The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-04-12

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from an agent to creamery Is weighed
and tested ut the creamery and II the
creamery finds q continual shortage
from this agent, the agent Is soon
without an agency. The inscriptions
practices are not In stations that are
operated by agencies so much Is by
the Independent stations, and on di.
rect shipments to creameries. I will
explain how these practices are car.
ried on.
First we will take cream station
that Is an agency. This agent knows
that he must not be short on his but
terfat report II he wants to continue
a. an agent. Mr.. operator Is Of the un-
scrupulous kind and Is located In Q
highly competitive location. He Is do
Ing good volume Of business and Is
getting his share. A patron from an
other station decides to give this man
70 can Of cream for . change. Mr..
operator says to himself. here Is
farmer that has been selling to my
competitor. He must be dissatisfied
or he would not come to me. Now
II just raise the test Of hts cream
three points this time he Will come
again. The agent does this, but at
the same time or day he receives
cream from several Of his good Gus
toners, the agent makes up his over
reading by under reading some one
else. Here he has stolen from one to
give to another. It Is very simple in
deed. No one is the wiser as there
Is no inspection. The creamery Il
satisfied as there Is no shortage and
they know nothing about 1t. After
this type of agent has this farmer
as regular patron he drops his read
ing to the correct one.
dependent buyer that Is INSCRIPTIONS
This operator uses the same tactics
to satisfy q new patron, that is by
over reading the test. Also at the
same time he Is under reading his
regular patrons as he sees fit. Here,
Of course, he must use very good
judgment: just whom to cheat and
how much he does take without
arousing suspicion. This independent
operator sells on the open market and
the more he can steal the richer he
gets. Without regulation these men
flourish.
Third: Now we will deal with the
INSCRIPTIONS, direct buyers: by these
I mean the creamerieS whose main
supply Of cream comes direct from
farmers. They sometimes quote
higher price In their advertisement.
Sometimes this Is bait. Mr.. Farmer
ships them q can Of cream. He Is =
new patron and they over read his
test all the way from one to ten
points. This farmer = then given Z
card In an index file. His next ship
ment Is then checked against this.
II the independent over read four
points before, now on this shipment
they win over read about two points.
After this farmer Is shipping regu-
larly, then by aid Of their card sys-
tenn they start under reading and
woe befalls the poor shipper. do
not believe there Is cream buyer Of
any importance who has never been
told by some dairyman that he (the
dairyman) just shipped can Of
cream and he received Z higher test
from his shipment than he did from
his agent.
Before the days Of rigid Inspection
and supervision Of the dairy indus
try. dairymen were cheated out Of
hundreds Of thousands Of dollars.
Conditions become 20 bad before these
practices were checked by legislation
that some cxeameries made contracts
with groups Of farmers 30 that they
could hire and fire their own tester
ct the creamery. The farmers Sc
lected their own man to do the test
ing and grading Of the milk or cream
Here the farmer knew he was get
ting III he justly deserved. no more
or no less.
Dishonest practices before regula-
tion forced many "A honest creamery
man out Of business. Since the days
Of regulation m honest operator car
get by and make IN honest living and
need not fear the dishonest COMPETE
tor.
Undoubtedly there are many cream
cries and stations in which the inspec.
tor never retests the samples. All that
they do In these places u So that thu
place u clean and orderly. These IN.
spectors aEe not dumb . some Of YOU
may think. They know whom x
check and recheck. Places that an
under suspicion they check On quite
frequently aud By doing this the,
keep them hecest. Thoee that are o.
the Inside Of the dairy industry know
where 70 look and where not to. You
!, q anyone knows Of people that arl
dishouest, but Just thu same ~ coult
not prove II IN court. That = Just th|
|case with the inspectors IA the dAir,
department. They know the unsctu
pulous operator and 10 = the one tina
gets his Share Of attention from tn
linspector.
j Limiting overrun 70 - PR cent als
odds TO further the prohibition o
) lundor reading cream toets. Tor
creamery 70 have a over run Of owe
26 PR cent Il = I1eceGeofy - smplo
dishonest practices. Unadulterate
butter contains the following: NoiS
ture 70 Per cent. salt ! - 4 Per cen1
other solids not fat J to : per cen
. and ct least - PR cent butter 81
The butter maker trys TO keep "a
butter within the above limits tor "a