The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1909-07-23
THE CANNING OF
COLORADO GOODS:
MANY LARGE FACTORIES THAT
PUT UP VEGETABLES, FRUIT
AND MILK.
HER PEAS ARE FAMOUS
PICKLES, TOMATOES, PORK AND
BEANS, PUMPKINS, AsPARA.
GUS; ALSO sPEcIALTIEs.

BY A. ]. Tint.
Colorado is rapidly increasing her
prestige as being the greatest food
producing state in the Union. Consid-
cred from the viewpoint of variety our
state is exceptionally the premier of
all. Our wonderful development OF the
live stock industry has been marvel
Gus. From this source we draw our
dairy supplies. Our fruit and vege.
tables are world-famous: Arkan-
sas valley contaloupes, western
slope apples. peaches, northern Colo.
RADIO potatoes, etc, that are rarely
equaled and never surpassed; these,
with our agricultural resources being
developed in every part of the state,
especially by the enormous irrigation
projects. that are throwing open to the
farmer thousands of acres OF choice
land. should enable us to supply the
demands from the state and not be
obliged to import from our sister
states the immense tonnage of grain.
etc. that is required to supply our
mills and elevators for home and in
terstate distribution.
The secret of any states wealth is
the ability to distribute products both
in the crude and manufactured state,
the value of exports to always exceed
that OF the imports. In this article
We wish to tell Colorado people of an
industry that contributes large share
to the commercial wealth Of the state
1t is the canning industry. We have
factories located in various sections of
the state which handle immense guam
titles Of the products grown in their
vicinity.
Our Colorado canneries prepare and
distribute all kinds of fruits and vege-
tables. Their products find market
in all sections of the United States.
The Colorado peas. beans and pickles
are famous for their superior quality.
We also prepare superior food prod
uct Of pork and beans. The increase
in shipments to all territory shows the
great demand for these staple prod.
ucts.
The following are few OF the spe-
cialties grown and prepared in Colo
RADIO for the market: Beans. peas. to-
matoes. pumpkin, asparagus tips,
pickles. olives. relishes. sour kraut.
mustard, Chill sauce. horse radish.
catsup. mincemeat. apple and peach
butter. preserves. cider vinegar, pork
and beans. salad dressing and con.
densed milk. II is our constant desire
to impress upon our readers the i'm
portance Of calling for Colorado-made
goods. as you will secure the best that
money can buy. and also be helping
build greater Colorado.
The statistics given below show
what an important part our canning
industry plays in the commercial life
OF Colorado. The number of employees
directly dependent upon this line OF
work is conservatively estimated at
1000. with an average daily wage OF
SO. making an annual pay roll dis
bursement OF s936.000. With your 10y
atty and influence TO help In our cam
paigp for building up Colorado by buy.
ing Colorado-made goods. We can
double the pay roll OF every factory In
the state as greater demand for
home products necessitates an In.
crease in the number OF employees to
manufacture and supply the demand.
The following are n few items OF inter.
est: We have very important In.
dustry in modern equipped con.
donsed milk factory, and II is OF no
small nnm,uf N van r,all1a that this