Smyrna times., 1906-07-25
TRI.STATE GAMERS MEET IN Will MINGToN
Walter 0. tiOffecker of This Town President
aud Some Interesting Facts Brought Out.


ners of tomatoes and other products
in Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey
held an important meeting at Will
mington Thursday, Ex-Congressman
W. o. Hoffecker, of Smyrna, the
president, presided. The object was
to consider the acreage and crop con-
ditions, and to take action on the sub
Ject of pure food. The pure-food
matter occupied nearly the entire se,-
sion. Frank Gorrell, of Belair, Md,
made an address on the pure Food
Law as Regarded by the Packers AS
sociation." President Hoffecker spoke
along the same line, declaring that
the Gamers are in accord with all pure
food legislation.
Resolutions were adopted indorsing
the pure-food legislation passed by
Congress, declaring that the canning
industry in the three States is conduc-
TED IN sanitary and cleanly manner
and inviting public inspection of all
plants in the three States represented
in the association. The resolution
also condems misleading statements
In regard to the industry.
The retail grocers, at least some of
them seem to be getting in lire with
the Gamers, and we'll they may since
canned food products are entering
more and more in its general consump-
ton. The large retailers of canned
goods recognizing the great injustice
done the canning industry by the
publication of such misleading reports
as were printed concerning the inves-
tigation of the factories of the Chicago
meat packers and further recognizing
that the public generally are largely
inclined to include the whole canning
industry as in the same category with
the meat packers, are including III
their advertisements statements OF
facts concerning the cleanliness of can
ming factories, and thoroughly sani
tary conditions under which food pro-
ducts are canned, as witness Gimbe
Brothers advertisement in the Phila.
delphia papers on Monday last. This
firm invites their customers and friends
to visit if possible while on their sum
mer vacation canning factories and SCI
for themselves how cleanly and sani
tary canned goods are packed, claim
ing that they are freer from germs
1 when packed in the canning factories
than they possibly can be when pu
up at home, because of the greater
heat in their sterilization in the fac
tory than is possible in the kitchen
And also the use of machinery in hand
ling the raw material in the factory as
compared with the often dirty hands
used in their preparation in the kit
chen. Gimbel Brothers advertisement
above referred to sets more clearly
before the public the true state of tn
case touching the canning industr.
than does any publication we hav
seen. And coming as it does from
retail merchant instead of a Gamer, i
ought to make a most favorable i'm
preston on the consumers of canned
goods, and do much to break dow
the thoroughly unwarranted prejudic
existing in some instances against car
ned goods.
Cleanliness IN the canning factory
e an absolute necessity. Otherwise th
goods canned will spoil, involving
great loss to the Gamer.
The consuming public lose sight c
i this phase of the question, and henC
are the more easily mislead and prejr
diced against canned goods. If th
retailers generally should follow !
!, the footsteps of Gimbel Brothers
their advertisements concerning cal
!, ned goods, it would be a great scho
of education to the public and sure
greatly increase the consumption
= canned goods. correspondingly stimu
: lating this great industry.