Agricultural Products Shipped Into Colorado 
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The dried fruit industry has been started in a small way on the 
Western Slope in Colorado. Apples, peaches and prunes make up 
the bulk of the product. 
Jobbers and grocers complain that Colorado dried fruits fail to be 
uniform in quality, and state that the production of dried fruit will 
have to go through the same stages of development through which 
the production of fresh fruits and potatoes has passed before Colo¬ 
rado dried fruits will have a high standard in the markets of the 
United States. 
PICKLES, CATSUP AND CANNED BEANS. 
Pickles (Colorado Sorts). $50,000 
Catsup. 50,000 
Pork and Beans. 75,000 
Total. $125,000 
Pickles. —The pickle industry is comparatively new in Colorado, 
and is annually increasing. The pickles put up by those of our 
manufacturers who are skillful and have had experience are fully 
equal in every respect to pickles shipped in from other states. Grow¬ 
ing material for pickles gives good profits to the farmers who under¬ 
stand the business and the industry is likely to have a continual steady 
growth. 
Catsup. —Some Colorado catsup is equal to the best eastern 
brands and some is of poor quality. Consumers do not feel certain 
of the quality and many prefer to buy eastern brands that are good 
and always uniform. Greater care on the part of all Colorado mak¬ 
ers of catsup could overcome this difficulty. 
Pork and Beans. —The large demand for eastern brands of pork 
and beans seems to have been created largely by the expensive ad¬ 
vertising given these brands in magazines and ladies’ journals. 
WHAT THIS INQUIRY SHOULD SHOW COLORADO 
PEOPLE. 
This investigation shows that over Thirty-one Million Dollars 
were sent out of Colorado in 1909 to buy agricultural products that 
should have been produced in the State. This heavy drain on the 
State is annually increasing. 
The entire output from the metal mines of Colorado, for 1909, 
is reported by the State Commissioner of Mines, Mr. T. J. Dalzell, to 
be $33,211,527, as follows: 
Gold.... 
Silver.. . 
Lead.... 
Copper.. 
Zinc. 
Tungsten 
$21,946,684 
4 , 587,643 
2,765,512 
1,220,642 
2,295,046 
396,000 
Total 
£33,211,527 
