Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-04-02

Special legislative Letter to the Willmar Tribune
~ John Lawson.

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ST. Paul, Mar. 3l---Whilo the canning I
industry In this state Is not Of great
magnitude, IN some localities It adds |
measuraDly 70 the general prosperity.
Wherever. there is g canning factory it |
furnishes prontable employment for
LABOR ana q market Tor q product which
IotnerWlse Wound not pc grown. For in-l
stance#last year tnere were put up In |
this state#1,l2O,OOO cans Of green peas. |
Where there Is q market for peas they
are a profitable crop----much more SO
than$ any OF. the staple farm crops. In
deeu from an acre or peas the profit may |
very Well be ten times or more that
! which could be made from the same
land IMPLANTED to wheat, corn or even
potatoes me same thing Is true of
| sweet corn Or which 7.75l.8OO cans were
put up. ihere IS no doubt that the far
mer VINO picked MIS- sweet corn green
and hauled 1t to the local cannery real
lzed much larger proht from the acre
age oeVotea 70 II tnana4 ne DID from a
slm4lar acreage on #Wn1cn ne grew corn
TOT teeo, ana one was as easy To- grow
as tAe otnei. Js,g#@ 53s
r~ CANNERY INSPECTION.
II The state, as presented by the dairy
and food department, has recognized the
/ growing Importance of this industry,
and at it's instance the Legislature at
|; the present session has passed la law
putting all vegetable and fruit Gamer
lies under it's supervision. The COM
mission is required to furnish and dis
seminate information in regard to the
canning industry, to arrange for educa-
tional exhibits and demonstrations. and
to give instructions to the managers of
these factories. 1t is to supervise the
canning, to see that the quality Of the
raw material used is good and in pro-
per. condition as to ripeness, that no
adulterants are used, and so on. The
4 department will also help IN marketing
the product by authorizing the use OF
a state brand which will state that the
I cans were packed under the regulations
i of, and in factory inspected by the Min
/ nesota dairy and food department.. If
/ these rules are faithfully observed there
| is no reason why canned vegetables and
| fruits produced in Minnesota should not
| achieve reputation which will insure
! them profitable, a steady and grow
/ ing market. T-7 H.:
A LUSTY INFANT. Is
! Besides corn and peas as stated tabove
/ there were canned in Minnesota last
1 year $500 cans of tomatoes, $4,000
4 cans of baked beans, 10000 cans OF
string beans, $500 cans of beets, $4,000
| cans OF pumpkin, $4,000 cans or sauer-
kraut and 200 cans of ground cherries,
a total Of 9,392,1O cans, valued at ap-
/ proximately $750,000. This is the out
/ put of twenty factories, and warrants
the claim Of the dairy and food depart
| ment that the canning industry in this
state is dusty youngster."
| .s4.:: MOTHERS PENSIONS,
Few measures before the legislature
III this session have been more talked
about than the mothers pension bill
which a. few days ago was signed by the
n governor and is now the law This law
e recognizes the truth of the poetical adj
e age BE it ever so humble, thereais nc
n place like home,"' and that there is mo
e. influence so elevating as that of mother
8 love- While the state has provided and
e maintains perhaps. the best home for
h INDECENT children in the union, this law
n recognizes that If the home conditions
IS are right it is better for the child tc
T. be with it's mother than even there. Its
e provisions are very simple It author.
It ICES the court. in a case the dependent
d or neglected condition of a child is due
l. wholly or in part to the poverty OF the
e mother and the want of adequate means
r. to care for such child. land that the
:; mother Of such child is otherwise q
e nroner nerson: to have the custody OF
r such child and that the welfare and
n best interests of such child will be best
: subserved by permitting it to remain
Il in the custody of its mother" to file ar
order recurring the county to pay to the
mother not more than $40 month fol
the support Of the child: &4-, - s5s5s
NON PARTISAN LAWMAKERS
AS I write it seems practically GER
'e tain that the next legislature will b.
* elected on non-partisan ballot Tht
influences that brought this about arr
id diverse. 1t is believed it was originally
coined by the radical progressives as $. :