The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-08-15

sufficient number of creameries
so located and equipped that all
Of our product if delivered to the
nearest manufacturing plant
would require an average ship
ping distance of less than fifty
miles.
Unnecessary shipment Of a
bulky, highly perishable food
product directly causes waste of
food through mechanical loss
and deterioration of quality, be-
sides adding a great and un-
necessary burden to our trans
portation facilities which are al
ready congested.
Few people realize the extent
| of waste and loss which results
from a system that necessitates
the fermentation and spelling of
what in it's natural condition is
the most perfect of all foods ;
and any system, agency, or in
dividual that keeps cream from
the churn longer than is abso-
lutely necessary encourages a
practice that discourages pro-
duction and consumption of food
now necessary to help win the
war.
The Dairy regulations call for
the elimination of all cream sta
tions at points where we'll man.
aged creameries are operated
and limits the number of cream
station at all other points to one
for each 100000 pounds Of but
terfat annually shipped from
such points. The purpose of
eliminating cream stations is to
reduce duplication of expense in
operating same as such unnec-
essary expense is always borne
by either the producer or con-
sumer. Also when several
cream stations operate at a sin
gle point the element Of compe-
tition tends to discourage pro-
duction and delivery of high
quality product, which results
/ in low prices to the producer and
poor quality product to the con-
sumer. No high quality stand
ard can be successfully main
tanned at points where keen
competition in cream buying ex-
lists, and where several cream
stations operate at a single point
it is usually true that one or
more of these act as agents for
centralizers distantly removed,
thus involving unnecessary ship
ping charges, avoidable delay in
shipment, and poor quality of
cream by the time it reaches the
distant churning point.
Contrary to what has been
commonly taught, especially by
centralizer creameries, competi-
tion in cream buying is not a
protection to the producer of
cream. It actually reduces the
prices to him, or increases the
price of an inferior product to
the consumer. Cream producers
who lately have signed petitions
circulated by centralizers thru
their cream buyer agents urg-
ing the continuance Of compet-
ing cream buyers, have taken
such action as is not in keeping
with their best interests as pro-
ducers or with the best inter-
ests of our nation and our al
lies.
Much better protection has
been provided the producer in as
much as the Food Administra-
tors limit the margin for COM
mission which cream buyers may
charge to 21a cents per pound
butterfat, and further requires
that all cream buyers make a
J monthly report in the form of an
affidavit stating the number of
pounds of butterfat bought and
sold, and the number of dollars
paid out and received. Cream
cries and centralizers through
out the state will be required to
notify the State Chairman of
the Dairy Commission whenever
they change price and what the
changed price is. These pric-
es will be given state wide pub
licity each week and will enable
the cream producer or shipper
to locate his best and nearest
market. A cream testing. de-
partment will also be maintain
ed in connection with the office
Of the Dairy Commissioner at
Bismarck. All producers or
shippers Of cream may use this
department to protect them on