The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30

Shipments from State During
1906 Amount to Aggre-
gate of 708 Carloads.
BIGGER PACK; HIGHER PRICE
TWO REASONS WHY FACTORIES
ARE PROSPEROUS.

Most remarkable has been the growth
Of the canning industry in the state of
Utah. With 4 total output of close 10
5500C0 cases of vegetables and fruits IN
1905, it has forced itself rapidly to the
front among the states of tine Union. In
tomatoes alone il has jumped from
eighth to fourth place N two years
time. The total pack Of tomatoes from
this state is 1884, GOO cases Of 21k- pouni
cans during the past season. It has
been, beyond q doubt to The farmers
and Gamers alike, the greatest year for
the industry that has been known. The
market has extended from the Missouri
river on the east to the Pacific coast on
the west, and several carload Ship
ments have been made TO Chicago ard
Iowa points. From $4,000 to 100000
mas been paid out in wages. At the
rate of $40 per ton double the amount
paid i'm Baltimore or California. 5000 00G
was paid to the farmers for tomatoes
alone. But once before mas the price
per ton reached so on the local mar
kets. In round figures. $4,000 was paid
to the fruit growers for their product
Price Steadily Increases.
In spite of the Increased pack, the
Prices have steadily advanced and show
no signs of decline or weakness: on the
contrary. there is every Indication OF
increased advances. The total con-
sumption of tomatoes in the United
States is in the neigborhood of 9,GAo 001
cases. The total pack for the country
last year is estimated at 5000, 900 cases,
While authorities differ rs to the cause,
| - i
general pack acCoT1ts for the advance
in prices. The in. TX of population in
| this part of the country may also be
considered q material factor in the IN
| creased consumption. Then, too. IN
other parts of the country the tOma toes
we're watery and Of a poorer grade
than formerly. while in Utah just the
reverse is true. The general quality
was of the highest gr2de. and the pros
duct was better i'm every way than in
previous years For this pack r.
/ 100000, or $50 carloads of cans. and
three carloads of labels were required.
/ Approximately 100 cars of coal, three
cars of sugar and 100 cars of box ma
terial were used. Seven hundred ami
eight cars were required to move the
pack from the Utah factories.
The inability of the factories to Sc
cure the necessary boxes held them
back considerably on their shipments.
] The box dealers, claiming that they
were unable to set cars, were supplying
| boxes to take care of the fresh fruit
shipments first. evidently figuring that
the canned goods would not suffer and
| could be taken care of later in the sea-
son. The expenses of the Gamers were
increased considerably owing 10 the aG-
vance in materials. etc. Packing box
material advanced 30 Der cent during
/ the season; solder jumped 100 per cent,
and the cost of labor also went sky
ward. During the past ten years the
cost of labor Tor the factories has adj
vanced 200 per cent. and a majority Of
the time it was scarce atY y price.
Utah Market Helped.
The general shortage in other parts
of the United States made the Utah
market brisk. The earthquake in San
Francisco had the direct result of open
ing up the Nevada markets, which the
Utah Gamers were unable to enter be-
fore that time Originally the local
market was limited to Colorado. Utah.
Montana and Idaho. 1t is not more
than once in every ten years that the
extensive markets available in 1906 are
open to Utah products
! There are twenty-five canning fac
tories in Utah. Fourteen of this NUM-
Der are located in Weber county, which
produces 10 per cent Of the total JG-
mato pack, the balance being grown in
Davis and Box Elder counties. The
first factory to he erected I'm Utan was
constructed at Ogden in 1889. One or
two plants have been added each year
since until the present number was
reached.
Not only have the number OF canning
companies increased. but they have ex-
perimented extensively in the packing
of the different products. Most of thesa
have been successful. in 1906 the Utah
Canning company made 4 trial pack
of hominy. The result was entirely sat-
isfactary, and another effort viii prob
ably be made Oh a larger scale during
the coming season. Baked Deans ara
another product that IS now being
placed on the market by this company.
These are being put up in three differ
ent styles. WORCESTERSHIRE sauce is
also being manufactured 2nd VIII prob
ably be listed among the staple lines
of the Utah canneries. Catsup was
manufactured more extensively during
1906 than previously; especially IS this
true OF the bottled cGtSuo. No less
than $500 cases of the bottled goods,
10. 900 cases of gallon cans, or forty carr
loads. were shipped by the Utah cOn-
Germs Before another supply of pulp
can be secured. il is likely that the out
put of catsup will be doubled from the
supply of pulp packed in the cellars
of the companies, which supply con-
sists of 1900 ffty-gallon barrels.
Statistics of 1906 Pack.
The total iteniized pack Cor 1896 is as
follows:
No
| Products Size. Cases
Tomatoes e. ............. 21z-pound $4,000
Tomatoes go. .......... Gallon 12GO0
Catsup . ..........-..... Gallon Il coo
Catsl1D .....-........ Bottled 200
Peas - ..-..-.......... 2-pound 5000
String beans ............ 2-pound 20,JHi
Pumpkin 49,. ..........- 2E-pound 10o00
! PiImpkin.... ...... ....- Gallon 5000
AsparagllS =. .........-- 3-pOund 1850
Rh11barb . ............. Gallon 1GOg
Strawberries =. 1900. 2l5-pOund iN0