The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-01-21
Cold Storage VS.. Creamery,

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A few days ago the writer overheard
representative of cold storage in
stitution which has been doing consid-
cradle business in this section make
the statement that the cold storage
houses could afford to pay the farmer
New York prices for his cream be-
cause their volume of business was so
great, and followed this by enlarging
upon the vast shipments made by his
concern to that city each week. His
remarks set us thinking and in the
course of our thoughts many questions
arose none of which have ever been
answered satisfactorily. In the first
place, it takes money to transport
goods to New York; it takes money!:
to pay travelling representatives; it
takes money for thousand little in
cidents and where must the money
come from: Out of the profits, of
course. Then certainly the cold stor-.
age institution, having extra expense
to pay, must necessarily make a
greater proportionate profit. Who
pays the profit? The farmers off
whose cream the profit is made.
Again: where are these houses located?
Are they in your town, neighborhood,
or even your state? These profits are
of course spent in the locality in which
they are, and the farmer who PATRON
ICES them is simply contributing to the
support of foreign institution, and
the prosperity of the country surround
ing it. and detracting from that of
their horne industries. And by keep
ing this business from their local
creameries they injure themselves as
we'll, for the profits of the local cream
cry are invested at home, thereby in
creasing the business of it's immediate
vicinity. and any industry which tends
to- increase the business Of amy locality
means a direct profit to every individ-
ual residing within it's sphere of influ-
ence. Then why discriminate against
yourselves in favor of strangers? To
bring the matter nearer home the
Egderton creamery receives premium
over New York prices for it's products.
It is an institution owned and CON-
trOlled by the farmers. Its salaries
are all paid to men who live here and
in turn spend their salaries at home.
Does it stand to reason that another
concern. regardless of the amount
of business it may do, can legitimately
afford to pay double freight, travelling
expenses, and these other smaller
amounts incident to it's operation
which the local institution never
knows. and still pay price, pound
for pound and test for test, which the
home institution can, to say nothing
of a price equal to or even approach
ing the New Yrok market price? Ger
tainly not. Then the man who patron
ICES it simply pays the difference out
of ois own pocket and because he gets
an enormous price for certain weight
or test overlooks the fact that lesser
price for a similar amount and higher
test, may amount to considerable
more when written on the face of his
cream check. When one adds to this
the uncertainty as to whether the ship
per will receive even what is legiti-
mately his, which has been so forci-
bly, demonstrated in several instances
the past year, we are filed with amaze
ment that any thinking man should
allow himself to be hoodwinked into
such a doubtful enterprise. Edgerton
Enterprise.