The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-30

realkze 50 cents day for his iator. Then
again the chances are that unless the
owner il right there himself 90 see to IL.
Ne does not get red cent out OF II
Many poor farmer relying upon the hon
esty az the commission man has been told
THAI the pork had to be dumped On the
garbage scow Or turned over TO the sSav-.
engex There Is always something wrong
with your product when you come to set
tie with enserprssing commission men, an
less you are there yourself 1T the time Of
delivery.
Take the case Of butter. The cry WIKI
the dealers is ever the farmers do not
make butter that we can handle" I'll
grant that much poor butter il snakie. but
I viii also maintain that IS good butter
Is made here among the farmers as is
made anywhere on earth. And why notc
We have the climate land by the way.
shout all Ne VIII have left if this state Of
affairs goes on much lcngerl. the best wa
ter in abundance and the best OF clover
pasture. But ssill the only ones who can
sell butter at anything Ike living prices
are those who are so situated that they
can deliver II to customers in the nearest
towns. But such az have 20 send their
butter TO grocers or commission enen. no
matter how nice or well made and accept
able In every way. de not get the bare
cost OF production. And the reason -
plain enough There are tons and tons
Of cleo and butter.ne sold every day as
butter. I tried an experiment once. l
went to q grocery store and bought q rail
OF fancy Eastern creamery butter; took
it to another store and Offered Ii as q SAM
pie of ranch butter and asked what be
could allow me for It. Ssraightway the
butter man went to tub Of oleomargar-
inc. took out sample and offered 1t 10
me for inspection. with this remark:
"Yorr butter is pretty fair for ranch but
ter. but Goes not compafe with this. and
this only costs me 1S cents pound. 1t
is the meurnful fact that the home prod
nct. no matter how good. has to be sold m
competition with the filthy compound
turned out at Chicago or Kansas City.
Some time ago met with rather an IN
structiye little item in an Eastern dairy
journal It was 60 this effect. that the
dairy and food commissioners of MAnne-
sofa had condscated ave casks and nine
teen filled tubs Of butterine in one OF the
most prominent creameries of that state.
on their promising not to repeat the Of
Tense they were let of. and they further
more gave as an excuse thak the butter
was TO be shipped to Puget Sound 1t Is
safe to say that q large portion OF the
fancy Eastern creamery butter Is moro
or less adulterated.
A large packing house In Kansas City
is sending out a circular to creaaneriss
from which the following Is an extract:
I'VE wish to attract your attention to
the fact that we are making speciality
OF pure. rich and wholesome leaf neutral
for use In cheese and other dairy pro-
ducts 1t Is especially adapted to this
purpose, and when In combination Is odor-
less. tasteless, fiavorsess and colorles. 1t
is packed In tierces which can be shipped
in any way to suit css.signee. tagiess. la
belleSs. markless. We are not inviting
you to an experiment.: we are offering you
an opportunity to buy constituent in
use In your products trade which we
have been for several years supplying
regularly with this product-and appar-
entity with entire satisfaction
Now think this speaks for itself.
What is this ''other dairy products but
butter? The goods win be shipped tag
less. iabelless. markless." and 1t is not an
experiment either. but "a trade which we
have been for several years supplying re-
gularly with this product" And this Is
the stun that goey into goodly share OF
strictly fancy. gilt edge Eastern cream
cry butter Until we get a law that
will exclude this kind OF thing from our
markets the farmers OF Washington will
be powerless TO discharge that debt OF
duty 10 the state
There was time when the farmerszof
this state did not care what the Seattle
market was, nor who supplied Il. 1t was
the time when the logging camps, mills
and mines were running full blast. Then
we had a homo market that was worth
something to the farmer, and In anticipa-
ton OF continuance OF this the farmers
went beyond their means to Improve ana
extend their facilities: then came the
crash; camps and mills and mines shut
down. the home market was q thing OF
the past. and foreclosure proceedings,
sheraff's sale and untold misery is staring
nine-tenths OF our farmers In the face.
not only on Puget Sound. but all over the
state. And how can II be otherwise? Our
lumber and shingles are shipped at a loss:
what lfttlc money that does come In from
that source does but little good. for 1t Il
less than cost OF production. and every
thing that can posslt be bought outside
Of the state is so bought and shipped In:
. community that yearly sends out moro
money than dt takes In is bound 20 80
bankrupt sooner or later and that Is prac-
tically the condition OF our state today.
I am sorefy afraid that the newspaper
mans idea OF what is due the state Is
made up of 'such stuff as dreams are
made Of O. +. ANRUD.