Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-07-15

tassputi. SIC rhis Haa oSpernrui
= Aiif y. which is ln charge "a ~. D. =.
wei "a. nf che animal uhyaioiuHiral
iobVniety So the huttpU ~ encmmtrs,
nil niitt g iheruuuh study ga the
ish fnunht in the Aiainc saruinc wa
tor. ard The methods ~ rnVkins them
cmt ltycd ~ thc Maine tanners. The
ohiett is o. Improve the uuaiity and
reputation q American sar'lints.
which ~ late. with few exceptions,
hny ben OF inferior quality and often
lnclcd when unfit for pnckins or elise
80 naek "a as 90 he a very poor article
~ diet. The attention Of the depart
mcut was brought a. the situntion very
fnrcihly when Il was found necessary
60 ornvr the seizure of about 10000
Gems of American sardines in PITTS
burEh. and 800 cases. or nearly 1907
oup quarter aud half cans. In Norfolk.
The American snrdlne Industry az
present. the tanners themselves admit.
Is IN deplorablc condition. what
was oucc flnurishins and money
nsaklag sea- fund industry has thtnugh
destructive competition hcen brought
90 y stage where many canneries are
no longer packing. and where those
which DO pack are compelled to sell
ihrir product az les then cost. Conn
.etlrg packers have cut the pricgs 81
fheir products Co point where u Is
practically Impossible 10 put up first
cluFs sordines Ia proper manner.
The whole aim is Go pact qugniity and
give no thought 90 the quality u the
product There are ~ course few
packers who maintain quality hat
many. u 4 found, Pack "teedy" fish
q condition resulting from the dccom-
position Of certain food that the nsh
cai-- ga arc packinr soft fish ur dis
cards from the other factories These
are unit TOR food ana absolutely ruin
the reputation % the American snr-
dire For some years back, everyone
in the Maine industry has been light
ms everyone clsc The wealthy pack
cfs are selling their safdincs al 70 loss,
ard meeting this loss from former
profits Those who have had no cap
ital behind them either have had a.
quit or else pack inferior fish Ia the
cheapest possible way. 80 that they
could continue "a sell NJ prevailing
prices.
The Maine surdine Gamers uuW re-
nligc that their policy is sclf-destruc-
tive hut heretofore they have heen
unable Ia get together Ia save the Ia
dustry These men have welcomed
the coming 81 the representatives -
The department and already are
showing signs ~ getting tog Their.
stopping cut-throut competition and
restoring the industry to a place
where they can afford to make e real
ly superior brand Of sardincs which
win compete IN quality ana flavor
with the French, Norwegian and Ems
iish sardlncs some of the packers
hive volunteered 10 allow the govern
ment specialists a. use sheir factories
for complete experiments. and have
expressed their desire to cooperate In
all possible ways with the department
df agriculture o. restore the American
pr, duct to favor
The new laboratory has already dts
covered enc important point in the
packing process which causes luss.
The Maine packers pack as large tsh
AS they arc aplc 90 gcs into "a loN-
hsh from inches tu Inches are
packed Ia so-culled "a mustard sizes.
Tho smaller nsh are packed in the
small ~ size cans. ana many al
these are too large for good sardinc
size. To mako the fish ia the Guns.
The houd. small part ~ the tail, and
from ~ 10 IA of the best part Of
the nsh arc cui of with a pair ~
scissors. Bs actual determination, AZ
per cent of the nsh goes 90 waste. ana
of this 81 per cent Is good edible
meat
The nowly established laboratory
will az uncv begin "a thorough inN"sti-
Cation into thr best possible method
ui packing American sardlucs in oil
and mustard nnd win give particular
attention Go determining the sizes o.
FISH best adapted fUr canning in the
small OH Sizes aud in the mustard 3-t
yizc. lt VIII begin az once an inN csu-
Cation of Why's and means for over
coming the destructive 'rcd feed
condition. which U.s. a troublesome fac
tor az certain seasons of the year 900
the packing OF American sardin.s u
Us believed that lf the neh that have
been feeding con the red feed are
allowed to stB, n weirs until they
have digest"d this red feed they can
then he packed perfcctly and viii not
detetlOrHte ~ properly proccssed. ~
they are worked while the red feed
still remains iu their stomachs, how
ever they dr,umUoso rapidly before
being pat into the cans, and make %
very inferior product when they ere
oanacd.
Tho department. of agriculture has
no direct power tu compel local manu-
factuiors to follow amy method u may
suggest us far as any product made
for sale within The state Is concerned.
itH power over -ardines b. limited 20
shipments in Interstate commerce ln
such cases. the department can rcc-
omend the Seizure az mlshranded and
ndulternted goods. or those containing
products unit for human conhump-
tion. Manufacturers. however have
shown groat eaverncss 20 aid in the
discovery 81 methods which VIII Inn
prove their product They have begun
10 REALIZE that it D. time 90 agree among
themselves 90 discontinue thc old
methods Ut competition, ana to work
tugether 80 Improve the quality ANA
restore the good name 81 the Amer
lean sardino. This year they feel That
d rhange a. PARTICULARLY necessary 90
their own salvation. for thc reason
that the catch s unusually Hight ana
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