The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-06-06
Cold storage vs.. the Creamery

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farming and the prospect was that
many creameries would be built this
season. But the industry has had a
setback in the advent into the state
OF the cold storage scheme. Were
these people to go into localities where
there are no creameries and work up
the business for themselves we would
have no criticism. But they are not
looking for that amount of work. No,
they go into the territory already
worked up and right under the very
nose OF the creamery. By offers of a
price which the creamery cannot meet
they induce a few.of the large patrons
to ship their cream to them. In this
way they get a foothold and sooner or
later the creamery is forced to con-
tract with them for the sale of their
cream or shut down. We are pleased
to note that but few creameries have
been forced to do either, but unless
some effort on the part of creameries
is made to check the matter we are
liable to loose more of them.
If icreameries or farmers think these
outsiders are paying a uniform price
Cor this cream they are very much
mistaken. If we are rightly informed
the price offered to different cream
cries varies two or three cents in the
same locality. They pay whatever is
necessary to get a foothold, trusting
to the future to get a better price.
After the creamery shuts down they
can make their own terms. Over in
Minnesota these people have been
given a fair trial, and the creameries
are O. doing their W business.
South Dakota creameries would do
well to thoroughly investigate the
matter before turning their business
over. to a company that is merely
working for the money there is in it,
and cares nothing for the prosperity
| of the farmer.
Below are some articles which show
how the business is regarded where it
has had a thorough trial.
The Halstad Reporter is very much
wrought up over the refusal of the An
thony farmers to patronize the Hal
stad creamery in preference to the
cold storage system of Minneapolis,
which pays a higher price for the
cream than the local creamery q
afford to. It was always thus. When
the local creamery is out of business
through competition, down goes the
price paid by the cold storage COM
pany and then the usual kick about
the trusts.-Ada MINI. Index.
The Daily Record from time to time
has had more or less to say on the
subject of creamery trusts and our
readers have had no trouble in guess
ing what side of the question we were
on, but the object of the position TAX
en- by the Daily Record has never been
explained. The trust has been in the
field for some time and was permitted
to operate for several months before
any comments were made. Nothing
was said until some facts were gath
cred which were not, in the estimation
Of the Daily Record, favorable to the
creamery industry. First, the trust
contracted for cream from creameries,
both cooperative and individual,
among them the st. Michaels, Rices,
NOwthen, Lowry, Clarissa and Far
we'll creameries. Every one OF them
were compelled to discontinue or close
down, as they could not pay their pat
rons IS much as they previously did,
and every n of them aretoday running
successfully. The difference in the
test between that at the creamery and
that OF the trust was too great. The
price was high enough, but the cream
cry lost all of the over-run, which is
enough to pay all the expenses OF OPP
Grating . plant.
Let US pause q moment and investi-
gate this proposition Of from II to 3
cents under New York for butter fat,
will say on the average 2 cents. We
will take rs q basis 81 cents as the
New York price and it was more for
the past year,. Now the over run is
1-6 il the testing is done honestly; 1-6
OF 21c Is BIC, and two cents under New
York would make SIC and the cream
cries In the Northwest easily get &c
above the New York quot tions,
which would make st, freight, carriage,
and commission for the average
creamery would be no moret than 24c,
and tubs, salt, ETC., 4c' which would
make Bic, which would still represent
q loss by shipping cream of SIC per
pound, and the average creamery in
the state makes at least POO pounds of
butter per day and would loose s.. so
per day If they shipped cream or SLAB
per month.
G. N. Finch, of Clinton Falls, read
q paper at the Sank Center convention