Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-07-25
COM. FROM COMMERCIAL
CLUB WILL REPORT ON
CANNING FACTORY

At a meeting held at the Bond
Mangan offices in the Monte Vista
Bank and Trust Company building
Wednesday afternoon the PROPOSE
ton Of a canning factory was taken
up in detail by number of rep
resentative Monte Vista citizens
which included several members of
the new industries committee OF the
Commercial Club.
It was the consensus of the meet
ing that a canning factory would be
Of unlimited benefit to the COM
munity financially and that no Bet
ter business proposition could be
brought to Monte Vista at this time.
In view Of this conclusion those in
attendance voted the matter be re.
ferred to the new Industries COM
mittee of the Commercial Club who
will make \ close survey Of the
proposition offered By the Colorado
Wyoming Canning Company and re-
port to the Commercial Club on the
details Of the plans Of the company
which is to build = factory here on
the site Of the old Potato Fiaking
Mil.
Depending on the report Of this
committee. several Of the meA pres
~ent proposed the business men Of
Monte Vista get back Of the can
ming factory proposition and give
the support necessary to put this
thing across and In operation At the
earliest possible date.
Judge @. N. Barckley. E. N.
Gramm and D. J. 6outhwick. rep.
ressn:ing the Colorado-Wyoming
Canning company were present and
laid before the meeting the COM
plete details OF the company's plans.
Judge Barckley invited and urged
the Commercial Club and business
mea. At the outset Of the meeting
to make = complete survey of the
finances. the plans and methods OF
his company and report same be-
fore the Commercial Club. This. he
said he had been under the impress
sion had already been done and
was disappointed that II had not.
Judge Barckley gave = resume Of
the personnel Of his company and
the company's plans to build three
factories. one at Wheatland. Wyom-
ing. and one at Monte Vista under
their own plans Of finance and =
third in the Big Horn Basin. Wyom-
ing, where the citizens have raised
the entire amount OF the construc-
ton price Of the factory aud have
asked the Colorado Wyoming Com
pany to come In and operate because
farmers we're leaving the valley
since they had no market for the
products they raised.
In his statement Of the financial
value Of = canning plant to the val |
ley. Judge BarckIsy cited the ad-
vastAge OF . fixed market for vese- |
tables at home and . certain and
stable market for canned products |
at all timss. He told Of the Emp
son plants In Northern Colorado At
0resley. Longmont and Loveland
which have already marketed their
1924 pack Of peas At . profit o.
$50 psr case.
The three Empsos plants were
cold less than . year ago for the
SEN OF one million dollars cash.
rAsir yearly pack Of peas b sstimst-
"a at ons-haK million cases for the
three factories.
The company representatives
asksd that the Commercial ciss ~
pssvs Q bsard Of five local oss =
atsecs shs canning company here.
OF these five one will be selected
70 nsnbsrship Of the board Of
directors Of the company OF which
.hsrs Will be nine. one from each OF
he three plants and the other sax
nsn in the company organization.
=. q. Payne and family srrtved
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