Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-08-26
THE DAIRY MEETING.
Propositions Made for q Modern
Butter Plant


Geo. Weeks presided over quite a
large gathering assembled at the
county court room Saturday ito hear
propositions from representative of
Baker q Hamilton of San Francisco
for modern butter manufacturing
plant at Salem, with separating sta
tlons at points from 6ve TO ten miles
out. He showed that by this system
butter could be made at 4 cents q
pound instead of to u cents pound
as managed by small individual cream
cries. Fancy separator butter In san
Francisco now brings "a to 25 cents.
Elgln board quotations were "a cents
on an average last year. The worlds
market was our market.
The Willamette valley was the best
feed producing region in the United
States. 1t could be produced at half
the cost In Illinois or New York. Oats
sold now from IL to Is cents bushel
hay $400 a ton. Hay in the Elgin
district cost $l2 ton.
Butter can be shipped to New Or
leans for cents q pound, to New
York or Baltimore at cents. When
the market was good here on the coast
we could sell here and mske the
freight, When II was low here we
could ship to the east. MIX per 100
lbs was 1O3 cents for 15 years and but
ter averaged 2S to 20 cents in the Elgin
distrlcs. The Vancouver creamery was
put iu two years ago. They are getting
22 cents for butter at present. They
have 1890 invested, besides the land,
aud have only one separating station.
they work at considerable disadvan-
tage owing To their location. They
have paid as low as 20 cents per 100 for
milk aud as high as 81 40 or an average
o. $l.00. They have the milk of 1000
e. 2500 cows, A factory costing $1,000
tn $1,000 would do their work.
Mr.. Flynn gave his version OF the
cooperative plan. Why did not some
one start creamerJ2 Because an indi.
yidual could not speculate in this pro-
duct, pay as little rs he could for milk
or cream, and give satisfaction to the
producer. The cooperative plan
divided the profits and losses. 1t was
displacing the other plan. Seven to
eight per cent, and as high as eighty
per cent was paid on stock by the Elgln
dairy plan. A stock company was the
best plan and Mr.. Flynn said he was
prepared to put plant upon paying
basis.
Mr.. Crauston said he could not take
stock In the main factory, but would
help establish q sklmming station in
bis neighborhood. The dairymen now
had to compete with the ten cent far
mer's butter. AT Sllverton 0 to 7 cents
pound was the price this summer. A
great deal Of butter was sold at Salem
for ten cents pound. We could make
butter here cheaper than In the East.
This country was favored with feed.
X. l.. Hibbard said there was no
trouble about supply Of cream. When
the first fruit dryer was put up the pro-
lectors said, II we can only get the raw
material. That was no question now
Fifteen cents a pound was q good pay
ing price for butter and they would
make money at that.
r. w. Durbln spoke Of having made
butter for II! cents pound and there
was nothing In 1t. We must work |
together, In place Of working against
each other. There was great use In |
combination AS the factory would |
make an even quality and maintain
prices.
Mr.. Westacott said there was about |
an equal rivalry between Salem and
the country to get this creamery plant.
The factory In the city would cost
about as much as the sklmming station
In the country, He moved a com
mittee OF seven be appointed to investl-
gate this subject and prepare a plan of
procedure to secure the plant for Il
creamery.
Geo. Allen supported the motion.
He wanted TO encourage the enter.
prise and had favored such an euler.
prise for years. he wanted Salem to
DO her share.
The chair appointed w. @. Westa-
,ott, Geo. Allen, L. l.. Patterson, f.
w. Durbln, Geo. p. Hughes aud JEFF
Meyers. Mr.. Weeks was made the
seventh member Adjourned TO meet
It call OF chairman.
CREAMERY PLAN ADOPTED.
The committee appointed Saturday
o act on the creamery proposition
nave accepted the plan proposed by
Mr.. Flynn, OF Baker n Hamilton,
'an Francisco. The central factt ry is