The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-06-18
CHAMBER commerce
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that tho farmers arc receiving 2sA cents
pr pound for their butter fat. rhIs Il
. cents a pound and more than the price
paid one year ago. am also informed
by tbesA concerns that they aiv unable
TO ges al Of the milk and cream they
sleslre, and that for this reason they
bad refused many orders for the Sound
eislcs aud for the Alaska trade. And
upon further inquiry found that the
butter that was going through Seattle
TO Alnska waa manufactured In The
states of tho Middle West, and upon
Land ranging from one hundred To one
hundred and fifty dollars an acre, and
In climate where cold and wintry
weather prevails from six To seven
months In the year and where the cost
Of feed must necessarily be far greater
than the mild climate of this state
And AZ we look forward Into the future
and eallse the wonderful development,
not only In our cities near home, but
for thousands of miles along the Alaska
coasti and then take Into consideration
the Islands Of the aea. which already
arc drawing upon "a ID d considerable
extent for our dairy produetsl aud then.
consider tho Orient where millions upon
millions of people are becoming cducat.
I'd 10 the necessity Of dairy products, |
then. and not then can You comprehend
The possibilities N da!rying along this
toast. Nor Il that all. When the mar.
kets Of Alaska and Of the Islands Of the
seas and the Oriental countries have
hssn supplied you have yet The cities
Of tho East with their millions Of popu,
iation, that must receive their supplies
from somewhere. I am confident that
the time win come when with our cheap
lands favorable climate and cheap rail-
road rates, our butter and ehecse will
ind q marke. In New York, Philadelphia
and noatnn.
"whai has been said about the supply /,
and demand Of the dsiry industry IN
general win apply with equal force 10
The possibilities of syaporatea Of con,
densed milk. In order TO show what
haa been done In this line I win 10 back
five year,. al which cine there was mt
. can of condensed milk put In this
state, but that was imported here from
the dairy sections 81 The wcst and from
California. But about that time. and n
after two or three years Of hard work l
The Pacific coast Condensed Milk Com. ]
pany concluded to put plant at Forest !
Grove, Washington county. The most
hat was expected al that time was that 1
hey would supply the home market, In.
iInding the Alaska trade. and possibly
come 10 the Orient, Today we find this
company has grown and expanded, and 1
Enlarged until Il now owns Ave large
ondenaing plants. Two In Oregon and
hFee III Washington And the most
part Of II Is the fact that
hey are able 10 pay higher price for /
heir milk here than In paid In the dairy 4
eetions Of the west. and yet furnish !
hat market with the finished product, 4
nd their desire today l. not for more j
market, but for more milk 10 supply the 4
aarkets which they already have, and j
fhIrh they have Ii the Middle and 4
,aaicrn States. and all through tho ]
Ionsh as we'll as California and Alaska. \
md large orders from the Islands and ]
he Orient, This company l. today tax. I
ig in at their factories In Hillsboro and ]
crest Grove 10000 pounds Of milk 4
ally, and for this the farmers within a ]
ldIua Of few miles OF these two fac. I
,rics win receive In round numbers y
100000 this year, to say nothing Of the =
rmy Of men. women and children who 4
nd employment nj these factories y
,roughout the entire year. And this 4
not all. The farms upon which this ]
uch IA produced are growing richer Z
ID more valuable year BY year and !
III continue 10 do so rs long as dairy. -
q II praeliced Land that could have --
,cn bought In thai~section Ave years !,
70 for $50 an acre now readily sells ~ -
n three times that amount, ~ n
"As 10 the best method for co.opera. ~
on 80 as to speedily settle the dairy =
nds would say cooperate Let The T.
crchants and the manufacture and the 4 N
mixer and the businese Interests 60. ~
'erate with the farmer, 0rganise the 30
rmers ret them interested, Cali upon w
Q Oregon Agricultural College for th'
rmcr and dairymen's meeting. Get ,ne
4 knowledge which they have been az. pes
for years. Ask them to W.
ing 10 YOU men who have had years oss -,
experience In dairying and have made w Mn