The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-03-13


tion ia almost every br@ncL of in
Gastry Is ooservab bic. aud more especi-
asiy Id those departments ot life ~ here
con- petition, 80 generally understood
does nat Constitute the life i trade A
c'-F'aln arDount OF com petition. or rather
a sort It spin. q rivalry, bego,ten IF
self respect and desire to occupy the
torlnost rant IN any particular depart
nlent IS lIsal;htai. AID In every way
CONDUCIVE 10 success. Bat when this
spirit of rivalry takes the shape IT hog
ishness add lead. the individual 10 be
dis'rus:ful Of al others. and like the
Arab. TO wrap himself up in his own
mantle Of SCI. estimation. totally oblIy-
ious 70 any hing bat what comes within
the compass Of his own small cloak.
ard unwilling IN any way 10 JOIN hands
with those sroand him to Labor for
their mutual good, thus multiply
ing his own strength. it IS
Injurious 10 himself and curse - the
community in which bis Lot is cast.
This IS equally, or perhaps mole d.
rectiy, true t. the Agricultural
than any oue else TO him co-opera-
ton means success. IL must a.iilia,s
With his brett rsn aud work with them
for the }minon COOL He needs to
borrow their experience aid ideas &C
casi"naliy IN his business aud they bis,
and III this way "a mutu ! benefit Is de-
rived. He must also confer with them
III other ways-for instance. nearly
every farming section Is adapted pre-
emlnently to the cultivation OF some
speciality, and the raising OF it be-
comes the most profitable; but in order
to insure the creates, profit. CO opera
ton Is necessary. For instance. we
know ot valley in California wonder
fully adapted to the raising If sugar
beets. In order t. make tnis protta-
bic the farmers found it necessary TO
club together and form "a joint stock
establishment for the manufacture of
sugar. and they did it. They al cul-
tivated a certain amount of beets, aud
worked together in such a way a. 10
make money, managing the establish
ment themselves as joint stock concern.
Now i, will be admitted Oh all hands
that there is no portion Of the Union
more particularly adapted to dairying
purposes than this. This is true of the
great White river and adjacent valleys
back of our city. and other portions
Of the Sound country. including the
the islands below US aud also III quite
an equal degree of the vast re-
gion cast of the mountains Still.
in the face Of these facts, we ship all
our cheese from tie East, and consid-
cradle portion Of our butter from Cali
fornis and Oregon. Why is il. Why
don't the farmers of White river and
other sections make money, as they
might easily do by engaging il the
dairy business, instead of selling large
amounts Of hay and roots from their
farms each year at su.alI profits: 1t is
simply because some one don't come
along and start cheese factory for
them. which they might do themsel
YES by cooperation. AMI profit largely
thereby. The dairy bushes more than
almost any other belonging the the AZ
rlculturallst must be carried on by CO.
operation. the beneficial workings Of
which We have seen practically illus
traied. la making "a trip through the
beautiful Annapolis valley. which eX-
tends for about one hundred and thirty
five miles through the heart Of Nova
Scotia. a few years ago. We noticed in
front of every farm house, as We passed
along the road, large tin tank
On inquiry, we learned that near
~ every farmer in the valley made
speciality OF keeping COW sand producing
milk, which was principally manuiac-
tnred into cheese; and NJ each milk
Ing time the milk was put into tank at
At gate, from which 1t was taken shortly
after by the boy from the cheese facto-
ry. who kept an account If the meas
urencnt of each tank along bis route.
and catered il OH the books at the fac
tory 10 the credit Of the fal mer TO whom
it belonged. Every few miles during
the trip up the valley we passed one of
these factories Ia full operation. and
learned that they were owned and con-
,rollcd b. the farmers in the district
where they are located. We were told
that a few years previous Ia that time
the farmers there, like many here, were
laboring under great disadvantage.
Finally some enierprising man con-
oeiyed tue idea of starting cheese fac
tory. as "A joint stock concern. He
talked the matter over with the far
mcrs. go, the adequate snount sub
soribed. had buildings constructed. pro-
cured the machinery and sent 10 New
York for first class man to take
charge of il. and the enterprise
pauned out handsomely. each farmer
getting "A certain amount for his milk.
and then, NJ the end of each quarter.
receiving his share of the profits OF the
concern. Farmers from other districts
took the cue from tins. and new each
district has lis cheese factory, aud the
farmers are making money out Of them.
They manutse ure frs, class quality
of cheese which is always in good
demand NJ good prices Why can, the
farmers If White river and other sec
,ions of the Territory DO the same; A
hint To the "a ia, Is sufficient