Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-03-07
nCHE:E.SE TRUST"
is UNDER FIRE:
Former State Senator Krumr2y
Is Leading Tho Flight.
Professor TAYLO3'S REPORT

University Man Has Conducted a
Fiqd investigation into the Cheese
Industry in Wisconsin-L legislature
to Devote Its Attention to the High
Cost Of Living.
Madison, Wis, Mar. 4.-(Special)-
Former State Senator Henry c. Krum-
rey, who is leading the fight to break
what he considers a cheese trust"
in Wisconsin, is here comforting with
Dr. Charles Mccarthy, Professor H,
c. Taylor Of the university and Pro.
fessor 3. Fl. Hibbard, tie new profess
scr in agricultural economics at the
university. The progress that has
been made by Professor Taylor in his
investigation of conditions in Wiscon-
sin as they relate to the cheese in
dustry have been laid before Mr.
Krumrey. Professor Taylor's report
has been finished and will soon be
given out.
DR.. Mccarthy considers the findings
in the report by Professor Taylor as
| having an immensely important bear
| irg upon economic conditions in the
state He has conducted careful
| investigation of the cheese industry
from the standpoint of the producer,
the middleman and the consumer. It
! is understood that this report will
| demonstrate that conditions are IN
satisfactory and that the greatest
evil in the present system is the plan
of marketing in use. The state board
Of public affairs is devoting much
time to the subject of marketing, and
! the legislature is expected to enact
highly progressive legislation on this
| subject.
High Cost of Living.
The whole broad subject of the high
cost of living is embodied in a num-
| Der of bills that are pending. This
| legislature will be urged to adopt the
| most comprehensive program on agri-
| cultural betterment that has ever
| been suggested in this state. The
move to improve conditions in the
marketing CT cheese is but one phase
Of tremendously big program. The
! farm and its problems and the rela-
tion Of these problems to general con-
| ditions, reaching out to the consum
ers IN the cities, IS being brought di-
rectly before the legislature.
Speaker Fulrs anti discriminate
bill is one of the measures of import
ance that is already well on its way
! to passage. 1t is likely that the legis
lature may provide for a central mar
keting bureau at the university which
is to serve as sort of a bureau of in.
formation to aid the producer not only
In producing the best, but to point
OFT TIE speediect and most ec0nomi al
method Of marketing. The board of
/ public affairs has taken the position
ttat The state, through the ag~'cul-
tUral department at TIE university
has already done great work along
The line of educating farmers so that
/ they may get the best results in the
matter CT production. The market
inc problem is now TO be given state
attention.
Farmers Would Be Posted.
Through central marketing bureau
the farmer would be given scientific
information as to what the territory
adjacent to his community is most
likely to need. Just how much it
can use will be shown and in that
manner the farmer will know exactly
what to produce and how much of it
to offer to the market. The board
would also show the speediest and
most economical method of market
ing.
Various organizat ton of farmers, IN
Guiding the Society of Equity, are
now working with the state in an
effort to improve conditions. Many
bills have been introduced in the
legislature having bearing upon the
/ Improvement of the rural schools, the
teaching in these schools of subjects
that make for better farming, bright.
er and more attractive homes in the
country and more cheering commun-
ity life. In fact, the program of
agricultural betterment in it's tenta-
tive form seems to touch upon every
subject Of interest 10 the farmer. The
plan Is made so broad that it's aim
is not only to improve agricultural
conditions, but to improve general
conditions in the state and thereby go
directly to the big, vital subject of the
high cost of living.
Agricultural Development.
In the current issue of the Wiscon.
sin Equity News Dr. Charles Nc.
Carthy of the Wisconsin reference If
brary discusses some of the phases Of
agricultural DEVELOPMENT. DR.. Nc
Carthy says that it is not merely the
technical side Of farming that should
be provided for, but also the business
Gnd human sides.
Let us suppose" he says, "that the
farmers organize for better business,
as they are III ireland and Denmark.
4 survey could be made Of each coun-