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Maryland State Gamers Association
Told of Necessity of Taking Care
OF Government Before Outside
Business is Considered.

and the allied n&tiOnC, but the armed
forces here and alb DAD, will feature
the third ann!:aI convention Of the
Maryland Gamers Associations, which
opened yesterday afternoon in the
Hotel Emerson, and which will ad-
jOurn with the associations S annual
dinner tonight.
Henry Burden, president OF the
( National Gamers Association, which
represents ab0uv : per cent. of the
| Gamers OF The jnited States and as
/ Sistant in the canned food depart
! meut Of the United States Food Ad-
ministratioN, was the principal spea-
her Yesterday He outlined the con
Gition which exists today, and i'm
! pressed upon the convention that the
! Instruments OF industry must not
t ,orget that there are other things
C!Gre important at this time than
( wealth. and that the war has brou-
ghL out the fact that the spiritual
side OF industry must be recognized
! If victory is to be won.
The Gamers, he said, must take a
! personal interest in the problems OF
/ production next year in view of the
! increasing demands of the army and
{ y
| extensive outside business until the
/ needs Of the armed forces are known
! definitely He predicted that $500
/ 400 men will be in the service within
] 4 year and said that the Gamers
! part in their feeding is large one.
He discussed the tin plate condi-
! ions, and told how the production
nd manufacture of tinpIltes had
t,i +I,p,,.rh pi iy-ity- i,,
( ne pig-tin regions. This problem. he
/ aid. is d serious one and its correc-
! tion depends solely on cooperation
With the Government by all users of
| this material The situation still is
uncertain, he said, and he added that
| action has been taken TO limit GER
| tain productions to conserve this sup
| ply until relief is at hand. COnser-
yation by the Gamers, he said, will
be a great item Mr.. Burden presen
ted a bright outlCokk on the railroad
situStfon and predicted a satisfactory
result in the new railroad progress.
As an example of the results of
cooperation with the Food Admins
tration, Mr. Burden cited that dur
ing last July and August the entire
| beef supply of the United States was
consumed here while during Septem
Der and October after the 'beefless
days" and other methods of conserva-
ton had been iraugurated, enough
beef was saved TO export 100000
pounds of this meat to the allied ma
tons. More stringent measures
must be taken, he predicted, to in
sure safety in the wheat situation.
So far this year. Americas maximum
Of nj hos haAn roach
ed, and from 100000 TO 100000
bushels still must be sent abroad. -
4 think that the food conser
vation program has only begun" Mr..
Burden said. When we really get
down to things we will be surprised
at what we can do. We must rea-
LIE our Obligations They must be
recognized if we want victory. We
must have our meatIess and wheat
less days, and perhaps few 'eatless'
days to win the war. The conser-
vation days must be observed strict
ly, for they will prove Of monumen-
tai value
The question: How is the can
ner to know what is expected of
him?" introduced by George n. Num-
sen, of Baltimore, opened a lengthy
ulSI uSSlOll III w ny II Il4N -iNiII, VI
prices to insure a fair margin OF
profit to the Gamers played prom
inent part The Gamers agreed that
the prices fixed by the Food Admins
tration must be attractive in order
to hold up production. and was ask
ed whether the Administration could
not fix a maximum price upon which
Gamers could figure for next years
business.
Mr.. Burden explained that this
was impossible, but that a conference
between national representatives of
the Gamers and the Government will
be held during Christmas week. 1t
is expected that valuable information
! to the Gamers will follow this ses-
sion.
Under present conditions, it was
brought out, it is impossible to de-
termine the cost of production, upon
which to base a price for future de-
| livery. Several Gamers expressed
the opinion thai the demands of la
Dor cannot be met by the Gamers in
view of the high wages paid at Gov
| ernment cantonments in Maryland.
High wages paid at the proving
| grounds in Hartford county, it was
said, will affect greatly the planting
| season next year.
| That the Government determine a
/ fair margin of profit TO be added at
| production to The cost, was adYocat-
| ed strongly. Objection was made to
| this on the ground that cost varied
| in different sections, thus making
| prices SO different as to result in
| competition too great to be met by
| those whose cost of production was
! larger. 1t was brought OUT also that.
with a profit-ma1 gin assured by the
Government, this would introduce
| carelessness as to cost and make
prices higher than ever.
Nh Burden advocated holding off
! price fixing until after the food pro-
ducts are canned, after which the
prices may be agreed upon, upon the
basis of cost. Further discussion
concerning price fixing is expected at
today's sessions
! President Joseph n Shriver, of
Westminster, presided. He reviewed
the Food Administrations regula-
| tions regarding this branch of in
dustry, and said that the Gamers
had nothing to fear from the Gov
! ernment Three points, an increase
of production, the fixing of a mini
mum price for goods, and fairness
with the Government, were ddvocat-
ed by him for the assurance of sue
cess in meeting the problems. Chas.
G. Summers, Jr., president Of the
Baltimore Canned Goods Exchange
/, delivered the message of greeting tc
) the delegates.
The second session will be held
!; this morning at 10 o'clock. The
> speakers will include Frank j. Scott
chief of the cost accounting division
, Federal Trade Commission; Hugh S
: Orem. chairman of the membership
committee. National Gamers AssO
/ citation, and Walter NJ. Wright, for
= mer president of the Maryland Can
= ners' Association.
: Frank Z. Gorrell, secretary Ma
tional Gamers Association; George
5 f. Gaddis, credit manager American
5 Can Company, and Prof. Thomas B
= Symond, director of extension ser
| vice, Maryland State College of A