The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-04-23
HELP PUSH IT ALONC|
Progress of Cooperative Creamery
Project Encouraging and Ma
terialization Assured.
Plenty of Cows Available and No Fear
Exists as to Sale of Sufficient
Number of Shares.

held at the opera house on Saturday
for the purpose of pushing the pro-
posed cooperative creamery to a
point of naturalization. President
Louis Rust presided over the deliber-
atiOns of the convention and, notwith-
standing the gathering was not large
one, considerable progress was made
toward etfecting the end sought. In
fact the organization is now in such
shape that no reason whatsoever is
apparent why creamery should not
be built and in readiness for business
by the early part of June. All it
needs to accomplish this is concerted
action and push.
Saturdays session opened with a
reading of the minutes of the last ses-
sion by Secretary Henry Holthus and
their unanimous adoption. Then fol-
lowed the reports of committees ap-
pointed to solicit shareholders and
ascertain the number of available
COWS. One hundred and twelve shares
of stock was the number reported as
signed for and the number of COWS
which will be available to start with
approaches 1900. The latter is a re-
markable good showing and there is
every Indication that by Saturday
next between two and three hundred
shares will be subscribed for.
James Sorenson of Maple Plain, a
creamery expert from the state dairy
and food department gave a talk full
of good sound advice. In substance
and in part he said:
1 advise farmers to stick to the
creamery business,-to give especial
attention to it,-for if you do not you
will find that the centralizers will take
it out of your hands. These individ-
ual concerns are always on the alert
to enter field which is not properly
taken care of by the farmers. By
building and supporting co-opera-
tive creamery you can keep these GEN.
tralizers out. There are 900 cream
cries in Minnesota and plenty of room
for 900 more, besides adequate markets
throughout the country for readily
disposing of the butter manufactured.
In Denmark, my native country,
there are 1900 creameries and of these
1000 are cooperative plants. The
farmers of Denmark also have their
own packing establishments
alive of course. It is no experiment
with these people, but a business prop
osition which has for many years
brought them good returns.
The soil around Princeton seems to
be just right for dairying purposes.
You grow clover of the very finest
variety, and you all know what this
means in the dairying industry. Then
again, small grain does we'll here.
What more do you want? You need
not fear the competition of the GEN.
tralizers, for you can make a much
higher grade of butter than they can,
and the reason for this is that much
of the cream used by these centralizers
is shipped long distances. This
naturally Injuries the cream. 1t be-
comes stale and ofttimes it is abso-
lutely rotten when it arrives at the
plants where it is converted into
butter. Another word about these
centralizers, or individual concerns.
Where no cooperative creamery exists
where they have no competition
they pay whatsoever price they feel
inclined, but where they have COM
petition they are compelled to pay a
cent or two more than the home con-
Germ in order to obtain the cream.
For the farmers to patronize them,
however, accrues to their 1.-THE
farmersO disadvantage, for just as
soon as the centralizers drive out
competition down 60 the prices-you
are at their mercy. Don't bite on the
centralizers' bait. I have figures in
my pocket to show that II, rs and %
cents were paid for butterfat by an
individual firm in three Minnesota
towns upon the same day. Of course
the centralizer had no competition in
the town where it paid II cents-it had
driven out the cooperative creamery.
So, if you want prosperity, establish
cooperative creamery and patronize
it-push it along.
I have been in the creamery business
for many years and I never heard of
so liberal bonus being offered the
farmers as that subscribed by the
business men of this place. The busi-
ness men have treated you right and
it is up to you to reciprocate by build
ing a creamery. You will make
money out of the enterprise and the
business men will also reap benefit.
What is good for the farmer is good