El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-10
CANNING FACTORIES
A Prop osition That May Benefit FL
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Some days ago the B ERALD in speak.
ing of the heavy surplus crops OF fine
fruit in the country about Ell Paso
suggested that canning factories be
built here. The following from the
Fort WorthRsgister will be of interest
in this connection:
Georgia, like Texas, has an immense
fruit crop this year, and the question
OF getting 1t to market withous loss to
the shipper is she absorbing topic over
there. The Atlanta Constitution tells
some hard luck stories coming from the
growers, and while there may be none
quite so bad in Texas, there has been
much complaint of this kind from ship
pers in this state. The Constitution
says:
Large quantities of fruit became un-
merchantAple en- route, and in the ef-
fort to market an immense crop ON
the rush the interests of the produc-
ers have been sacrificed. AS an in
stance Buena Vista shipper express
ed fifteen crates of peaches to Cincin-
natl aud the gross sales were $40. 10. OF
this the express company received
So. SO, the commission house SLOT and
the shipper received q check for Is
cents, and as the bank NO doubt charg
ed 10 cents exchange on the check the
cent per or ate for his part. An Ameri-
can shipper has received the returns
from shipment of $50 crates of prime
Elbertas. The net sales were 1927,
freight S2S7, leaving the shipper to
pocket clear loss of $3.50 difference,
should he remit, as requested by the
gentleman at the other end of the line.
Another shipper has received returns
from the sale of 1000 crates, which net
Tod hivvn IA oraY 9
suoh experience as this that discourage
es what should be profita BILE business
in Georgia"
A remedy for all the suggestion itself
build canning factories where the
fruit grows. Particularly should this
be the remedy in Texas. There IL no
state in the Union that excels Texas
as fruit growing state, and when 1t
comes to vegetables they can be grown
SO many months in the year that idle
time at q canning factory would be an
exception.
The people of this state are buying
traiplosds of canned fruits and vege-
tables in dozen different states from
Main, to California, and paying freight
on them over all these great distances,
while more of such products annually
go to waste In the state than are con-
eumed. The establishments of canning
factories in Texas would not only fur
nish the supply for the home consumers
at q greatly reduced price, by saving
the freight paid, but this state would
at once become . shipper to every part
of the country.
There is every argument in favor of
the establishment of canning factories
and not one against it. The people of
Texas are not worrying much about
foreign capital. They are in good cir
cums,auces and the banks of the state
contain much idle capital and the peo-
pie are showing that they have faith in
home enterprises by investing their
money in lands, in cattle, in
fine structures in the cities
and towns, and are making
the state better and richer every day.
But while they are erecting cotton
mills and other manufactures, It would
be we'll TO remem Der that for the pro-
duct OF canning factories there Is al
ways demand, that such give employ
mept to many people, induce the prop
err cultivation of more land, bling about
diversificatiOn of crops, save the freight
and keep money at home. There should
be many canning factories built in this
state and one or two of them should be
built in this city.