Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-24
STATE surTERmAkERs BLAME
COMBINES AND COLD sroRAaE
ron HIGH PRlcss.
BUTTER QUOTATIONS HIGHEST
IN TwEhTY-ElaHr YEARS
Imm.nsity u Da'ryins and Butter In.
forests Of Iowa shown at Mason City
Nesting Of Contests cempIl.
msnts Association on Quality and
Exhibits-erunnsr Big Winns..
Special to Times Republican.


Mason City, Jan. 24.--The Iowa
State Buttermakers' Association 10 not
lacking for enthusiasm. It IL here and
lots of it. The butter judging contest.
which was on Monday and until noon
Tuesday. attracted much interest and
the buttermakers from the $50 cream
cries in Iowa were anxiously awaiting
the opinion Of r. H. Keiffer, of New
York City, who was the final judge.
When the announcement was made 1t
did not create any great surprise for 1t
fell to J. j. Drummer, OF strawberry
Point, the secretary OF the association,
and the buttermaker Of the biggest
creamery in the world. He is already
covered with medals. From his watch
hangs a beautiful sparkler, while the
watch itself was won in contest. II.
eats from a table decorated with lovink
cups. etc., as a reward for what he
knows about the art. Yesterday we
wrote at some length about his cream
cry and the words spoken today
would indicate that he is deserving
OF all the eulogy you care to pay him
and with it the winnings of today's
Iowa State Buttermakers' Association.
None Of this will spoil j. J.. Drummer.
lmmensity Of Dairy Interests.
But few are aware OF the immensely
of the dairy interest of this state. 1t
has brought into this state during the
past year considerable over $25,00U,000.
The exact amount can not be told, but
from the $50 creameries s3,000,OOo
pounds of butter have been made and
this has sold on an average of "a cents.
which bring the amount up to the fig
ure above used. This does not include
the large amount of dairy butter that
is made and sold to the dealers turnout
the state. When this is all brought
together. those who are in position to
Judge of its magnitude say that full,
$50 100000 has come into this state
during the past twelve months from
the sale of butter.
Responsibility for High Prices.
AS remarked by one of the prominent
members of the association today, the
high price OF butter today. which
places it out of reach of the laboring
man and makes it an almost prohibit
tive article on the poor mans table.
Is not chargeable to the butter max
ing industry at all but IL chargeable
to the trusts and to the cold storage
interests who seem to be in control of
the situation. One butter enthusiast
said that it was today the highest 1t
had been in twenty-eight years and
he could not understand 1t other than
it was In control of the trusts. 1t was
for busting the butter trust he was In
favor Of and busting 1t hard.
Presidsnt's Annual Address.
The report Of the secretary and
treasurer showed that over $1,000 in
funds had been handled during the
year. President Mittlestadt made his
address and it was of the evangelistic
order nothing new, however, to the
buttermakers.
Before taking up further business
the president appointed two commit
tees: On resolutions, Guy Thomas, NJ.
J. Goodrich and J. L. Crump; on legis-
lation, E. r. Shoemaker, A. c. Drys-
dale, o. c. Capper. r. e. Clemens and
w. F. Mock.
Judge Compliments Exhibit.
Prof. M. Mortensen, of Ames, the
butter critic Of the convention, made
an open and general criticism. He had
before him the butter scoring highest
and lowest, and brought out why one
was demanding such a high price and
the one so low. The professor compli-
mented very highly the general ex-
hiblt, stating that p. H. Keiffer. OF
New York, the gentleman who did the
judging, said thAt it was one OF the
very finest genetal exhibits he hac
ever judged. Professor Mortensen took
the grounds Of paying for cream on
the quality basis.
State Dairy and Food Commissioner
w. B. Barney, of Des Moines. spoke
very cnte.taininEiy. Under the new
law pissed last winter compelling
every ibl,ttermaker in the state and
every operator Of Babcock tester had
to take out liceEae for which he was
to pay $3.50. There had been about
2,2SO Of these licenses taken out but ne
expected soon the number would reach
$500. The clause in the law permitting
n revocation he claimed was q power
full weapon to help to keep the crooked
straight. He believed that the butter
maker. to be Of the very best service
to his people, must get out among his
M irons and post them UP along spe-
cial lines. He would have every patron
own pair Of scales and Babcock
tester and would encourage them to
weed out their Improbable cows He
believed that the culling out process
wo,sld increase the yield OF milk per
COW fully fifty pounds and he tnen
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