have the largest product, and for oy
/ tiers and fish, Maryland, Nirgini
, North Carolina, Florida and Mississip
, are foremost.
, The canning business in all countri
/ which engage in it has been promote
, enormously for rations for miltaI
l purposes in such form that they mi
8 be kept for long periods. After II
| Crimean war the English trade
? canned goods was increased very larg
2 ly, and during the American civil W
D Government contracts doomed thebu
r ness here considerably. While the ca
A ners of the United States do not emf
> all the facilities which their Engli
: rivals possess, they have others whic
). in a measure at least, offset these a
t vantages. There have been many il
t portant inventions in. canning, and
i this line Americans have clearly tax
n the lead, reducing the cost of the wol
t assuring less danger to purchasers,
$ ducing the risks Of transportation, u
Y adding to the number of articles ma
Y available for canning.--N. Y. Sun.