Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-19
BIG MEAT PACKING
PLANT WILL LOCATE
HERE, c0F C v|CTORS
COOPERATIVE INDUSTRY Sc.
lECTS OTTAWA FOR ITS SITE
COMMERCE BODY RESPONSIBLE
FOR LANDING INDUSTRY FOR
CITY.

Ottawa is to have a new industry
large meat-packing plant established
on cooperative lines, which will mean
much to the city and surrounding
country, and will undoubtedly be one
of the leading industries of this sec.
ton. This plant has been brought to
Ottawa thru the enterprise and eff
forts of the Chamber of Commerce.
which has agreed to donate salts
factory site Of approximately ten
acres in or near the city limits.
For years the germ of a co-opera-
tive plant of this nature has been
lying quiescent and it was not until
Mr.. Eli H. Doud, OF the Doud Bros,
of Chicago, well known in the meat
packing and live stock industry
agreed to head the movement that it
was brought into full life.
Cooperative enterprises thruout
the country have received great
stimulus from the present abnormal
conditions in addition to the rapid
growth that they obtained before the
war. The great cooperative fruit
growers association of California, and
other sections. are well known and
have succeeded in obtaining for their
members markets and prices that
would otherwise have been impossible
Grain cooperative societies have
sprung up turnout the West and now
the day of the farmer and live stock
grower OF this section has arrived.
Practically since the earliest times,
the farmer has been victim of cir
cumstances which he could not con.
troll. in regard to fixing OF middlemen's 5
/ profits, transportation, etc. This con
dition has secured the great fortunes
of the packers and commission men.
while the farmer or producer has had
! to create wealth for others.
Today he is taking matters into his
own hands with view to the estab.
lishment of his own markets and the
elimination of the middleman.
Cooperative societies or companies
have been the method employed, and
he not only attains the end outlined
above, but likewise the profits on the
transaction, besides keeping his
money at home and in circulation.
The plans for the cooperative plant
here call for thoroughly modern
and up.to-date meat packing and cold
storage plant Of capacity sufficient
to handle the output of live stock OF
the surrounding country, and have
been drawn by probably the most
prominent architects and designers
of packing houses in the United
States Messrs- Henschien & Nc
Laren, of Chicago, = who designed
twenty-three packing houses last veal
many of great capacity tt..
As the Association IL thoroly co
operative in its nature and will no
be controlled by any individual or in
terest, the amount of subscription t
each being strictly limited, its ad
ministration will be in the hands o
, the local members with Mr.. Doud
who will also be a member of tn,
company as expert business mana
ger.
1t is proposed to pay the member
of the Association Chicago prices her
, in Ottawa as the middleman will al
, be eliminated, including railroa
charges, yardage, shrinkage. etc. Thi
should mean increase In prices of bt
tween four and five per cent on liv
stock over the present method.
To still further carry out the idea
= of cooperation, the Association II
! tends to grant a special discount c
. ten per cent on all retail meat pu
y chased by its members,
! As so much depends upon prope
. management of business enterprise
II a few words regarding Mr.. Doud, tn
/ manager of the plant, may be Of Il
u terest. Mr.. Eli II. Doud was born {
t. Turin, Lewis county, New York,
y 1868 His father Royal II. Doud ws
9 for years connected with the me,
r. packing industry and was in fact OF
ID Of the pioneer packers of Chicag
d His sons were connected with him
al later period in the business. NJ
1t Doud in addition to his busine
|y training in the packing line has hi
d. q legal education which has probab
Is been largely instrumental in his ST
X. ceess.
Of He was one Of the first to reali
". the Importance OF the cooperate
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