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NEW YORK. APRIL 22. 1022 
Entered as Second-Class Matter, June 38. 1879. at the Post v- ... vl . 
Office at New York, N. T.. under the Act of March 3, 1879. 
N. Y. Canning Crops Growers’ Association 
U NSATISFACTORY C< )NDI- 
TIOXS.—To understaiitl the 
New York Canning Crops Orow¬ 
ers’ Association, one must go 
back into the many years of 
growing ealining crops in West¬ 
ern ami Central New York. This 
association was born from the 
knowledge that the returns from 
canning crops, year in and year 
out. had not been sufficiently re¬ 
munerative for the investment of 
capital and labor which was re¬ 
quired. There were a number of 
factors entering into the unsat¬ 
isfactory condition, notably (he 
lack of uniformity of the con¬ 
tracts and the unsystematic 
grading which existed at many 
of the factories. So little atten¬ 
tion was placed on grading that 
there was little incentive to grow 
crops of superior quality. 
COLLECT I VI: DEALING. — 
Two years ago the association 
was organized hurriedly for the 
purpose of developing an organ¬ 
ization for dealing collectively 
with the can tiers. The experi¬ 
ence which this association had 
for tin 1 tirst two years of its ex¬ 
istence has pointed the way to 
the strength of many of the fea¬ 
tures which the association lias 
developed since its reorganiza¬ 
tion. Last year in many sections 
can net’s were compelled to estab¬ 
lish outlying viners in new terri¬ 
tory. because the farmers, with 
years of experience, were unable 
to see. at the beginning of the 
season even, that there would be 
any profit for them with any¬ 
thing like normal yields. 
A CHANGE NEEDED. — In 
the explanation of the plan of or¬ 
ganization of the Canning Crops’ 
Association, which was published 
some time ago. the condition of 
the situation was described as 
follows: “The situation with the 
can net’s in their relation to indi¬ 
vidual growers has not changed. 
There is still no standard method 
of contracting, nor is there any 
standard method of payment. 
The producer still lias no assur¬ 
ance that he will receive pay¬ 
ment for liis crop at any speci¬ 
fied time. Some growers receive 
payment when it is due; others 
when it is convenient to the can- 
ners. The grower is given but 
little consideration.” The ex¬ 
perience of flte association the 
past two years has brought the 
directors of tile association to 
tlie belief that tlie only way that 
a .successful organization can 
continually function for tlie 
t'cas linrrcstrd with mowing machines mid side-delivery rakes. The yeas are needed with 
ordinary yraiii thills. The loads will he hauled to the' rim es ami . helled by machinery. 
A "rinrr ' or pen-shell{uy plant, The vines are hauled in ordinary hat) racks ami forked into 
the machines. In some roses from fire to fiO hods will be unit inn. 
Hamilton sweet corn at the can nitty factory. It is picked from the standing stalks and thrown 
right into double bo,r wagons. At the factory the loads are dumped onto an elevator which 
carries the ears to a h usher, where they are husked with almost human-like precision. 
growers of canning crops must 
be by a so-called ••tight” organi¬ 
zation which of itself has the 
power to hold the individual 
members in line, and the asso¬ 
ciation in turn by this strength 
secure justice both with and for 
its members. 
ORGANIZING TIIE GROW¬ 
ERS.—The directors have se¬ 
cured the services of an organi¬ 
zation manager who has about 
completed the organization of 
every one of the important can¬ 
ning centers in the central and 
western parts of the State. 
Thomas E. Wright, who is or¬ 
ganizing the association under 
tlie new plan, is having the hear¬ 
tiest support of all growers 
where meetings are being held. 
At one of his recent meetings iu 
a community. 550 growers turned 
out to hear of the progress of the 
association, and left enthusiastic 
for the progress that was being 
made. 
<’OMMERGIALEFFI(’IEN( Y. 
—-The directors of the associa¬ 
tion have agreed upon a few 
things as the underlying basis 
for flieir association. They be¬ 
lieve that “a successful associa¬ 
tion doing co-operative market¬ 
ing of canning crops must be a 
commercially efficient organiza¬ 
tion. They know that as a mar¬ 
keting institution they must be 
organized as a selling agency, 
and not as a body of producers; 
that it must represent the com¬ 
modity. and not the locality; 
that because there are hundreds 
of growers to one purchaser, the 
majority of potential producers 
must be members; that the asso¬ 
ciation must lie built as a perma¬ 
nent institution; that it must have 
a certainty of crops to market; 
that every grower in each local¬ 
ity should receive the same price 
from flie local canner for the 
same quantity and grade of each 
product delivered; that the asso¬ 
ciation must be operated by ex¬ 
perts on tlie sales research and 
inspection departments; that it 
must co-operate with the canner, 
recognizing him as the processor 
of a highly perishable product 
and a legitimate food distribu¬ 
tor: that it must set aside an an¬ 
nual reserve sufficient t<> develop 
its own canning factories in the 
event that tlie present available 
outlets are not sufficient to care 
for the normal annual crop.” 
They recognize that it must lie a 
non-profit, non-capital stock co¬ 
operative association; that it oau 
