Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-06
MORE CR[Ak[R|[S
NEEDED IN IOWA
Figures Bear Out the State
ments of Commissioner
Wright on the Business
PRODUCT OF DAIRY INCREASES
centralizins Of tho creameries Be-
loved to Be Source Of Loss to the
Farmers Who Arc Compelled to Ship
Long Dist.noes-Also Mean. Poor
Butter.
Special TO Times Republican.

Special TO Times Republican.
Des Moines, Nov. 6.--When State
Dairy Commissioner Fl. r. Wright told
the creamery men of the state at the
dairy convention last week at Cedar
Rapids that the federal statistics
showed that while the creamery man.
.ufacturing business was still the Sec
ond largest business In Iowa. though
the amount Of money spent In salaries
and expenses had increased while the
amount OF butter produced had de-
creased, there was a great hubbub rais-
ed. The creamery men later on gath
cred about him and gave him to UNDER
stand that he was all wrong and es-
pecially was there trouble when he sug :
gested that the Legislature enact leg
islation that would enable the farmer
to get more nearly the market price for
his cream and force the creamery man
to use nothing but good cream with
which to make butter. Factory statis-
tics received by State Labor Commits
slo1er u. d. Brigham from the gov
ernment show that the centrallzing
business in this state has not been
what 1t was claimed 1t would be. The
amount Of butter produced in year Ii
less than for the year previous though
the expense Is greater. This confirms
!, uto{ J< a.
II. r. Wright in this correspondence
before the government statistics was
received to the effect that small plants
making 10000 pounds Of butter q
year and from that up ITO 5o0.00f
pounds and receiving the milk from the
adtoining farms, not having to ship II In
by rail- can make butter cheaper and
at the same time better than In the
large centralizing plants.
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But the centralizing people at the
dairy convention did not take kindly
to these suggestions from Commissions
er Wright. Mr.. Wright advanced the
idea for one thing that there should be
law prohibiting creameries from buy
Ing the cream from farmers when the
cream was spoiled and unfit for butter
making. An investigation has been
made talong that line and 1t was found
in one instance that cream shipped
from one point had to change cars
twice before 1t reached It's destination
and that at both OF the points where
changes were made the trains did not
make connection. In that way the
cream shipped Monday morning did
not reach tthe creamery till Wednesday
evening and at the junction points
stood out in the hot sun. This happen
ed down In the southern part Of the
state. It was discovered too that very
often this cream Is SKINNED or separ-
ated and kept for three or four days
before shipped. Hence some of the
cream that was delivered at the cream
ery on Wednesday night was separated
from the milk on the Friday before.
and each day after that warm cream
was poured in on top OF the old.
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One Of the chief complaints against
the centralized plants, however. Is the
price that is paid for cream. 1t ,s
claimed that the centralizing people
nav high prices to the farmers in the
region of a small creamery till the
creamery Is put out Of business and
then proceed to pay low prices. 1t is
supposed that creameries pay for butter
fat about two cents.a pound less than
the price of butter per pound In New
York. Out Of the two cents differ
ence the creamery man pays the ex-
pense OF making the butter and OF
course has the advantage of the salt
that goes into the butter. But many
OF the creameries do not pay such a
price. The small creamery can and
does pay 1t but the large creamery,
the minute 1t drives out the small con-
Germ. puts the price of cream down.
During the course Of the coming ses-
sion Of the legislature all these mat
ters will be liberally aired.
The first Of the strike cases from
Sioux City have been appealed to the
supreme court and the abstract filed
with the clerk. The cases grow out OF
the intimidation Of working men at the
hacking plants during the packing
house strikes of last spring. The first
case appealed is that of the state
against D. F. Caine, who was found
guilty Of conspiracy to assault em-
ployes of the packing company. The
appeal Of Caine is based on errors
during the trial of the case and the
instructions of the court and also on
the claim that there was not sufficient
proof that Caine was guilty Of the
charge.
Prof. w. R. Patterson. of the state
university, expects to have the census
work all completed this week at the
latest He had hoped to complete. the
work Saturday. He will speak In
Marshalltown Thursday and If neces-
sary to return to Des Moines to do any
additional work on the census VIII
come here from Marshalltown Friday
and then complete all the work. II
will then go to the state printer who
already has a large part of the mater
ial set up and part of it printed. II
10 expected that copies OF the census