The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-02
DAIRYMEN COMBINE.
A Convention Meet and Form q
Protective Union.
The Producers Intend to Protect Themselves
Against the Fraudulent Sale #
0leomargarine.

n largely attended meeting OF gentlemen
Interested in the dairy industry was held in
the Commercial Hotel yesterday afternoon.
Thirty-fye duly accredited delegates from
the various dairy eenters and several dairy
men who had attended of their own initia-
tive assembled to form a dairymen's pro-
tectiye union. The project of forming such
al association has been agitated for some
little time for the purposes of selling dairy
products directly and the prevention of the
sale OF oeomargarine as butter. The union
also proposes to collect and disseminate
among The dairymen Information as to mar
kets Tor their products and the prospects OF
the trade.
The meeting was called to order by B. G.
Tognazzi, temporary Chairman, and organ
lied with b. II. Franklin OF San Luis
O0ispo County as President, Louis TOmaSn
of Petaluma Vice-President and G. p. Mar
tin Of Marin County Secretary.
Letters from ex-senator Steele and others
expressing their sympathy with the objects
of the meeting and their regrets at shelf in
ability to be present were read; also a COM
munication from the hOney-producers of
the State asking that they be permitted to
cooperate with the association, which was
placed on file.
THE NORTHWESTERN MARKET.
l. Sartori Of Seattle sent long 3ommu-
nication on the Northwestern States as
market for California dairy products Mr.
Sartori took pessimistlc view, and stated
that the amount of dairy products sent from
California to that section had not increased
with the advance in population. The North
western market should belong to California,
and 1t was evident from inquiries which he
had made, that the local producers were
not meeting their mpettors-oleomarga-
rlne and Eastern butter.
An invitation was then EXTENDED to
Colonel II. X. McGlinsey Of Campbell, for
merly Secretary OF the Illinois State Dairy
mems Association and of the Northwestern
Dalrymen'S Association, to address the
meeting.
Colonel McGlinsey described the success
full results of the Illinois association and
urged the necessity of such an organization
in this State. Similar organizations exist in
about eighteen or twenty States. An assO-
citation could watch the markets to see that
dealers who sold Oleomargarine and
butterne had licenses to sell these fraudu-
lent products and could bring pressure to
bear on the Legislature il change Of laws
IS deemed necessary. The speaker then
described the manufacture of OleOmaTgarine
and blled cheese, the former of which the
French Government had not thought good
enough Tor the pauperS in their charitable
institutions. Good work could also he done
by State organization in securing inSormH-
ton from sister organizations.
ADVANTAGES OF A UNION.
The speaker described the manner in which
the retailers evaded the national law bear
ing on the subject, and pointed out how
dairymen' union could cooperate with the
revenue officers in its enforcement.
The need Of immediate organization hay-
hv II
aud j. Fanci0la committee consisting Of
b. q. TOgnaZzi |. Sart0ri, A. TOgnaZZin,
John Bonetti, J. Fanciola, j. B. Bloom and
L. b. Martinetti was appointed to formulate
a plan of organization. The convention
then took recess of an hour to enable the
committee TO prepare their report.
On the convention reasSembling at 4
o'clock the report of the committee was
taken up seriatim and adopted with few
trtilnS amendments
The committee recommended that an as
ISOLATION, to be known as the DaiTymen'S
Union, should be formed to carry on gem
eral commission and produce business in
San francisco, with power to establish
agencies or branch Offices in other cities.
The stock is to be distributed among the
dairymen of the State and the affairs of the
union to be managed by board Of lfteen
stockholders, each Of whom must own at
least twenty shares. 1t is proposed to com
menc6 work with 10 per cent of the capital
stock paid up.
A COMMITTEE APPOINTED.
The following twenty-five members were
appointed a committee 10 obtain subScrip-
tons: Contra Costa-Williams Bros; Del
Norte-Strane Bros; Marin-J Blum /.
TOmasini, Is. Johnston; Northumberland
Sheppard: M0nteTey-Wl lliam HattCn, j.
Corey; Plumas-CharleS Trosi; Napa-
Frank Sahiuna; San Luis ObispO-E. W.
Steele, Peter TognaZzni, E. Gresingher;
San Maten-R. Ii. Brown; Santa Barbara
b. PezzOn, III. II. johnson, ii. DOIcini;
Santa Clara-G. Is. Polhemus; Santa Cruz
ID. ID. Wilder, L. Scaronl; SOlanO-G Brag-
hetta; Sonoma-C. Fillipini. 4. Sartori,
Hollis Hitchcock; Humboldt-W. +. kau-
sen; SIERRA. 5. Nichols.
A Central Committee composed of Louis
Grolli, Louis Tomasini and Il. b. Martinelli
was appointed to receive reports from the
Subscription Committee, to deposit the
money at BorePs bank, and to call gen.
eral meeting of the stockholders fer the
purpose Of incorporating when they think
a sufficient amount has been collected.
After votes of thanks for the notices
given to the proposed association had been
given to the press, considerable discussion
followed on a proposal to establish uni
form butter mold The sense of the meet
ing was in faver of mold which should
give uniform weight, but details were left
for future consideration.
Considerable objection was made to a
proposal OF Colonel McGlinsey's that the
union adopt a brand to be used by all its
members Tor stamping their butter. II was
urged that inferior and superior grades of
butter would thus be mar ked alike.
A proposal of MIR. Tomasini that the
members use the word Union" at ths bot
tom of their private brand met, however,
with general approval.
The convention then adjourned. subject