Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-11-04
CREAMERIES
MAY CLOSE
Centfa|izers May Force Sew
erdl North Dakota Cream.
cries TO Close
Interests Have Closed
CredmefieS In State Of
Montana

Montana
Adams County Record: 1t APP
pears that the city creamery
interests are making a desperate eff.
fort to put the craameries at bowman,
Lennon and Hettinger out OF bust.
ness and that steps must be taken at
once to keep the cream at home if
these local creameries # to be con-
tinued. The manager of the Hettin.
gr creamery has given us the follow.
ing article in regard to the matter:
Owing. to- lack OF patronage the.
creameries at Lennon, Hettinger and
Bowman have about decided to close
down. This condition is due to the en-
cessive prices paid in this territory
by the allied creamery interests in
the Twin Cities, commonly known as
Centralizers. COVERING a vast amount
OF territory as they do, they are able
by paying the lowest price the farmer
will accept for butter fat where they
have no competition to pay eXorDi.
tant prices in localities where there Is
competition. What viii happen after
forcing the smaller creamerias out OF
business is very evident. There are
many among III farmers who have eX.
%perienced this before and who do not
need to see these results proved to
know that We are stating plain facts.
The successful handling of a cream.
cry in this country is a far different
proposition than it is in the older
dairy states. The same methods do
not apply, a different. market must
be developed and these things are not
all done at once. The three cream
cries in this tehhitory have developer
the dairy industry to a point where by
the right kind of support by the local
producers they "a soon rank with
the most progressive creameries OF
the older and more developed dairy
sctions.
Do you, Mr.. Farmer, want to see
all this wiped out? Do you think
you will be serving your own best in
terests to destroy all the progress
that has been made and place your
self at the mercy of the centralizers?
If you are interested in seeing the
local creamery continue in business
the coupon below at once
l am milking 49, COWS and
promise-t0@su t~the~crean-~
cry as long as l believe it en-
entitled to my support.
Sign Here.
Also read the following from an
address by VIM. F. Siege of Medina,
N. D., delivered before the North Da.
kota Bankers association.
The local creamery is, compare
lively a new feature in the dairy bust
ness, and has been developed through
various stages. It may be either an
individual or cooperative institution, I
although most of the successful plants
n the ENTHUSIASTICALLY in Min. !
operated on the co.opera-
tive basis. Opposed to this system |
are the large interests, commonly |
known as the "centralizers." These
concerns maintain large plants in the
cities, soliciting cream shipments by
express from a large territory, and it
Is not uncommon for them to ship 500
miles without any refrigerator serv.
ice, even in the hottest weather.
Naturally, it is to the interest Of the
to crowd out the local
creamery, and thereby gain a monop-
ply in the manufacture of the cream
cry butter.
The centralizers, wherever they
have gained a monopoly, pay as little
IS the farmer will accept. Quoting |
from the report of the Bureau OF
Animal Industry for the year 1909: |
Reports show that during the month
If July in Kansas and Nebraska,
where a monopoly appeared to be
complete, the farmers received only
Il to 19c a pound for butter fat, while
n northern Iowa, Minnesota, WiseOn-
,in and Illinois, where cooperative
,reameries predominant, the price
.anged~from, Zoe tos26c per, pound"
The methods Of the c%entralizers are
sometimes reprehensible, especially
where these concerns have come into
competition with small creameries.
They have raised prices to a point
hat made it impossible for the small
to continue, Anus forcing it
,lt of business by reducing the price
It some other points where there was
10 competition, have not suffered any
oss and have been able to gain a firm
lold on certain territory. This is in.
:eresting ais it illustrates what may
,e expected in North Dakota if the
PEOPLE fail to appreciate the import
nee of local creameries and support
hem as they should.
The large interests have already
practically destroyed the smaller
in Montana, and are, al
he present time, interesting them
elves in this state. It is not alone
he closing of the creameries that
must be given serious consideration
tut also the fact that under the cen
rallied system, dairying has never
developed. Statistics show that the
Of creameries in Kansas de.
lined from 1873 in 1900 to 81 In 1906,
while in Minnesota, during the same
period, there was an increase from
to 905. The decrease in Kansas
8 attributed to the dissatisfaction
md distrust. on the part Of the farm.
RS with the central creameries, be-
cause Of the low prices paid, poor
luality Of butter produced, killing OF
he small creameries, and the loss OF
Ill immediate contact between the
~ ond fha nwnpr ~ the business, !