The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1922-05-08

the vicinity and predicted that not
i only would the plant prove boon
to the community but to the company
as we'll as there is no section in the
/ country that can excel the Hurlnch-
, s+-4.ti4----i-,-+s,---s III Or fruits ana
! vegetables thereby assuring the,
! company of a pack of goods of the
! highest quality which it will be proud
: TO add to the Assoc family
/ The next speaker was Ex- Governor
! Harrington. who also assured the
/ Company of a hearty welcome, not
| only from the people of HurlOck but
J also from the people OF ihc county
! at large as we'll, stating that the
| citizens of Cambridge and the re-
mainder of the county as well would
take the broad view that what was
! good for and benefited one section
would be good Tor and benefit all
. sections. The Governor assured the
officials of the American Stores Co..
that they would find the people. not
: only in the vicinity of Hurlock but
! elsewhere in the county as well. de-
! lighted to cooperate with them i'm
their work.
! Mr.. Robert p. Hunter, Advertising
| Manager for the American Stores Co,
| was the next speaker and gave a
; brief history of the Company which
| started not so many years ago with
! just a little corner store in Phila
| delphia, then branched out and secur-
| ed another corner store until today
it has over 1900 stores in the States
of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Della
ware and Maryland, having four
i large ware houses with a capacity OF
5000 freight cars, having three large
bakeries producing the. celebrated
Victor" brand of bread, using the
output Of 100000 hens. using the
. output of over 100, 900 dairy cattle
; for the making Of its own exclusive
brand butter, handling as high as
. u ears of potatoes a week and do
! ing 4 business IN 1927 of $lO3. 900
600 and last year 4 little over $50,
; 600, 900. the fan off being due to the
drop in prices, more goods being
; handled than during any year in the
: country's history. Mr.. Hunter stat
. ed that the company had leased a
; store IN Hurlocll and proposed to
open Tor business just as soon as pos
sible
; The next speaker was Mr.. Robert
H. Crawford, Vice-President of the
; company, who has entire charge of
the buying end of the company. Mr..
Crawford stated that the Company
i was coming to HurlOck to operate its
cannery upon The same broad prin-
cipleS that it employed in its other
lines, it would pay the market price
for tomatoes, or if some of the grow
fn ntt,nn
pany would enter into contracts for
the tomatoes, bat that the company
would expect good, solid, ripe fruit
and in return when the grower left
the goods with the company he would
leave with the cOmpany's cash in his
pockets. The company would en-
I deavOr TO follow the Golden Rule in
its business relations with the grow
ers and it expected the grower to fol
low the same rule with it. He also
ANNOUNCED that while a company man
Mr. William Mcknight would be in
charge OF the cannery, Mr.. S Ell
wood Andrews wouid also be retain
i ed by the company to help with the
canning end Of The business
= The last speaker was Mr.. Nc
Knight: he stated that he was pleas
ed to como to HuIiOcll TO take charge
OF tn" plant and that the people OF
Hurlock woull find him four-squarc.
that in looking after the interest of
the company h" would treat every
man fairly, the rule OF the company.
never to treat any person unfairly.
but to treat others as they would be
treated, being strictly followed
Officials of the company stated
that while it would only be possible
this season to pack tomatoes. that is.