The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-04-30
DA|RYMEV COMPLETE
ASSOCIATION PLANS
Perfect $4,000 Organization
to Combat Middlemen and
Aid Consumers.

Definite steps We're taken By the dairy
men supplying tine salt Lake market last
night 10 incorporate a cooperative asso-
ciation with a capital stock Of $4,000
The meeting was held at the Commercial
OF more than 100 producers In Salt Lake.
Summit, Davis and Utah counties
c. W. Palmer OF Pennington, chair
man of the executive committee. pre-
sided. The time of the meeting was de-
voted 10 nm exhaustive consideration of
an attorney and read section by section
BY Mir Palmer. The discussion lasted
three hours.
The capital stock OF 500. 900 is to be di-
vided Into 5000 shares OF par value Of
$40 each. This pro rata was arrived at
on the estimate that 5000 COWS supply
milk TO the Salt Lake consumers and
the shares are to he distributed on thu
basis OF one share FOR each COW. Ten
per cent of tho capital stock, or $4,000
is 10 ba paid in by June i. The remain
der OF the subscriptions arc to be paid at
the call of the executive committee as
The money may be needed.
Meantime canvass OF dalrymcn Will
be made with a view TO procuring con-
tracts with them whereunder they pledge
themselves to market their milk through
the association Ii was the sense OF the
meeting that tine association would not
establish a distributing plant of it's own
II the distributing companies now doing
business here pay the producers what
they deem fair price for their milk. The
dalrymen present, however. let 1t be un-
derstood that they were unalterably OPP
posed to any system whereby the mid
dleman' got all the profits. leaving both
the producer and the consumer holding
the sack"
In order to make the distributing COM
panies see the matter in the right light
according 10 the producers point of view
II Will be necessary for the association
III t,.sJ-
the milk supply TO get these contra cts
each member OF the executive committee
of whom there arc five Will conduct a
canvass in his own district hiring such
canvass must be completed before the LIST
of June. ut which time. II the showing
is satisfactory. the association Will pro-
coed to incorporate.
a separate form OF contract will he
used for those producers who sell at
wholesale and those who retail their own
product on their established route Tho
retailer Will be permitted to continue mis-
route and still be a member of the aSso-
citation on condition that, should he at
any time decide TO sell at wholesale. he
Will acquire the requisite amount OF
stock; AS a retailer he may hold mem
bcrship by buying one share OF stock. re-
sardless OF the number OF COWS he has
A great saving Is expected to follow
the incorporation Of the association in the
purchase OF feed and supplies OF all
kinds. BY buying in large quantities, hay,
for example. could be had for practically
half the cost which the Individual now
has TO paJ. The association would buy
in carload lots and distribute the hay
among its members In quantities desired
by each,
The executive committee was empow-
cred 10 I'LL the vacancy on the commit
tee caused by the inability OF Ben r.
Eldredse to serve. Mr.. Eldredge was ap-
pointed at the first meeting OF the dairy
men. The understa ndins Is that the new
member Will be selected from among the
Layton dairymcn. Thus Davis county
will have two members of the execu-
tive committee. The four members OF
the committee now in office are; G. w.
Palmer, Davis county: G. Il. Pace, Sum
nit county G. u. Smith. Salt Lake coun-
ty. G. c. johnson, Utah county,