THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CANNING INDUSTRY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1737, 23 August 1883, Page 4

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CANNING INDUS TRY.

TirKRK is no single industry on the contmcnfc that has m;ule such rapid strides in a coiHincrbi.il point of mow as th 6 canning of fruit, vegetables, fish and meats. The business originati-d lc*s than half a century, ago and for least •i scoic of ten years made but little progress, by reason of public prejudice, as well as the piimilive, slow and laborious in uner in winch the articles derti^ned lo ho canned ware pi epai rd and packed. Commencing with fruit, the no\t trial was m.ulu with vegetables, and vabsequontly meats and fish, until almost c\eiy .u tii/le used for human food is hermetically scaled and iinds its way lo m.ukct in a much bolter and fresher condition th.m would be pobnible under the oidiu.il> conditions that prevailed before the intioduotion ol the present system. The amount of capital invested in the building, maehineiy and appliances belonging to the gioat eauneiies is enormous, l)iifc .'in 1 1Mb many other millions iiii' utilised by smaller capitalists, and as the process of packing is now pretty well uudei stood in comparatively simple, there aie people in almost every community who utilize the products of the oi chard, faim and garden with paying lesulU. In the article of tomatoes alone no le&s than 2,160,123 cases of two dozen cans each, or 52,3222,932 cans, were packed in the United States in 1882, or nearly one third more than in any previous year. Neatly halt the above qimn* tity was packed in Maryland, Delaware and Viiginia, and it is said that the wholesale pnoo of three pound cans ranged fioin four to five cents each. Good tomato's arc selling at ten cents per single cm, as compared with forty to tifty cents twenty ye.us ago. Salmon, sai dines, shrimps and a great many other vanties of fish are canned on the shores of the Atlantic and Pacific, as well asoysteis, lobsters and other varieties of shell fish, and these aie cxpoited hugely to other countties. The salmon of the Columdia and Oiegon livers aie unequalled and command a teidy sale in Europe, Australasia and th« most appieciative markets ot both hemispheies. Fruits indigenous to South or North, and which will nob bear transpoi t.ition long distances and remain hound, rue shipped, not only to the domestic consumer" but those of other l.uida, and immense (juanti' ties of wholesome lood, which otherwise would yo to waste, aie by the ptoceb3 we have de-cubed bio.ight into piofit.ible use. Tliegie.it tnut glowing ie«ion of the Southeiu and JMuldlu states fail ly teem with oanuini; faotones and evapouting establishments for the pi enervation of flints, and vegetables, and tlie maimfactmc of "aiict,*), houps and condiments thai otlieiwiM) could not he so cheaply obtanud. Out ing the summer and autumn, thousands of pcisons of both 'scvca aie actively employed and the wages paid to them foi such .sen Res add veiv n ite'Mlly to the geneial piospeiity of the count) y. Our e\poit trade in fruits, vegetables-, meits, iish, ke, isahc.idy a veiy impoit'int aid to our couiineici.'l expansion, besides it is eveiy joar iapidl> nici easing and uiateiially assists to eniicli our people, as well as keep the balance of ti.ulc in our favoui, and more especially &o when in some other departments of agik'iiltuial and food products we have baldly held our own. In icspcct to the value of our domestic fiuits and the export demand for dried and evapoiated varieties, we append the following taken fmin the (Jennantowu, Pa., 'lilupoph : "It n ,i mistake among many fanners and fi nit i.uVr« in the United .State* to dunk lh.it the dilf.wout v.u'ities of fiuifc, such .ib njinlcs, pe.us peaches, plums, tlui lies, noose bci lie , ite., aio friovvn m lluiii^e in <r cilt'i peifeition than here. It i, not the fiel We raise these as ibuiul.uUl} lieu- and in us much pclfeotion ,i ilu'> do in JCniopo and with not nioi.'ti'.in half t'lel.uo'ir ,u<d e\pense. \'t'i'liis> not .i doubt that the United. States, ei e in my \<mih, will become the "icdc^l ti int-i.nsing t oim tiy in the woild. In dn (i j'i mts sin li as peaches and .md ap,)l- 1) Llie c-> poitations has ah cad y acquiud lii^'o ]nopoi tion, and in ten yiai ■. moic it will go on multiplying in extent until fnul-iaising will become a i.v L'ieat"i and pioic piofitable bianoh ot lndustiy than at jirescnt. With such a maiketas we find m Eui ope open tons, no em never j^iow an over-balance of anplei and peaches ; vlulc these, in adilition to cranberries in their natural condition, fiesli fioin the tiecs, and vines, can and will be pioduccd in such quantiti( -, as to ni' ct any demand. The cheapness with which we can send them abroad will open to us a maiket for all that we can supply " — New York Australasian.

Tin; Juhntm: Silkwokji.— It is stated that tho Now York Silk Exchange lias 1 council sonic 20,000,000 Japanese silkworm eggs by ilnect importation, via Sun JAaucisco. The eggs aie deposited on cuds about 12m. Mjuaie, on which they lie so thickly as to pi event the card being cut without some of the eggs being destroyed. It is intended to distribute the eggs piatia to silkworm culttuists thioughout the countiy. Tho inteiest Liken in this industry in the United Status is reported to lie growing lapidly, and the number of ciiquiues made at the E\ch inue daily by mail amount to upwauls of 100. Some cultivators have .ill eady succeeded, beyond their expectations. Tiil impoitation of foreign animals into Gioat J3i lt.iin for food purposes in the year ISS2 amounted to 341,000 cattle, 1,140,000 cut. of dead meat. The impoit.ition of dead meat in ISSI was <;,S.'sl,ooJ cwt. ; ,ui(l in ISSO it was Tc'MJT.OO ewt ; tho lamest quantity yet iccoiwd It is obsened by the Jlltnfc Lane J'.ipit;^ that the inoi case in the impoitation of dead nuat since 1869 has boon much gieator than that of the impoitation of In c animals, notwithstanding the sharp decline m the imports of the past twoyeais from its highebtpoint. The shipment of Ino hogs from New Yoik to England has been entirely discontinued. 'I in: Colonies and India commenting on lepoit now euriont that the tea harvest in Indian tea gardens is &eiiou&!y tlueatened by the spread of certain insect pests-, points out the cloMiability of intioduciiiK 1 tea culture extensively in New Zealand, '• a lejrion .is vet unvi-ifced bv (lie inject uu^anees of Europe and Asia." Tho v> lifer goes on to bay : 'Tor more thin 200 yen-, the Euiopeau silkwoim ex-aped ne.aly e\ory dKoahO ; I'or above 40 \ c.iiN thf to.i plant in India h.is hufFoicl tiom nothing nio.c than an occasional li.ul-tonn ; and the famous vineyards of Co-istantia in South i\ Jiica have fortunately not Miffeied like others in Europe, Ameiicii, and to .sonic extent Australia. Coupling 1 those circumstances with the known happy freedom of New Zealand, for instance, fiom most kinds of objectionable parasitic life, itsetms fair to conclude that properly managed tea, wine and silk cultuio hhould thcro enjoy a loua: immunity fiom th q '•eo urges of the Northern Hemisphere, and that under tho defenco of proper picc.iutious, tl.o pebts alluded to need never be introduced." It is stated that thirty tons of salmon were consumed by the Saratoga hotels last sea-on ; and this refutes the theoiy lhat h'rh aie valuable brain food. Hundreds of young men left Saratoga hotels wearing their hair parted in the middle as usual. ' This is evtmordinsiry hard,' said a hcipcaid-lookSng nitdiuni, as he rolled a damaged ten-cent stamp in (he hollow of tns hand. • It's as much as I can do' to live, arid my w.fe l\:\hii't had anew bonnet in four months.' ' Toouiucli lag 'money in the country; I suppose ?' ' suggested a sympathizing 'friend, "'No; toipt that," icplied the ut tenn«te/l,6r'sir'U/ of the unseen world.- /^StHrtts has got' to l»e'i* ! Bb i ''''lu6hifri'ced ,»6w tlint; they 1 * toftWriaU^'tJfikWr flfteon*