Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1901-03-21
CANNING FACTORY.
A Party Is Looking for Location for
Such an Enterprise.

A. Fee, Of st. Louis, is looking for
location fora canning factory and
in a letter to the Rural World, of st.
Louis, which should be of great inter
est to the readers Of the LEDGER says:
am looking for location where l
can make a home and do business
with. a farming community that is
anxious to enter into the raising Of
all the different kinds Of fruits and
vegetables required TO run a picking
and preserving factory. The picking
department would require cucumbers,
cabbage, caulihOwers, tomatoes, beans,
onions, peppers, dill, etc, that could
be grown on 600 or 100 acres the first
year, while the preserving depart
ment would consume thousands Of bu-
shells of apples, pears, peaches, plums,
grapes, strawberries, raspberries,
blackberries, huckleberries, etc. My
object in seeking place in the count
ry is to secure fresh picked, ripe fruits
and vegetables, in order to pack line
Of preserves, jellies, apple, peach and
plum buffers in glass and wood pack
ages, as well as all kinds of plain and
faucy pickles in wood and glass, kraut,
etc, also catsups, chill sauce, salad
dressing, Worcestershire sauce, etc.,
finer than the finest now made in any
foreign or American manufacturing
establishment that manufactures the
same line Of goods.
The consumption of the delicacies
named has grown to such an enOr-
nous extent that quality is asserting
its power gradually but surely and the
different state governments are en-
acting laws condemning impure arti-
cles sold as delicacies on account of
adulterations used in their manufac-
ture, making them Injurious to the
health of the consumer.
What will this bushes do for town
or community where it is placed? For
the farmer it will give him more for
what he will raise on one acre Of
ground than for what he will receive
for any cereal he may SOW on five
acres Of ground. He will secure
home market at contract prices for
all he will plant before the vegetables
are grown. He will enrich his ground
by the cultivation of the soil while
the cereals he may SOW will impover-
ish the ground and make it barren,
and last buG not least, it will give
him good balance in his bank ac-
count, Look what it has done for
McHenry county, H., with its
thousands Of acres planted every year
for nearly quarter of century. It'll
has enriched the people and given
them a soil that will never wear out.
What will the factory do for a small
town? 1t will increase its population
to twice the number in a very short
time, as there will be work for hun
dreds Of hands on the farms to culti-
yate and gather the vegetables and
fruits for the factory. 1t will require
a large number Of hands toprepare the
fruits for preserving same. 1t will
require a number Of men and women
the year around for packing pickles
and preserves in glass and wood, label
ing, polishing, Gaping, wrapping and
packing ready for shipping to the
markets of the world. AS shelf goods
they will advertise the town and
country they are from more than any
other manufactured goods placed on
the market. Their quality will be the
theme of conversation among the fin
est epicures. As factory it is one Of
the bestmediums for combining the
interests Of citizens and farmers in
one common enterprise. 1t will con-
sumo the output of a cooperage, box
and vinegar factory. 1t will create
demand for carpenters and mechanics
of all kinds. 1t will make a demand
for residences and buildings of all de-
scriptions. 1t will help the bankers,
merchants, hotels, printing offices,
butchers, bakers, boarding houses,
real estate men, ETC., by the accumu-
lation Of business which would natur-
ally come from the large and increas-
ing population seeking employment
and otherwise. 1t being a home in
the money of the business,
after the goods were sold, would be
distributed among the farmers and
and employees of the factory accord
ing to their earnings, while the stock
holders would be interested in the
dividends accumulated from the prof
its Of the business.
1t will pay to investigate this mat
ter at once if interested in getting an
institution Of this kind started, such
as / have described. | will be pleased
to give full details as to cost and
profits in establishing a business Of
this kind; also as to myself. l will
give reference as to my general char
acter, honesty, sobriety, and ability to
manufacture and manage the business
herein described. Whatever is done
should be done at once.
He Fooled the Surgeons.
All doctors told Renick Hamilton,