Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-10-31

good pTbee when the same milk made
into the butter Of those days would
only command 12c pound In the best
markets. Chicago was small city
when EGfn commenced feeding her
ON milk, and 80 the supply soon grew
to be greater than the demand. Along
In the SOS the men interested in the
dairy industry decided that the threat
ened oyeTproduetion Of milk must be
stopped by opening up new channels
for the product. They began by max
ing cheese. Even with this and the
condensinc company. which commence
ed operations in CO. the large produc-
ton Of milk was not easily disposed OF.
So the attention was called to the
possibilities Of butter making as fine
at. An early dairyman says; "Abodt
this time eur real struggles in the
dairy worls commenced. Our home
market wns supplied, and different
article mnyt be furnished for the export
trade. The men who had come from
the large CARRY districts Of the East
soon discovered that the water, grasses
and climate OF Northern Illinois I'M
parted u different quality to the milk
from thai to be found elsewhere. With
q sturdy determination they proceed
ed to work out q process, adapted to the
requirements and peeuliarities- of the
Elgin min and market. The struggle
for recognition was . long one, but
eminentsy successful"
So great was the demand for, the
butter and cheese that the Elgin Board
Of Trade WINS organized. The first
meeting wes held In 1872. DR.. 10.
seph Tent wns chosen president and
r. II. Stone secretary. DIR. Tefft held
the Office for rnany years and was sue
ceeded BY Hen D. II. Barclay, who
held the place until last year, when
John Newmau was selected as his, sue
cessor. When the beard was. organ
lied the manufacturers sold their pro-
duct to comTuissfon merchants and they
to the deslerA While this Is done to
some extent Jet. It Is growing more and
more the custom to sell directly to the
dealer. One Of the causes of the elm
nation ef the commission man was the
action Of the Chicago Produce Ex-
change Abort n year ago, which endea-
vored to crush the Elgin board and
transfer IT'S influence to Chicago. Tile
attempt WINS q complete failure, aud
the city produce men have been the
only ones to srfCer. The Elgm board
has greatly Increased it's influence In
the past year. and is now undoubtedly
the ruling fnctor in the butter markets
Of the world. New York dealers refuse
to quote prices until they have heard
from their Elgin correspondents. FL
gin has becone the great centertor i'm
proved machdnery and advanced scien
tific methods in handling milk.
John Newman. president, Of the FL
gin Board a Trade, and the larges
factory owner on the list Of members
In commonly known as. "The. Butter
King The company, Of which he Il
the largest owner, operates twentyafv'
large crcnmeries which will prodiic'
an average OF nearly 50,oeO pounds o.
butter = week the entire year. Hi
business exceeds half a million dollar
| annuity. r.&Newman was electe'
president or the Board of Trade las
January. He Is an Englishman b.
birth, and has been one of Elgin's mos
successful business men for man.
years The other officers are as fol
lows: r. " Redcii, viccpresident; W
w. sherwir. treasurer; L. s. Taylor
secretary. Board of Directors-Johl
Newman. G. H. Gurler, r. f. Redell
w. w Shcrwin and George Reed.
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