Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-07-26
TO CAN HERE SOON At COST
Community Canning Center
Planned at Morrill, Hall.
Machinery Ordered and Mrs. w. Sc
ward webb Contributes Enough to
Buy Initial 1000 Cans-Meet-
ing Thursday Night.

! community canning factory: That's
what part Of the basement of Morrill, hall
will soon be transformed into SO that any
body In town with vegetables or fruits to
! can. can have the work done at cost. The
canning school during the first week OF the
summer session was only beginning. 1t
wascanning by hot water BATH practically
/ without machinery. Now steam pressure
Gamers with a capacity of 1000 cans day
VIII be Installed. as soon as the machinery
arrives, together with other equipment
necessary: retorts blanching apparatus,
Steers and packing contrivances. The
canning factory Is to be a permanent insti-
tuition from now on in which the State
university will can its surplus for the use
OF the boarding house and Grassmount.
The latter alone have 1900 half gallon cans
waiting to be filled. Anybody Is welcome,
however to use the machinery. and a SUI
pervisor will be in charge during certain
hours and days Of the week.
RALLYING HOME GAMERS.
e. F. Gebhardt, chairman of the Bur.
lington district committee of the Vermont
committee Of public safety, is head Of &
movement to save the community's sur
plus In this way. Mrs. w. Seward Webb
has contributed a sum sufficient to buy
1900 cans. Mr.. Gebhardt has sent out a
call for meeting Of four women represen.
tatives from each of the various churches
OF Burlington and of the Howard Re.
lief and Neghborhood House societies tc
convene at the high school this eve-
ming to take such action as may be
deemed advisable. Mr.. Gebhardt and his
associates suggest that these representa-
tives form themselves into a central COM
mittee Of control, duly differed. and that
they call upon their respective societies
~ bo ,bor
to participate in the work as may be re-
quired. the idea being that the control
should be equally distributed while the
work should be thrown open to all, with
out limit, who have desire to further the
project. Committees should be formed as
follows: A committee on publicity to keep
the matter before those liable to have
surplus products, to the end that they be
at all times informed of the possibility of
aiding this work. committee for the
| soliciting and gathering Of the products,
who should be kept in close touch with
| some central point to receive telephone
and mail communications promptly. One
! car for four hours per week has already
| been contributed for the use of this COM
mittee. committee for assisting the
l. regular stan at the stations that the
| expense at that point be kept at the
| minimum. Possibly this committee might
also receive messages from persons hav-
ing produce to send, and transmit the
Il same to the gathering committee. A com.
II mittee for the soliciting of funds should
II this become necessary. The only initial
II expense now in sight, assuming the volun.
teer service will work out as above. will
ii be such amount as the extension service
| may determine as necessary to cover thu
III actual cost to them at the station, Mrs
III w. Seward Webb. in order to forward
II the project without delay. having kindly
| offered to contribute an amount sufficient
| to cover the purchase of two Thousand
cans to begin with. In fact the cans ar,
II already under order,
/ 1T is important that the public be mad,
| to feel that this undertaking is solely fo
the needy and will in no way enter int
/ competition with the local markets excep
| in the loss of any business going t.
| charity, which the merchants are glad t.
| yield The committee should therefore bt
Il in position to promise that should Their,
u be more than sufficient to carry through
n the winter the surplus will be either car
II ried over or sold through some local mar
Il ket and not at private SALE
ii LAS to distribution, the canned STUFF
ii should be sold. to the various societies
II interested in charities. at price to cove
ii cost. and by them dispensed as they ma.
| ueem pest, Dut without pront. II this cos
II price Is made to include cans contribute,
by Mrs. Webb, the sales would create
fund. equal to this years fund. for an
II other year, and so on indefinitely If re
quired. But there are no strings to tina
III contribution and this question is entirel
ii in the hands of the committee
III This project throughout has the stronI
| endorsement of Mrs. Burritt of tn
Howard Relief. Mrs. Burritt makes tn
statement that because Of prohibitiv
| prices 1t was almost impossible to pro
vide change diet for the needy comin
under her care last winter. and that tn
same day-to-day, meal-to-meal diet pro
vided. though nourishing and wholesome
became almost qualmish because Of II
sameness. ITO abolish just this one condi
ton would be worth while." she said, st
III say nothing of its helpfulness in the even
II of an extreme food shortage"