The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-01-31


of $4,000 a month or more, if the
secretary would furnish the list to
him, and this course has been follow
+ ed during the year. Right here the
Herald would like to explain that
there has been no charge for this
work in spite of the fact that there
seems to be some idea that the cream
cry association has paid for it. A
motion was made to dispense with
the publication during the coming
year which was lost by a SO to 80
vote. However, those not desiring to
have the amount of their checks pub
lished were instructed to leave their
names with Secretary Strauss.
! a.
DIR. ]. A. Dubois was introduced
and said that he was mighty proud to
speak to such a fine body of men.
He said he had lived in this vicinity
for forty-two years and has watched
the development of this section of the
country. He noted with interest the
growth of the Sank Lake Co-opera-
tive Creamery from it's infancy to
the present time when it manufac-
tured over a half million pounds of
butter in a single year-a wonderful
achievement. He said that the cream
| cry was facing a very critical condi-
ton at the present time. He suggest
ed that the wise thing for the farmers
to do would be to watch and mind
their own business and to leave the
newspapers alone. He was speaking
plain because he meant it, he said. He
insisted that the Blue Valley Cream
cry was good thing for the COM
munity, but admonished the farmers
to watch them and to learn all they
could, as they could learn much from
the business methods of Blue Valley.
If the farmers would stick together
as they have in the past year, TIE
Blue Valley company would not harm
them. If they fail to stick together
they will lose out and it would be a
death knell to the co-operatice cream
cry. DIR. Dubois talk was very cordi-
ally received.
A.
The main address of the day was
made by w. F. Schilling Of North
field, editor of the Mortified News
during the life and ownership of Joel
P. Heatwole, while the latter was
serving the Second Minnesota district
in Congress. During the later years
of his newspaper work, Mr.. Schilling
began to develop a Holstein dairy
herd on a farm he owned near North
feld-in fact he is one of the pio-
neers in the Holstein development in
Minnesota. He is not a book farmer
but practical farmer-a recognized
authority on successful cooperative
agricultural development.
in the course of his remarks, Mr..
Schilling devoted some attention to
the Blue Valley Creamery Company
who have local plant in Sank Cen
tire. He said that he knew Mr.. Wal
ker, the head Of the Blue Valley con-
Germ, and that he was high-grade
and successful businessman. In dis
cussing their operations in this city,
he made the statement that ten
gallon can of cream had been stirred
together and placed in two gallon
cans; one shipped to the Blue Valley
plant at Sank Centre, and one to the
Blue Valley plant at Duluth, and that
the patron received 5 cents more per
pound for the cream at the Sank
Centre plant than he received at the
Blue Valley plant in Duluth. Checks
were in evidence showing the diff
ference in price.
Mr.. Schilling said that Mime
sofa was a guide post for the United
States in dairying; it was business
mans proposition as well as the farm
'er's. Sane cooperating in America to-
day will see America on different
plane and will put the farmer right.
He said that if the farmers would
stick to their institutions, protect
their institutions, and preserve their
institutions, nobody could harm them.
He urged his hearers to get down to
business and produce quality stuff,
and that the future success of the
Sank Lake creamery depended en-
tirely upon the farmers in this COM
munity. The following are some of
the hight-lights Of Mr.. Schilling's adj
dress:
If any farmer or employe of
your association is more con-
cerned in building up a sinecure
for himself than he is trying to
further the interests of all at
some personal sacrifice, the SOON
er you find it out the better.
No good cooperative move
ment ever won success without
considerable personal sacrifice on
the part of the promoters and ii
all is to be measured on q dol
lars and cents basis some one is
going to be disappointed.
Never permit money that is