Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-06
CANNED FOOD.


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careful in their diagnosis Of cases OF
sudden stomachic illness. The Gamers
express the conviction that very few cases
of ptomaine poisoning can be laid at the
door of canned products.
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The Gamers are advocating a national
goods. They point es-
Believe in pecially to the succeGs
Advertising. carried ., Nv the r,na.
apple industry of Hawaii A few years
ago the shipment of canned pineapples
from Hawaii into the United States was
almost a negligible business. Then fol-
lowed a nationwide advertising cam
paign, showing how good and how sweet
Hawaiian pineapples are, with the result
that the business advanced by leaps and
bounds. The Gamers who advocate such
a campaign for all kinds Of canned foods
estimate that so per cent increase in
the demand for these products would
mean 100000 additional cases Of to-
matoes, 100000 cases Of corn and
100000 cases OF peas. 1t Is calculated
that this would easily add 10 cents
dozen to the Gamers price OF canned
goods. Here is where the Gamer and
the consumer part company
Some light on the cost Of living propo-
sition in the United States is afforded by
odicals of the canning industry, 'The
Canned Goods Trade. 1t asserts that 1t
has often seen the Gamer get 65 cents a
dozen for tomatoes. which the jobber
sold 70 f1,A
and the retailer to the consumer for 10
dozen. 1t will be seen from this that
from the cannery to the consumer the
price OF canned foods on that basis. in
serted that the consumer has been edl-
Gated to pay 10 cents a can for canned
foods and that the Gamers ought likewise
to educate the jobbers to pay cents. or
corn is the only canned product that lis
regularly retailed for 10 cents q can
Many retailers are urging the importance
OF booming the corn business. since 1t IL
canned foods which may be sold for q
dime.
The canning industry of the United
States is an important one The Gamers
value Of the prod
Value the Product uct is placed at
at $15o,ooo,ooo. s an = fsmsm Masn
that the consumers price is from 80 to
100 per cent higher than this. 1t will be
seen that canned foods enter largely into
the diet of the people. It is estimated
that nearly 2Oo0OO0.OO0 pounds Of fresh
milk is condensed annually In the United
States to supply the condensed milk
trade Of the country.
The problem OF using coal tar dyes In
the canning process has been one over
which much controversy has ragged. The
United States bureau of chemistry has
decided that there are seven dyes which
may be used without harm to the product
Four out Of these seven are for various
shades OF red. The French government
allows the Gamers Of that country to use
twenty-one kinds of analine dyes. A
French inventor has just perfected a
green. He extracts the green coloring
matter from spinach. technically known
as chlorophyll It Is first dissolved In
alkaline water. Then the vegetables are
drochloric acid to which some OF the
coloring matter is added. Green is thus
deposited and cooked into the tissues of
the product to be canned. The food is
then washed and put In the cans.
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canned 1ood made to music Is one of
the newest departures in the canning
world. ]. n. Hale,
Canned Food Georgia peach
Made to Music. packer mas found
stimulation for his workers and a cheap
investment. He therefore hires lot OF
colored artists with vtolins, banjos, bones.
etc., and whenever the work In the e.
Enlistment begins to lag the music
strikes up and all the plantation meIo-
dies Of the past and present are rendered
for the benefit Of the working people.
who find 1t a relief for that tired feeling
which comes after many hours Of hard
work.
There is no need OF any Gamer nut.
ting out an inferior product today. The
National Gamers Association has set
its face firmly against the utilization of
inferior products by the canner1es. A.
laboratory has been established for can
ners where. by paying fiat annual fee,
they can have all of their products en-
amined and tested SO as to insure their
freedom from ptomaines and their whole
someness, even after long periods Of
preservation in tin. How long products
may be kept in cans is illustrated by an
incident which happened at Kidder, Md,
some time ago. grocery store which
had been In the hands of one family for
more than a generation passed into other
nanoS. There was found on the shelf a
can of prunes which was known to be
forty-five years old. It was opened and
the prunes were found to be as well pre.
served and as wholesome as the day they
were canned.
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One OF the most interesting branches Of
the canning trade il the salmon canning
+. industry Of the
Use OF Machinery Pacific coast.
in Preparing Fish b nns use ,o Of n ms-
pairing the FISH affords splendid exam
pie Of how human ingenuity may solve
many problems. Years ago hsh were
cleaned. scraped and cut up by Chinese
laborers. Then some one invented ma
chine known as the iron chink" One
Of these machines will do the work Of
many dozen Cinnamon and do it better.
A floating salmon cannery has been es-
tablished on the old ship Glory Of the
Seas. On the upper deck Is the 'iron
chink." After it removes the scales, en-
trails, heads and tails of the fish they
are delivered to the washing tanks, from
which they are carried by endless belts