The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-05-23
American Cheese.

A dairyman writing to the Country
Gentleman from Ogdensburg, N, Y. /,
thinks that the factory system is be-
coming unsatisfactory in his locality.
He says:
As spring approaches. we turn our
thoughts toward the dairy interest, and
have many half formed plans for the
coming season. Many q dairyman is
still uncertain whether he will patron.
ize the factory or manufacture bis own
dairy products. Certain it is that
many factories have not been paying
investments. and the impression seems
to be gaining ground that the factory
system is at an ebb. Many factories
have changed hands At loss to former
owners or have been accidentally des.
troyed, and will not be rebuilt, as they
merely paid expenses, and left no mar.
gin Of profit. At one time the factory
system bid fair to tighten the labors Of
many . farm Would it not be we'll to
search for this apparent decline Of con.
6dence in it?
One reason. perhaps. is that like
every new thing, it has not been run
upon as economical principles as it
should have been, or it has reached a
point where, it feels the pressure Of the
times. Other causes may be found, if
We take more extended view Of the
whole interest. Il is generally sup
posed that American cheese is inferior
to the English, especially because it
dose not sell so high in the English
market. It is also often hinted that
We IRE not q cheese eating people, be-
cause We do not make an article that
meets the wants of our own consumers.
Now, there is some truth in both these
assertions. As regards the quality Of
the cheese exported. it seems to be the
aim Of our manufacturers to make an
article that will bear transportation, and
the result is very hard pressed, indi.
gestible article, that will bend to an
angle of 45o without breaking.-Sueh
. cheese is very unlike the crisp, high.
y.favored cheese Of the English. Is
it any wonder that American cheese is
at . discount in the English market?
An English cheese.maker in America
makes cheese that most Of our peo-
pie like, but it will not lear transpor-
tation, and in few years he makes =
different kind.
: We arc not . cheese.e eating people,
and Why! Simply becvuse We produce
cheap meat. If England coula pro-
duce meat a. cbeaply Is We do, it would
make . vast difference in her consump.
ton Of cheese. Still, to increase our
home consumption, We must meet the
wants Of consumers, and while manu-
featuring with the sole purpose Of
transportation, We cannot do it. And
while We are attempting to compete
with the English in their own market,
We are, to certain extent, injuring
our home market. There are but two
markets for every nation, foreign and
domestic, and the wants Of each should
be carefully studied; but one should not
be cultivated too much at the expense
ofthe other. A pound sold is marketed,
no matter who the purchaser may be
There seems to be an evil in making
for either market At the expense Of the
other. The great point should be to
s~e~~>nn AhA e>lna r. Ahn Eur,l:.h
cheese suits our consumers better than
our own, then we should make simi.
lar article for our own consumption.
One Of the great wants Of q fsrmiug
community, during the summer months,
Is the want Of fresh meat. Could no;
this want be largely supplied BY the
use Of an article Of cheese that, perhaps.
would not bear transportation, but still
would be moro agreeable to the taste Of
tho average consumer {?