Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-11-03
SIX PARTIES
VISIT PLYMOUTH
STRATFORD DELEGATION
CAREFUL TO LEARN
ALL FACTS


Within the past month no less than
six delegations of Marathon county
farmers visited the Wisconsin Cheese
Producers Federation at plymouth TO
see the working OF that organization
at first hand While the information
gained probably yaried little. If any,
from that presented at the many
meetings held locally, the visits helped
materially 10 clear up matters in the
minds of the visitors and in measure
at least to satisfy their IL am from
Missouri attitude
Are Favorable
ut can safely be said that those
who went with mind open to convic-
ton that the impression gained was
favorable to the cooperative market
ing of cheese idea" said one visitor
This point is borne out by the state
ment of another member of one of
the parties. This delega ton took with
them member of previous delega-
ton. I'VE visited every party claimed
to have been visited on the first trip
and we didn't find anything to bear out
the unfavorable Impressions members
of the first delegation were SPREAD
ing" he stated.
None of these delegations went at ii
in more thorough manner than the
second one from Stratford of which
Geo. Colvin, Albert Spindler, Mr. Shep
per and Phil Weigle were members.
Mr.. COlvin acted as secretary Every
time an individual was interviewed, he
took down his name, address, distance
from Plymouth and his answers to
questions asked. Were going to give
IL to EN- straight when we get back
Mr.. Colvin declared.
Every Courtesy
All of the delegations that visited |
the headquarters were accorded every
possible courtesy by the management |
They were shown through the build |
ing had their questions answered and !
were supplied with other valuable |
data. That in spite Of all these pre-
cautions some misunderstood Is shown /
by some of the reports circulated by |
some OF the delegates. For illustra- |
ton, one party claimed that cheese /
maker in a Federation factory claimed |
he had lost over $4,000 in 1918 through /
shipping to the Federation. The cheese /
maker under oath signed an affidavit +
to the effect that the statement was
absolutely false
The report being CIRCULATED that
the Federation had never paid dividend
being maliciously circulated in some
localities was set at rest by interviews
with the management. A signed state
ment from the owner of the Plymouth
City factory, which one delegation
claimed had reported a loss Of $4,000, /
showed that in five years this factory I
had received $22S4.22 in surplus diyi-
dends as its proportionate share.
Endorse Progress
The statement of members OF anoth- |
er delegation to the effect that all OF
the factories around Plymouth were
trying to get out of the Federation /
was set at rest by endorsement of sew
enteen of the original factories who
joined the Federation to the effect that |
they were well satisfied as could have |
been assumed by their continuing to
ship since the start.
In brief, the reports of the dele
CATION seem 10 show that the Fedora |
ton idea has nothing to fear from the /
reports of dele cations that so with |
a sincere desire to find out the facts, |
This the reports of others may prove
ton expects facts will soon set at rest
these erroneous suggestions, The fact
that the Board of Directors at a meet
ing held October 2S, voted to take
over the Wausau warehouse and made
arrangements to have the same re-
modelled shows that they are satisfied
with progress made in Marathon coun-
ty to date. i