MONTEREY PENINSULA HERALD, MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA. TUESDAY, MARCH 12 (slackine For Sardine up of Monterey Men ore than 10 ichine .the canning same up until the hatch onto the cut- ' cutters, just ninety today, 3 belt that is the sardine fife, the head oved and the as a vacuum all the insides Esass through ies them ( on plant. is into a cir- les flat, and etal pockets , cylindrically ring a mold 1: half of the Min upon the am into the id firmly be- Lf-can-shaped EIGHT ardines that ated by the :e fish in the do not differ :omes in, the accordingly arly, and the ; care of the bearing the taped molds another ma- he- cans into us lie on the Jen. ; a can, flush a plunger the mold, on the mold ley fit neatly, re caught by mg the belt- 15 which are second check the fish ome nd pass a single checker on another line leading to the topping machines The process is simple, and here’s a condensed version of everything that happens: Sardine goes from cutter to shaper, shap- er to can when pushed by plunger, can tips upright loaded, passes checkers to cooker, second checker to topping machine. The question immediately en- ters the mind of the worker: What will this do to my job and to the fishing industry? The answer to this question is complicated, and of course the ultimate answer is yet to be seen. But there are some points that are known. WIDE USE SEEN It may take some time to pre- pare ‘for manufacture and pro— duce such machines in quantities, but sooner or later every industry will be obliged to install such a process it merely to meet compe— tition. This means that there will he an adjustment period, the speed of which will b r directly on the difficulties invo ved.‘ L It may make the canning of sardines (and other fish) possible in remote, areas, never before ac- cessible to the industry, because now large crews cannot be ac- commodated and are needed. , In such a case, it. is probable that many people now employed as packers will go to these areas —if and when they develop ~— and act as cutters and checkers during 'the fishing season, thereby taking up the slack in what would otherwise be layoff. Since the machine packs only “tails” even other sections of cannery could use up worker’s 'dis- placed in department The packer may find new an more practical uses in “floaters —the big floating cannerieslwlgic carry crew, worker, and offlc force aboard —— a modem versio of which is now in the experi mental stage in northern water These have already proved sm cessful, notably to the Japane: who moved far into western w: tors with them previous to the war, and recently to the Russian as wellas our own Government. (If and when the President’s rocent conservation proclamation takes effect, and boundaries are declared for fishing coastal wa— ters, floaters may become non— competitive in the sense that they will only fish waters distant from the coast. The full picture, how~ ever, is involved) EXPANDING INDUSTRY Other factors which may affect or offset effectsof the develop— ment of the packer are economic factors and a rapidly expanding fish industry. The first factor —- that of econ- omy — may after the nation’s postwar adjustment period create new undreamed of markets which will employ large numbers of people hitherto engaged as pack- ers. ‘ ’ The second factor that of the fisheries expansion itself _— will require more crews, but of small- er numbers of people, and will undoubtedly absorb many of the workers. In iact, since the ma» chine packs only tell size cans, even other sections of a cannery could absorb workers from the “tail” department Whatever other factors may be involved, then-z «is one thing cer- tain. The new packer, in its in- fant stage as it is, is a step in forward with a power that can- not be stopped. 1 WILL MANUFACTURE Hovden said that 20,000 cases were packed in Moss Landing and 2,500 cases were packed at the Monterey plant by the new pack— ers this season. Since help short— age was acute during high peaks —-even in a bad season—the ma— chines gave the plant additoinal help in all departments, . Art Bennet and Hovden have bought distributors rights from the inventors, Hovden said, and the new concern, to be known as the Neptune Process Machinery Company will start making the machines in Pacific Grove at a garage now .located on Eardley street near lower Lighthouse ave- hue. Both inventors are still employ- ed at the Hovden plant. Smith is foreman of the machine shop, V and Kuether is a machinist. modern progress, which movesr ‘9’ r, , OCR Text: MONTEREY PENINSULA HERALD, MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA. TUESDAY, MARCH 12 (slackine For Sardine up of Monterey Men ore than 10 ichine .the canning same up until the hatch onto the cut- ' cutters, just ninety today, 3 belt that is the sardine fife, the head oved and the as a vacuum all the insides Esass through ies them ( on plant. is into a cir- les flat, and etal pockets , cylindrically ring a mold 1: half of the Min upon the am into the id firmly be- Lf-can-shaped EIGHT ardines that ated by the :e fish in the do not differ :omes in, the accordingly arly, and the ; care of the bearing the taped molds another ma- he- cans into us lie on the Jen. ; a can, flush a plunger the mold, on the mold ley fit neatly, re caught by mg the belt- 15 which are second check the fish ome nd pass a single checker on another line leading to the topping machines The process is simple, and here’s a condensed version of everything that happens: Sardine goes from cutter to shaper, shap- er to can when pushed by plunger, can tips upright loaded, passes checkers to cooker, second checker to topping machine. The question immediately en- ters the mind of the worker: What will this do to my job and to the fishing industry? The answer to this question is complicated, and of course the ultimate answer is yet to be seen. But there are some points that are known. WIDE USE SEEN It may take some time to pre- pare ‘for manufacture and pro— duce such machines in quantities, but sooner or later every industry will be obliged to install such a process it merely to meet compe— tition. This means that there will he an adjustment period, the speed of which will b r directly on the difficulties invo ved.‘ L It may make the canning of sardines (and other fish) possible in remote, areas, never before ac- cessible to the industry, because now large crews cannot be ac- commodated and are needed. , In such a case, it. is probable that many people now employed as packers will go to these areas —if and when they develop ~— and act as cutters and checkers during 'the fishing season, thereby taking up the slack in what would otherwise be layoff. Since the machine packs only “tails” even other sections of cannery could use up worker’s 'dis- placed in department The packer may find new an more practical uses in “floaters —the big floating cannerieslwlgic carry crew, worker, and offlc force aboard —— a modem versio of which is now in the experi mental stage in northern water These have already proved sm cessful, notably to the Japane: who moved far into western w: tors with them previous to the war, and recently to the Russian as wellas our own Government. (If and when the President’s rocent conservation proclamation takes effect, and boundaries are declared for fishing coastal wa— ters, floaters may become non— competitive in the sense that they will only fish waters distant from the coast. The full picture, how~ ever, is involved) EXPANDING INDUSTRY Other factors which may affect or offset effectsof the develop— ment of the packer are economic factors and a rapidly expanding fish industry. The first factor —- that of econ- omy — may after the nation’s postwar adjustment period create new undreamed of markets which will employ large numbers of people hitherto engaged as pack- ers. ‘ ’ The second factor that of the fisheries expansion itself _— will require more crews, but of small- er numbers of people, and will undoubtedly absorb many of the workers. In iact, since the ma» chine packs only tell size cans, even other sections of a cannery could absorb workers from the “tail” department Whatever other factors may be involved, then-z «is one thing cer- tain. The new packer, in its in- fant stage as it is, is a step in forward with a power that can- not be stopped. 1 WILL MANUFACTURE Hovden said that 20,000 cases were packed in Moss Landing and 2,500 cases were packed at the Monterey plant by the new pack— ers this season. Since help short— age was acute during high peaks —-even in a bad season—the ma— chines gave the plant additoinal help in all departments, . Art Bennet and Hovden have bought distributors rights from the inventors, Hovden said, and the new concern, to be known as the Neptune Process Machinery Company will start making the machines in Pacific Grove at a garage now .located on Eardley street near lower Lighthouse ave- hue. Both inventors are still employ- ed at the Hovden plant. Smith is foreman of the machine shop, V and Kuether is a machinist. modern progress, which movesr ‘9’ r, , Heritage Society of Pacific Grove,Historical Collections,Green Plaque Research,Green Plaque Research 500 to 1900 block,513 CEdar,19460312 Monterey Herald Leonard 2.jpg,19460312 Monterey Herald Leonard 2.jpg, 19460312 Monterey Herald Leonard 2.jpg