The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1913-11-21

creamery ne met Win great
deal Of encouragement among the bus
iness men that he approached and the
scheme looked 80 good to them that
at their request a meeting of the
day evening to consider the matter
bout fifteen members Of the club
we're present and Mr. Peters laid the
proposition before them In short it
was to build a co. operative creamery
the farmers, patrons of the orea merry
taking such portion OF the stock as
they could afford, the balance to be
subscribed by the business men of
the city
Mr Peters company, the Western
Cooperative Building company would
put a building and put in the neces,
sary equipment for a five hundred
COW creamery for forty eight hundred
dollars, the building to be built ao
cording to certain Specifications aud
the machinery to be either that sspeci-
fed or OF any other make desired by
the committee of patrons of the crea
merry having the matter in charge
The plan for forming the company
is TO have the capital stock divided
into shares of the par value of
$1,000 90 eAch and to get the stock
suDscribed for by the would be pat
rons of the creamery aud the busiu-
sss men of the city
These subscriptions would become
due. 20 per cent when the foundation
OF the creamery is in, 40 per cent
when the building is completed and
the remalnIug forty per cent wheu
the machinery is installed and the
creamery is In shape to begin opera
tions.
Mr.. Peters gave little talk extol
ing the cooperative cresmeries aud
showing their advantage to commu-
nifty over the big central systems like
the Hazelwood and others. He also
briefly outlined the benefits that a
creamery would be to the people OF
this community and especially to the
farmers. His talk vas som ething
along the same line as that of the
Professors at the Farmers Movable
school. He stated that a very small
per cent of the butter consumed ID
the state was made here.
For the most part the farmers here
raised grain and grasses which were
shipped east conferred into butter
aud shipped back here and sold th'
people not only losing the freight
both ways but the middleman's prof
At both ends. He stated that the
cFeRmsry would and ample market
- Its product right at home in thr
6iky Of st. Maries and that it wa
doubtful II It could produce enougl
TO take the entire place of the butte
was now being shipped in. Iha
once the creamery was Ia operation
and a market provided for the diar
products more people would 60 int
the business. That all kinds O
farming would be stimulated an
settlers would come In.
He stated that one of the frs
questions, that the eastern person /
search Of a location Ia the wesi
asked was whether there we're an
Oreameries and II there we're SOU
be generally moved no matter no
good the location might sotherwis
look
Speaking of the farmers and Of Il
proposition be stated that a cooper
alive creamery could pay It's Latror
Within two cents a pound as muc
for butter fat as the merchants wei
obliged to pay the wholesalers 70
butter. In 9th words when Il
merchant was paying forty cents
pound FOR the best creamery tuttl
the farmer would be getting thirl
eight cents a pound for his butter 4
and he would still have his milk le
that he could feed 10 his calves
hogs and In this way save more thl
tbs cost Of keeping the COW.
That che average earning Of a goo
dairy COW Was $40. 90 per month
nine months a year making the ye
IL earnings over $50. 90 or ov
seventy five per cent of the cost
tne COW
That the 2 cents a pound dideren
between what was paid the farm
for butter tat would more than p
for the making OF the butter sl
with a reasonable number OF Gov
would leave a nice little dividend
be divided among the stockholders
When asked what we're the LEI
number Of COWS that would suppC
q creamery be stated 100 would p
all expenses buI would leave
profit for the stockholders That
would not be safe to saart a creams