The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-18

man, a grocer, to whom I was talking
said: Now, if we only had a cannery all
the fruit in the county wou have a good
market Then / said; If can my fruit
will you buy it
Yes he answered promptly enough
IF you put up as atractively and whole
sale as cheaply as the factories from
whom we now buy
80 I begun at once to investigate fruit
canning and after weeks investigation
decided to make the attempt and set to
works at once with my prepare tons. l
ordered my cans, had my labels printed,
bought my evaporators and utensils aud
notified all the women in the neighbour
hood that I would not only buy ell the
fruit they could spare, burt would hire
a half-dozen to assist me.
Starting Cannery.
when the fruit ripened we had a busy
time. 1t is work that requires neatness
and knowledge of preserving, SO I selected
as nv assistants six of about the incest
girls in the neighborhood and three negro
women to do the heavier part.
II couldn't tell you exactly without re-
ferring to my books, how much we &C.
complished during our first two weeks,
but 1 remember that we put up more
peaches than I had received orders for,
and that l sent one of the girls to three
towns in the adjoining counties to solicit
more orders. She had samples and in A
few days had received as many orders
as / thought it safe TO undertake.
1--WE Were kept pretty busy the entire
summer and when October came and all
nv goods delivered and accounts settled |
found that / had cleared $3.50. Now thar
amount made by a woman living in the
country in Georgia is a small-sized for
tune and l began to realize that 1 had
found out something better than cotton
N, @f.r ri y1alA b.1 K,a1,N
me were as well satisfied as 1 was and
the people who had sold me fruit looked
upon me as almost a benefactOr. You
see they had never been able to make
more than a few dollars year by SELL
ing their fruit in town, and to have the
whole crop taken off their hands in "A
wear when everyb body had more than they
knew what to do with was very satisfac-
tory.
1.-THE merchants were satisfied because
NV fruit met with ready sale so [ had
no difficulty in receiving orders for an
other year. Now / consider my business
established and every spring before the
fruit season do a little drumming among
the merchants in my territory and easily
receive all the orders 1 can fill.
II think it a good means of making
money for women living In fruit country
such as the locality where 1 live. Fruit
is cheap and easily obtained. Shipping to
adjoining towns IS not expensive and the
demand is always good where you fill or
ders from merchants OF course, as they
have to do the selling If you allow them
to get in their orders at their regular
factories, then your goods will be crowd
ed out. l have never allowed that and
now chat | am in the field I intend to do
all in my power to stay there.
my outlay the first year was $3.50 but
when you consider the amount cleared
over and above that and all other ex-
penses. / am sure there are few business
ventures that would have given better re-
turns in so short a while. At the outside
including the drumming etc, l am not
occupied for more than six months in Tho
year. so l consider my work very remun-
erative. Lafayette McLaws.