. Canadian grocer January-March 1918. company overbid the hog market othersmaller packers would have been seriously handicap-ped if not put out of business. Had it offered to sellfor less the smaller concerns would likewise havesuffered. Again, we believe that from the standpoint ofnational prosperity the packing concerns have beena very important factor. It was because these con-cerns were able to transform pork to bacon of firstquality that Canadian hogs became so hog has been the individual getting thegreat benefit of the rising market and this has playeda considerable
. Canadian grocer January-March 1918. company overbid the hog market othersmaller packers would have been seriously handicap-ped if not put out of business. Had it offered to sellfor less the smaller concerns would likewise havesuffered. Again, we believe that from the standpoint ofnational prosperity the packing concerns have beena very important factor. It was because these con-cerns were able to transform pork to bacon of firstquality that Canadian hogs became so hog has been the individual getting thegreat benefit of the rising market and this has playeda considerable part in Canadas prosperity. Thefraction per pound going to the packers has meantnothing to the farmer as compared with the advancemade possible through their activities. High prices-tor bacon or any other agricultural product of whichwe have an exportable surplus should never be any-thing but a benefit to the Canadian producer andtherefore to Canada as a whole. January 18, 1918 CANADIAN GROCER 29 Current Events in Photograph—No. 3. helping to &eltebe tfce Coal Cvixiti \ N addition to the difficulties of transport ing fuel on account of the-*- rail congestion intensified by the recent snow and very cold -weather,the fuel administrators have to contend with frozen coal which must bethawed out before it can be dumped from the cars. A plan to thaw outthe coal lying in the yards has been devised, that of thawing with livesteam which is forced by means of pipe and hose, into the heart of thefrozen black diamonds. AMERICAN CANNERS CAN PUT UPBEANS TO 25% OF REQUIREMENTS The United States Food Administra-tion is sending a letter to canners ofbeans, giving them a permit to can 25per cent, of their pack of white andcolored beans, as indicated in the esti-mates of their requirements up to March,1918, which were recently submitted tothe Food Administration. The canning of beans was prohibitedpending a survey of the available supplyof tin plate. This survey has disclosedthat there will soo
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