Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-04-11
BUTTER PRICE LOW;
BIG LOSS IN IOWA
Drop in New York Market Has
Been Cause Of Big Loss to
Iowa Farmers
ESTIMATED At $4,000, ,oot
Secretary Wilson Takes Cognizance Of
the Situation and Starts Movement
That May Bring About Some Change
in the Situation = How He Would
Accomplish It.
Special to Times Republican.

Des Moines. April 11.--1owa has lost
about 100000 because of the drop in
the price of butter during the last sew
eral months. 1t is selling now for 81
cents in New York City, which price
pays the freight also. The drop in
price is declared by those who know to
there are fears that the price will go
still lower and may even reach III
cents n pound. Secretary Of Agricul'-
ture James Wilson has a watchful ey,
and because of the fact that Iowa has,
lost S2,O0OOO0 and other western states
various amounts he has decided to es-
tablish in New York City a new de-
partment and w. S. Smarzo, of Man
chester, Iowa, assistant state dairy
commissioner has been appointed un-
der the civil service to goto New York
to take charge of the department. He
Is to go thru the butter exchange daily
with his assistants and inspect and
test all the butter. II he finds that the
butter coming from Iowa is deficient
because the cattle are not fed the prop
err rations or because the butter is not
properly made or because the cream
has not been properly kept he will re-
port that fact to the dairy commission
err of the state. State Dairy Commits
sioner Fl. r. Wright and other butter
men Of the state believe that this de-
. IN, oh OF Nau- York (>jtv
will eventually be of inestimable valut.
to Iowa butter men and to the dairy
Interests of the state. 1t Is confidently
claimed by the dairy men that there
lswill not only be regained the $1,000
moo that has been lost in the last year
but great deal more besides
The great bulk Of the butter made
in Iowa goes to New York City. Some
goes to Chicago Minnesota and Hi.
nois ship largely to Chicago. 1t is ex'.
pected by the department at Washing
ton to establish these inspection de-
partments in every large center. The
state dairy department of Iowa is
proud Of the fact that one of it's as
sistant dairy commissioners should be
selected for the work at New York
where the greater amount of Iowa but
ter goes Assistant Commissioners
Keefer has gone to New York also to
accept a position with GUIDE Brothers
and the two Iowa men will be thus
thrown together in the work there and
Iowa will be the beneficiary.
An expert butter tester is able to-
discern what is the deficiency In but
ter. Dairy men have long been sus-.
pecting that the big centralized
creamery plants were partly to be
blamed. 1t is alleged that in these
plants there is not the care taken In
preserving the cream and that poorer
quality of cream is accepted. Further"
more, it is claimed by some dairy me-l
that the shipping of the cream con"
siderable distance by rail before it is;
made into butter is detrimental to but"
ter making, and that the best butter
making is done at the small creamer-
les over the country. These facts will
all come out it is claimed under the
inspection to be made by Smarzo at
New York and as the state from which
it comes and the creamery making 1t
are easily ascertained the trouble will
be traced to it's source.