The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-18
UNCLE SAM A DAIRYNAN.
United States Government in ths
Butter Business.

United States Government in ths
Butter Business.
Walter Wellman in the Chicago Times.
Herald.
Washington, April 1.-THE United Stats
government is going into the butter bus.
ness. The enterprise had its origin at
wedding. A wedding is an odd place for
cabinet minister to pick up points of inter-
est concerning his official work, but Secre.
tary Wilson of the agricultural depart.
ment keeps his eyes and ears open for
hints of value to the farmer everywhere
he goes.
AT the wedding breakfast given to POST
master Gen. Gray's daughter the other
Gay in Baltimore Mr.. Wilson sat beside
Baltimore man who exports grain. He told
the secretary he had a rate of 8 cents a
bushel on corn from Baltimore to Copen-
hagen, Denmark, and that considerable
quantities were exported to that market.
What do the Danes do with the corn?''
asked Secretary Wilson.
Feed it to their cows and then send
. their butter to London and Liverpool
where they have a big trade was the am
swer.
This set Mr.. Wilson thinking. ut is not
right that western corn should be shipped
to Denmark and then come back to Eng
land as butter, and there crowd our own
butter out of the market" said he TO hm~
self. So the Secretary of Agriculture be-
gan an Investigation of our export butter
trade. He found that until recently all our
exports were of cheap stuff, oleos and but
terines. OF late some good butter has been
going abroad, but our people did not know
how to cater to the English taste. They
should know just what kind of butter 10
make, or how to put it up. The Danes did
know, and thus held the English market.
1--WE are making the best butter in the
world, and more than our own people can
USE" said Mr.. Wilson to himself, and
there must be some way we can mees
those Danes in London"
Next day Mr.. Wilson was at the Office
of the controller of the treasury, the Of
fetal who says government money cans
be spent the way other people want 70
spend it. Have 1 the legal right to buy
a lot of butter with the funds of the agri-
cultural department and send it to Eng
land to be sold?" he asked the controller,
That gentleman looked up the law and
said the Secretary Of Agriculture had tnas
right.
Il thought So" said Mr.. Wilson. As soon
as he returned to his office the secretary
called up some of his assistants and sah
to them: II want you to buy several hun
dred pounds of the best creamery butter
made in Illinois, Iowa and one or Two
other states. Have some of 1t put up IN
our own sixty-pound tubs, some Of II the
Australian foot-square packages, the RESI-
in tight tin cases. Ship 1t to our agent
in New York. Instruct this agent 70
ship it to our animal industry agent ID
London. Have him be careful about tns
shipping. Butter Is a peculiar thing Us
value depends upon the flavor The an
ference between butter and grease IS ~
the flavor. If necessary have ugnt
wooden cases made to put this butter u,
so II will be sure to arrive in London pure
and sweet.
Send orders to our agent in London 70
put his butter on the market. Have nun
note carefully the prices received for tn'
different lots. Also the objections and COM
ments OF the butter people over there. we
want to know what that market wants ~
the way Of package. of color Of butter sal',
grain, flavor. everything. As soon as TINS
lot Is disposed Of and the report OF our
London agent Is received, buy another 10y,
prohting by the experience with the hfss
one, and send It over. Keep this up W
we have learned all about the English pus-
ter market and TIL the English have leaIn-
ed to know and like our butter IT,
little while, we do not get a fair share OF
that English butter trade, III miss ny
guess" This is the way the United stateS
government is going into the butter pu'-
mess
Secretary Wilson OF the agricultural o.'
partment says scientific work II all righ!
but he wants It 20 be scientific work ~
has practical value. ''rhe trouble WIN
many OF our scientists OF the Agriculture
department." he says, 'ig that they "gis
for the delectatlon Of other scientists, lvI
the approval Of their fellows IN the sd,h
tine word. ! want them 10 work Tor Wv
farmer"