Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1922-03-15
400 CREAMERY men
in STATE SESSION
Delegates Uphold Work of New Sery.
ice Agency-Heen Censured in
Resolutions
(By Farm Bureau News service)

More than 400 delegates represent
ing cooperative creameries in every
part OF Minnesota met in st. Paul
last week in the first annual meeting
of the Minnesota Cooperative Cream
cries association, Inc. s
They met to review the work of
the association as a service and mar
keting agency for the creameries dur
ing the last year, to approve or
change it's policies, and to elect di-
rectors. The entire board of directors
was reelected. f. O. Melsness Of Err
skine was made second vice president,
succeeding Frank Farley of Spring
Grove; Mr.. Farley is still a member
of the board. Henry Arens Of Jordan
was elected to the board as repre-
sentative of District No. 8, covering
Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Washing
ton, Sherburne, Anoka, Ramsey and
Scott counties; HI. B. Nickerson OF
Elk River, who represented this dis
trict on the board last year, was re-
elected a director to represent Dis
trict No. 49,, This is new district
created by the delegates at the annual
meeting last week, to give the Twin
City Milk Producers creameries repre-
sentation in the state body. .'
There were some stirring moments
in the convention, when speakers
charged that Chris Heen, state dairy
and food commissioner, has hampered
the progress Of the cooperative cream
cries association. Following several
vigorous verbal attacks on Mr.. Heen,
the delegates unanimously passed the
following resolution:
"Resolved-That in view of the
facts disclosed at this meeting, viz !:
that the state dairy and food CON-
missioner, Chris Heen, and his as
sociates are using their official con-
nection to hinder and" hamper the
progress of cooperative marketing for
the farmers Of the state of Mime
sofa,
1--WE express our condemnation of
the action of Mr.. Heen and his as
sociates and urge that the governor
Investigate these charges, and if found
as stated above, we urge that the gov
ernor appoint man as state dairy
will work in harmony with the other
departments of state and in the best
interests Of cooperative marketing
Other resolutions passed urge Min
nesota's congressman to use "every
honorable means" to obtain passage
Of bill now pending to prohibit
manufacture and sale Of filed milk
and to work for an adequate pro-
tective tariff on dairy products. The
meeting expressed appreciation to but
termakers who have supported the
new state . service and marketing
agency, and thanked the Minnesota
Farm Bureau federation "for the
wholehearted support it has extended
to this organization"
Mr.. Nickerson, in his annual report
as president, declared that the Min
nesota Cooperative Creameries asso-
cations members among the co-opera-
tive creameries of the state produce
more than 600OO,0OO pounds of butter
annually. E. b. Heaton, director of
the American Farm Bureau fedora
tons dairy marketing department
urged the creameries to act immedi-
ately to put their own sales repre-
sentatives on the large eastern mark
cts, to get the best prices for Min
nesota butter and to make it recog-
nized nationally as the best product
On the. market. - &'r co."