The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-02-07
FOR
CHEAP BUTTER
EXPLANATION OF SURPLUS
STOCKS; FROM GOOD
AUTHORITY

The Hill County Creamery com
pany, or its manager, o. Flaten,
has sent the newspapers the in
teresting article which follows. ac-
companied by a note which ex-
plains that the reasons advanced
in the article do not apply in
Montana, so far as dairymen are
concerned. 1t proves that adverse
conditions in business and on the
farm react in more ways than
people ordinarily think or know
about.
Mr.. FIaten's Note
In Oklahoma they have a Butter
Manufacturers Club. The club
motto is Better Cows, Better
Cream. Better Butter, Better
Prices" c.. E. Kerns, of Musko.
gee. is the president of this &C.
tive organization. Last month he
wrote a letter to the various
Chambers of Commerce of Okla
homa. I consider this letter good
enough to be worth while copyins
and sending to some of our bust
ness men. Parts that concern on
ly Oklahoma have been omitted
This letter gives a not-too-pleas
ing picture of the dairy industry
at large. while it does give a mai
reason for the surplus of buttel
and the slump in the market. o
course, the reason given is hardly
applicable in Montana, where the
population is scattered and the
9 production of butter smaller thai
in the states to the east. hardl!
believe there is yer much butte.
substitute used in our state.
The last paragraph is interest
ing in view of the fact that al
attempt was made last year t.
start a second creamery at Hav
} re. Fortunately, there were som
cool heads who viewed the ven
ture as a poor business move.
Mr.. KERNs' ARTICLE
In Topsy T~urVydom
The cobbler declines to wear
X shoes,
The fishes to battle will not &c
/ The logger renounces all booze
0 And the barber says whiskers
= should grow,
r The salesman belittles his wares
!, One Volstead lies soused in tn
gutter,
a The preacher will not say his
4 prayers,
h And the dairyman will not eat
t butter.
: All a dream? Yes, all but tn
I. last line; that is a sad reality.
Today the dairy industry in tn
I, United States is faced with a
alarming shortage. No, not
{ shortage of butter but a shortag
! of butter eaters. People haven
stopped eating; they've just stol
f ped eating butter, and the farm
ar himself. as a class, is the grea
q est 0ftenQef OIL dll. AA"u
II American farmers continued I
! use butter on their tables instea
of the imported oils-palm oil, c.
coanut oil, fish oils and whal
oil-worked over into a substanc
that resembles and Ito some
tastes like butter, the present Co
dition, disquieting alike to pr
= Queer and manufacturers won
. not now exist.
. But they didn't eat their 0"
u nroduct. that is a large maJorll
y of them didn't. and the result
y that butter has piled up in co
L storage warehouses until tods
Il has reached the enormo'
,ount Of approximately al M
IS lion pounds-and during z
It, month Of November, normally Z
* month Of lowest production, Il
S surplus continued to increase.
re The creameries, which oW
lg most Of This butter, stand to tai
! loss Of between five and sevf
r. million dollars before the gre
IL eurnlus is cleaned up, and Il
ID dairy farmer is taking his loss
st greatly reduced prices for h
~ dairy products, his butterfat
IL