The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-25
DAIRY BOARD PLANS
DETAILS HAVE ALL BEEN CARE
FULLY WORKED OUT AND
AGREED UPON.
HOW BUTTER WILL BE SOLD.
SELLERS DO NOT HAVE TO SHIP
1T UNTIL 1T HAS BEEN
SOLD.
All Sales at the Sellers Option
Samples May BE Needed for
q Time.

Dairy Board Of Trade Of st. Paul has
been practically agreed upon, and yes
terday copies of the rules, regulations
and bylaws were received from the
printer. An informal meeting of some
of the officers was held last night at
the Commercial club when the details
of managing the board were discussed
at some length. 1t was explained, first,
that the creamerymen in this section
of the Northwest must be made to
understand that they should have a
uniform standard for their butter; sec
ond, that their product, if up to this
standard, will find a ready market;
thirdly, that if reported on the Mime
sofa Dairy Board of ST. Paul, they will
come in direct contact with the rep
resentatives Of the buyers who make UP
the Eastern markets and will save the
money paid to commission men by sell
ing their butter, then delivering it, in
stead of delivering it first and accept
ing what they are offered for it. The
members of the directorate, and in fact
the officers are bent upon having the
creamery men know that healthy COM
petition will aid them in building up
their standard of excellence and natur-
are so far developed and agreed upon
that In the near future the first sales
day will be held in this city.
In this connection a brief resume of
the general plan, as outlined by the Of
hcers and directors, may not be out of
place.
Inc rules of the board, although SIM
PIE, provide for every possible contin-
a dos II -
the seller and buyer. In the event of
any dispute arising out of any tran
SactlOn between mem bers on the board
the method of adjudication is well de-
nned, and in every case the board will
see that justice is done, or the default
ing MEMBER is suspended. The board
could not fulfill its mission of useful
ness unless some provision was made
Tor the control of it's members 1t is
Inc province of the board to bring the
buyer and seller together and give
them an opportunity to deal direct with
each other. The board itself takes no
part IN the transaction, but it does in a
sense stand sponsor for the good faith
or each and will insist that good faith
De observed. The wisdom of these
provisions will be apparent it is said.
10 every producer, who has had some
| experience in consigning butter.
The methods of sale on the board Of
| per OF the board can offer butter or
cheese on the board The offer is list
/ ed on the blackboard The BUYERS MAKE
! thelr offers and the highest offer is
ncted opposite. When the call is made.
IL the seller is satisfied, he sells if he
is not he withdraws his offer and no
| sale takes place. All sales are at the
sellers option. The impression that
when butter or cheese is offered on
| change, it must be sold is incorrect
! The seller may avail himself of the
| opportunity to offer his product and
| get offers from buyers upon it, but may
Withdraw it without a sale if the offers
are not satisfactory
1t is not necessary that the seller he
! present In person to make the offer.
Any creamery holding a membership
IN the Minnesota board of trade may
offer their product through an agent
VINO Is also member of the board
me me Jay preceding the regular sales
DAY every Tuesday from 1 to 8 %. my
creamery may advise their agent to
| o1fer any amount Of tubs Of butter mr.
pounds of cheese and not sell under a
certain figure. If the butter brings
more, the agent will sell, if less, he
VIII not: Ii sale is effected the
agent will advise his client where to
snip. Such an arrangement makes If
unnecessary for the producer to come
&c st. Paul to attend the sales in per-
son.
For a short time. until the buyers
become familiar with the product of
the various creameries who will offer
on the board, it will probably be neces
| sary to sell by sample Sample tubs
may therefore be sent direct to the
| board and they will be received and
| Properly stored
The board recommends to those who
| desire to make their offerings through
agents that arrangements to that e.
rect be made as soon as possible AL
though for the first few weeks if
would be preferable if members would
attend in person.
The Minnesota dairy board of trade
is pre-eminently a producers ore,aniza-
ton and is designed to enable mo
ducers to market their product more
adVantageously than through the
medlum OF commission men Hereto
! fore the butter has been shipped and
then sold, but those who avail them
selves of the board Of trade will first
sell and then ship. The advantages Of
this are obvious.
me provisions of the bylaws are
that butter shall be shipped on the next
regular shipping day after notice of
sale has been received. The prevailing
impression that butter must be shipped
to St Paul to be sold on the board is
! erroneous. For a time sales NAV he
and cheese will be sold upon the rep
resentation Of the seller, supplemented
by the guarantee of the board Of trade.
The formation of the Minnesota dairy
board of trade is the result Of a care
ful study of the dairy industry of the
Northwest, as made by a number of the
business men of st. Paul, in coniunc-
ton with the president Of the Mime
sofa Dairymen'S association. who be-
lieved that some organized effort should
be made to enable the producers to
market their product in a more salts
factory manner than through commits
sion men, and to create a wider inter
est in dairying by the dissemination Of
such useful information to the people
Of the Northwest as would tend to
establish a uniform grade of butter of
the highest quality; keep them in
formed on the market conditions of
the principal cities Of the country. and
take steps to establish a foreign mar
ket for our product The Minnesota
dairy board of trade is not organized
in the interest of this or any other CITY
1t is a state organization, designed to
| benefit the state and the Northwest as
a whole. While the expense of an ed
ucationalcampaign which the board in
tends carrying on will be borne by the
business men of this city, the benefits
that will accrue to this city are simply
those that come indirectly from the
greater prosperity Of the country at
large.