The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-11-30
apples, including many of the seed
lings and standard varieties.
cREAMERlEs WANT OWN BUT
TER BRAND


cREAMERIEs WANT OWN BUT
TER BRAND
Plans to establish q special, copy
righted brand for butter made in
Minpesota's CO operative creameries
is the strongest argument that Is be-
ing used by officers of the state as
ISOLATION in establishing its new
sales department, according to II. +.
Meyer, manager Of the sale depart
ment. Creamery directors realize
says Mr.. Mcguire. that their pa
irons already have paid for a num-
Der Of widely known brands and they
also realize that some one else has
title and possession. The fact that
our sales plan will provide state
brand is an important factor in con-
vincing creamery organizations Of
the necessity for central sales.
agency without delay. The plan
does not call for the adjustment Of
brands already established, but 1t
does provide for a trade mark which
viii identify our butter when 1t
reaches the consumer. More than
100 creameries already have signed
the marketing agreement, Mr.. Nc
CURE says, and others will come into
the department as quickly as meet
ings can be held to have the plan
explained and to take formal action.
Efforts on the part Of eastern butter
buyers to block the sales plan are
assisting, rather than hurting the
movement. Since the announcement
that an active campaign against the
sales plan was uncovered, Mr.. Nc
CURE, John Brandt Of Litchfield,
president, and H. F. Meyer, manager
Of the sales department have been
busy attending meetings in all parts
Of the state.
FREIGHT RATES ON WHEAT. <
The freight rate on wheat from
gentina to Liverpool Is from three
to eleven cents bushel less than
the combined rail and ocean rate
from the wheat producing areas of
the United States to Liverpool ac-
cording to study of foreign and
domestic freight rates on wheat
now being made by the United
States department of agriculture.
This difference Is due primarily to
the proximity of the wheat produc-
ing areas in Argentina to the sea-
board, the department says. The
advantage Of, the shorter rail hauls
is partly Offset, however, by the
relatively higher ocean rates from
Argentine ports to Europe and by
higher handling charges and other
costs. The average freight rate per
bushel per mile is considerably high
er in Argentina than in the United
States.
The average distance of the wheat
producing areas to the seaboard In
Argentina Is 140 miles with rail-
road freight rate of approximately
10 cents bushel, as compared with,
an export rate in the United States
of ~ cents bushel from McPher-
son, Kans., to New Orleans. dis
lance of 974 miles, with the same
rate to Galveston, a. distance of I'll
miles, and 22.6 cents a bushel from
Larimore, N. OAK, to New York via
Duluth and Buffalo, a distance of
1,754 miles, it is pointed out. OF the
total distance from Larimore to New
York, the rail haul is 756 miles,
with a rate of 1876 cents, while the
water haul from Duluth to Buffalo,
a distance OF 9S8 miles, represents
only three cents of the total rate per
bushel. The longest haul In Argen-
tina for any considerable quantities
OF wheat is 361 miles, with a freight
y
shortest haul to the seaboard is SM
miles for which the freight rate is
less than three cents a bushel.
The ocean freight rate from Ro-
sario to Liverpool during the period
from January / to September 80 of
this year averaged around 14.7
cents bushel, as compared with an
average rate Of 4.8 cents a bushel
from New York and 8.6 cents from
New Orleans to LIVERPOOL. Con-
versions were made on the basis of
the average rate of exchange pre-
vailing during the period In question.
Ocean rates fluctuate and are rela-
lively higher during the height Of
the export season. In Argentina, the
export season does not commence
until January so that the rates pre-
vailing during given month are not
strictly comparable unless the par
mately IL cents United States cur
rency per bushel OF this amount
the railroad freight rate represents
approximately one half, or 95 cents
bushel; the EXPORT tax is about 2
cents bushel, while the cost of the
bags, which hold 229 bushels each,
is z cents, or little over 8 cents
bushel.