The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-26
CREAMERY TRUST BEING FORMED
BY MILWAUKEE ROAD
Continued From First Page.

working order on the company's lines
in Minnesota, South Dakota and parts
of Wisconsin
day On business in connection with
new method of hauling the dairy prod
ucts for the farmers he said:
''Our plan is in accordance with the
present age CT consolidation and CEN
tralization. We propose to give the
farmer much better returns for his
work than he can possibly get by deal
ing with the small country creameries,
where they will get better prices and
prompter service.
Much Of the profit from the dairy
business as now conducted by farm
ers in the Northwest is consumed by
the time occupied in going and return
ing from the creamery. A farmer must
make a daily trip, spending two hours
or more waiting for his cream to be
separated. tested and measured.
Under the system we have installed,
and in which the farmers have become
greatly interested all this is done away
with. We propose to have the dairy
men buy their own hand separators. A
child can work one of the machines,
so the farmer, after milking, is really
finished with the work of marketing
his product. Twice Or three times a
week we recommend that the cream be
taken to one of our stations, left with
our agent and we will then care for it's
delivery to one Of the creameries To-
Gated at central points.
1.-THE farmer need not worry about
freight charges; the road will care for
the collection of the freight bills from
the consignee. The cream will be car
ri od in 10 ha J0
prompt delivery to the creamery.
$50 you see our method will greatly
simplify matters for the farmer. 1t
will do away with his daily trip to the
creamery and will make it possible to
ship his cream to one CT the city but
ter-making establishments with but
little difficulty. Another factor of
great importance is that the dairy
man will be sure of his money. The
city creameries with which we will do
business are all sound financially.
They will be able to pay for the prod
uct they receive and pay for it prompt
ly. This is not the case in many locali-
ties at the present time. Many of the
country creameries are slow in remit
ting to the farmers, while great
many small butter making industries
have failed during the past year and
We're unable to meet their liabilities.
L ne IdIIIeT WAS the sole loser.
Our creamerieS, Or rather the
creameries to which we will carry the
cream, will mail a daily statement to
their country customers, giving the
test Of the butter fat, the prices
of their product on the New
York market, and statement Of the
value of their shipment. Semi-monthly
checks will be mailed in payment for
the cream.
so far we have made arrangements
with thirty-nine creameries in Minne-
sofa and South Dakota. They are all
located at central points, like st. Paul,
Minneapolis, Mankato and Aberdeen"
An idea of the magnitude Of the
Milwaukee roads undertaking can be
had from the report Of the state dairy
food commissioner. There are over
$50 creameries in Minnesota. OF this
number 337 are adjacent to the lines
of the Milwaukee system. These
creameries are patronized by 24,183
farmers and dairymen. The road pro-
poses to care for the entire business of
the 332 creameries with less than one
tenth the number now operated.