Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02
NEW ORGANIZATION
PERFECTED IN CITY
MEN INTERESTED IN PRODUC-
TON. MANUFACTURE AND
SALE OF DAIRY PRODUCTS.
Elect Officers and Name Commit
tee to Go to Westinghouse
Combat Lowering of Rates on
Transportation of Cream Asked
for by CentrdliZing Plants of
ChiCdqO-Eighteen Were Here.
tFrom Wednesdays Daily.)

From Wednesdays Daily.)
Watertown was the scene of rather
important meeting yesterday after.
noon at the New Commercial Hotel.
1t was gathering of men interested
in the production, manufacture anc
sale OF dairy products. Matters OF
general interest were discussed, about
eighteen participating IN the same.
Following is list of those present al
| the gathering F. A. and G. K. Seeber
and w A. Roach of the Roach &
Seeber Co., Of Waterloo; Henry w.
Barge, president of the Central Wis
consin Creamery Co., Reedsburg
Henry Schempf of the Henry Schempf
Co. Fort Atkinson, VIM. Schneider of
the H. c. Christians Co., of Johnson
Greek; q. A. Atwood and A. l..
jacques Of the firm of Atwood &
Jaques, Waupun; K. L. Vesper of the
firm of Atwood & Vesper of Waupun !;
F. w. Greil of the CrelI B. &. Z. Co. :,
johnson Greek; W. E. Blumenstein
of the w. E. Blumenstein Co., sui
llvan; l.. F. Jahnke of the Jahnke
Creamery Co., Watertown; R. @.
Green of the Creamery Packing Mfg.
Co. Of Chicago; G. J. Dodge, Wind
sor; E. G. Dodge, Lake Mills, presi-
dent of the Wisconsin Buttermakers'
association; j. G. MoUre OF Madison,
representative of the Fox River
Butter Co.. +. Schey of York Center.
The meeting yesterday was to per-
feet the organization of the Wisconsin
Dairy Manufacturers and Producers
Protective association. The following
officers were elected.
President +. A. Seeber.
V1ce-Pres. w. A. Roach.
Treasurer.-H. W. Barge.
Secretary-J. G. Moore.
The formation of this association
is to combat the lowering of shipping
rates on transportation of cream
asked for by the large centralizins
plants of Chicago.
A committee was appointed at tn,
meeting yesterday to go to Washing
ton, D. G. and appear before the
Interstate Commerce Commlssor
in opposition to the proposed reduction
and discrimination in rates. The fol
lowing committee was named: Hon
w. ID. Hoard, Fort Atkinson; Hon
J. Q. Emery Madison, OF the Stat,
Dairy and Food Commission; E. G.
Dodge of Lake Mills; j. G. Moor,
of Madison.
The attempt to control the milk ant
cream supply of Chicago has alfead!
been brought to the attention of tn,
commission, but the meeting her,
yesterday is the first IN the way of al
organization to combat the discriminat
ing evil Formal charges have beer
filed that the Chicago and North
Western, the Chicago, Milaukee ant
st. Paul and the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy Railroad companies are il
conspiracy in violation of the anti
trust law, under which they control
the milk and cream supply of the city
of Chicago.
1t is further charged that these
railroads, by threats to enter into a
rates War with other lines, forced the
other roads to abrogate reasonable
rate upon milk and cream. 1t Is also
said that the issue raised involve the
future of Chicago AS butter manu-
featuring center.
Butter and creamery concerns of
Iowa and Missouri in voluminuus
petition to the commission state that
| their efforts to establish churning and
creamery plants in Chicago, and of
the broken promises of the above
named railroads.
The companies quickly discovered
that the territory within 200 miles
of Chicago had been pretty thoroughly
monopolized. Up to the time OF the
inquiry, Chlcago's milk and cream
supply had been obtained within that
radius, and the railroads had no IaIes
for a greater distance in effect upon
cream. The railroads asked for the
transportation of ten-gallon Can of
cream distance of 300 miles 70 cents.
A can of cream weighs about 100
pounds and yields about twenty five
pounds of butter. Hence the charge
was equivalent to about three cents
for each pound of butter, and Is the