Gilpin observer., 1909-07-22
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. ]. Zint.

Colorad0 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
rado 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 a 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. 1t is our constant desire
] to impress upon our readers the i'm
4 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 $936.O00. With your 10y
atty and influence to help in our cam
paign for building up Colorado by buy
i ing Colorado-made goods, we can
double the pay roll of every factory in
the state as a greater demand for
home products necessitates an In
crease in the number of employees to
manufacture and supply the demand.
The following are few items of inter
est: We have a very important in
dustry In a modern equipped con-
densed milk factory, and it is Of no
small moment if you realize that this
factory shipped $4,000 pounds Of con.
densed milk in 1908, valued at $780,
900. It required 100000 pounds OF
milk to supply that number OF cases
for market This factory employees
twenty-four people. and disburses $10.-
900 a year in wages.
One great feature that appeal to
every housewife is cleanliness in food
preparation. Our canning institutions
pride themselves as possessing this
virtue, and a visit to any one OF the
plants will convince you that they are
scrupulously clean, or, quoting from
one Of our oldest and best, "the clean
est kitchen In the cleanest town." 1t
is your privilege and would be your
pleasure to visit to one of these plants,
and after you have looked into any Of
their large copper kettles which are
polished like FURNISHED gold. your re-
Election will show an expression OF
satisfaction in being convinced that
the statements above are true. We
have one factory in the state that
stsam-cooks asparagus tips in an i'm
mense silver caldren valued at sev-
eral thousand dollars, and this pre-
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