According to the Press, “Some Ball employees say the thefts are part of a growing black market, which is selling the canning lids to unknown outlets around the state and Midwest.” Anecdotally ...

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Led by Ohio representative Charles Carney, the committee summoned home canning industry executives to testify. At the time, the biggest lid makers in the United States were Bernardin of Evansville, ...