Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-07-21
THE CREAM ERY.

News of the closing Of the creamery
at Gaffney, because OF inability to Sc
cure the necessary milk supply, will be
received with a good deal Of interest
and not a little regret throughout this
section where so many people have
been giving their attention to matters
connected with dairying.
OF course we have no right to go
behind the published statement to the
effect that the trouble with the Gaff-
ney creamery Is inability to get milk,
and shall not try to; but If the whole
truth were known 1t Is probable that
| 1t would be found that the lack of milk
Is not due so much to the fact that
the country does not yield a sufficient
| supply as to the fact that the neces-
sary steps have not been taken to get
the milk together.
1t Is not to be understood that the
closing of the Gaffney creamery means
the complete failure of that institution.
The Enquirer has 1t from private
sources that there Is in Gaffney an
individual who stands ready to pay so
cents on the dollar for the entire cap
ital stock outstanding, and is anxious
to buy the property at that price. The
gentleman named Is good business
man, amply able to make good on his
offer, and his proposition means that
he believes that although the creamery
has not been a success up to this time,
the trouble is entirely one Of manage
ment. If he did not think he could
make it go, he would not want to buy
at the price mentioned.
The Yorkville creamery has been
getting a good many hard knocks Of
late; but it continues in successful
operation all the same. 1t Is making
and selling not less than 1000 pounds
Of butter a week; but is not quite so
prosperous as ii was a few months
back, for the reason that the market
price of creamery butter Is ranging
lower now than for several years. Be-
cause Of this there has been a slight
reduction In the price Of butterfat;
but Notwithstanding these drawbacks.
and the additional disadvantage Of the
long drought, which has weighed so
heavily on pasturage and made milk
production more expensive, the pa
irons have been standing faithfully to
the proposition and the business is
holding it's own with firmness which
under the circumstances, Is little short
of remarkable.
There are among the stockholders
quite a number who think that up to
this time the creamery has done all
that could be expected and more.
They believe that the possibilities OF
the enterprise have been established
beyond question, and that 1t only re-
mains to continue loyal, subscribe the
capital necessary for such improve
ments as are clearly desirable, and
that success will surely come in the
long run, and that with but a small
chance Of loss or failure.
From the beginning many intelli-
gent observers have looked upon the
creamery as @ bold experiment; but
one along very promising lines, and
most of these are able to see more
promise ahead now than they could
see when they had less information.
OF course, some are discouraged, and
disappointed. But still the sound
business view is that which was ex-
pressed by some Of the progressive,
energetic stockholders when they first
embarked on the enterprise: "As to
whether that creamery is a success or
failure depends upon US. 1t Is going
to be just what we make it-no more
and no less"