Evening star., 1923-03-05
DEMAND BR0ADENS
FOR CANNED GOODS
Gains From so to 200 Per
Cent Reported-New Plants
Being Constructed.
BY j. O. ROYLE.

oCIiS OUIlSlTuClEUs
BY J. Q. RoYLE.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
| NEW YORK. March 5-The Gamers
of the country expect to sell more
than five billion containers Of pre-
| served foodstuffs in 1928. They will
| mako good start on the journey to
| that goal during Canned Goods week,
being observed all over the country.
which got into full swing today. Sales
| by retail dealers already have shown
| increases ranging from SO to 200 per
cent over normal, and the impetus
| gained by the present movement is
expected to extend well toward the
time when new packs come on the
market.
Canned goods packs last year were
from so to 100 per cent above those
Of 1921 in some commodities, but, after
hanging of well past mid-year, deal
ers finally decided to buy, and the
hold-over packs in the majority of
canned goods houses are exceedingly
| small. Relieved of anxiety in that re-
spect packers and Gamers all over
operations this year.
Plants Under Construction.
New canning factories now are In
course of construction in the Cali
fornia districts, according to reports
| from San Francisco today. Della
ware, Maryland and New Jersey can
neries already are making forehand-
ed preparations for supplies from
farmers and fostering certain crops.
lae
| lumbia river salmon canneries are
| preparing for big year, as the sup
| plies from last seasons salmon runs
have moved swiftly into consump-
ton. Adequate canning preparations
| are in progress throughout the mid
die and northwest, while the south Is
about to engage in this method of
marketing produce to a greater ex-
| tent than ever before.
! Canning Costs Loom Larger.
| The question of containers looms
| large, however. Last year many
packers obtained their supply Of cans
and tin plate at advantageous prices.
| Within the last ten days tin and tin
plate have jumped in price. while
! producers of those articles are being
| pressed to the utmost to supply de
mand. Glass container factories are
| working on as heavy schedules as
| labor supply will permit and glass
prices also are on the move upward
| Even the prices of solder and rubber
| have risen and labor costs in general
| are jumping ahead
Advertising Big Factor.
| These factors will be counter bal
anced to some extent through larger
sales and speedier turnover secure9
through advertising James OShaugh-
messy, executive secretary of the
American Association OF Advertising
Agencies. said today: Figures I have
for January and February would
seem to indicate clearly that the
agencies of our organization will
handle more advertising this year
than in the peak year of 1920. We
have a larger degree of productive
advertising with a higher degree OF
permanence"
Indication Of the trend Of wages is
shown plainly by the fact that the
total sums included in the pay en-
velopes of some sections of the
country have increased nearly per
cent more than the total number OF
workers on those pay rolls. The
/ farmer is beckoning to the workers
| in the cities and is prepared to offer
inducements are not enticing enough
to overcome efforts of the city indus
tries to hold the men they have
! Oil Production Expanding.
| Oil producers are more active than
for many months. The Sinclair Com
ipany in the last week has let con-
tracts totaling hundreds of thousands
of dollars for pipeline equipment ano
storage tanks in the Tea Pot Dome
field and the Tomkawa field of Okla
homa.
The activity of the locomotive and
railroad equipment builders was
never brighter. They are swamped
with orders and carriers are still un..
able to handle the freight offered
them by shippers. The Western Pa
cif1c railroad is preparing to spend
is1500,000 for new yards at Stockton,
Calf, according to announcement
today.
10000 More Workers Needed.
SAN FRANCISCO. Calf. March s
Especially D.-The lumber mills of Cali
fornia will demand ten thousand
more workers by the middle OF this
month. The shortage of labor, which
began to be apparent IN January 1s
time. Power companies will begin
large building operations as soon as
the snow clears in the foothills, ana
railroad construction work VIII MAKE
theavy demands for unskilled iapor
at about the same time
Ipduxtries on Full Time.
, ROSTON. March (SpeciaD.-Thera
are few industries throughout New
England today which are not opeI
3ating on full time. and In many cases
extra shifts are being put TO WORK.
The volume of manufacturing Is
larger than at any rate since the
spring of 1920 and only those inaus-
! tries which have been hampered by
transportation difficulties fall to re
mort decided improvement OF condi-
tfbns Virtually no unemployment
ia reported and in some lines short
age of workers exists.
Record Wheat Crop Predicted.
FORT WORTH, March 5 (SpeciaD.
THE wheat crop of the Texas pan
handle will be at least SO Dor cent
larger than that of last year. This
will be due to seasonable rains which
have extended over the great wheat
growing districts
Cattle men are extremely hopeful
and declared today the industry was
about to return to it's old strength.
| This should be the best year the
Texas wool growers have had since
1920. mon,r,.ht 1923,