Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-11-02
CANNING OUTLOOK
FOR COMING SEASON
The Trade Received Setback
This Year That Will Have
Its Influence.

Gamers ir,m lower Delaware ~ present
arr facing difficult problem and when
ma, rraut "a a serious decrease IN prohts.
4 decreased demand for canned goods 81
all k,nds during the past summer ana win
no pr,spccts whatever oi moving the
nsek during the fall will probably he re-
st,nnsihlc Tor n large quantity oi canned
Qoods lprtne earned into storage during the
winter months Taken ~ connection with
al, declining markets j. raised the question
~ tho packers hc,ng able e. come out even
ga this wear business
Delaware. for many wears has hecn
noted fnf lts canning industries ana prior
a. this wear has dome business ON proht-
ahr hnsls However according e. hgures,
IN, pack III the past summer was ap-
np,,lmatsN imNN eases THIS =
ssmsth,ng like 7pn,CsM eases less than ~
AZ, tu,o wears SINCE 1915 Smllar condl-
,,ops are rcpor,ed "a r,istlpg ~ adjacent
~tatrs Consequently the results OF the
s,ltVa, indicate that whllc there was de
c,Irl drop Is the quantity 81 canned
laots put up last Ncat ~ the heat 81 me
ueIa,err ,euutug district with the pack
a. .artAt.ea considerable portion ut the
raeh Il, .tprusr. and the market develop
~ i, l,.scntp drmand drcldcd cut ~
pf.rr, * nre,>. atN o. turn over nc can
-. prpduct unless considerable per
ceptap, ~ thr protts Is - We sacrihccd ~
ra,tug r,rr,lu chnrgr
lp aaLtrp tat the causes which resulted
4 no prrseui ~ttuetluu 4 may he noted
that proiuc grower reported sudden
demand lat vegetables md fruits that
Wrot tutp hnnr canning his occurred
immediately ,iicr tho hrS' declnc ~ the
rrir * sur8l Throughout this state, y IS
uudrrstoud lqrgc hamc pack has been
p,,, nv AID the crd : not vet for hum
dreds ~ housewives an still engaged IN
nome canulug and preserving Naturally
the has tendcd 10 shorten the demand IN
the trade for Gamers products and whole
sale and rctad dealers Will have 10 wait
until VA, consumption has Exhausted tho
home pacN hcforc there Will be an Incrcas
80 dcmapd ior trade products
IN lower delaware and even IN Whining
ton. women : organizations, particularly
those affiliated with the churches, have
taken = krci, interest III domestic canning
f.ven hrior, the drop IN the price Of sugar
encouraged thy homo Gamer 10 stock up
~ IN, Wii.tor season and enormous qusn-
ilfic~ oi vegetables and fruits have been
put up Is processes and n which the use
az sugar was eliminated
- far - the farmers and orchardlsts
ar ennccrpcd they have announced the
tntentlou 81 reducing production another
wear. ~ the rr,Scat many Of them are
earruag uu' programs indicating an IT.
tentlon - liNc up Ia the announced policy.
Hundreds at farmers lost this year on their
tomaio crop aud Go rot intend q take
chances 81 dnlug 50 agalu next wear.
Practically everything usod by the farmer
Is MAINTAINING H. wartime price Labor
,nk shows q slight teudcacv IS lower IN
easi Nml thls j. u Ing factor III crop
produtt.ou, il does not necessarily de-
termluc tho results 81 the year business.
Fertilizers continue high Farm I'M
pigments have not dropped IN price.
Gasoline u Just where Il was weeks ago.
MANY farmer bought and operated motor
eultivrtors until the cost OF gasoline drove
them back % employing mules and horses
Al Of these factors must show tendency
- decline lu cost bcior,. the farmers wilt fee
IKE gong after the bumper crops again n
view 20 the Uncertain conditions
lint the outlook j. not entirely gloom
Nh.lc fhcrc was reduced paci ~ the
state 'hls Year caarcrs out up only tn
hncst grade. ard hey WI naturally
ring ihc higher prices Their the time
must com. ,ef0r, The spring vegetable
ard fruits cna reach The market wheu tine
icnlaud vii materially increase, for th.
nomc pack !, alWay, used generously aid
-arelN carried over foi The season.
som, idea 8; what has taken place IN the
,Anning circles TINS season Is shown when
he rack u compared with that Of 1918
winch amounted - approximately 1000.
100 case. Eor several vcsrs the average
,uuuA pack Vas over 80 900 cases