Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1913-04-01
CANNED FOODS
HAVE DEFENDERS
Tri-State Packers President
Says No Product is
Purer

Walter o. Hoffecker, president of
the Tri-State Gamers Association.
writing on canned food products.
says
There are no foods appearing on
the American table to-day purer,
more sanitary. more toothsome and
more healthful than canned goods
In fact, a very large proportion of
the menu on hotel tables. and in res
taurants, cafes. boarding houses. on
shipboard. railroad dining cars, etc.
is canned food. And indeed, canned
foods are increasingly constituting a
large share of the viands appearing
on the table in our home. And why
should this not be so? With the
Federal pure food law now in full
force and operation and in many Of
the States, especially those in which
the canning industry exists to any
considerable extent. there is State
supervision. regulation and inspection
of canning factories So that all can.
ned foods must be pure. sound, clean
and prepared under sanitary condi-
tons.
Fresh from the Farm.
Gaming factories for the most
part are located in the rural sections.
whence the fruits and vegetables are
delivered to them fresh from the or
chards, truck gardens and fields. and
while thus fresh and In full possess
sion Of their natural lusciousness and
flavor, are canned for the most part
by machinery. and without the touch
of human hands This is in marked
contrast with the fresh fruits and
vegetables. so-called, purchased IN
our city markets.
Wet With The Dew.
with the Gamers it frequently oc-
ours that the raw products are deiiv-
cred to them still wet with the morn
ing dew and within an hours time
those same sweet lucious. pure prod
ucts are i'm cans ready for delivery
to the purchaser In the latter case
they may have been gathered several
days before reaching the city market
having Travelled In hot. stuffy cars or
boats, and this treatment producing a
chemical change in their character
completely robbing them OF their
natural flavor and value. Then. reach
ing the city in this damaged condi.
ton they set around the market
places or stores for hours or days,
only 10 receive the germ-laden dust
of the street and filthy cutters be-
fore reaching the home Of the con-
sumner. II they are carted in by
wagons they must be gathered the
day before and be carted long dis
tances over dusty roads.
The freshness Of the fruits and
vegetables delivered to the canneries
makes them far purer and more
wholesome than those obtainablo ia
our city markets. Canned foods ars
all right, and must increasingly be.
come in large measure an important
article of food on our American
tables.
Tomato First Place.
Among the numerous canned vege-
tables, the tomato holds first place.
More than twenty-elght million doz-
ems OF cans of this vegetable alone
we're canned in the United States last
year. Il Is popular because Il is
toothsome and healthful and low
priced. In this day when we hear so
much about the high cost of living,
canned foods, especially canned to-
matoes, are always exempt from
criticism.
Another reason why canned tona
toes are so popular is the great varie-
ty Of forms or ways In which they
can be served. They are used in
quite a variety of soups, also sauces
for baked beans. cold meats. etc. In
addition to plain stewed tomatoes. the
larger pieces in the can may be fried
or baked with bread crumbs. Indeed
the variety Of uses to which can Of
tomatoes may be put it quite numer-
Gus.
Pure and Healthful.
"If the people generally would only
realize what splendid. pure, health
full and cheap food they have in can
ned tomatoes, in fact in canned foods
in general, the consumption Of this
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