Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-08-05
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COOPERATIVE BACON FACTORY

A CO1OPENAllVkA
Frederfckssund, Denmark.-We take
OF our hats to the Danish packing
house and it's product. Here q most
efficient packing house takes a high
grade pig and manufactures him into
the best bacon on earth. II Armour
or Cudahy or Morris were hero he
would be compelled to join US In our
salutation Of the packing houses Of
Denmark. Here is the last word as
to efficient scientific treatment of the
dead porker.
But In Denmark they demand some
thing more than scientific treatment
In the packing house. The Danish
theory is that to produce good bacon
you must 60 back into the history Of
the pig. They want to know of what
breed he was, that he was raised in
a sanitary pen, on pure, wholesome
food, that he was between five and
seven months old, and weighed from
$50 to 200 pounds when butchered.
He may not be scrub, picked up
by the buyers and rushed into the
yards to be killed and cured. as may
be the case in America. The Danish
pig is an efficient scientific agency
for Transforming pure milk and grain
and root crops and fodder into fine
pig meat. And so when the best
packing house methods deal with the
best pig tho result is sure to be the
best bacon. And the farmers after
they have raised the pig and cured
the bacon in tho bacon factory which
they themselves own, insist that they
get the profit from the sale: So these
Danish farmers keep possession Of the
bacon until it is placed upon the
counters Of the retail dealers in Eng.
land. In this way they get all the
profits there are In the entire process.
Organized Without Money.
This is the way In which it is done,
The bacon factory here at Fredericks.
sund is owned by 5000 farmers. There
are big farmers and little farmers
among them. Some Of them have
only five acres, and others have hum
dreds of acres. Some contribute only
one or two hogs per year, while 9TH
ers send theirs In by the hundred.
Strange to say, while the factory now
represents a very large Investment
and while the farmers who own IL
have In the aggregate great wealth,
the plant was established without the
direct investment of one dollar. There
was no capital paid In and there were
no bonds issued. A large number Of
farmers simply got together, organ
lied, elected officers and directed that
these officers should, in their behalf,
borrow sufficient capital at the near.
by bank to erect the plant and start
the business. And the bank stood
for it; well knowing that the unlim-
tied liability Of hundreds Of farmers
who were interested in the bacon fac
tory was the best security in tho
world; we'll knowing also that under
proper management a bacon factory
was itself one Of the most sound and
profitable business ventures into
which these same farmers could go.
High Grade Manager.
This concern is owned by 5000
thrifty, close-hsted, money-making
farmers, but they do not run this
business on any narrow gauge plan.
They know that incompetence does
not pay. They want good results and
80 employ the best superintendent
and manager that monetary consid+
erations can secure. His name IN
Frederick l.. Sleek. He is an edu-
Gated, widely read, much travelled,
scientifically trained business man,
who understands farming and hog
raising in all It's details. He knows
all about pigs from breeding to eat
Ing: He has studied every known
process of Transforming live pig into
the finest bacon. He knows all about
the by-products, be they sausage or
fertilizers made from the blood. He
understands the problems Of trans
portation. He is familiar with the
markets Of the world and with the!
demands of each. Into his plant hv i
has introduced all the latest efficiency
devices. He is in tho broadcast sense,
. competent, efficient, high priced
manager.
Overcoming Unfair Competition.
Although for some twenty or thirty !
years cooperation has been in suo-
cessful operation in Denmark, no CO.
operative society can count upon tho
Absence If rivn1rv and nov,ny>o%a%l>n