The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-07-13
DAIRYFNG, CREDITS AID BUSI-
NESS
minneapolis Tribune)

With deep rooted conviction that
it thus renders a valuable service to
the PEOPLE of Minnesota and the
Northwest, The Tribune commends to
farmers. merchants, iobbers. bank
ers and others a careful reading Of
Charles F. Collisions article in The
Sunday Tribune of MAY ID. canton
ed "Northwest Fastest Growing Dairy
Area in the Country" It is the first
of a series Of articles that will ap-
pear in the Sunday issue. The pur-
pose of the series is to tell business
and professional men, as we'll as the
farmers. why the doctrine of a
greater dairy industry in the North
west rests on a sound economic
basis.
Dairying is not an experiment in
the Northwest. It is not hazardous
or speculative in any wise. Wiscon-
sin is today the greatest dairy state
in the union. Minnesota, younger in
the business, is third, having over
hauled Illinois and Iowa. It will be
only 2 comparatively short time when
it will wrest second place from New
York, the highly populous eastern
state. Minnesota leads all states in
the production of high grade but
ter. With its primacy in the -four
industry, it is apropos, as Mr..
COLLISION suggests. that it be known
as the "bread and butter state"
Minnesota's dairy products in 1920
worth twice as much as its iron
products. The value of it's
wheat + in the last five years has
averaged less than the value of its
larry products, and so we say AGAIN,
With Wisconsin, the Dakotas and Mon
held in mind, that dairying in
he Northwest is a tried and proved
agricultural industry.
Should the business mar of the
be directly interested in the
development Of dairying in this part
# the country for the sake of his
,wn financial wellbeing? There is
Tot the slightest question about it.
Said a leading iobber to Mr.. Col
"We can trace on our ledgers
where these dairying districts
lie. They are to be found right :
where the farmer and the country |
merchant are paying their bills ;
promptly" !
Said a banker: During these {
of low prices for grains we can :
cry easily see from our accounts :
which farmers are milking. Times !.
would be very much harder if it were :
lot for the cows. Farmers who have :
zen milking are the one who are :
cash for their groceries," :
Said a lumberman: "The only :
laces where we have been extending :
credit to the farmers in our 0 :
lal and liberal way are in those :
owns which are in the midst of :
airy districts. There we know that :
lie farmer has a regular and steady :
icome in cash, regardless of whether z
rain crops fail or succeed, or wheth- :
cattle prices rise or fall.
This is not the testimony of glow
g theorists, but the practical word !
practical men based on fact and :
lttressed with business experience. !
requires only the most rudimentary |
lowledge of credit and trade to I'M ]
why the jobber, the banker,
e city merchant, the country mer-
ant and the farmer are-or should
deeply interested in what these
Illnesses have said. /
Dairy products constitute a cash
op, settlements being made monthly
oftener. The crop is steady in
lume. It's value 1uctuates within
.rrow margins. 1t keeps working ]
liquid, minimizes the evil Of
rozen credits" holds purchasing J
wer steady. Dairying is not a
mble with nature and with mark
5 in anything like the degree that
2 raising of other farm products
such a gamble.
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THE MYSTERY Of MISTER