The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-05

prices paid 10 the farmers are lowered.
the large concerns operating over a great
territory, with here and there a compeu-
tor that they wished to put out OF busi-
ness, could In one locality raise the price
paid above that possible to pay with
prott. and at the other places decrease
the prices so little as not 10 be apparent
and more than offset the loss. The ability
10 destroy competition without infictlng
self-inlury has been used effectively In
many localities.
Killing Small Creameries.
Perhaps the most potent factor, how
ever. In restricting the business OF the
small creamery has been the special low
rates reported TO be granted by tho rail
roads TO the big crcameries. These rates
were understood TO be much lower than
about one-t third OF the rate on butter In
Nebraska, In the best territory, the gross
earnings for hauling cream were but l3
cents per car mile. while the settling basis
between railroads for hauling empty cars
was 10 cents per car mile.
Tho system OF killing the small cream
cries has been carried on TO the fullest
extent In southern Iowa Missouri, Kansas
Illustration, IL Is found that the number
Of crea meries declined from lS3 in 1900
20 67 In 1905, while in Minnesota in the
same period there was an increase from
jS2 To 9O5 The decrease In Kansas Is
attributed TO dissatisfaction and d!strust
on the part OF the farmer with the CEN
Nidl creamery 10 the 10" prices Dbl0.
the poor quality of butter, the killing OF
the small crcameries, and the loss OF all
Immediate contact between the farmer
and the owner OF the business. The in
crease In Minnesota can be accounted for
by just the reverse set OF conditions
High Grade Butter.
Investigation has shown that the
from whole milk delivered to the cream
cry fresh every day. This is possible
only where there are local creameries al
convenient distances. The longer time
between milking and churning the poorer
the quality OF butter. Shipping cream by
railroad except for very short distances
is detrimental To the quality Of the but
THE centralizers. on account of receiv-
ing cream from long distances. are unable
to turn out as high-grade products as
cream, but they are usually managed so
as 10 get every possible cent OF revenue
from their material, They use the most
approved methods of manufacture. get
a maximum oyer-run, and prevent loss
in every possible way. The small cream
cries. on the other hand, arc often lax
superior quality OF their product and
their practice. OF giving full returns TO
the farmers they are still able 10 pay G
or Z cents a pound more for butter fat
BY no means do all, OF the small cream
eries make fancy butter, however. Some
of them have doubtless succumbed large
~ because OF losses willCn might nave
been prevented by better methods.
Publicity Remedy.
Publicity as TO the prices received by
farmers in various sections for their but
ter fat would be a powerful agency In
enabling the farmers TO obtain better re-
turns from the 'centraliZers.' The de-
partment could gather this information
and disseminate 1t. New York, Chicago
and Elgin quotations on butter are not
printed In the papers published In the