The Imperial press., 1905-09-30
The creamery Matter

Last Monday afternoon there was a
 meeting of the Dairymen's Association
 and the Imperial business men, at the
 vacant room in the Water Company
 block. This meeting was held by pre-
 arrangement on both sides and it was
 disappointing that more definite pro-
 gress was not made. The dairymen
 met by invitation from the business
 men, to consider a proposition from
 them regarding the creamery business.
 At the appointed hour, the room was
 we'll filled and the business opened by
 President Wilsie of the da'rymen stat
 ing the object of the meeting.
 It was then stated what the offer of
 the Fl Centro Townsite Company was, and Mir. Banta on behalf of the business
 men, made an offer to do just as much
 for the dairymen as the, other people
 proposed and some better under cer-
 tain conditions There was an evident
 uncertainty of mind among the dairy
 men in regard to just what they wanted ;; some advocating cooperative cream cry and some wanting a stock company with limitations on the amount of stock one person could own.
 After good deal of discussion pro and con on this matter, Mir. Banta pro- posed that the business men would build such a creamery as the dairvmen wanted and sell it to them at cost with out any cash payment and only charge eight per cent on the notes. By this means the dairymen could organize any kind of q company they choose.
 This appeared to be about to bring matters to an issue, when Mr. Chase, who owns the creamery that is now in operation, took the floor and told the dairymen that he was not altogether hopeless proposition. He reminded them that he came into this Valley in last April and bought the creamery from AIr. IIage with the express promise from the dairymen that he should have the business as long as his work and treatment of them was satis- factory. He then wanted to know if there was any dissa tisfaction and if so, what was the cause for it, and promised that it should be removed He offered to furnish the dairymen with milk testers, so they might test their own milk, and asked them to select man and put him in the creamery as their to see that all tests were properly made.
 Several of the men recognized the they are under to Mir. Chase and expressed q desire that he be enter viewed and an effort made to secure terms from him. After quite an animated discussion com- mittee consisting Of Messrs. Webster, Haskell and Allen was appointed to confer with Mir. Chase and with the Imperial business men and the Fl Centro people and get the propositions offered by these various parties and re- port to an executive session of the Dairymen's Association 10 be held at the same room in the Water Company block on next Monday afternoon, October ?. at 1 o'clock.
 While the meeting was in session the discussion took quite wide range and while some of the talk was not quite to ;he point if was all "for the good of the l order" and was very interesting. One ] ,f the best speeches of this character l vas made by Mir. H. H. Sheets, who ] ives out near Mesquite Lake, and is { trongly opposed to any move to lessen l he creamery business of Imperial. . Ir. Sheets said that what this Valley needed was more dairies and more laiymen instead of more creameries . He told the Imperial business men that what they should do would be to help ] he farmers get their farms into alfalfa l md then help them get good dairy l 'ows. That if they did this they would l. promote the welfaLe of Imperial by l! the welfare of the farmers lround the town. That if there were ,nly enough dairymen close to Imperial ! here would always be creamery here, ] md if the business men of Imperial ]