Evening journal., 1923-01-24


1T requires a rich pie dough |
rolled thicker than usual and big
enough TO line a deep pan. FIJI |
with sauer-kraut and a slice or
two OF bacon cut in small pieces |
and fried to a light brown. its |
grease spread over the filling. |
Place the dough over the filling |
and paint with the yolk OF an
egg. Bake and eat.
ATLANTIC CITY. Jan. 24.-Plea.
for Gamers TO cooperate with farm
ers in increasing yields per acre and
in fighting plant diseases. suggestion
for eliminating waste. and defense
OF the present brokerage system OF
marketing were highlghts OF yes
tefday's session OF the National Can
ners' Association in convention here.
The average national yield OF four
tons OF tomatoes 20 the acre for the
100000 acres planted annually Is
"ridioulously low" II. F. Hall,
manager OF farms OF the Joseph
Campbell lCo.. Camden, yesterday
told the tomato section OF the Ma
tlanal Gamers Association.
There Is no reason why Gamers
cannot increase the average to six
toys an acre by studying the farm
ers' growing problem" he said.
| Septoria leaf blight alone reduces
| the yield two tons an acre, he added.
Introduction OF tomato plants
grown in the South has proved so
popular with farmers who grow to-
matoes for the Campbell company
that the latter now has difficulty in
perslading their growers TO accept
homegrown plants when the sup
ply OF the Southern plants is short
Mr.. Hall declared.
The Gamer who gets only twenty
cases Of No. tomatoes for every
ton of raw stock he uses packs less
than so per cent of his raw material.
said william Silver, OF Aberdeen,
Md. The average Is only eighteen
cases. BY proper scalding and
picking the output can be increased
seven and one-half cases TO the ton.
Mr.. Silver said.
-Dr. Fred S. Pritchard. OF the Unit
s
pointed out that a seed bill pending
il. Congress compels seedsmen to-
guarantee the quality OF his goods.
Tomato diseases from 1916 to 1921
caused losses OF 37.5 per cent I'M
Maryland, 13 in New Jersey and II
in Delaware. he added.
Walter B. Timms. a New York
canned goods broker. said current
stocks Of canned tomatoes are in
sufficient TO meet the demand until
the 1923 pack Is ready. Packers
have taken little care 10 improve
the pa;atability OF their product in
twenty years. he charged, and warn
ed his audience not to let the
marked scarcity" Of No. 10 cans in
a22 10 persuade them from pack
ing sufficient Of the smaller or
household sizes.
Leroy V. Strasburger. Of Balti- |
more. explained how TO determine |
the specific gracity Of tomato pulp. /
Richard Stringham, Woods Cross. /
Utah. and George f. Diament. Of /
Cedarville. y. j.. respectively. were |
elected secretary and chairman of /
the tomato section.
"Soslper" brokers are doomed. /
according to leading speakers at /
the opening session Of the National I
Food Brokers' Association.
President James L. Ford said
cfnners now are convinced OF the
need for employing brokers rather
than selling directly. Nearly all
large California packing and mar
ketlng associations have approved
brokers. The Food Association has
pledged full cooperation with the
Nitional Gamers Association,
American and National Wholesale
Grocers' Associations and the West
er.i Gamers Association. The as
ISOLATION has appointed commit
tees TO work in 153 cities on canned
foods week plans.
James Moore. president of the
National Gamers Association. said
the brokers have a permanent func-
tion in the industry. Buyers have
thorough knowledge Of market con- ,
ditions, but Gamers have not. and.
therefore. must depend on the
broker for information.
J. H. McLaurin. president Of the !
American Wholesale Grocers' Asso-
citation, replying to a question as to
whom the broker represents. said:
~ would as soon ask man
whether he loved his wife or
mother the better as to ask whom
the broker represents"
Frances f. Hamper. president OF
the National Association of Retail ,
Grocers told Of efforts to make /
better merchants out of retail i
grocers.
Phe Filler Machine Company,
Inc, Of Philadelphia. is exhibiting a
new machine for filling bottles at
the machinery exhibit on the Mil
lion Dollar Pier.
Grapefruit packed by II. II. SEQ
VILE. san Juan, r. r.. and a fruit
salad Of the Starr Fruit Products
Company, Portland. Ore. are two
novel products displayed at the
foods exhibit on the Steel
Pier.
Despite declarations to the con- d,
trary farmers he-,e been greatly
senefited by the action Of pickle
,ahers in maintaining high prices
FOR green stock during the last few
years in fact OF very great declines
or. nearly every other farm product.
according to c. b. Crandell of Chi
caeo, president OF the Pickle Pack
ers' Association, also in session
here. Mr.. Crandell predicted an era
Of good business in 1928.