Arizona republican., 1918-08-21
Where the People
 May Have Hearing
The Dairy Law

To The Republican,: | Very recently there appeared in tic papers, an account of the attack made l by the three local creamerieS on the recently enacted Dair-- Law. Since this suit was filed, the managers of | these plants have been very active in securing all possible signatures of their patrons to affidavits stating that l they do not want their pay twice each month. The complaint of the cream cries that to pay twice monthly will increase their operating expenses ma terially by requiring additional force and that their privileges and immuni- l ties are abridged, are not consistent. Each creamery states that their pat rons are getting one, two or three ad- vances prior to pay day, as they may be in need of funds, showing that there is need for more than one pay day per month. If as many advances are made as are requested, by the many 1 patrons of these plants, how can the | clerical work be materially increased | by a system of b-monthly payments? | If the legislature can enact law re- | qulring all employers of labor to pay such labor twice each month, cannot the same legislature enact a law re- quiring creameries to pay their patrons twice monthly? To begin with. where did the Dairy Law originate, and where did it's support come from? The law originated in the County Dairy mems Association, and was passed by the legislature with the support of the Producers Organization. The law was needed because certain conditions ex- isted which could not be reached with out a dairy law. The creameries 10 not want dairy law, opposing any ac- tion pertaining to the passage of such a law, and why? Because they have. since their origin in this county. operated without restraint; the public as a whole, their patrons who produce the raw product that enable them to exist. and the consumers who have eaten that product could be damned
 The creameries sold their patrons cows on time. making illegltimate prof it's on the cows: charged the patrons they were helping" 10 per cent in terest and bound him to sell his pro- duct to none other than the plant that furnished the COWS. They weighed his milk or cream, tes- it. and paid him whatever they deemed they could, after deducting the interest from the cows he had purchased from them and the monthly installment on these COWS: they fought among themselves. each opposing what the other did each ac- cusing the other of crooked practices damaging to the industry. refusing tc cooperate in any manner whether Il be the gathering of the product stand ardization of the product or marketing of the product.
 The saving of man power. of time and of trucks does not mean anything to these creamery men. even at tlnt when the United States with her Allies are engaged in the most terrible Wa, in the worlds history to stamp out tn, most bestial foe that civilization ha: yet faced. They prefer to see dair, herds sold to the butcher and the sup ply of dairy products diminish rathe than release their grip on the Sal River Valley dairymen and jointly em ploy counsel to restrain the operation of the dairy law. which < this tim can do more to re-esta blish, confidence in the dairy industry than any othe existing factor.
 The statement has been made b one or more of the creamery man agers that the dairymen of the stat do not want a dairy law. There ar among dairymen, as among Othe classes. those who are shiftless. sloven ly and haphazard in their methods, thi number amounting to about 10 pc cent of the total number of dairymer and they believe they are getting a much money for the undesirable pro duct they are producing. as they wou
 get for product that would grade Nc 1. These few men do not want
 dairy law. neither do they want goo school system nor good roads for thei lives follow the path of least resistance The dairymen as body, however. i want a dairy law. They are read to build screen milk houses and to bu
 the equipment they need. when the can feel that the firuns N,,vi-- +hai