The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-04-03
COLORADO P PACKING C0RP0ATI0N
Offers AS MUCHFOR TOMATOES
! ASISPAID Anywhere IN STATE
Community Welfare Conference at EIks
Club Shows that Growers Are Willing
to Cooperate in Helping Local Cannery
to Get Necessary Tomato Acreage.

The members OF the Canon City
Chamber OF Commerce were hosts al
a community welfare conference
smoker and luncheon at the E-ks
building Monday night. at which about
so or so o. the more progressive ranch
ers. fruit growers and gardeners OF
the surrounding territory were guests
The gathering was called for the pur'
pose OF discussing matters OF general
inte, est TO tte public and TO promote
cioser social and business relations be.
tween hose who are desfrous OF ad.
vancing the growth. prosperity and
we l-being of the town and its sur
roundings.
Although primarily a business as.
cemblage the conference was not with.
out its social side, and IL WAS opened
with a short entertainment program
that was heartily appiaudef and en-
ioyed by al. Features Of the intro
ducticn to the more formal proceed
inrs OF the evening were piano solos
by Mrs. Jessie Emmerson Price: read
ings by Miss Eta Walton; selections
by a quartet consisting OF Messrs. T
M. Harding. Herb Brewer. Melvin
Meichi and a J. Zimmerman: read.
ingE By " II. Thomas and vocal solos
by Mrs. w. d. Holland. with Miss
Beuiar Emme-son as accompanied. A.
though each OF The participants In the
preliminary proEram had arranged to
give but one selection. their rendI.
tions were so p easing that all were
compelled by the enthusiasm OF tue oc-
casion 10 respond with second mum.
ber The very delightful introduction
yns followed by d scnss ON Of busi,
mesa OF unusual interest and OF fa--
reaching Importance to the community
al arre.
The conference was presided oye-
by ID T.. Robson. president OF the
Chamber OF Commerce. who stated the
object Of the meeting and expressed
the hc.c that the affair would prove
enjoyable and helpful 10 all present.
George r. Rocksteilow was the frst
speaker and explained in greater de
tai the aim and iniention of the con
ference. which. he said. had grown
out of a statement made to The Cham
Der OF Commerce by r. II. Troutman.
president OF the Colorado Packing Cor
porntion. In relation TO the necessity
of securing pledges from the ranchcrs
OF the Canon City district TO grow a'
least 200 ncres of tomatoes for can
ming purposes during me coming sea
son. Mr.. Rockafeiiow spoke at great
length concerning this matter. In
l. 81. <xf . 1..
concern represented by Mr. Troutman
and Of It's industria and commercial
value to the people OF Fremont county.
This establishment. cont nEed NJ.
kockafellow. had outErown Is swad
ding clothes. and was now one of the
greatest OF It's kind in the state. He
said II represented an investment OF
si5Q.o00. that its payroll was $4,000
annually and that to keep Il here all
classes OF our business people should
co operate for, Its maintenance and
support Il know OF no commercial
undertaking In the Upper Arkansas
va ley that ia quite so important TO the
public as the Colorado Packing Cor
DO alton" asserted MT. Rockafellow.
'and Il is matter OF community and
individual welfare TO keep Il here an'
zee 10 II that IL Is kept running dur
ign the summer season at fu'i cSpac.
ity. MIR T'outinRr and his associates
of the Colorado Pack ng Corporation
believe In the 'sanare deai.' and In
the'r contracts agree 90 pay as much,
n not liyt'e more. for all farm pro
duce tiiey buy han sirailar companies
In o,ner paris OF the state. They pay
cash for their purchases and ut al
times give the hirhest prices warrants
ed by tte market quotat' ons. This"
asserted Mr.. Rockafellow. has been
demonstrated by investigation OF the
pr ces pa a by like concerns In other
secfions Of the state. as well as In
Utah" Mr.. Rockafellow c'osed n very
comprehensive address by reading an
exhaustive statement from Mr.. Trout
man relating to the matter. which had
been prepared for the conference.
This will be published by The Daily
Record for the information OF In read
e-s "so that all may know"
Other speakers were r. r. Jeffries,
county agriculture. agent: Frank r
Lamb. president OF the Fremont
County Farm Bureau; D. w Rces, q.
v. Hodrin. Richard HouIe. w. H. Do
ser, w. G. James, M. e. Snow. Clinton
Hockctt, w. "a Duny. r. A Brad
bury and othe-s. An Of them r.
ferred 70 the vnIue Of the Colorado
Packing Cooperation IN sffordinx Z
mafk6f for Ravd6n and oecherd peod.
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