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| − | California Cooperative Canneries was an Armour-affiliated cannery in the meat packing company's attempt to expand into fruits and vegetables. | + | California Cooperative Canneries was an Armour-affiliated cannery in the meat packing company's attempt to expand into fruits and vegetables. Although nominally independent, California Cooperative Canneries had a ten year contract to sell its full production to Armour. Armour argued that the setup would give farmers more flexibility and profits, but others saw it as an attempt by the meat-packers to dominate another area of food production. The movement sparked an epic anti-trust battle between the US Government and Armour and Swift, leading to a consent decree against the meat-packers; Armour relinquished the company soon after. There are signs that the canneries were to be sold to [[Bisceglia Brothers]], with the new company continuing to sell to Armour<ref>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cB8yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MeQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1296%2C265046 January 7, 1920 Evening News]</ref> [[Bisceglia Brothers]] will continue contracts with Armour. By 1924, the "independent" canneries were |
| + | [http://www.archive.org/stream/investigationofc16unit/investigationofc16unit_djvu.txt deeply in debt] to packers. The consent decree was suspended from 1925 to 1929; the Supreme Court ruled | ||
| + | [http://books.google.com/books?id=N8dZkGO6i-AC&pg=PA202&lpg=PA202&dq=%22California+Cooperative+Canneries%22+armour&source=bl&ots=9qAOHPid3v&sig=yJYT4K27iWHa-rnYpP0BwtudQPM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=72BcT9eLK-isiQLS_JTYDA&ved=0CEcQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22California%20Cooperative%20Canneries%22%20armour&f=false anti-trust was appropriate.":http://newspaperarchive.com/bakersfield-californian/1929-05-20/page-2 eventually they were "allowed to keep the business]. Even then, the canneries only survived a few more years, being sold to [[Tri-Valley Growers | Tri-Valley Packing]] in 1932. | ||
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| + | The company's manager was [[Vernon Campbell]] in 1921; he shows up in many press quotes during the early founding of the company. Floyd Bohnett, an [http://www.mariposaresearch.net/santaclararesearch/SCBIOS/fobohnett.html enthusiastic member] in 1922, also appeared in the press. | ||
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| + | [http://books.google.com/books?id=9SUyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA33&lpg=PA33&dq=%22Northern+California+Packing+Co.%22+%22mountain+View%22&source=bl&ots=puuN5X0_1J&sig=VdGZn0ktknurompycU3i_o0HkMw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=5ZwaUI-3BaLIiwL4uoGwAw&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Northern%20California%20Packing%20Co.%22%20%22mountain%20View%22&f=false 1922 Cannery's Directory] shows sites in San Jose and Modesto, with offices in Cunard Building in San Francisco. San Jose's plant was one of the biggest canneries in the county in 1922; a [http://www.sfgenealogy.com/santaclara/history/scchist12.htm 1922 history] noted | ||
| + | "There are forty canning factories in the county. One of these, the Co-operative plant, is the largest in the world. In 1921 it absorbed 30,000 tons of fruit and employed nearly 1,000 people. In the busy season of that year the combined county payroll reached over two million dollars." | ||
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Revision as of 02:42, 20 October 2013
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Santa Clara Valley Growers Association |
California Cooperative Canneries was an Armour-affiliated cannery in the meat packing company's attempt to expand into fruits and vegetables. Although nominally independent, California Cooperative Canneries had a ten year contract to sell its full production to Armour. Armour argued that the setup would give farmers more flexibility and profits, but others saw it as an attempt by the meat-packers to dominate another area of food production. The movement sparked an epic anti-trust battle between the US Government and Armour and Swift, leading to a consent decree against the meat-packers; Armour relinquished the company soon after. There are signs that the canneries were to be sold to Bisceglia Brothers, with the new company continuing to sell to Armour[1] Bisceglia Brothers will continue contracts with Armour. By 1924, the "independent" canneries were deeply in debt to packers. The consent decree was suspended from 1925 to 1929; the Supreme Court ruled anti-trust was appropriate.":http://newspaperarchive.com/bakersfield-californian/1929-05-20/page-2 eventually they were "allowed to keep the business. Even then, the canneries only survived a few more years, being sold to Tri-Valley Packing in 1932.
The company's manager was Vernon Campbell in 1921; he shows up in many press quotes during the early founding of the company. Floyd Bohnett, an enthusiastic member in 1922, also appeared in the press.
1922 Cannery's Directory shows sites in San Jose and Modesto, with offices in Cunard Building in San Francisco. San Jose's plant was one of the biggest canneries in the county in 1922; a 1922 history noted "There are forty canning factories in the county. One of these, the Co-operative plant, is the largest in the world. In 1921 it absorbed 30,000 tons of fruit and employed nearly 1,000 people. In the busy season of that year the combined county payroll reached over two million dollars."
Locations
| Location | Years | Address | Details |
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| Modesto | 1922 | ||
| San Francisco | 1922 | Cunard Building | |
| San Jose | 1922 | Tenth and Taylor |