Barton County democrat., 1914-03-20
THE MILK coNDENsARy.
one Company Is Flirting With Prep~
osition To EsfabIish Plant Hare

The committee, appointed by tie
Business Mems Association some fen
weeks ago to. try md have some
milk condensarS establish a factory
In this city have been getting busy
and have written. to several compan,
les in regard to the prOpOsitioG..
Last week they . received .ltter
from The Missouri Condensed MIR
Co., plant with establishments at
both Kshoma. Mo-, and oOstburs,
Wis. The company stated that. they
had been unable to supply all thsir
trade for the past two years and that
they were looking for q location Tor {.
the establishment Of another plant
and that they considered that Great
Bend would be good place for tie
same, and they desired to o-hear from
the committee farther as to what
the town was willing to do IN The
matter, and intimated tha. a small
bonus would be expected. and this
was only what the committee had en-
ticipated, for the probabilities the
that no company would care to estak
lish a plant here without the build.
Ing site at least being given them.
Many Of the farmers who are The
most deeply interested IN the mat.
ter have made the offer Of an Sddi-
tional bonus in that they would give
the milk to the c01densary free Tor
the first week. II all Of the patrons
would agree to this, and Il Is thought
that all would, II will mean that an
additional bonus Of from $500 to Ss,,.
600 would be granted the cOmpony.
The committee looked up the rat
Ing Of the Missouri company and find
that their financial Standing Is good.
In their letter. the company stated
that man would probably be sent
here to investigate the proposition.
All Of which listened mighty good
but a letter received this week from
the L. H. Peltasou c., II. St Louis
puts the matter up in a somewhat
different light. The Peltason compa-
ny are the general sales egens for
the Missouri cOniersary, sand In the
letter from the Peltason people they
stated that the condcnsary people
would require a bonus Of $50, 900 for
e5sSOlishiOg a plant beie. Then Iai
SC stated that in casS the peO1la. Il
home here desired to build a plant
Of their own, they would be wining
to furnish expert advice in theemAt.
ter and, would contract to dispose oi
their output. But the 10000 looks
to be a considerable pile OF money 10
the average individual, and the com
mttee Is going to make a careful In
vestigatiOn before going into the mat,
ter any farther. They are OeskoVp
Of knowing why the condsnsary com.
pany II they desired this much bonus
did not state so in their letter, and
they want TO know whethey the CON
pany is running its own affairs or y
letting Its sales agents run them Cor
them, and they also want to know 4
such a bonus Is put up whether n
will go to the eondensary people OF
whether the salos agents are work
ing for a split. OF course sOch may
not be the case, but the tive letters
do not listen alike and II Is well that
the committee SHOULD get at the bot
tom Of the thing and transact their
business business directly with those
directly responsible fer. the estab.
lishment Of the plant. While they
are Of the opinion that such q bonus
is uncalled for, yet such arrangement
could probably be made L they were
sure that 1t would go toward the es.
tabhshment Of bigger and better
plant, but they want to talk to the
men who pay the bilS and not. to the
lsabes agents. f
The outlook for a condsnsary. Is get
ting better. While the outlook for
a deal on Jhe present grounds Is moi
; any too encouraging, yet It shows
that the companies recognize that the
location here would be a desire;
G one, and the chances are that th-y
will begin making overtures them
s selves befOre long. The big comI.
les want the field Just as bad as Ee
l want the condensary, and wAen they
realize all Of the advantages that are
& to be found here. they will be asking
c for an opening themselves.
lel Barney Vierhaler and Fred Stranl
ID and son, Of northeast Logan township
N were IN the city MondsE on bushes