The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1886-02-10
Reply Of Mr.. Follansbee-

nevertheless, will make the attempt, and
in doing so will quote frequently from the
article written by them.
They say, "Horr, Warner g. Co., made
the first experiment OF manufacturing
skim cheese and at first rival dealers took
issue with them, declaring their intention
of adhering permanently to the manutac-
ture Of strictly full-cream cheese" That
statement Is correct, and Baldwin, Laun-
| don & Co., was the last firm to surrender
to the new system, and this firm was driv-
en- into the adoption of the new system by
their patrons, who said they would with
draw their patronage unless we made the
change. Notwithstanding Messrs. Yocum
& Roser say, "dairymen, almost without ex
ception, condemn the new system in un-
measured terms."
Ags.i,n they say, "tor time all went
rr,,rry as marriage bell" Would that
| be so If dairymen were condemning the
new system' AT the time creameries
started in full blast" says MesSrs, Yocum
& Roser, "Western Reserve cheese had
reputation beyond question. Its name
was passport into any market. (Yocuml
g. Roser seem to think the name is good
enough yet TO be passport OF Chicago
cheese into the market.J Ii had no rival.
1t was eagerly sought after by buyers and
consumers everywhere. For few years
cheese made by the new process sold "on
the merits of the iull-cream system, net
ting an equal and perhaps larger proht TO
dalrymen." From this it will be seen
that Chicago cheese dealers" concede
that the new system is most profitable to
dairymen, and then attempts to disprove It,
Let us see how well they have succeeded; {;
They compare the cost OF manufacturing
100 pounds OF milk into cheese under the
old system and the new and profess to see
positive evidence that the old system was
most beneficial to the dairymen and the
new system to the dealer. Zone hundred
pounds of milk" they say, "will make ten
pounds oftull-cream cheese, the cost OF
manufacturing being 1915 cents. One
hundred pounds Of milk under the new
system will make eight pounds Of cheese
and two pounds Of butter. To make the
cheese 1t will cost the dairymen 10 cents,
butter cents, total 18 cents, clear gain
OF 5h ceEts to the manufacturer on one
hundred pounds OF milk, as compared
with the creamery system. Is the dairy:
men benefited by this increased cost OF
manufacture Let him compare divi-
dends paid under the old and new systems
and answer" triumphantly exclaims "Chi.
cago Cheese Dealer"
Figures do not lie, is an old saying, but
they may be twisted and manipulated so
a. 10 make false returns. 1t is sometimes
necessary TO go behind the returns, and il
certainly is in the mathematical showing
of Chicago Cheese Dealer" His table is
very Incomplete and it is very evident
that the returns haYe been tampered with
and suppressed. Let US investigate and
have fair count:
ut costs" says "Chicago Cheese Deal.
err" "121S cents to manufacture one hun.
dred pounds OF milk into iull.cream
cheese" At this time tull-creams are
worth In the New York market l0l1 cts.
per pound, which would make one hun.
dred pounds Of milk worth, when made
into full cream cheese, 81 .021S less121S=9
cents the dairymens dividend under the
old system. Under the new process,
says "Chicago Cheese Dealer" "it costs Il
cents TO make one hundred pouRds o.
milk into cheese and butter" This cheese
is worth 81 cents IN N. Y, which would
give us 70 cents for the cheese. The but
ter is worth 30 cents pound which makes
! 60 -t76=$l.36, less cost ol manufacture, lS
cents and the result is $l.lSa clear gain
oil 2S cents In favor OF the darymen
"How is this for high, Joseph ~ You sec
you proved by your little mathe
matica demonstration that Mr. Hon
makes 81 cents and the dairymcn % cents
under the new process as compared with
the old, on a hundred pounds OF milk
Come now, let US count all the returns and
not throw out single precinct except iOI
! fraud.
"But,n says "Chicago Cheese Dealer
"the gist OF the argument of Messrs. HorI
& FOllansbee is to demonstrate that il Is
for the benefit of the farmers of Ohio 10
manufacture only skim cheese, but D.
rible crime for people Ia Illinois and other
Western states TO do the same thing unless
they brand them as SKINS" | bave shown
that the "gist" of their little arithmelical
attempt as clearly demonstrates" us does
the argument of Horr IL Follansbee that
the present is the right system, but the
'gistn of what we have said is not that II
is terrible crime" for the West to man
ulaciure skim cheese, or that Chicago
cheese dealers when they ship cheese vi
Chicago as Ohio cheese should brand
them skins" Chicago cheese dealers
appear TO have skins ON the brain,
All that have said aud repeat il, is
that every state should stand by its reLu-
tation and that the cheese of every state
should have its own state brand. The
| question OF skins Is not the issue, and
this pratte of Yocum d. ROser about
"skims, iullcreams and plugs is beg.
ging OF the question and dodging OF the
issue. We simply want all cheese to rep.
resent the state where manufactured and
show their origin by state brand, SO that
people may know and not be deceived
when they buy cheese from state where
they make II from hogs fat, also dead
horses, cotton seed oil, glucose, ETC.. that IL
has not been reboXed and palmed off as
Ohio cheese. That is all the distinction
we insist on and Chicago dealers know il
such distinction is enforced it would ru.
IN their business by depriving their pro.
duct OF lis stolen passport"
Again they say, "Mr. Horr neglected to
tell the farmers how the reputation OF
Ohio cheese had degenerated or the cause
OF It, Compare the reputation of Western
Reserve cheese to-day with its reputation
before the adoption Of the creamery sys
tenn and we have the answer" But they
attempt TO answer by broad assertions
without proof, dropping mathematics en-