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Germany has limited the amount
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New-York tribune., 1918-05-19
TYPICAL GAMERS AND CON
TANNERS
TESTED AND ENDORSED BY THE
TRIBUNE INSTITUTE
GAMERS
DE WITT v. WEED, JR.
Engineering E1pcrt
LOUISE NJ. WILLIAMS.
Domestic Scientist

GAMERS
LISk GAMER NO. 77-Price, $225. Mad.
by the Lisk Mfg. CO., Canandaigua. N. Y
and New York City.
"SUZAN" FRUIT JAR LIFT-Price, 40. "a
and IS cents. Made by Hambln & Rus.
sell Mfg. CO., Worcester, Mass, and AZ
Cliff ST., New York City.
HALL CANNER-Price, $3.50 Made by tb.
Hall Gamer Co., 104 Auburn Ave, Grand
Rapids, Mich.
NUDGE PATENT GAMER AND STERu.
IZER-Price. $3.50 to $3.50. Made bv
Biddle-Gaumer CO., 3s46-ss56 Lancss.
ter Ave-, Philadelphia.
IMPROVED WATER SEAL GAMER
Price, S12.50 Made by West Mfg. Co.. 81
North I'd ST., Philadelphia.
"CONsERvO' CANNING OUTFIT No. "a
Price, So to $50. Made by the Toledo
Cooker Co., Toledo, Ohio.
PRESSURE ,COOKER-Price, s1s, s24. saa
Made by the Pressure Cooker Co.. 3s2
Broadway, Denver, Col.
NATIONAL JUNIOR NO. CANNING OFT.
FIT-Price, s25. Made by Northwestern
Steel and Iron Works, Fac Claire, wis.
CONTAINERS, CAPS, ETC.
KERR ECONOMY" JAR-Price. Ska
Kerr Glass Mfg. Co., Sand Springs, Okla.
EUREKA FRUIT JAR-Price, $3.50 and
S1.75 per dozen. Made by the EureIss Jar
Co., Al Harrison ST., New York City.
QUEEN" FRUIT JAR-Price, s1.25, sl.se.
$l.65 and $2.25 per dozen. Distributed bv
Loring Lane CO., Al Harrison St., New
! York City.
DOUBLE SAFETY FRUIT JAR-Pnce.
Sl.25, s1.50. s1.65 and s2.25 per dozen.
Distributed by Loring Lane Co., Al Har.
rison ST., New York.
ATLAS E-Z SEAL FRUIT JAR-Pnce. 81
and $1.15 per dozen. Made by Hazel Atlas
i Glass Co., Wheeling, w. Va
KERR SELF SEALING MASON JAR-Price,
W cents and 81 per dozen. Made by
Kerr Glass Mfg. Co, Sand Springs, Okla.
J1FFY JELLY GLAsS-Price, 80 cents Der
dozen. Made by Lorng Lane Co., Al Har.
rison ST., New York City.
WHITE CROWN MASON JAR CAp-price.
35 cents per dozen. Made by the White
Crown Fruit Jar Co., Louisville, Ky.
BURPEE HOME CAN SEALER NO. O.
Price, sI4. Made by the States Metals
Co., 80 Church ST., New York.
F SANITARY TIN CAN-Prices: Pints. s3.55
per hundred; quarts, s4.65 per hundred.
Made by the American Can Co., Chicago.
Rochester and Baltimore
ENTERPRISE BOTTLE CAPPEg-price.
$3.50. Made by the Enterprise Mfg. Co..
4 Sd and Dauphin Sts.. Philadelphia, and %
Murray ST., New York.
FRUIT JAR RUBBER RINGS
JUMBO JAR RINGS-Price, Is cents per
dozen. Made by LOring Lane Co., Al Har-
rison ST., New York City.
ARROW FRUIT JAR RINGS-Price 10
cents per dozen. Made by Cupples Com
pany, st. Louis.
GOOD LUCK" RUBBER JAR RINGS
Price, 10 cents per dozen. Made by Bos.
ton Woven Hose and Rubber Co. Box
5077, Boston.
Prices subject to change
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19

when large amounts of tomatoes peas, corn
etc., are to be canned the tin is we'll wort,
consideration by the home Gamer. The spe-
clal form Of can needed can be obtained in lots
Of one hundred at the rate of 31a and 2-3
cents apiece, pint and quart size and so are
not expensive. With this equipment the
pressure Gamer can be used with the maximum
of efficiency and safety.
The Rubber Rings
With the can question off our minds only
one other fundamental point remains to be
settled. What rubbers shall you use and how
can you know good one from bad one be-
fore the product spoils?
Do not use the rings that come on the
.ars in any case. Use fresh new rings each
year. Remember that rubber rings that might
serve for preserves or food put up by the
old open kettle method will not do for the
cold pack method, in which the ring goes into
the sterilizer with the product and must stand
up under at least three hours of hard boiling.
These are some of the points that a good
ring must have, as decreed by the Department
of Agriculture after much experimentation
and observation:
of the rubber ring should be two and one-quar-
ter inches. 1t must fit the neck of the lar
tightly, stretching a little to go around it.
2. You will have fewer "blowouts" if the
ring is about fve-sixteenths of an inch wide
one-fourth inch to three -eighths Of an inch are
the limits.
8. One-twelfth of an inch thick is just right.
T. A good ring will stretch considerably and
return to the same inside diameter; it should
also stand bending. without breakage. Color
is no index of quality.
pantry or dark cool closet filled with
row on row of jars Of fruit and vegetables is a
treasure box that housekeeper gloats over as
They mean thrift, preparedness in the time of
plenty for the time of lack, thought taken
now that will save planning and buying next
winter and, best of all, it means saving food
that would otherwise be wasted and helping
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19

needing three hours in the washboiler, are
safely canned in one-third the time. This is
tremendous gain if large amounts of these
vegetables are to be handled
Pressure Cooker
Somewhat better adapted to the average
city household is the Pressure Cooker which
Is made of cast aluminium and may be had ir
sizes varying from the smallest, holding three
quarts or four pints, to one that can process
eight quart jars at once. The small cooker
weighs only eight and one-half pounds and is
positively ornamental. 1t is not bulky, meas
uring eight to ten inches in diameter, with
height Of ten inches. 1t is most economical of
heat; it is said to be ''fool proof as far as
danger from the pressure feature is con
cerned and can be utilized for preparing
cereals, meats Or other foods requiring long
cooking with excellent results For any small!
kitchen it is ideal.
All the pressure cookers and Gamers have
the advantage, which is shared by the water
seal outfits, that the cloud of steam arising
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19
PREPAREDNESS FOR THE CANNING CAMPAIGN

The Lightning wide-mouthed type has a
glass cover with wire clamp, is easily cleaned
and sterilized and lends itself perfectly to
the half seal and subsequent complete sealing
called for by the cold pack method. 1t may be
mad in round or square shapes, the square jar
representing saving in shelf and packing
room of 22.5 square inches six one-quart
misunderstanding room for one additional
jar on the shelf out of every seven.
The Economy Jar has cap coated with
special composition 1t is put into the Gamer
completely sealed, and is considered by some
to be especially safe, as it can be accurately
and finally tested for perfect sealing when
the process is complete, whereas defects in the
rubber rings might develop later, though
responding to the test when taken from the
Gamer.
The tin can is cheaper and more convenient
for some products than glass, but has always
been bugbear to the housekeeper, because the
top must be soldered on. The Burpee Sealer
by hand operated crank requiring a very
Slight effort, provides sanitary seal without
solder. With little practice over a hundred
cans an hour can be sealed by this device, and
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19
By MARTHA M. STANLEY

w THEN a man joins force of women
wv workers it is usually from necessity
or curiosity, but when patriotism is
the motive the equality of the sexes seems
mighty close to the millennium. The canning
factory grew out of the tremendous success
attained in the girls vocational school, where
over $4,000 jars OF food were conserved in
SIX weeks. An extension of this work was
considered not only expedient but necessary
Accordingly. the Mayors Committee of Ma
t'onai Defence of Newark, N. j., pledged them
serves responsible at the bank for $2,5OO to be-
g'n canning while vegetables were plentiful
Inc hrst week in August the building con-
sfoiied by the Newark Female Charitable So
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19
H. 4

husks, pods and parings, build shelves, mop
floors and rig strainers seemed to have a new
kind of joy for me-
Il didn't know at first what the women
were going to do down there nor how much,
but l thought if they only put up hundred
jars it would be doing some good--sort of be a
start, anyway, and maybe be sent to some or
phan asylum.
when saw the jars by the hundreds piing
mp on the shelves / began to canvass Some
how it seemed as if the scheme was running
ahead Of itself.
"rhe women were allowed 10 cents an hour
for their work, and I could see where they
were going to feed their families for the WIN
ter when they turned in their cards with the
hours all punched So said to almost every
woman met, why don't you go down and see
what they are doing there?' Some went
lot made excuses. Queer, amt it?'
Mr.. Speers brow clouded as he tried to
understand the stupor of those who seemed to
be still asleep.
"It makes man feel proud to get the same
wages woman does when women work as
they did. A man would be hog even to want
any more, so my forty-two hours amounted TO
$500.
when the time came, around Thanksgiy
ing, took it out in food, and, would YOU be-
lieve it? couldn't take it home There was
too much was told there was going to be a
surplus of the food, too, and could buv a
number Of jars more at the cost price If I
wanted to, SO went home and counted mn thc
shelf bank savings and went back to the store
house with little over s22. / made four
trips getting those goods home
when had them all arranged in row. thew
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19

ciety was given over for the purpose The
top floor was thoroughly equipped and had
nursery in connection where the children were
cared for while their mothers worked. They
received the equivalent of their wage in con-
served food valued at less than half of the
current price in the Newark markets
hurry call for workers was sent out
through the women's clubs and schools. and
requests urgently given to circulate the need
for help. This was heartily responded to bv
336 women Of American, Scotch, Polack. Irish
and Italian parentage. Levelled to an equal
lty never before realized and appreciated.
these women conserved in thirty-six days over
1900 jars Of food for the winters use.
They built up charge of 4,000-odd hours,
which at a schedule rate of Is cents an hour,
registered each night on their time card, gave
them an equivalent Of over $500.
The instigators of this most successful
project arranged for the distribution of this
food Thanksgiving week, and this timely ar
rangement gave to the women an appreciation
Of the day they had never before realized
thankfulness for day of plenty made posi-
BILE by their own efforts.
Long before this result was made known
Charles w. Speer was watching the enter
prise. He was employed at City Hall, New
ark, as telephone operator and night watch.
man. working often from fourteen to sixteen
hours out of the twenty-four.
In the watches Of the night he conceived
ene idea that whether this canning enterprise
was success or not it was time well spent
ana a matter we'll worthy his consideration.
Ills resolution was fine blending of gal
lantry and patriotism, desire not only to as
sist his country, but to lend his aid to the
women who were doing work that was heavy
and too arduous for any one except a man.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19

from the washboer is largely avoided and the
Jars are easier to handle.
Types of Jars and Cans
After you have decided on the type. capacity
and cost of the Gamer that Just fits YOUR
canning requirements, the next most impor-
tant point is the container. There is no money
In economizing rubber rings or the caps
OF jars and losing whole pack of vegetables.
And no matter how perfectly the sterilization
may have been carried out hermetic sealing
is the other must" for successful canning II
the seal is not perfect, due to rough edges of
jar, imperfect spring or bad rubbers, the food
will be reinfected and spoiled
The round Mason jar is a we'll known type
with the metal screw cap with porcelain lining
1t has some disadvantages; it cannot be
cleaned SO perfectly and must be frightened
several times during the cooling process, but
it is also the cheapest and good jar for the
money. There is also wide-mouthed Mason
jar and the White Crown cap is easily cleaned.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19

were appraised at over s42. They cost me
around s2s, so-you see?
Besides over thirty bottles of relish and
syrups have fifty-ive quarts Of food that /
know to be pure and nourishing fer my fam
ily."
Comparative hgures-market value and cost
again testify to the cannery's success, and
last, and best of all, there have been requests
tor ten similar plants in and near Newark for
the ensuing summer, and applications for
work in them are already being fled
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19

would look into it. I
wasted a number of
hours each day and |
knew it. I knew, too,
! was beyond the age
limit for war service,
but somehow I never
felt so useless in my
life as when / thought
that fact over. | never
wanted to be of use
to my country SO
m u c h in my life,
either, and to cart out
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19

to cook for the soldiers just as surely as though
you were stirring soup behind the lines
Out with the canning equipment, and every
time you put up can of vegetables remember
that it is one more can released to go abroad
or into the cantonments.. No matter whether
to save some food. The Tribune institute is
ready to help you in every way possible, both
as to methods and equipment. Call on US
by telephone, mail or in person
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19

ly shortens the time that it is necessary to
process. The Nudge Gamer and the Improved
Water Seal Gamer are both Of this type and
are very efficient The Nudge handles one
to four quart jars at time, and is very con-
venient and quick in heating up 1t consists
of one to four cylinders, as desired, mounted
above water pan, so that a steam bath sur-
rounds each jar. The Improved Water Seal is
of larger capacity, holding thirteen one-quart
jars. Either Gamer may be used over any
form of heat
Pressure Gamers
The third type is the Pressure Cooker or
canner. which, by conining the steam and
creating pressure of five, ten or fifteen
pounds, raises the temperature to 227o, 1899
and 250', as compared with 212o in the water
bath (boiler). This cuts down proportion
ately the time necessary to process. For ex-
ample, the root vegetables that need ninety
minutes in the hot water bath and eighty in
the water seal call for only one hour with
five pounds OF pressure.
These Gamers, however, are not so well
suited to the use of glass jars, which ar,
sterilized only partially sealed, and therefore
some of the water is apt to be exhausted and
result in "slack fill" unless constant press
ure is maintained. Also there is some
danger of breakage. The National Junior
Pressure Gamer is one of this type intended
more especially for tin cans But it can be
used for glass with care, and for the woman
with a garden small farm the pressure
Gamer is time saving and efficient If he'll
steadily at five pounds pressure this came
is quite safe for glass jars.
1t is steel cylinder twelve by eighteen
inches, weighing, with removable cover, fifty
two and one-half pounds, and therefore while
it can be used over any heat it should be in
stalled so that it need not be moved until the
canning is completed. The Gamer holds twelve
quart jars, and in it corn and beans and peas,
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19

the best cooperative
institution I ever
saw" said Mr.. Speer.
"Maybe I did not
think so much of it at
first, but after read
ing about it in the
papers l thought I
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19

Unlike the average
man, he reasoned that
he could spare from.
four to five hours of
the eight he allowed
himself for sleep and
recreation and give to
this cause for his
country's assistance,
"being," as he stated,
"too old to shoulder a
gun"
Mr.. Spcer made but
one stipulation to Mr..
Shirley, of the May
or's committee-that
salary was got to be
considered while he
worked, if, in return
for his gratuitous SER
vices, he could be as
sured that no more
than six women were
to give him orders at
one time.
".The cannery was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-02
British To Be Indepedent
Of Germany in Dye Trade

The British Board of Trade intends
to make Great Britain independent of
the German dye interests after the war
and the House of Commons has voted
$4,S66,500 as the first instalment of an
advance for this purpose. 1t is pur-
posed to establish the dye industry
on sound basis within a reason
able time of the cessation of hos
tilities. The assistance of the gov
eminent would take the form of a
loan at fair rate of interest, o con-
tribution toward the cost of the extern
sion Of products and contribution in
aid of research. Those securing the
advantages of the loan would be under
definite obligation to manufacture
that range Of dyes which could not at
present be produced on a commercial
basis, but which were essential to be
produced in. the national interests. The
loans granted would be about 40 per
cent of the total amount invested in
these undertakings, and the Board of
Trade would have the right of inter
ference if any complaint were made re-
garding unduly high prices charged for
products.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-02
Bumper Crops Are
Prophesied for N. Y.
John Mitchell Says Spring
Wheat Yield Greatest
in History

John Mitchell, chairman of the Fed
eral Food Board, who has returned
from a tour of farms in Monroe, Onon-
daga and Cortland counties, commented
on his trip yesterday, prophesying
bumper crops which probably would be
harvested without waste with the help
of volunteer farm labor. He said that
5000 tractors were in use by farmers
of the state; sixty-eight of them are
owned by the state.
81 am convinced" said Mr.. Mitchell,
that our farmers are thoroughly
awake in the effort to win the war. In
some counties there is from 80 per cent
to SO per cent more land under culti-
walton this year than last; the crop
is to be the biggest in the history Of
the state. The feature that stands out
inspiringly is the patriotic energy OF
farmers families.
"Of course, was most interested in
gathering information as to the crons.
The fields under cultivation tell the
story eloquently. The spring wheat
crop is the largest ever raised in this
state. The oat crop is also big. not
only in the counties l visited on this
trip, but in other counties"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-02
War Revenue Bill
Opens 10th Month
Of Congress To-day
Debates on $8,O0O,00O,O0O
Measure to Begin in
House This Week

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-Congress
tomorrow begins the tenth month of
its present session with the new 49,
O00OO0,0O0 war revenue bill as the
principal task ahead of both Senate and
House. The national prohibition bill
pending in the Senate, the water power
development bill before the House and
other measures also will be given con-
sideration.
The revenue bill, which President
Wilson in his message of MAY q asked
Congress to remain in session to enact,
is to be formally reported tomorrow
by the Ways and Means Committee for
beginning Of House debate next Thurs
day or Friday. Its passage there by
the middle of September is expected,
and to expedite action in the Senate
the Senate Finance Committee soon will
begin hearings.
After the House acts and while the
bill is before the Senate committee an
planned for both Senate and House
when there is no legislation demanding
action.
Passage of the national prohibition
bill, which would stop all Intoxicating
beverage sales from July l next until
after rehabilitation. is planned this
week. 1t will be brought up again in
the Senate Tuesday, to-morrow's SEN
ate session on the holiday being ar
ranged solely for memorial service in
honor of the late Senator Newlands, of
Nevada.
Woman suffrage advocates still are
pressing for an early vote on the reso-
luton pending in the Senate, but there
is little prospect of vote for several
weeks, although it's disposition before
the November elections is planned.
Senator Sherman, of Illinois, Repub-
lican, has given notice that he expects
to speak next Tuesday on unofficial
and personal government"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-02
Girl Check Writers Wanted
Treasury Department Offers
Opportunity for 900

Young women whose ambition is to
spend their time writing checks are
wanted by the government. 1t wants
900 of them in Washington to fill in
the allotment checks for dependents
of men in the Army, Navy and Marine
corps. The task has almost swamred
the War Risk Insurance Bureau of
the Treasury Department, which is
experiencing extreme difficulty in
sending out the allowances.
The situation is SO acute that rep
rcsentatives of the Department of
Labor conferred here yesterday with
officials Of all the typewriter COM
panies in New York. with the result
that the entire employment services
of the companies have been put at the
service of the government and all of
their employment agencies will give
simple typing tests to applicants at
1l:15, 1915 and 1915, tomorrow
Wednesday and Thursday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-02
Newark to Have
Biggest Dry Docks
In United States
Federal Shipbuilding Com
pany to Spend Eight
Millions

NEWARK, N. j., Sept. 1.-Work will
soon be started on what is to be one
Of the largest drydock plants in the
United States, on Newark Bay. 1t is
reported to-day that contracts have
been let to Holbrook, Cabot & Rollins,
of New York, for the work, which will
involve an outlay of between 100000
and 100000.
These docks will be part of the plant
of the Federal Shipbuilding Company,
on the Hacl1ensack River. The COM
pany recently obtained ii acres of land
adjoining their property in Kearny.
That this was to be used for drydocks
was not known until now.
The proposed docks, of which there
are to be four, are to be Of sufficient
size to accommodate ships Of the Lusi-
tania type. Two hundred thousand
tons of concrete will be required in
the construction of each. 1t is under
stood the main contractors will sublet
parts of the work.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-02
Gold Owned by Japan

In July this year gold credited to the
account of Japan totalled about $685.
100000, an increase of $12,450, 900 since
the end Of June. But the increase.
"The Japan Advertiser" stated, only
meant the accumulation of tied-up gold
abroad. Of the total, 1882 1884 900 is to
the credit of the Japanese government,
while $362,046,000 is owned by the
Bank of Japan. Home gold holdings
amounted to 1927, 5000.