Smyrna times., 1902-04-30
PACKERS TRUST INCLUDES
ALL DELAWARE CONCERNS
0ANNlNd FACTORIES OF DELAWARE, MARY.
LAND AND NEW JERSEY COMBINE.
incorporated Under the Laws of Delaware
with Capital Stock Of S.. 100000 Officers
and Directors of Association Elected

The American Packing Association,
incorporated, with a capital stock of
So,OOO, 1000, chartered under the laws of
Delaware, was organized in Whining
ton Thursday at a meeting held at the
OIayton House, and the following
omeers were elected: president. W. P.
huston OF philadelphia; vice-president,
W. IL. Stevens of Cedarville, n. j.,
treasurer, R. X. Neff of PHILADELPHIA;
secretary, G. NJ. Deshiell of Princess
Anne, Md. board of directors. the
above officers and Alfred Bilderback
OF Salem. n. j., T. L. Day of Ridgelv.
Nd, and H. G. Cannon of Bridgeville.
The company has taken over about
all OF the fruit and vegetable packing
establishments in Delaware, Mary
land and New Jersey, 12O in all, the
aggregate value of which is $500. 600
There may be two or three plants not
yet IN the company. The concerns
were operated independently hereto
fore, but hereafter they are to be under
the control and general management
OF the American Co., which will. as
result of this transaction, have mon
opoly of the canning and packing of
fruits and vegetables in the East.
One of the members of the corporation
said that every concern of the kind in
the three States, so far as he can
learn, has been obsorbed bv the COM
pany, and as Delaware, Maryland and
New jersey comprise the fruit and
vegetable canning and packing centre
OF the East, the company is in control
OF the situation. For that matter, it
Will virtually control the entire mar
ket Of the country and proposes to
branch out for foreign business. It's
object ls, of course, to curtail expepses
and control the supply and prices. It
Will also be in better position to con.
troll the fruit and vegetable market.
as IN the past the farmers have made
different arrangements with different
concerns.
While the charter places the capital
stock at $250,OOO, permission TO IN
crease is given and the company pro-
poses to increase to the So. OOO 600
point. At the present the company
intends to engage only in the manu-
facture and sale of fruits and vege-
tables, but its charter gives it the
right to handle meat, poultry and. in
tact, anything that can be canned and
-may branch out in that direction
later.
The main Office will be in Philadel-
phia, and the selling agents there, will
be Comfy & Flanagan of No. IS Della
ware avenue. 1t will be represented
in Wilmington by its attorney, Her
bert H. Ward.
The company having organized and
got down to working basis, it is in
position to make plans for the comiug
season, so far as plans can be made at
this time. As yet, however, no def
nlte arrangements have been made
with the producers, although negotia-
tons have been opened IN some Sec
lions of the three States. Nothing can
De told yet as to what it will be neces-
'ary to pay for the raw material, nei-
ther can anything be told about the
prices of canned goods of this year.
pack, both being problematical at this
time.
The company will probably pur-
chase all the other canning factories
in this part of the United States that
are considered desirable.