The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-19
Declared Pres. F. S. Adams
of the New England Milk
Producers Association
OWN MACHINERY
OF DISTRIBUTION
Farmers Community Club
Meeting in Barre Brings
Out Large Number

That in future years the farmers
who are unorganized will have to get
out of business was the statement
made by F. s. Adams, president of
the New England Milk Producers as
sociation, in his talk before the farm
ers of Barre and vicinity in Howland
hall last night 1t is up to the farm
ers, he insisted, to get together and
own the machinery of distribution of
their products as we'll as the machin-
cry Of production, and in this way do
away with the middleman.
Richard Pattee, managing director of
| the same association, and second speak
er of the evening, devoted himself more
to the actual progress and undertak
ings of the Milk Producers association
than to the essential part organization
is playing in the life Of the farmer at
the present time. His main aim was
TO show the policy that must be fol-
| lowed in new organization such as
the one under discussion is, especially
in regard to determining the policy
which must be followed in certain mat.
ters That il is necessary to make
sure Of the facts on which the policy
is to be founded is important above
all others, was a point stressed by
him through his speech There was a
large crowd of local farmers who at
tended the meeting NJ. L. Towne pre-
sided
Mr. Adams declared the trouble in
New England, especially in Vermont.
lay in the marketing system which has
ruled supreme until recent years. I'm.
der this system, he asserted, a consum-
er paying a dollar for goods, received
only fifty cents worth of the original
amount, and paid the remainder of the
dollar TO middlemen. Under the new
system there is to be collective bar
gaining on both the consumers aide
and that of the producer. ANY middle
man that is necessary, according TO Mr..
Adams. should be in the form of an
exchange. under the direction Of either
the producing or consuming groups.
Using Maine as an example, Mr.
Adams explained the buying system in
vogue there. There are both central
and local branches. One man is hired
10 act as the head of the main agency,
and il is his duty TO know the prod
L.. I.,,- sk1ranrbI,. H. a. he
grain buyer he is a member Of the
board Of trade in Boston and Chicago.
and buys his grain for future delivery.
This means that all buying is direct
from the source, eliminating the job
Der, the wholesaler and the retailer,
The organization of the fruit grow
ers has also greatly increased in re-
cent years Now each community has |
its own seal, and finally the seal has 1
come to he known as a mark Of con
signment which the government agents |
need not inspect. "The time is also |
coming. said Mr.. Adams, when ron
sumers will organize more than they /
are doing at the present moment and 1
viii buy from organized farmers"
In conclusion Mr. Adams enumer-
ated the necessities required for a -uc-
cessful organization. Sufficient time
must he given for the new venture to
find its feet, good price must be paid
for good manager, the officers must
be trusted. and the members must
make efforts to remedy faults rather
than sit around and criticize them.
Mr.. Pattee talked in a general fash
ion on organization. quoting the New
England Milk Producers association
for example He brought forth con.
siderable applause when he said, III
you are going to be taxed 10 build a
business. be taxed 50 that YOU will own
he business which l. put up. At the
lime he was referring to the special
ak on every quart Of milk sold, the
Hood Co. Of Boston using the tax in
he preparation Of ncw.qusrters, so he
aid
Following this there was a brief ex-
,lanation Of the per cent Of butterfst
md solids Necessary for acceptance IN
he city. II appears in some instances
hat the dealers fail TO get the milk
IS rich as they advertise on one in
tance a month ago a well known milk
irm. in sending out its checks for the
month of June, 50 covered up the )
mount Of fat in the surplus. or excsss.
milk. that the farmers were actually 8
ayinr for the skim milk they had sent ,
n. ont Of the money obtained from lie
:
Mr.. Pattee's talk was necessarily cut 4
hort through the necessity Of his :
atehing the 9:55 train that night for I
,oston. Immediately after his talk 7
he gathering broke up.
MUCH ENTHUSIASM STARTED.