The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon. (Canon City, Colo.) 1911-192?, 1919-07-17
FIFTY THOUSAND
POUNDS OF FRUIT
and VEGETABLES
SHIPPED DAILY
Biggest Shipments Since 1915
Highest Prices in Years Be.
ing Received by Growers.

The local office of the American
Railway Express Company is doing a
great business these days in the ship
ment of fruits, vegetables and garden
produce, and the collections on out
going stuff alone is averaging some
thing like $500 day, to say nothing
of the charges on incoming packages
and parcels, which is running about
$1,000 a week. 1t is expected that
the income to the express company
from its fruit. berry and produce ship
ments from Canon City for the next
80 days will approximate $4,000 a
month.
AS sample OF what is being done
at the express office here in outgoing
business. 1t may be stated that the
collections on Thursday were S521.02.
and on Wednesday were s5S0.40. On
Monday of this week they were in ex-
cess of $780, On Thursday 300 way
bills were made out at the office.
which is rather loss, than more, of
the daily average. Not since 1915 have
the express shipments from here been
anything like as heavy as they are at
present. The seasons business prom
ises to eclipse that of any previous
year.
Fruit, berry and produce shipments
by express from here vary from 3d.
900 to $4,000 pounds day. In addi-
ton to this large quantities of such
stuff are going out by parcels post to
the first and second zones through
the Canon City postoffice. AS a re-
suit of this great volume of business
the employees of the express company
and the postal clerks are working like
beavers to meet the situation con-
fronting them. 1t is to the credit of
the employees of the local express Of
Zee that not single claim or COM
plant was presented to the company
on account of the breakage. loss, dis
appearance or stealage of any pack.
age. parcel or crate shipped from this
city. Thus far the record of last
season in that respect has been main
tanned. Express shipments here are
handled with greater care and less
loss than in any of the big cities of
the country, according to the reports
of the company. Practically MOTH
ing is lost, destroyed or injured by
the careiessness or negligence of the
local employees. so efficient is the over
sight of the officials.
Practically all OF the stuff being
sent out from Canon City by express
this year goes to Kansas. New Mex
leo, Texas and Oklahoma, and good
prices are being received for it in
those markets. At present from
;s1.75 to SO is being paid to Canon City
growers for cherries, and raspberries
are today bringing s2.35 crate, con-
tanning "a half-pint boxes. Four
years ago growers sold their cher
ries for 81 crate and raspberries at
about the same price. Summer APP
Piles command anywhere from 50 to
$3.50 a crate of As pounds net weight.
Homegrown roasting ears made their
appearance in the Canon City market
day or two ago and are selling at
40 cents a dozen. Heavy express
shipments of corn are expected dur
ing the next two or three weeks. To-
matoes are not yet ready for market
ing. The crop of table beans in the
Canon City district this season is be-
low the average as a result of the late
spring frosts, which greatly injured
the plants in many localities. In
consequence OF the shortage OF the
crop. beans are bringing fancy prices.
A. J. Wood. local grower, a few
days ago sold nine sacks of beans to
the Dawson Produce Company in Den
yer for which he received in payment
a check for $50. The yield of sum-
rner apples promises to be an excep-
sionally large one, and the indications
are that orchardists will receive a
good price for them in Kansas and
Oklahoma.
In consideration Of the vast quaint
tiles OF fruits, berries and garden
truck being canned by the Colorado
Packing Corporation here, the ship
ments of such produce by express to
outside points is remarkable and
shows the importance of the garden,
ing and orchard industries to the PEG
pie of Canon City.