Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-05-21
BROWNSVILLE
May Have ALL
YEAR CANNERY
Freight Rale to Teas Points
Equalling Baltimore Rate
is Applied For Here

plication has been made is granted, and
farmers Of the Valley grow lima beans
during the summer months, Brownsville
will have the only vegetable canning
factory in the United States TO run he
year round, according to y. II. Godwia,
vico-president and sales manager Of
Adams Brothers Company, whose plant
at the Camiadc building started last
week on is second year
Mr.. Goodwin stated that his firm has
applied for a forty-fivc cent freight
rate TO supplant the existing seventy
one cent rate, and il this j. granted.
there is nothing TO interfere with steady
all year canning here.
The lower freight is desired, Mr.. God
win sad. and is absolutely necessary for
the establishment Of n year round can
merry, in order to meet competition. Can
ned goods are being shipped 10 Texas
from baltimore, Md, to Houston at rates
cheaper than they can be shipped from
Browns Vile to Houston, and some can
ming factories in Arkansas are shipping
to San Antonio with lower rates than
Brownsville can ship to San Antonio,
Mr.. Goodwin said.
IF we can only get fair chance to
meet that compctit!on on" he asserted, "a
great canning industry will be estab-
hshei in Brownsville, with other can
neres besides ours coming to the
Valley"
Farmers in the Valley claim they can
grow lima beans in the summer months,
Mr. Gcdwin says, and several nave been
seeking contracts with the Gamers to
supply the later with enough lima beans
for canning purposes.
With the lima beans furnished during
the summer. stripa- beans will bc canned
in May, tomatoes in June, the lima beans
during July and August, string beans
again. in September. October and No
vembcr. bcets in December, january and
February. spinach in March and April,
thereby keeping the factory running
throughout the entire year.
Cannerics further north. Mr.. Goodwin
sa a, usually ran but about three months
during the entire year.
What a canning factory running all
the year round with production amount
ing to about half a million dollars.
means TO the Valley. can readily be seen. -
he stated
Snce the company opened for its
spring run only a week ago. no canned
goods have a. yet been shipped About
7u.0oO number two cans have been pre-
pared 8 nee the opening Of the cStab-
lshment last week. and the daily pro-
duction has been about $4,000 cans. al
though the capacity with the cquipmcnt
in the local factory j. about 25.Juu per
ten hour day, Mr.. Goodwin said.
Thirty employees are at work every
day. cleaning. swapping, sorting. and gen
orally preparing beans for the canning
process. One line Of equipment only is
set up in the canncTy now, with two
canning machines. one for the number
two cans and the other for the number
tea cans.
Market on the fresh string beans Is
way down, Mr. Goawn said. and the
money the farmers are getting from the
cannery for their product is like find
ing 50 much gold.
We are not taking advantage Of them,
however paying them q good price, Mr..
Goodwin said
Abou. two weeks more and the pres
ent supply of string beans. good for
about 100000 number two cans, viii bc
exhausted and canning Of tomatoes will
begin. Farmers of the Valley should
take advantarc of the opportunities the
factory offers for marketing their pro-
duets ne year round" Mr.. Goodwin urged.
Ii the present cannery can be set 20
running the year rolnd and the freirh-
rates are made satisfactory. Mr.. Goodwin
said. the company j. considering es-
tablishng a picklinE factory here also.
The Adams Brothers Company has
three other cannerics besides the one
in Brownsville