The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-23
NO: TRUST PRACTICABLE
CREAMER1Es CANNOT COMBINE
F. G.. NIcMullen Says Under Present
Condition 1T Is Impossible to
Control the Output.

In connection with the dispatches OF
yesterday announcing the attempt OF 10
peka promoters to form gigantic cream
cry combine, Frank @. McMullen, vice
president Of the Minneapolis Cold Stor-
age company says that such combine Is
impracticable. He said to-day:
1t would be impossible to form a creamery
trust, and moments thought would con-
vince any one of that fact. Farmers are I'M
alterably opposed to anything in the trust
line, and if a trust was formed it could only
live through the aid and help OF the farmers.
To make any quantity OF butter, 1t would ne
necessary to have the patronage Of very
large number of farmers The largest indi-
vidual producer of milk in the state would
have relatively very small quantity of milk;
so it is easy to perceive the very large num-
Der Of farmers that would have to contribute
their product In order to make any amount
Of butter, and this 1t would be impossible for
a trust to get.
On the other side, trust must control the
output. In the manufacture of butter this
would be utterly impossible. With modern
methods, 1t is only necessary to have churn
in order to get into the business. There are
upwards of twenty churning plants in Min
neapolis and St. Paul to-day, all OF which
are buying more or less cream and milk di-
rect from the farmers. practical and ettl-
cient creamery could be equipped In this city
for less than $500. This would make comps'
tition that no trust could stand For but
| ter-rnaker to go into the business here, II
would be only necessary to equip a creamery
and do hts own work. and he could then turn
out goods creaper than any trust on earth.
The introduction Of efficient hand separa-
tors on the farm has absolutely placed the
control of the dairy products right in the
farmers hands, and, without question. they
are increasing the dairy earnings from 80 tc
100 per cent With the aid of a hand separa-
tor, he has an extremely valuable food prod.
uct In his skim milk, which he can feed ir
it's best condition. His cream he can ship
to any point that will pay the most money
No doubt some Of the older creameries and
creamery companies, with large amount oil
obsolete machinery, would be glad to form
some kind of combination to rid themselves
of what is nothing but junk, but it Is ex.
! tremely, doubtful if such scheme could be
| foated -,=
AS before stated, farm separator places
the business directly in the farmers hands
| where it belongs, and gives him the contro
of his product such as he never had before
| The farmer who takes his milk to-day to
| creamery loses half a day in hauling hi
milk for his skim milk he gets back mill
| too acid and too poor to be of any feedinf
value, and he must wait from six weeks t.
| two months before he knows what he is go
| ing to get for milking his cows All this IL
| changed with hand separator. He separate.
| his milk while it contains the natural heat
! has the skim milk in the best possible con
! dition to feed; he has his cream that he ca,
| ship to any one of dozen or more churn
! ing plants; knows each day just exactly VIVA
the price is On his butter fat, and in Thu
way knows exactly how he stands at al
times