The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-10-12
FARMERS BUY
SPECTATORS
Make Their Own Butter Rather
Than Sell to Creamery.
OBJECT 10 CIRCUIT BILL
It Has Not Benefited Them as
Was Claimed.
OBJECT TO CIRCUIT BILL

About a year ago the Circuit bill was
passed, making an Internal revenue tax
OF ten cents per pound on eoiored oleo-
margarine The creaneries and some Of
1 the big diaries over the country sent
out great deal OF literature, showing
wherein the passage OF this law would
drive the oleo. manufacturers out OF bust
ness and prevent the sale OF this article
stances enectually preventing its being
sold as pure country butter.
The good qualities OF the bill were
/ spread throughout the country. but now
il is said the Law il coming back and hit
ting the creameries and the small dairy
men. The creameries said that IL the law
was pasted the price OF butter would sure
~ rise and there would be better times for
the milkman. But since the passage Of the
law the price or milk at the milking sta
tions has not risen one cent per hundred
pounds in the last year. and the de-
mand has increased for good country
butter
Since the passage Of the law hundreds
OF farmers have purchased hand sep
arators and make their own butter
y farmer with but ten COWS has
found it locally reported profitable 10
have a separator OF his own and
make butter. Il would be no more work
to make butter than to haul the supply
OF milk 70 the creamery, and this has con-
siderabIy cut down the supply OF max
at the creameries. The farmers exreci-
would not need to have separators OF
their own. but at the high price OF
butter and the low price OF milk II
makes It more profitable for the
farmer TO mike the butter himself II
the price Of butter had affected the price
Of milk. as the creameries said It would.
the farmer would not complain: but the
price Of milk is as low now as IL was
several years ago.
The price for milk is based on the New
York price for butter. one hundred
pounds Of the best milk win produce just
about four pounds OF butter. IN New
York the price for butter IS . to q cents
Per pound and the price for milk a. the
skimmlng station is about Is cents per
hundred pounds for four per cent milk.
lis price has not been lowered OF rails
ed IN the past three years 10 any material
extent OF course the price OF butter IN
New York fiuctuates, but not enough
TO make any appreciate advance In the
price Of milk az the Swimming station.
About three years ago the price Of milk
rose steadily until Il reached the 3 cents
per hundred mark and there It seems 10
stay, and the boosted high prices the
=
his milk have not materialized.
There has been great deal OF dissatis-
faction expressed By the farmers through
out the country on account Of this. The
country papers are expressing the sentl-
ment Of the farmers. The following is ia
ken from the Sedgwick Paragraph:
There seems 20 be much complaint
among the farmers over the workings
OF the oieo law. which was expected 10
drive the butter substitale out OF the
market and thereby increase the price
OF the genuine article. But from all
reports the creameries are not paying
any higher prices for butter fat than
they did this time last year, and IN
many cases the farmers are inclined 20
think that IL there f. any benefits de-
rived from the restrictions on oieo. the
creameries are reapiag ali the benefit.
As a result there IS some Dissatisfaction
manifested. and IN some cases the cream
cry patrons have quit bringing n milk
Some people claimed at the time the
cleo. fight was N that Il was merely
fight between the cleo. trust and the
creamery trust, and that the farmers
would derive 10 special benefit either
way. II the creameries are really get
ting a higher price for their butter Il
would seem that II would be wisdom on
their part 20 share the increased profits
with me farmers and not allow this I'm
portant industry % lag, on account Of