American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-08-20

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off our hats to the Danish packing
house n its product. Here a most
efficient packing house takes a high
grade pig and manufactures him into
the best bacon on earth. II Armour
or Cudahy or Morris we're here he
would be compelled TO join us In our
eaiutAtion OF the packing houses of
Denmark. Here is the last word as
20 efficient scientific treatment Of the
dead porker.
But in Denmark they demand m
thing more than scientific treatment
sn the packing house. The Danish
theory is that TO produce good bacon
you must go back into the history OF
fhe 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 10 200 pounds when ~butchered.
Tie may not be a scrub. picked up
by the buyers and rushed into the
yards TO be killed and cured. as may
be the ease in America. The Danish
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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 the result Is sure to be the
best bacon. And the farmers after
they have raised the pig and cured
the bacon IN the 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 Il 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 "a the way In which II 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 hun
dreds OF acres Some contribute only
one or two hogs per year, while 9th
ers send theirs I'm by the hundred
Strange 10 say. while the factory now
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and while the farmers who own II
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 we're
no bonds issued. A large number OF
farmers simply got together, organ
ized, elected officers and directed that
these officers should, In their behalf,
borrow sufficient capital at the near
by bank 70 erect the plant and start
the business. And the bank stood
for II. well knowing that the unlim-
tied liability OF hundreds OF farmers
who were interested in the bacon fac
tory was the best security In the
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
shrifty. close-nsted. 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
30 employ the best superintendent
and manager that monetary consid-
creations can secure His name is
Frederick l. Sleek. He is IN edu-
Gated. widely read. much travelled.
scientifically trained business man.
Tho understands farming and hog
lising In all it's details. He knows
n about pigs from breeding to eat
lg He has studied every known
recess OF Transforming a 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 he
has introduced all the latest efficiency
devices. He is in the broadcast sense,
q competent. efficient, high priced
manager.
Overcoming Unfair Composition.
Although for some twenty or thirty
years cooperation has been In sue
cessfui operation in Denmark. no CO
operative society can count upon the
absence OF rivalry and competition