Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-01-25

1t appears quite plain that one OF
the foremost reasons why Secretary
Baker has brought criticism upon him
self, is the fact that he cannot view
universal compulsory military service
in the same light as some of our mill
tarists.
And just to think that some of the
country's loudcst patriotic shouters,
hollered their heads off on account Of
the fuel administration order. The
general run Of people considered that
it was a necessary war order and pa
triotically and gracefully accepted the
situation.
While the editor of the Herald was
able to attend but part of the North
crn Minnesota Editorial association
session at Fergus. Falls, he was made
fully aware of the fine hospitality the
people of>that enterprising city has to
hand out to the visitor. The program
of the citizens was excellent and the
visit to the asylum at that place was
very instructive in many ways and
showed what great work Minnesota
is doing for her unfortunates. There
were some good papers read, but it is
evident that the policy of more strict
attention as in the past, to matters
which pertain to the business end Of
newspaper making and Of the print shop
be followed at the winter sessions, lest
the cooperation of many who have
viewed the association s real worth as
from that angle, be lessened and drop
from enthusiastic supporters to passive
members and eventually be lost to the
association. Resolutions passed will be
found in another column.
--<-
According to A. j. Mcclure, dairy
specialist of the agricultural extension
division, Morrison county has IS CO.
operative crcameries, about the aver
age in the rest Of the state. He fur
Their says that for the year 1917 the
best cooperative creameries in Mime
sofa paid the farmer an average price,
for the year, of so cents a pound for
butterfat. These creameries are now
paying from IS to So cents pound for
butterfat. A very large class of CO.
operative crcameries in the state paid
over As cents a pound for 'butterfat
for 1916 and are now paying around
81 cents. Continuing he says half
starved cooperative creameries and
cream buyers paid around 40 cents a
pound for butterfat for 1916. For the
year 1916, the cooperative creameries
Of the best dairy county in Minnesota,
paid the farmers an average price of
37.75 cents a pound for butterfat. The
average price paid by the 633 cooper
ative creameries Of the state was 34.51
cents. The highest average price paid
for the year 1916 was 1928 cents. The
cooperative creameries of Morrison
county paid the farmers an average
price Of 1914 cents. The best cream
cry in the county paid IS cents. The
poorest paid 5000 cents. The best
creamery received 236,2SS pounds OF
butterfat, the poorest 1861 pounds.
The campaign for a paid secretary
for the Commercial club or Board of
Commerce. the name by which the pro-
posed new commercial organization Is
known, is in the making. AS stated in
last week g issue the committee which
was to look into the matter, was to re-
port their findings to the club. For
some reason or other the matter seem
ed to some one of life and death-it
ism 't-and hurried call was made for
a meeting the next afternoon and the
proposition signed up which calls for
payment of $3.50 to the organizers on
completion of $50 3-year membership
at 500 per year. The roll call shows
but twenty members voting to put it
over, among them being those not mem
bers of the club. We are sure a great
majority of the members knew nothing
of the meeting until it was over. At
the last regular meeting of the club
there were nearly seventy present. The
proposition might have received the
same favorable action from the larger
membership of the club, but many con-
slider the hasty action improper and
not conducive to the best interests Of
the present or proposed organizat ton.
We are informed that at a meeting of
a local commercial body the succeed
ing day attended by much larger
number that at the so-called club meet
ing it was decided chat the matter
should receive further Investigation
the real opinion expressed. however. be-
inopportune at this time. Naturally If
the members act individually - theZ
did collectively, it will be serious bar
to the success Of the project. The writ
er is not opposed to the paid secretary
idea. In fact he is Of the opinion that
a paid secretary land this has nothing
to do with the city manager form Of
government for which some hope the
paid secretary idea is but a forerun-
ner), could be proftably employed, but
we do not expect the wonders to come
of it that some claim for it. The or
ganizers are confident of making the
Board of Commerce an institution in
Little Falls. No doubt those believing
in hurrah action have the we1face of
the city and club at heart, but we be.
ieve proper consideration Of the rights
of the Commercial club members and
proper opportunity for them to hear
and digest the report of the commit
tee might have tended to make the
realization of the proposed idea much
easier task.