Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-11-15
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Sell Cream Only to Local Crsaineries.

Sell Cream Only to Local Crsamsries.
Freeborn County Times: The farmers
Of southern Minnesota Ia sections where
the creamery industry has been we'll -
tablished would, we're the opportunity
given them, extend q warning to the
newer dlstricta in the western aud north;
ern portions Of the tate against Tie ac-:
eeptance of any prop ,sitions by th, rrsp.
ressatatives and aeests Of Any. trust Or
company to bny. ths cream from the 10
cal creamery Or skimmine atation, Auy
such arrangenent must IL time insvita-
bly, close no the local creamery, rsdnos
the money reoespts Of tho individual
dairyman aud farmers, and ID the end.
nearly or quito destroy tho iadustry It,
self in the districts where such arrangev
meut il entered into. II cannot b. other
wise. No outside trust or corporation
or individual can possibly afford to pay
the creamery patron the price for bis
butterfat that the home creamery can
pay. There are no exceptions to this
rule in communities where the creamery
industry is strongly established where
the farmers run their own creameries ou
a co operative plan at minimum of ex-
pense, returning every ceut OF tne net
profit to the patrons in monthly milk
checks, and ~hece the patrons them:
selves all use creamery butter and fur
nish not q small market for their own
product which they obtain at cost.
1t is a fact that the price offered by
the 50 called dairy trust in Minnesota
to Freeborn county creameries in the
several instances which have come to
our knowledge have been approximately
one cent less per pound of butterfat
than these same creameries paid to- the
patrons last year after all expenses. sal
aries. repairs and additions to equip
ments had first been deducted.
1t is only in the northern and the
| western portions OF tn. State that the
outside trust or corporation can work
to advantage, where crsameries are yet
in their infancy. In. these sections the
creamery business is comparatively = new,
the patronage OF the individual factory
is generally small, and the net returns
are not so high, these new creameries
may not, therefore, be able to ray the
price that the 5rust can pay. or the etrust
may fod it desirable to pay a higher
price rban it can afford IL hopes Of run
ming the local creamery out, when it can
redeem its loss, and io4a short time
make double profits by a reduction OF
price after competition has Disappeared:
It is when the trust thus controls the
field and the price is arbitrarily reduced
to point which allows Insufficient pro.
fits to the producer, that the farmers
will commence to sell their COWS and go
out OF the dairy business. Iu this. way
the effect of the trust ,s to ruin dairyilg
/ wh'ch nader normal conditions is the
most profitable OF all branches OF farm.
ing. 1t is of no conseq uence that the
trust 'tself, as is the case in Michigan.
Nebraska, and Kansas, after making
large profits for few years, and des-
troyiug the creamery industry in large
sections, found nothing more to feed up
on and had to go out OF business.
1t ia thu dairy business that we in
Minnesota wish to protect and promote
and to this end it is most important
that no contracts for the sale Of cream
BE- made by any local creamery or its
patrons with the agent or representative
OF any outside trust, corporation or firm
OF any description whuteoever. North
ern and western Minnesota should take
warning and heed the advice OF the ex-
perienced anG prosperous dairyman
in the southern portion OF the state. !,