The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-28
ON CANNING FACTORIES
THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS INDUS.
TRY TO TEXAS.
Fruits and Vegetables that Now Go to
Waste Could Be Utilized
at Houston.
hal lhc rlItm o. rhe rost.

To the Editor Of The Post
Houston Texas. April 2t.I wish ITO eS
press my uuuualfficd Endorsement Of the
editorial In Inst Sundays Post regarding
the importance to Houston of canning fac
toii $. Thcre Is every indication that the
canncre, OF the United STATES will event
ualh hc transferred from the North and
East To the South, aud Houston must he
NJ and doing If she wishes 10 move in the
procession, II has been demonstrated TINT
an acre of rcNas land planted to vegetables
aud fruit will produce tonnage superior
tn any land in the country, and thar the
eNpe-Sc ui tillaGc is equally AS low. he
auNuut3grs 10, siucs are cheap tuol and pow
en-, ami uearless to market There are only
q few Canneries operating IN THIS state.
They ave all paying handsome dividends
Tncy aid the citiaGns In their respective
communities 10y purchasing the surplus
products OF the orchard nnd gardcnf ana
give employment 10 the nhemhoyed Inc
products ut the orchard ana garden arrive
a. maturity AT n time when money Is
s,atCc, business dull and labor pleniiful
There can be no dull seasons In the can
uiuC districts and gcnral prosperous
condition exists throughout. II does NOT
require the Investment OF great outlay ~
capital cther I'm the establishment or the
plant ar In the growing Of the raw ma.
ttlial Each neighhorhood IN the fruit and
truck growing sections should ESTABLISH FAC
tories TOR self preservation. rue cost o. re
lluAkN rs mere tfliiN NoihilAtNu 10 Auf
iOsS each year resulting from want of ta-
c lit IS for handling the enormous yield OF
nuts and vegetables. There are enough
fruit Nud Vegetables that so TO waste IN
close proximity 10 Houston 10 Supply a
Eo90-yiEcd canning plant several months In
the year The truck aud fruit growers In
the vicinity of Houston stand READY 10
contract 10 supply such plant large erops
a all tho fnuts and Vegetables raised "a
this hclt The establishment ot a centrnl
factory NJ Houston would give an impetus
60 these industries nothing else can gNe;
The idle lands surrounding Houston wnid
tc brought into use and thrifty suburban
population made TO contribute to her great
iNss.
rhe demand for canned fruits aud vesse,
tables OF all kinds Is enormous anu thlS
demand is increasing az ratio far IN sN.
cosS OF the annual output. TIE cahhlns
fnctorN Is a safeguard against loss " wy
field, the orchard and the garden. Shohll
The demand for fruits aud Vegetables ialI
of so that II would not pay g dispose on
/ the raw materiai. they could easily py
canned up and less avoided. II the raw
material can be grown on the SOILS oi
| MARYLAND, New York az Michigan ana
shipped down TO Texas 10 he eaten pN Qua
people, WHY can't Texas. with n cheaper
I soil. equally as fertile. and = better ru.
( mate. nut up her own product. ana, ~
reccssary. ship them North and East and
sell them on the market in compeutlpn
| with the products OF a nlurc northern caun
\ try, 20 an adyantsges Texas can NJ least
build up q home market for her prouuets