The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-03-27

creamery man was charging them.
When the city cremery man found
that Ee was losing his patrons and
learned that i. was simply a matter
of price, he in turn has cut his price
to match that of the countrs cream
cry. He won his customers back
The country creamery man again re-
turns and cuts the price once more
and this is continued until the mar
ket has been haggled down 10 cents
per pound less tnan it was year ago
The country creame les have been
more active throughout the state of
Oregon than any other section Of
the West. 1t makes no difference
what price may be established by the
city creamery men of Portland, these
same &C untry creamery men through
their selling agents and butter MAX
ers are continuing to cut that price.
They are doing the same thing in
Seattle and it must eventually result
in one thing. 1t is going to demnr-
alize the market to such an extent
many a farmer who has spent much
of his time improving his farm and
bringing up his dairy herd, is going
to see it dwindle in value until he
comrelled TO quite the dairy busi-
ness.
Many are talking price this
year of 18 to 20 cents for butter.
where last year it was % to 80 cents
during the flush uf the season. #
such q condition Of affairs exists this
year many Of the dairyman will quit
the business and pursue other lines
instead. When he quits daring the
country creamery, of = necessity.
must 60. 1t will be the same story
that was told in Illinois, Nebraska.
and Kansas. The machenery will
be lett to rust, aud eventually the
plant turned into a gathering stat
ion when the city creamery man
orce more succeeds in building up
the market to a point where the
farmer will take hold of the daily
business again.
The dairy business in the cream
cry line on the entire Pacific Coast
must of necessity see setback
due to no other cause than too
many country creameries uudersell-
ing the markets of the cities. If
any of the country creameries would
turn their atteption to cheese maxi
ing, the same as those of Tillamook
and Coos Bay country, they would
help to relieve this situation very
much. Unless there is something
of a different order done and the
country creamery ceases to demoral-
lze the city markets, there will be
no relief. The sooner the farmers
realize the position he has taken in
this matter. the sooner he will
doutless correct his mistake. The
entire Pacific Coast is logically des-
tined to be one of the best dairy Sec
tions in the world, and BY care and
causion a market may be maintain
ed which will be satisfactory to all.
A cooperative or country cream
cry is q success when it has market
iL it's own vicinity which will use all
it makes, but as soon as it is COM
PEELED TO ship to the city and by 80
doing come in competition with the
city creamery. it is compelled to sell
butter at less money. because the
conditions under which the country
creamery manufacturers butter are
not equal to those in the city. Their
equipment usually are not complete
inssmuch q it is frequently short Of
refrigeration rooms. refriReratin9
machiuery and such other machinery
o Is necessary 10 the ripening q
cream and in keeping the butter af-
ter il i once made. Futher. 70 the
country there i 20 market tor but
'tefsnilk lite that of ~ eitJ. 1he'