The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-07-02
L. eREAMERY PRosPEoT.

Thought to Be the Best.
Will Goodland realize on its cream
cry expectations? That is a question
of vital Importance to the town and
county and one that all should be in
terested in having answered IN the af-
frmative.
There are two propositions now be-
fore the people for consideration, one
from the Kansas Creamery company
and one from G. D. Garner of Ran
sOmville, N. Y.
Briefly stated, the Kansas Creamery
company offers to put in g skimming
station here; to run the same for a con
tracted period six days every week; to
buy from Whomsoeyer will bring milk
in good condition to the station on the
test of the butter fat contained in the
same and pay for the same upon the
average monthly ratings of the Elgin
butter market; to pay cash for the milk
and to settle promptly upon a certain
fixed day each month; the price paid to
be the same as that paid at the main
station at Bellville; the skim milk to be
returned to the patron. For doing this
the company asks that the town erect
and own the plant which would cost
$500. The company agrees to rent
this plant, the rental to be governed
by the amount of milk received.
It is on these terms that the stations
down the road have been established.
Mr.. Carmer's proposition is that the
city is to furnish aud fit up a building
to be used by him for a creamery, the
cost of which is estimated to be from
5000 to $1,000; the building he will rent
at the rate of ten per cent on the in
vestment; he will put in the machinery
and conduct a creamery; the factory
will buy no milk, but will receive all
milk brought to it in good condition
and from it make butter and pack the
same, the skim milk going back to the
patron; for this he charges the producer
four cents per pound for the butter
made from the milk; the patron can
then draw out his butter and sell the
same for what he pleases and where he
pleases; if the patron desires the fac
tory to sell the butter for him it will
do so and get the best price obtainable,
but at no time would the factory be-
come responsible for certain price or
certain pay, it would do the work of an
agent, nothing more. The foregoing
proposition carries with it the condi-
ton that at least 1000 gallons of milk
be furnished daily.
There is much in the first PROPOSE
ton that cOmmends itself to the lay
man. The Kansas creamery company
is known to be a responsible corpora
ton and is operating in nearby lOcali-
ties; it would pay its patrons in cash on
a certain fixed date and at a price that
could be as easily known and deter
mined by the farmer as by the COM
pany; the company is extensive enough
TO handle large contracts and realize
profits therefrom thereby assuring a
permanency denied smaller enterprise.
The Elgin butter market is standard
and would insure to the patrons of the
Kansas Creamery the highest prices for
their milk.
The other proposition is more vague
and carries with it an uncertainty of
| price that to the uninitiated suggests
dissatisfaction All the risk of loss
would lie with the farmer, the factory
Fisking nothing, even reputation, in the
venture having a certain price paid ii
for making the butter and cinoh on
its collection. Then, too, being q
smaller enterprise it would have, prac
tically, limited reputation and com
mand lower prices than a larger con,
Germ.
This is the way the people look at the
two propositions, which, however, may
be a faulty view owing to lack of prac
teal knowledge and inexperience.
The Kansas Creamery company ha;
plants working all along the line of the
Rock Island and investigation estab
fishes the fact that it is giving satisfac
ton to its patrons. This is strong
point in favor of accepting its PROPOSE
ton as it takes the shape of a bird il
hand.
While The REPUBLIC believes the pro
position of the Kansas Creamery com
pany the most businessIike, it is no
likely the other would prove anything
but benefit to the town.
However, a choice should be madu
and be made at once.
Card of Thanks.