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1IK Bl in : acK o erry moms The New Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon; Sunday Morning) December 2S, 1928 Olir E Grow' The Pugh Pear Peeling Machine Will Help Put Up a Big Factory Here Each Unit Will Do the Work of 100 Women and Make Numerous Other Savings; Machine is Going Out on Royalty Salem is to be headquarters of a concern making; labor saving cannery machinery and devices that is destined to have a large and wpxld wide business. A few days ago there was a meeting of the stockholders of C. J. Pugh & Co. at which were pres ent among others, J. O. Holt of Eugene, James O. Heltzel, Paul Wallace and L. T. Reynolds of Salem, and K. M. and C. J. Pugh of this city, and it was decided to begin making up Immediately af ter the first of the year, five units of the Pugh pear peeling machine units, which have been spoken or contractor for. Also, It was de cided that for each unit contracted for beyond five an extra one Is to be made, up to at least a total of ten units to be put out this year. They are not to be sold. They are to-be put out on royalty contracts. . C. J. Pugh, the Inventor and pa tentee of the machine, commenced working on the idea 10 years ago. In 112? one trial machine was made and taken by LI boy, McNeill Llbby, and it worked very well. This year a machine was made for the cannery at Eugene, of the Eugene Fruit Growers' asso ciation, long managed by J. O. Holt, and -that machine was tried out successfully in the pear can ning season this Xall, and It at tracted much attention from can ners. Mr. Hold found, that the' ma chine effected a saving, not only In wages paid out for women peel ers, but it eliminated a great deal of waste, for on the fruit going through the machine there Is an 11 per cent waste only, a saving of four per cent, or about $1.50 a ton. He thought the machine might work on tomatoes and beets, and It was tried out on them. It worked on beets, but was not suc cessful on tomatoes. Mr. Pugh will no doubt, in time, find out why, and make a machine that will handle tomatoes. The process, as was described on the Slogan page last year, la to first put the fruit through an acid bath. This loosens the skin. Then it is carried through water, which stops the action of the acid. Then It is taken to a cylinder where me SKin is rubbed on. The ca pacity of the machine at Eugene is about 1500 bushels a day. In the meantime, Mr. Pugh has been working in the factory here on Improvements. He has a ma chine "on the floor" now, fully set up. It is run by four women. and each unit will do the work formerly done by 100 women peel era. The present machine is as far ahead of the one at Eugene as that one excels in its operations, the orglnal one Installed by Llbby, McNeill ft Llbby. A recent trial run made by the present machine resulted In the putting through of 108 bushels of pears In 30 minutes. The machine on hand can be taken to any cannery and Installed In an hour. All that is needed Is e'ectric, water and sewer connec tions. Then it will be ready to go. The cannery Installing It will have no Initial expense,. It will save S25 on each $100 former cost of peel ing, it saves Inspectors for peeled pears; saves pay of men to put up icg boxes, and hauling of peelings Daves, i Dies, conveyors, pans, grading for size before peeling. It does a job that cannot be dupll cated for neatness; obviates strlk es ana laoor troubles; overcomes labor shortages; handles fruit at proper time; will work overtime and Sundays without extra pay. it taxes small floor space; eight by 30 feet. No muss or slop or slack time because of sickness or lateness of women. Here is a prediction by the Slo gan man: The C. J. Pugh factory will become one of the big man ufacturing concerns of Salem, and before very long. The whole block or two blocks, owned by the com pany at 650 South 21st street will be covered by buildings filled with busy employees. The Pugh concern makes fruit graders, fruit washing machines, prong fruit trucks, cider mills, stoves, crutches, and a lot of oth er devices. Mr. Pugh has more devices In his head or patented or on the way to the patent of fice. He will soon have a free hand to develop the manufacturing bus iness. The capital of the company Is all subscribed. None is for sale. Funds are In sight to make up the 10 pear peelers planned for this year. It Is possible that more will be made. Anyway, within a few years, there will be scores and possibly hundreds of these machines out at work making profits for the company. How high? They will be high enough, cutting them In half, to "Justify the above .predic tion. And all the Pugh invention are simple, after one knows horn. It la a wonder some one else did not think of them, long ago. But that is true of every Invention. great or small. There Is no longer any doubt of the successful operation of the peeler. And it is the first pear peeling device that has ever suc ceeded capable of mass produc tion. George W. Shand. formerly of the Salem Iron works, and him self a mechanical genlusV has giv en Mr. Pugh much help in work ing out his devices to the point of practical success, and he has been especially helpful in the work of improving on the first pear peel ing machine. TOURISTS BIGGEST ME nras ME DOUBTFUL BET AUSTIN Stating that the tourist busi ness is Austria's greatest indus try, W. Boeckl reported to the export committee of the National Automobile chamber of com merce;" last week, that Austria had an 80 per cent Increase in motor registration during 19X8, and expects to double its regis tration next year. Mr. Boekl Is. a director of the Automobile club of Austria, and of the Association of Highways in Austria. He arrived in this country last week in response to an invitation from the National Automobile chamber of commerce to attend the International days which will be held in connection with the New York Automobile show. Tuesday, January 8. will be International day at the show. and the visitors, from abroad will hold an international conference on the preceding day at chamber headquarters, 366 Madison ave nue. New -York. Adequate financing for high ways in Austria is the most Im portant move which can be made toward the prosperity of that country, Mr. Boekl holds, ne will spend considerable of his time In America at the offices of the U. S. bureau of public roads, studying htghway construction and finance methods in this country. (John C. Burtner, high author ity, at the Oregon State college, sents the following, written for this blackberry Slogan issue of the Statesman:) The Agricultural Outlook port for 1928, Issued February 15 last, had this to say regarding the prospect for blackberries and other bramble fruits: "At present canned bramble fruits are receiving serious com petition from canned . peaches. prunes and pears, all of which are comparatively low in price. It Is evident that to meet this competi tion the price of canned brambles must be kept as low as possible No increase' in the acreage of brambles can be recommended at this time except in localities where the best cultural conditions are obtained and where market facilities are available." No official figures of this year's production of blackberries in Ore gon are available, but official ob servation indicates that little change has taken place in acreage or general volume of production Prices this year were not such as to stimulate production, and, predicted in the outlook report, plantings giving good return were those, where cultural practices were the best and where markets were close at hand. Fortunately these conditions obtained in many parts ,oi Mar ion conntv. where canning plants have provided a steady outlet for good berries especially of the ev errreen variety. High quality is being more and more Insisted noon, however, with the conse-? quent ' lessening of competition from the uncultivated evergreen. Almost phenomenal yields are ob tained from evergreens in some sections of Marlon county, and where high yields of good quality berries are possible profits ' are good even at the marginal prices prevailing the last two years . The Market Outlook A recent review of the canned goods situation in the United States had this to say regarding the competition afforded canned berries by other fruits: 'In order that the farmer may be advised 'relative to the condi tions which govern the sale of berries' on the canned goods mar ket, it might be well to give some figures relative to the output oi peaches in California, which gov ems in a way the consumption of our common fruits."1;. "In 1927 California, packfd 10.- 829.CS1 cases or peacnes ana s 118.718 cases of- apricots. The rear before California packed 13 million cases of peaches.. This commodity Is sold on the market at a much lower price than Ore gon berries and consequently In fluences the berry sale to a con siderable extent. The demand for California peaches and apricots is quite large because ot the exten sive advertising campaign that is being carried on constantly through the national magazines by California packers. N "The normal carry-over of peaches represents such a . large quantity that in order to move these products 'they are sold on the market at less than half price in some cases. Consequently, Oregon berries are not bought by the consumer and the canner holds a perishable article." Thus the seasonal fluctuations in production of. major fruits in the canning trade has 'a direct bearing on the demand for Oregon canned berries and explains to some extent the marked changes in demand from year to year on the part of packers. The Big 1826 Tack Vninme of Oregon canned black berries reached a peak in 1926 nen 343,582 cases were packed. The following year the total dropped to approximately half ot that amount, only 175,884 being packed. Just how many were packed this year Is not known as yet, but late last year this warn-! ing was issued among the packing trade: "Blackberries. Blackber r i e s were packed in smaller quanti ties this year than normally be cause of the larger carry-over In 1926. It is not desirable to pack blackberries in suck extensive quantities as were packed in 1926 because of the other states in the union that normally pack black berries in large quantities, caus ing the price to drop down below the cost of packing, making it un profitable for the packer to pack this commodity in any large quan tity except on order." Statistics on Packs The following groups of statis tics show the relationship of blackberry production in this and competing states, and shows the growth in this state together with Its relation to other fruit crops. Blackberries canned in 1924, by states: Washington 489.837 Oregon Texas . California ' Michigan North Carolina . Missouri ...... All other states 222,088 106,274 59,963 42,095 37,240 18,550 19.060 Total 1,607,429 Figures for 1927 for Oregon and Washington: Washington 468.834 Oregon .....175,864 Total 644,69 S Packs ot various fruits In Ore gon for 1926 and 1927: Commodity- 1926 Apples . . . . . . . .420,357 Black raspberries 27,801 Blackberries 843,682 Cherries ......387,216 Gooseberries- ; Loganberries Plums Pears . . . . , Rhubarb . . , Raspberries Strawberries Prune Peaches ' ? i;S52 4.158 7.815 . . .79,114 .... 4,967 ... 70,075 ... 19,760 ...372,038 4,333 Jami. Jellies and preserves ... 32,448 Miscellaneous . . 3,173 1927 327,884 26,073 175.864 251,735 84,503 376,759 2.660 459.644 11,954 82,236 270.314 345,151 54,530 Totals ..3.201.403 2.508,245 mm PUBLISHED Evergreen Blackberry Is Berry, and It Originated In Our Valley Too Many Cases of This Berry Were Canned in 1926, i and The Industry Is Now Marking Time; Tame anil Wild Ones . BY GOVERNOR-ELECT TOPEKA, Kans., Dec. 22. (AP) Charges that "boose par ties" had been used by lobbyists in effort to influence legislation by the Kansas legislature were made today by Clyde M. Reed, governor-elect, in notifying state and local officials he would expect strict law enforcement during the biennial Session convening next month. Mr. Reed charges that eight state senators, four railroad attor neys, representatives of the Bell Telephone company, and "other public utility and corporation rep resentatives" had attended a "big booze party" which he said had been held this year in one of To- peka's principal hotels by the cor poration lobby. Names of the guests and hosts were not disclosed. Robert C. Paulas, of the Paulas Bros. - Packing company, Salem, canners and brokers, answering the reporter's question concerning the prospects for - the evergreen blackberry Industry, said too many cases ot these berries were canned in this section in 1926. The val ley canners put up unusually large packs, and the fish canner ies along the coast went into the canning of these berries. They could buy the wild berries in Til lamook, Clackamas and other counties along the coast at verr low prices, and they took a chance. So there was a large carry-over from that year. There is still a carry-over, but it is not more than half as large as at this time last year. Mr. Paulas thinks it will all clean up by the next harvest, or It any canned evergreen are left over the supply will be small. So, if the-pack of next year is not too large, the season of 1930 for evergreen blackberries ought to be good; or at least fair. For the present, that branch of the fruit growing industry here la marking time. Cultivated Berries Better In normal vara, the cultivated evergreens are better than those grown on the vines that come up in the wild state all over the dis trict. Qt WrfiaeaUty for can ning. ',,!'' But the' last two seasons there has been little difference. They were peculiar seasons. It Just happened. The reason the wild berries are Inferior for canning. In ordinary years, is that they shrink more. They do not come out of the cans in as solid a state as the cultlvat ed berries. That Is a prime con slderatlon in the markets. The big bakers and other consumers want a berry that comes out firm, solid and not mushy. Taking one season with anoth er, the cultivated berries will command a shade better pay for. the berries from the wild vines. . "Tame" and WUd Ones Will it pay to plant more ever greens and cultivate them? That is a question no canner wants to be quoted on for the present. New outlets for. marketing may develop that will make safe an answer to this question in the affirmative. That will be a matter In which time will be of the "essence of the contract," as the lawyers say. One thing is certain, this is a great evergreen blackberry, coun try, for both the berries that come from the wild vines, and from the vines that are cultivated. This industry was started here. The evergreen vine is not native here. It Just happened. It prob ably came from seed scattered by birds, in long flights. Some au thorities say the start came from England. Any way, it is here, and the evergreen blackberry is one of the great pie berries of commerce. It has had a very fair past, and it may conceivably have a much greater future. LID 60IIEHIENT PERCENTAGE GIVEN The apportionment of approxi mately $1,500,000 of federal aid money to the road building pro gram ot Oregon each year serves to bring out numerous questions relative to the amount of govern ment owned land In the various states. According to statistics compiled by the Oregon State Motor asso siatlon the total area of land and water in the 48 states is 3,026,719 square miles. The total area of land owned by the federal govern- twice ment in the form of unappropriat- from the canners than they willed and unreserved public land. i non-taxable Indian land, and na tional forests, parks and monu ments, is 612,108 square miles, or. 20 per cen of the total area comprising the 48 states. The land owned by the federal government is not distributed . ev enly among the 48. states. .Nine states have no federal land; In 16 states the' federal land Is less than one per cent of , the. total state area. In nine states the lexis eral. land represents from one to I percent of the total state area, fn 14 states the federal holdings are from 7.2 percent to 84.2 per cent of the total state area. Evergreen Blackberry Center . Hi SALEM is the actual And potential evergreen blackberry center of the world ..,.t And this comes by fortuitous accident, as is the case with the loganberry. Neither berry is native. The loganberry - 1 4 came dj way oi isauiorma, wnere it was Dorn as . a cross between a blackberry and raspberry. The evergreen' blade Derry probably came from seeds carried by birds, or in some other way, from England. The loganberry was developed into a commercial fruit in the Salem district "And the same i true of the evergreen blackberry : -now sometimes called the Oregon blackberry, to which name'jj is entitled and by which it should be known in all the marT kets, in whatever form. . . , . u- It is not likely that the cultivated evergreen will be overdone here. It is more likely to be underdone, because we must gain our great reputation as a fruit center on qual lty i .And the quality of the cultivate evergreen is in most years far superior as a canning product to the berry gathered from vines growing in the wild state. v The evergreen is the great pie fruit of commerce : ana other uses will be found for it. ' '; The conclusion of the whole matter is that our fruit growers should maintain and increase their plantings anp tneir care oi their evergreen biacKDerry vines, and be patient in their wait for the complete stabilization of this branch of our great fruit industry. . THIS WEEK'S SLOGAN DID YOU KNOW that Marion county produces the largest tonnage of the Evergreen blackberries of any county in Oregon, that Polk sounty is next, Yamhill county third and Linn county fourth, giving the Salem district a large part of the Oregon acreage of this most important crop; that there are chances for immense development in this great pie berry industry here; that it is an important link in diversified agriculture; that there is profit in growing cultivated Evergreen black berries here in the right locations and under the proper conditions, and an empire here in extent suitable for thir growth, and that new comers will do well to study the importance of this berry in their schemes of production? 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