The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-03
PRESERVING FACTORY
ONE OF CITY'S GREAT
EST NEEDS

The proposition of building
and operating a citrus fruit and
vegetable cannery n this city
fought to interest every grove
man, packer, trucker, business
and laboring man in and around
y Arcadia" said citizen who is
interested in the advancement OF
the masses to an Enterprise rep
resentative yesterday.
j Continuing, he said: "We need
this factory as much or more
than any community in South
Florida. 1t will not only turn
our by-products-truly a shame
full waste-into thousands of dol
lars but will also give employ
ment to large numbers OF labor
ers at remunerative wages. 1t
will encourage trucking and fruit
growing and prove a decided
stimulus to all lines of business.
Arcadia should by all means
make investigation of the can
merry that was place in operation
at Auburndale fe weeks ago.
| think we should invite Mr..
Langley, who is at the head OF
the Auburndale project, to come
to Arcadia and give us in detail
his plans, since he offers to To-
cate plants wwherever. sufficient
encouragement is offered"
The Enterprise, feeling the
need of an industry OF this kind,
believes steps should be taken TO
at once establish a factory here,
50 that we may handle the late
crop of fruit and the spring and
summer crop of vegetables.
There is decided increase in
trucking acreage and there will
also be an enormous amount OF
citrus fruit products. We ought
to convert the 'culls' into good
money and at the same time give
employment to our laboring men.
a disatch from Palmetto to the
Tampa Tribune of Jan. IS says
"Palmetto, under the auspices
Of its board of trade, is about to
establish canning factory tc
take care OF the surplus grape
fruit and vegetables of the Man
aztec section, in connection witt
Dixie Canning Company of Au
burndale, Fla, who have a sue
ccssiul method OF preserving
grapefruit which has been in OPP
Grafton with modern plant fo
two years.
"A company with about $3o
900 capital will shortly be organ
. lied with shares of par value o
; SIS.
, They expect to produce abou
$4,000 cans daily, employ1n!
> about eighty people and usln'
IRON 500 to 500 boxes OF grape
fruit daily.
, The work done by the Au
burndale plans shows that tn
, goods can be produced at prof.
it OF about 20 per cent to tn
, company, and alter allowing
+ fair profit to the retailer, be sol
D as cheaply as the cheapest grad
E of canned goods that can be ship
r ped in from the north.
; The shares will be OF a pa
: value OF SIS, some OF the smalle
q growers being allowed to max
part payment by future deliver.
OF fruit. q"
a The Manatee Fruit Compan
t has agreed to take $1,000 G
n stock and several large grower
Y are anxious to get in on tn
ground floor of such a generall
beneficial proposition, 50 no dill
iiculty is anticipated i'll gettin
r an early start.
e Grapefruit will be the mai
: product, as there is practical IL
d competition to meet in that line
p and the canned fruit sampled b
the board OF trade had all til
freshness and tang OF the Tres
e fruit, after being canned by tn
$ company process, but all kind
: of vegetables will be canned i
: season, and there is enoug
grown here to keep the factor
q running ON I'LL time the yea
: round"
The Miami Metropolis of re
' cent date says: The state wi
: watch with interest the fortune
g of that new canning factory a
Auburndale. 1t is proposed t
take care of grapefruit that be
cause OF its off color or russo
: skin is not to be sold at a goo
u price in northern markets. Tn
> factory intends to can the frui
and claims to have a process tina
: puts it up in delicious style"
The I akeland Teleoram II