The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-23
AT SANE PRICES A BIC CONVENTION
Butter VIII Be About Kansas Official Council Meets
airy During Winter. Here November H. is, 10.
Market Depends Industrial Eight Groups
Situation Report Says. of Officers
BETTER THAN LAST YEAR SOME INTERESTING PROGRAMS
Production All Meetings VIII Be Held in
More RoughageN State Capitol
Extracts House Organ of Plenty Entertainment
Big COmDany. nished Between
Butter VIII Be About Station
airy During Winter.
Market Depends ON Industrial
Situation, Report Says.
BETTER THAN LAST YEAR
Production Increase Due to
More ROughage.N
Extracts From House Organ of
Big Company.

Butter prices about stationary thru
the winter, is the representation of
the Beatrice Creamery company, as
Published in the official house organ
OF the company, The Beatrice
Meadow Gold Messenger"
The market for butter will depend
IS upon the industrial situation-if men
nave work, their families will have
butter. Production is ahead of what
1t was this time last year, there is
more roughage to be fed this year,
and the United States is importing
butter from foreign countries. These
factors will operate to secure stability
In the market and keep the price
about where it is at the present time,
IN the opinion of the creamery journal.
The forecast of market conditions is
for the entire United States, and not
for any local situation.
About the Market.
The creamery paper has this to say
OF the probabilities of the market:
I'VE believe there is nothing in
sight now, provided the factories are
able to obtain the coal required and
the winter IS open so that building. of
various kinds may proceed, which
would cause any apprehension as to
the lack of employment of the labor
of the country. This labor, if en-
ployed, will buy butter.
THE favorableness of the season
lUI uuIlel QOeS not INA d
shortage of butter in this country at
this time. The make of butter so far
this year is estimated at froI1 8 to
25 per cent in advance of last year
and on the 500 million pound annual
production, this increase is really quite
a chunk of butter We believe that
with favorable winter weather, the
make will be larger than normal be-
tween this time and next spring. This
increased make. together with the i'm
portation of butter from Denmark and
possibly other countries. will give the
consuming public normal supply.
So, we cannot see any opportunity for
a shortage of supply to materially af-
feet the price.
Downward Trend.
1.-THE general trend of commodities
of food is downward altho not to the
same extent as khe prices of socalled
Injuries. We believe that the general
tendency of all prices will be down
ward. but unaffected in a gradual de-
cline which will enable the business of
the country 10 maintain an even keel.
we confidently believe that it will
pay As well to milk cows this. winter
for several past. We believe. as a
matter of fact that it will pay better
This because of the unusually large
quantity of good roughaGe available
ard because of the general abundance
of grain which will find more than
usual difficulty in reaching the mar
ket because of the transportation sit
uation and which can be fed at lower
price than for several years past.
we hardly believe that the market
viii reach the high spot of last year
tlst before the first of the year. We
do feel tho, that the situation will be
one OF greater stability than existed
curing the late, months of 1919 and
that the average will be fully as good.
Present prices are almost identical
with last year at this time. The high
sDot in December of last season was
the result of sentiment, in fact of a
bad guess and proved disastrous to
many dealers. 1t is not likely that
tho came mistake will be made this
car and it will be we'll If such mistake
IL AVOIDED"