Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-12-10
THE CANNING INDUSTRY.
An Experienced Man Shows the Rare
Opportunity for Return Of
Investment.
8. 8. Linn In Houston Post.

"Oth VI c1nninBi uhr Duiiti Hltcu vi
and operated canning factorie
throughout five different States
and ought TO be able TO tell you
readers something about the bene
fits growing out Of the business.
First, let US take a hasty lool
backward and note the rise anC
progress Of this young giant-and
mark you, the business has never
been built up by any high protec'
tive tariff, as many Of our 'inian
industries" have, but has simply
grown to its present enormous pro
portions from its own intrinsi,
merit and the demands Of our mod
ern civilization, which requires q
more varied food supply.
Those Of your readers who's,
memories date back fifty years will
agree with me when / say that
there was no such thing as canned
goods upon the market then; in
fact, the giant strides of the indus.
try have mostly been made within
the last two decades, until now
there is not grocery in any civil.
lied country upon the face Of the
earth but what has large proper
ton Of its stock in trade in the
shape Of canned goods.
The first successful attempt al
canning tomatoes was made in lS4s
in the vicinity Of Baltimore and Of
course attracted but little attention
aud made but slow progress for
many years.
In 1863 Isaac Winslow took out
his first patent for preserving green
corn in Theoretically sealed cans
but the troublous times through
which this Nation was then pass
ing precluded the possibility of
any rapid development Of a new
industry, and il was many years
after the close Of the civil war be-
fore the products Of the canning
factory came into general use or
began 10 attract the attention of
statisticians. According TO the
census report Of 1890 there were
over 1900 factories scattered over
the United States and Territories
canning almost every conceivable
kind of food product, including
fish and oysters, aud giving en-
plcyment either directly or indi.
rectly to more than 100000 peo.
pie, they we're paying out annu-
ally for the raw material over 81
100000 and their finished product,
as il passed out to the markets Of
the world, was valued at over $780,
100000. What the last census will
show | do not know, but undoubt-
edly the business has more than
doubled in the last ten years and
it is safe TO say that the industry
is as yet in its infancy. Now per-
NIT me to give your readers some
idea of the direct benefit to COM
munity growing out Of the busi-
ness. / will first make this broad
assertion, without fear Of success.
ful contradiction, that there is no
other manufacturing enterprise
hat, for the same amount of capi.
al invested, will benefit as many
people in the various walks of life
IS d well-equipped, properly-man
lged cannin 6 factory.
First, it stimulates the imam with
he hoe" to plant five acres when
lie now plants but one or two, be-
ause it insures him a home mar
iet for all his surplus when it no
onger pays him TO ship it to other
With . canning factory
n our midst all Of this surplus can
'e utilized This point is so APP
aren't that II is unnecessary to en-
arge upon it. Secondly, il gives
irect employment TO a great many
serving poor Of what is known
h ,orS lled laborTthe very class