The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-02-12

the greed of the promoter. That he
may make a great rake-off, he ad-
yises a large plant which he sells the
community at large profit. Moth
| ing less than $4,000 looks good to
/ him; $4,000 is better; $4,000 is
Just enough for the right sized PLAN.
Sc he says. And yet, there are few
/ districts the needs of which could
rot be better taken care of by a
| $4,000 plant. Much money is vast
ed in useless and old-style machin-
cry.
What most towns need is a COM
bined fruit packing and canning
plant. Such plant would receive
all the fruit the grower has TO sell,
packing the best for box shipment
and canning the rest. Such a plant
should have capacity from 6000
to 5000 quart, or 5000 gallon cans
u day. This is a mistake. Few dis
tricts have fruit enough for so large
an output and it costs almost as much
to operate this large line OF naehip=
cry on small output as when pun
ming full capacity.
''Such plant would cost from
$4,000 to $500, according to the
size of the building and cost of ma
terials in various localities. Com
pare this with the promoters; $10,-
200 to $4,000 plants. This factory
could pack any and every kind of
fruits and berries and also to linn
tied extent, tomatoes.
1T is impossible to estimate how
large a profit such plant would
earn, as it is impossible to estimate
the amount of each article which
would be received, packed and can
ned. At the present comparatively
low prices, however, taking apples
as the basis, this plant should earn
not less than $50 net cash a day and
upwards of SIS a day when running
near full capacity in its canning de-
partment alone
"The season on fruits begins early
in August, although berries come in
early in July. 1t would, however, BE-
two or three seasons before berries
would become an item worthy of con-
sideration.
beginning August 15 the factory
could run until December l at least
and perhaps later. This would mean
loo working days at $50 per day
minimum. or $4,000, more than 100
per cent on the cost of the plant.
Understand this is figuring on the
basis of only 5000 cans a day. If
prices improve this plant could cas-
lily net double the sum.
"How much it would earn in its
box packing department would be
simply a guess. 1t depends upon
how much good packing fruit it re-
ceives."
j. S. Dumas of Dayton, said at the
State Horticultural society's meet
ing in Walla Walla, that he harvest
ed $4,000 boxes of apples from a
50-acre orchard. OF course, this was
stupendous and exceptional But
suppose this went through the pro-
posed plant and paid the latter pro-
fit of only - cents box. That pro-
fl would amount to more than $4,000
Many buyers and shippers double
this. There are few fruit districts
in the Inland Empire where the total
acreage in orchards does not aggre-
gate many times 80 acres, though
the WELD of good fruit, we are sorry
to say, averages very low in percen-
tage These are some of the reasons
why every fruit growing community
needs canning factory. and why
many need a combined packing anu
canning plant
How may We obtain factory for
our town9" That's easy, or it ough,
to be easy for every prosperous town
in the fruit growing district 10 or
ganize stock company of $4,000,
Of which $3.50 would build the plant
ard the remainder furnish the neces-
sary working capital for such plant
All that IS needed is for the Com
mercial club, the Fruit Growers I'M
ion, or prominent citizens to take
the initiative. But by all means. Sc
cure an experienced man to guide
you before spending a dollar. Mis-
takes cost many times more than
competent advice.
Neiehborhood Favorite.