Arizona republican., 1918-05-02
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 J. B. Cook on behalf of tho Pacific Creamery company, owned by Armour and company, has issued to the press the following statement with regard to the company's side of the dairy con- troversy:
 Phoenix, Ariz., April 29, 1918. To the Newspapers:
 We trust we will be given space in your valued columns to make some statements in our behalf with reference to the many articles that have been published from time to time concerning our affairs.
 It would appear that the mantle of the late investigator Francis J. Heney has descended on the shoulders of some of our local citizens.
 The proceedings of Saturdays meet ing with the food administrator as re- ported in Sunday mornings paper is about as unfair as any of the articles appearing heretofore and unless we are mistaken the fall announcement of political candidates will disclose reason for the attack on our company.
 We do not feel that we should let the articles recently published by one Frank R. Stewart go without notice. Stewart may be little peeved because we prevented the consummation of d sale of a herd of his dairy COWS and the renting of his ranch to a local dairy man, facsimile of whose state ment Stewart purports to have pub lished. We have on file in our office a signed statement by this dairyman, whose name can be had by anyone 1, ;t Il. 1f tion. We submit the statement in question:
 Referring to the statement pub lished by Frank R. Stewart in the Arizona Gazette I wish to say this statement was not given to Mir. Stew art for publication but was tram scribed by him without my knowledge and either falSified or an error was committed in the transcription, as it was not a true statement. I also wish to say that MT. Stewart may feel un- kindly toward me because I did not accept his offer to sell me cows at $150 per head and rent me his ranch at $40 per acre. Through the efforts of the Pacific Creamery company 1 was able to find a ranch at S15 per acre and buy cows at S120 per head, payable on in stallments with per cent interest in- | stead of 10 per cent interest, the pre- vailing rate. The Pacific Creamery company, to my certain knowledge, did not make one dollar profit on the cows l bought as I carried through the en- | tire transaction myself, they furnish | ing the money. l regret very much in deed that Mir. Stewart published this statement as the Pacific Creamery company have been very fair and lib- eral with me, having advanced me money on my open note in addition to my obligations on the cows. My milk | check for the month in question was unusually low because many of my cows were dry and feed very scarce" | In answering MT. Ormes speech to the Brotherhood we feel that we have only to refer interested parties to the | hundreds of dairy men we are dealing with throughout the valley for vindica- l tion of his charges. Mir. Orme says. We will not desert the country in this hour of need unless compelled to by a policy of extermination." Loud ap- plauce).
 We submit to the mind of any intel | ligent and thinking man that we would not be building a new plant at Glendale | with an investment of more than $250,- | 900 and before it is completed under l take a policy of eXtermination. There | is only one answer to this dairy ques- | tion. It must stand or fall absolutely on it's own merits in competition with l other products. Everyone who has studied the situation knows that the conditions prevailing during the past | winter are purely local and due to the drought throughout the northern re- zion, which compelled sheep and cat tlemen to bring their herds into the ! c. at a cost practically equivalent to the value of the animals.
 We do not fear the competition oi cotton or any other product. Evel since cotton has been grown in the
 valley we have advised our patrons tc plant some cotton and still believe
 sound advice. The dairy COW has beer the backbone of the valley for many years and will so continue in the flu
 ture. The dairymen of this locality
 have made greater profits from theil efforts during the past year than any time during the history of the business
 We grant, however, that due to loca
 feed conditions they might have mad,
 more money by selling their feed. w,
 do not believe that this condition vii
 maintain and believe we are approach
 ing a period more nearly normal ant
 that the price Of dalry cows before tn
 end of this year will be higher than a
 any time during the past year.
 Again Mir. Orme says, T would no
 like to charge anyone with robbery bu
 there are many assertions that produc . CTS are cheated in the tests" This is
 charge too frequently made toward
 any commodity sold on afsimilar basi: The writer has frequently heard it i
 the beet sugar industry and in tn
 grading of cotton. We have repeat
 edly said that we would welcome a rep , resentative of the dairy industry in ou [ laboratory and repeat it here. We hay , welcomed and encouraged COW testin associations and have contributed ii
 nancially to the success of such asso , citations.
 With reference to the meeting calle Saturday by the food administrator " feel that a publication of some of tn
 facts not mentioned in the newspape article appearing Sunday mornin would be rather interesting sidelight f Fred J. Elliott, who called the meet l ing to order made quite lengthy ad } dress, stating the purpose of the meet
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