Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-11-09
And Shipping Cream Long Dis
taEces to Centralized Cream
cries Results in Bad Butter
PRESENT RATES SHOULD STAY
Efforts of Big creameries to Drive
Smaller Concerns Out of Business
Revealed in Fight to Secure Lower
Rates on cream-state Dairy Com
missioner's Report.
Special /. Times Republican.

DeS MONIES, Nov. 9.-Ihe centralized
or big creameries Of Iowa that ship in
their cream supply by rail are fur
nished cream from one-half of the
cows Of the state and they manufac-
ture only one-third of the butter of
the state. These facts are given in the
annual report of the state food and
dairy commissioner which was made
public today The report OF the COM
missioner was filed with the COVER
nor and the copy viii be at once fur
nished to the state printer and will
shortly be printed for distribution.
Among other things the report points
out that the freight rate question Is
one of the more important questions OF
the creamery business and the cream
4 cry and dairymen of the state are in
formed that they should become at
once familiar with the facts regarding
the rates and take action that win be
I to their own interest.
The report points out that there is
no place in the state of Iowa that is
more A than seventy miles from a
creamery OF the larger or centralized
type. The railroads have determined
to raise the rates but the matter has
been taken into the federal courts on
an injunction till hearing can be had
before the Interstate commerce com
mission. The centralized creameries
are making every effort possible to
keep the rates as they are at present,
The report ofNCommissioner Wright
points out that the shipment of cream
long distances invariably results in a
loss in the quality and value OF the
cream which is visited upon the seller
Of the cream and it is therefore to the
advantage Of the farmer or the man
who milks the cows TO have the cream
BILE. Low freight rates on long dis
tances will result in big centralized
plants springing UP and driving out
the small plants but will result in the
farmer getting q lower price for his
cream and in the creamery making a
lower grade Of butter. In his report
Commissioner Wright therefore rec
ommends: TO so reduce the rates
upon cream shipments is to enable
concerns with large capital and super
ior business resources to monopolize in
large proportion the dairy business
and will be disastrous to the dairy
business of the state
The report discloses that there are
ninety creameries in iowa that ship
cream in by rail, but only twenty-five
Of these can be called centralized
plants and that these manufactured
24,357,63 pounds of butter during the
year covered by the report, which,
smaller centralized plants, makes about
one- third of the creamery butter made
In the state. These creamertes are
supplied with the cream from half the
cows of the state and thus far no So
luton has been discovered to the
question why they do not manufacture
as great Il proportion of butter as the
smaller plants.
Poor butter and short weight so
called pound bricks" are responsible
for big increase in the manufacture
and sale of oleomargarine, according
to the report of Commissioner Wright.
1t is pointed out in the report that the
production Of this tariff increased from
So, 146,659 in 1906 to 68,9SS,6S9 in 1907.
for the United States. 1t is claimed
by the report that the so-called
pound bricks" Of butter are too often
not full pound at all but are from
an ounce to more than on ounce short
on the market that 10 sold for a high
price which accounts for the large In :
crease in the amount of oleomargarine
and a large proportion is sold in Iowa.
The Iowa National Guard is to have
a blue book. 1t is now being prepared
by Major j. A. Olmsted, U. 8. A., re-
tired, inspector general of the National
Guard Of Iowa. Iowa guard men have
heretofore had nothing but the consti-
tuition of the state and the orders OK
the adjutant- general. When in doubt
they have gone to the regular army
Blue Book. But there are many regu-
lations Of the Iowa Guard that are in
conflict with the government Blue
Book, hence confusion has arisen.
All the coal miners in the Des
Moines field, at least, and probably
turnout Iowa, will be paid in cash to-
day the same as always. The local
operators for time were worried lest
the shortage of currency would make
It difficult to meet the semi monthly
pay rolls at II o'clock today, but they
succeeded in securing the 100000 in
cash required
The Des Moines banks several days
ago promised to furnish at least one
half of this amount of currency, but
disiked the idea Of furnishing it all.
They urged that the railroad COM
panies, which use the greater part OF
the output of the local mines, furnish
part of the currency and the operators
dealing with the roads went to Chi
cago to request that the railroads pay
this time for their coal in cash. The