The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-11-22
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rufus hired man, Pete. whose othe
name Is not recorded.
Jim sat down between Bettina Han
sen, a faxen-haired young Brunhild'
Of seventeen, and Calista Simms-
Jennie saw him do it, while listening u
Wilbur Smythe's account of the ex
acting nature of the big law practice
he was building up-and would have
been glad to exchange places witt
Bettina.
The repast drew to a close and ovel
by the burr oak the crowd had grown
to a circle surrounding Jim Irwin.
HE seems to be making an ad'
dress,' said Wilbur Smythe.
well, Wilbur replied the colonel
you had the first shot at us. Suppose
we move over and see what's under
discussion"
AS they approached the group, they
heard Jim Irwin answering something
which Ezra Bronson had said.
You think so, Ezra" said he, "and
it seems reasonable that big cream
cries like those at Omaha, Sioux City,
Des Moines and the other centralizer
points can make butter cheaper thai
we would do here-but we've the fig
ures that show that they aren't eco
nomical."
"They can't make good butter, for
one thing" said Newton Bronson cock
lily.
"Why can't they?" asked Olaf Han
sen, the father of Bettina.
WELL" said Newton, they have to
have so much cream that they've got
to ship it so far that it gets rotten OF
the way, and they have to renovate il
with lime and other ingredients be-
fore they can churn it."
WELL" said Raymond Simms, 81
reckon they sell their butter fo' all it's
wuth an they CANT get within from
foah to seven cents a pound as much
fo' it as the farmers creameries ir
Wisconsin and Minnesota get TO
theirs"
That's a fact, Olaf" said Jim.
How do yoI kids know so darneG
much about it," queried Pete.
"Huhl" shifted Bettina. We've
been reading about it, and writing let
tiers about it, and figuring percentages
on it in school all winter. We've done
arithmetic and geography and gram
mar and l don't know what else on it."
well, I'm agin' any schoolin'," said
Pete, that makes kids smarter in
farmin' than their parents and theiI
parents hired men. Gil me another
swig O. that lemonade, JIM"
you see," said Jim to his audience.
meanwhile pouring the lemonade, 1.-THE
c~entralizer creamery is uneconomic in
several ways. 1t has to pay excessive
transportation charges. 1t has to pay
excessive commissions to its cream
buyers. 1t has to accept cream with
out proper inspection, and mixes the
good with the bad. 1t makes such long
transit and lowers the quality of the
butter. 1t can't make the best use OF
the buttermilk. All these losses and
leaks the farmers have tt stand. j
can prove-and so can the six or
pupils in the Woodruff school
who have been working on the cream
question this winter-that we could
make at least six cents a pound on
our butter if we had a cooperative
creamery and all sent our cream to it,
WELL" said Ezra Bronson, Tets
one"
'Ill go in" said Olaf Hansen.
Me, too" said Con Bonner.
There was a general chorus of as.
sent. Jim had convinced his audience.
Hes got the jury" said Wilbur
smythe to Colonel Woodruff.
Yes" said the colonel, "and right
lere is where he runs into danger.
Can he handle the crowd when It's
With him?'
"Well," said Jim, II think we ought
organize one, but I've another
md pool our cream. BY that, / mean
hat we'll all sell to the same cream
.ry, and get the best we can out OF
he centralizers by the cooperative
We can save two cents q
found in that way, and We'll learn to
cooperate. When we have found
ust how well we can hang together,
veil be able to take up the co-opera-
i've creamery, with less danger of
alling apart and falling"
who'll handle the pool?" inquired
Ir. Hansen.
We'll handle it in the school," an
wered Jim.
Schools about done,'' objected Mr..
Wont the cream pool pretty near
ay the expenses of running the school
summer" asked Bonner.
1--WE ought to run the school plant
IL the time" said Jim. cts the only |
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