The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1912-03-29

ering that route. Considerably, it is
claimed, the Lucerne wagon was
Withdrawn from the Notus route; the
obvious deduction being that this
must be the result of an agreement as
to territorial division on the part of
the two companies.
"Didn't Give a d."
1t is said that the hauler for the
creamery, at the time hauling rates
were being SO advanced and custo-
mers were dropping off, having report
ed that he could get more customers
if the old hauling rates were restored,
was informed by the manager, that
he didn't give a d--n what the
Dixie farmers did," report which the
continuous advance OF hauling rates,
to the point of extinction of that route
by that creamery appears to bear out
Butter Fat Going Down.
Since the extinction of competition,
it is claimed butter fat has been stead
lily dropping in price, having now
reached the 30-cent level with all pros
poets pointing toward a further re-
duction. An average for the last two
years which included the high rates
of the former period and still can show
only 81 cents for butter fat, speaks
eloquently of the vast drop in butter
fat prices within that period.
But assuming that the farmers have
been given, all this time, the benefit OF
the current market rates for butter
fat, which many dispute; assuming
that the butter market will not stand
price, say at present, of over sc
cents, the rancher would be satisfied
to receive that figure. The average
rancher is game and can stand the
gaff when he has to land he think.
he has to a good deal of the time)
If this is all that is coming to him, he
is satisfied. He is even willing te
grant the contention of the creamie.
that this is all that is coming to him
in the way of price for the butter fa
contained in his cream as shown b,
the tests; but
Are the Tests Fair7
That is the question that most agi
tates him; and the claims made OF
this point range all the way from
downright accusations of worse thar
unfair tests to cautious statement
that there is something peculiar abou
the tests received which is hard t.
understand"
TIE begin with, it seems that thu
former practice of testing the cream
at the ranch, thus giving the dairymar
a check against the report of tn,
creamery, has been abandoned. TIL,
farmer must now rely entirely OF
what the creamery chooses to say i
his test" And it is further ALLEGED
that, when the farmer tests for him
self and ventures to dispute tn,
creamery figures, he is told he doesn'
understand the business, his tests arr
made from the top of the cream, o.
for some other reason he is incompe
tent to properly test his own cream
At any rate, he has no recourse; b,
can either accept the test and the re
turns that the creamery chooses It
give him, churn his own butter, o.
sell off his cows and go out of bust
ness. Some are doing one thing, son'
another; but to expect that any shall
be satisfied is to ask too much o
human nature. 10
| One Man Satisfied. %
Out of a large number of farmers
interviewed on this subject since tn,
article referred to appeared in thu
columns of our contemporary, Their
was one man, just one, who expresse,
himself as satisfied with the treatmen
he received. His statement was that
at the time the creameries were pay
ing 40 cents for butter fat, he made a
high as $86s per head on his cows
that while last year there was littl'
profit, still he was perfectly satisfied
that he and everyone else was receiv
ing a square and fair deal; that thos'
who stated the contrary were gener
ally those who took care of neithe
their stock nor their cream. TIL
shock of surprise occasioned by thi
marked deviation from the genera
rule of censure for the creameries wa
mitigated, in some degree. by tn
statement elected on further inquiry
that this man is a hauler for one o
the creameries, receiving $500 pc
day therefor. Be
| Prima-facie Case. ~
From an unprejudiced and unbiase'
viewpoint. the dairyman who claim
that he formerly received for tn