The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-30
Kansas Standard Flour League
Adopts a Trademark.
Hard Wheat Flour to Be Known
on Markets.
70 PROTECT PRODUCT.
Intend to Stop DOctOring of
Inferior Grades.
I High Standard Of Quality to
Be Maintained.

All of the milIers of Topeka are in
ferested in the formation of the kan
sas Standard Flour league, which is an
organization of millers Of Kansas and
Missouri river towns who manufacture
a high patent flour and are determined
to spare no means to exploit their prod
ucts as the best in the market. Tenta-
tive plans for this organization were
considered at the Copeland hotel on
July II last and another meeting which
perfected a preliminary organization
was held yesterday at the Hotel Balti-
more in Kansas City.
This organization has been formed to
protect if possible, not only the manu-
1acturerS of high patent flour, but also
the consumers from milling concerns all
over the country who are not over
scrupulous in branding their products.
It's purposes as outlined in ifs consti
tuition are: ITO maintain a permanent
organization, the purpose of which shall
be~to establish a standard grade and
quality of pure hard flour. to be made
from the sound hard wheat. to be all
Iniddlfngs, and not to exceed 80 per cent
natent from the top: to guarantee the
11Ilness and quality of this flour; to
control a certain mark which shall be
g guarantee that the flour contained in
packages so marked shall be of the
standard of fneneSS and grade eSta b.
L&4EQs TO dQN6EIlSG ana make kIlOWu
the purpose and meaning of this grade
and quality: and to secure to its MEM
hers the benefits arising from the use
ofathe mark and the guarantee of quail
itg.,
None of the Topeka. milIers were pres
lat the meeting in Kansas City
yesterday but at the meeting a trade
mark was adopted. This trade mark
will be in the form of a circle. con-
tanning two stars and the words Kan
EJov ] On
Patent Registered
Each miller identified with the league,
and it is believed that all the nillerS
of Topeka will be in it as they manu-
facture high patent flour, will be under
bond to place this trademark, which
win be registered and copyrighted, on
the highest grade product of Kansas
turkey hard wheat.
Officers were chosen at yesterdays
meeting as follows: E. d. Lysle, of
Leayenworth, president; L. H. Moore, of
Kansas City, vice president; r. E. Ster-
ling, of Kansas City, secretary; and R.
Il. Kidder of Kansas City, treasurer.
: Thomas Page, proprietor of the Mid
Continent mills in this city, said today
that he was very much interested in
the efforts of this league and he I'M
derstood that all the millers in Topeka
felt about it as he did, He said that
at the original meeting in Topeka all
Of the Topeka millers were. represented
and that they lent the scheme their
nearly enQOrSeme emit.
Many millers in Kansas City, st.
Louis, Minneapolis and indeed all over
Kansas" said Mr.. Page, ARE not very
scrupulous as to the way they brand
their products. They take the high
patent flour manufactured by the mill
ers of Topeka and other places and
mix it waSh flour of an inferior quality
and then brand their products as being
OF the highest patent. Topeka millers
and others in Kansas, those in fact
who are interested in this movement,
manufacture the finest grade of flour
possible, but it has had 70 compete in
the market with this inferior flour
which is labeled as being of the highest
patent. It is proposed by this new
organizat ton to educate the dealers
and consumers of flour to the fact that
the best flour manufactured anywhere
IS made by the members of the organ
tzation. and all of their high class
products are to be labeled with this
new trade mark. While of course
there will be many grades of flour on
the market registered as the highest
patent, and some of which undoubted-
" is, consumers will be abba to recog-
nize at a glance -four that is guaran-
teed as being of the highest patent
from our trade mark. OF course this
trade mark will be used by none but
members of the organization and no
manufacturers of flour will be able to
obtain membership unless they make
the highest grade"
= Mr.. Page said that this new organ
ization would in no way interfere with
Export company.