Arizona republican., 1918-03-24

cannot be replaced. Wheat may be grown in four months, corn in 90 days. Other crops may be reckoned, or re- placed in a season but it takes three years to make COW and you must have your foundation stock. Here is your strongest industry going to ruin.
 Are you going back to be a one crop country like Texas was? Back in the old days when cotton was king and every man a slave to the merchant creditor. Every word I say here may be easily substantiated. The large in terests, by a policy of buying anything that was milk, and paying no attention to sanitary or unsanitary conditions, have ruined the valley cheese industry. It got so when a salesman approached a merchant and began to talk valley cheese, the merchant began to elevate his nose and look the other way.
 Going Before Legislature
 we are going before the legislature and ask them to change conditions. It is ruinous to put the unsanitary and the modern sanitary method of produc- ing and handling milk on the same basis. The Pacific Creamery has been one of the very worst offenders against the upbuilding of the dairy industry in this country. It is a branch of the great condensary of that sterling pa triot J. Ogden Armour, who announced at the beginning Of the war that he would give all his profits to the country.
 "Still this patriot and his associates gathered in S7,000,000 m 1915, $2l,00o,- 900 in 1916, and what they had planned for this year could rot be reckoned, had not Francis J. Heney gathered them in.
 What Stands Behind
 tWherever the butter. milk ana nlea. market is disturbed, behind IL you Wlll find Armour, Swift and company, ana these profiteers of big business. These are the gentlemen who bought eggs here and held the market at 30 cents to sell to Risbee and Tucson dealers at 50 cents. You could not steal two-blts from them and get away with 1t, and II vou did some bonding or insurance company would reimburse them.
 Payments Are Delayed
 seNow it will be noticed here that the Pacific Creamery defers payment un- til 15 days after products are WelShed up. In fact they make the price just what they choose. I would not like to charge any one with robbery, but there are many evidences that producers are cheated in the test. Cows here, ac- | cording to experts, average better than almost anywhere in butter fat ana oualitv of milk. They are not so rated | by the condensary, and when compialn' | is made Go elsewhere is the answer
 "The government has also suggested that they could easily save s2oo per oaV by a regulated system of haulage Tn collecting the milk. ..,.
 MT. Orme's talk was received with great attention and loud manifestations | of approval
 l Frank R. Stewart then said: Time is Great Crisis 'rWhat can we do to win this war This very day as we gather here the greatest battle i0 all the world is on Shall we put shoulder to shoulder and bend every energy to the one common purpose? M
 "Once before when the life of the nation was threatened. a divided coun- try added to the sorrow and crime oi war
 "This time, thank God, united country hurls it's strength against the arch-enemy of human rights, no more brother against brother. father agalns son. but all. together in all work, al effort, all devoted service to save oul country and all the world from prula tyrany. The independent dairymeI have done and are doing an indespens | ahle service to their country.
 Reduced 50 per cent in income p1 | cost of feed, labor and discrimination they are still struggling on to preserve one of the most vital of all industries q met a man the other day who hat just sold his product. May I see you check?' I asked. He handed it to me It was a check for s170. He had carefully kept account of interest labor. and feed. It was s15S.90. Thinl of that man, two sons and family try ing to maintain dairy at net return of S11.10 per month.
 "Time was when we raised sugai | beets here. Go, out toward Glendal' and look at the smokeless smokestacks There will be smokeless stacks at tn condensaries soon if present condition are continued. Present conditions cal have but one result, the complete ruil of the dairy industry and the domina tion of the milk products by the Pa cific Creamery"
 MT. Stewards statements were mucl applauded, and tho audience by reso lution thanked both, him and MT. Orm for their addresses.
 By vote the Brotherhood decided 1
 hold their lunch at the Y. M. C. A henceforth. The ladies having ap proved this action