Smyrna times., 1910-02-02
RIG GAMERS CONVENTION
TO MEET ATLANTIC CITY
wo.HoFFECKER OF SMYRNA TO
MAKE ONE OF THE ADDRESSES
rr;.state Convention Held Meeting
Last Week and are Hopeful of
Rise in Canned Goods.

week
Rise in Canned Goods. t
FIX. Congressman Walter o. Hof :
fecker, of Smyrna, president of the !
Tri-State Packers Association, will
doliver an address at the annual con-
yonton of the National Gamers As ,,
sociation, in Atlantic City, February !
7.12. He will, on the morning of
February 8, reply to an address of
welcome to be delivered by Mayor
STOW. This will be the first day of !
the business sessions. The convention
will be held on the steel pier. Mr..
Uoffecker's remarks will be general.
He will dwell upon the movement to
have Congress enact laws providing
for the governmental inspection of
all canning plants and their products,
and also for a Standardization of the
size of cans. At the national conven-
tion in Louisville, KY. last year, a /
committee of which Mr.. Hoffecker is
chairman, was appointed to fix a
hasis of standards. This committee
will make it's report at the forth
coming meeting. Nearly all the men,
hers of the Tri-State Association will
attend the convention. Their presence
will be important because of the fact
that sixty per cent of the tomatoes
canned in the United States are
hacked by members of the society.
This shows what a leading factor
Delaware, Maryland and New Jersey
are in the tomato packing trade. Mr..
Hoffecker will take active steps at the
Atlantic City meeting to elevate the
canned goods industry and place it on
as high a plane as possible. The
rigid pure food laws and the constant
" increasing price of food will, it is
evident, serve to make canned pro-
ducts staple commodities. H. b.
Messenger, of Federalsburg, Md, /,
will also deliver an address.
Tri-State Gamers Hold Meeting.
Resolutions urging Federal inspec-
tion of canning factories and Fedora
Standardization of canned goods were
discussed at the annual meeting o1
the Tri State Hackers Association
in the Clayton House, in Whining
ton, Thursday. This committee com.
prises Senator R. c. Barnard, o
Camden, Dell; Frederick Owens, o
Denton, Nd. j; C. S. Stevens, o
Cedarville, N. j.; and Charles S
Torsch of Baltimore. The idea is t
eliminate competition with the ii
responsible packer, whose product
are placed upon the same plan q
the responsible packer. Federal il
spection and stan ardization will, tn
packers believe, take the canning il
dustry from the sfavor occasions
by reports of unsanitary factories ar
of canning of poor qualities. Boz
resolutions were offered by M
Owens, and will be submitted to Il
meeting of the National Associate
at Atlantic City on February q
by President w. o. Hoffecker, WI
will represent the Tri State Leagu
They were given preliminary discu
sion at an informal conference
about twenty of the packers at t
CLAYTON House Wednesday nigh
Thirty or more attended Thursd
mornings session. w. o. Hoffeck'
president. of Smyrna, presided.
resolution requesting the expr'
companies to restore special rates
canning goods sent out as samp
was adopted and copies order
forwarded to the companies.
Predict Rise in Canned Goods Mar
Regarding the condition of the C
ned goods trade reports were subn
ted to the effect that tomatoes are
being sold at a loss of i've to Sc
cents a dozen to the packers. Thi
because of the unusually heavy p
of tomatoes during the season
1907, 1908 and 1909. The avera
consumption of GAINED tomatoes
the country is about one million ca
or two million dozen cans, a MOI
There are now held by the pacl
about two million cases, and 1t IS
lieved there are enough cases
by wholesale ami jobbers to last U
September, when the pack will
put on the market. At the best t
will not be much more than the
mand, it was reported, and this
cause a raise in the prices OF ca
tomatoes within a few MOI
President w. D. Hoffecker and
officers we're reelected for 7