Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-04-26
HoGMER IN GREENWOOD.
Interview Reproduced From The
Greenwood Journal Viii
be of Interest to Many
of Our Readers.

Mr.. E. F. Hogmer, who for the
past II years been connected with
the Hastings Industrial Co., of
Chicago is III CIR, On wood for the
purpose of interesting our people in
establishing canning factory. Not
only is Mr.. Hogmer looking for the
establishing of this new enterprise,
but he and his wife are also looking
for live town in which to make
their home, for, to use his express
sion, :Chicago is a good city to be
from" "and is a splendid place for
those who have plenty of this
worlds goods, and whose principal
occupation is spending money.
To representative of the Daily
Journal, Mr.. Hogmer said: Green
wood looks good to me; for town
practically l5 years old, Greenwood
certainly does things and as this
section will grow anything in the
line of fruits and vegetables that
can be grown anywhere in the
United States, Mrs. Hogmer and l
have come to the conclusion that
Greenwood is good enough for US. "
He continued by saying, | have
severed my connection with the
Hastings Industrial Co., and will in
the future engage in the business of
organizing and building canning
factories on my own responsibility.
l have been in a country that will
produce as many tomatoes and
sweet potatoes to the acre as South
Carolina, and this seems to be in the
producing district. Tomatoes will
average tons or better to the acre,
and canning factories pay So per
ton delivered to the factory; in the
north, tomato ground yields from
SIS to 500 per acre, and the season
covers a period of two months;
sweet potatoes will make $50 BUSH
els per acre, and soc bushel is the
price paid at the factory; to be sure
the small amount of sweet potatoes
that are now raised here, bring bet
ter prices than this, but at soc a
bnshel, compare the output with an
average acre of cotton: sweet pot1-
toes will run about S75 per acre and
up, while the average acre of cot
ten will yield one-half-at the pres
ent price, abou. sT5 per bale with
the seed estimated at SIS per bale,
makes the average acre of cotton
yield about $40.50 per acre. Sweet
potatoes and tomatoes require about
one third the fertilizer that cotton
requires, and net over half the
work; if my enterprise is established
here, the outfit will include To-
mato Transplanter, which will set
, out and water five acres per day.
The plant which ! propose to or
ganize here, will cost $4,000 COM
plete. This will incl building
3oxloo feet, 3ox6s of which will be
two floors, and will employ 80 to so
people, goodly portion of which
will be boys and girls; tomato seed
should be tsown about the 10th OF
May, and set out at intervals which
will make them ripen during July
and August, or up until frost comes.
Canned Tomatoes, Sweet Potatoes
and Corn are the three leading sell
ers on the market today, but this
country does not seem to be able to
compete with the Northern markets
in the production of corn to can;
but the plant which l propose to
erect will take care of anything that
is brought to it, and will be known
as the sanitary system" equipped
with the very latest improved ma
chinery. ! have had enough en-
couragement since being in Green
wood, to justify me in saying that
in my judgement, l will not have
any trouble in subscribing the nee
essary stock to build the plant. l
shall superintend the building and
equipping of it personally, and am
ready to take the management of it
provided the Directors can not find
a more suitable or experienced per-
SON."