Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-29
WAR ON PROMOTERS
STATE DAIRY DEPARTMENT AFT.
Err PROFESSIONAL CREAM.
cry BUILDERS.
DEPARTMENT TO AID
COOPERATIVE COMPANIES
Working Specifications Will Be Pre-
pared by State Architect and Blue
Prints Will Be Available to Farmers
MISUNDERSTANDING Of Profess
sionai Promoters Work.
Special TO Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, May 29.-open war on
the professional creamery promoter
and builder. That is the order from
this time on in the state dairy depart
ment.
For number Of years the depart
ment has been advising against deal
ing with the promoters and urging
farmers who want TO organize IA CO.
operative creamery and erect good
plant to avoid dealing with these out
sidars. Now the policy of offering adj
vice is converted into Il policy of frank
and open hostility to any and every
scheme offered for relieving farmers
Of the details of organizing and es-
tablishlng these creameries.
Aid in Organizing Creameries.
Commissioner Barney announced the
change today; also that he is going 10
have the department ready to offer
something more than advice. hut to
really aid in organization of creamcr-
les Inspector G. II. Teller and Com
missioner Barney have just had con-
ference with Professor Mortensen. head
of the dairy department at the State
be prepared plans and specifications
for model creameries which are to be
furnished those who want to go into
this business Working specifications
will be prepared by the state architect
and blue prints will be available. Then
the department will secure estimates
from supply houses of the cost of fix
lures and be prepared to tell just about
what these things will cost for various
kinds of creameries.
Work Of Professional Promoter.
Down in a southern Iowa county
professional prom otter has just finished
a plant that is worth probably $4,000
but for which he got a half more. His
work is typical of the professional pro-
moter The department is going to get
into the game and help. in a practical
way, in the development of the butter
industry by showing exactly how the
creamery plants can be put up cheap
est.
Filing Of statements OF expense has
already commenced NJ. f.. Wiltse, OF
Marshalltown. socialist candidate for
congress. is first to file with the sec
rotary of state. He has evidently closed
his campaign already and serenely
awaits results. The campaign cost
him 20 cents.
The Meredith Connolly cross fire for
campaign purposes is virtually at an
end. The Meredith committee is just
sending out Its last cart loads of liter
ature and broadsides. Connolly is
/ out in the state speaking.
1t is reported here that an effort will
be made to have a large number of the
republicans who expect to vote Tor
Meredith in case he is elected go into
the democratic primary and vote for
him for the nomination. 1t is promised
that a great many OF these will vote
for Meredith if nominated. but they
hesitate to go into the primary for him.
Meredith was president of the Des
Moines Commercial association and a
member Of the Greater Des Moin-s
| communicable silk stocking orsaniza- :
! ton Of public service corporations
| and what Is known as the booster
crowd is very DESTROYS he should be
| nominated
The Connolly people have done a
fair amount Of advertising but nothing
| as compared to the Meredith commit
|