Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-02-09
BUTTER OUTPUT
SHOWS GAIN
Askov Crea m cry Makes
Over $4,000 Pounds More
Than i'm 1881.
Average Butter Price for
Year is Lowest in the
Plants History.

Only small crowd attended the
annual meeting of the Askov Coop
erative Creamery Association Tuesday
afternoon in the basement of the d.
B. S. hall, due possibly to the pre-
vailing cold weather conditions. The
Christ Larsen, who called for the
reading of the minutes of the last
annual meeting and of the regular
and special directors meetings
throughout the year.
Art C. Rentz, fieldman for this dis
trict of the Land O'Lakes Creameries,
Inc, and A. j. Mcguire, general man
ager of that concern, were present
and gave talks. Mr.. Rentz, the first
speaker, commented upon the report
and commended the management
upon the low operating COST Mr..
Rentz also said the quality of butter
had been very good throughout the
past year and that Askov is one of
the very few creameries showing an
increase in production, which is a
very good showing. Mr.. Rentz said
the operation of the local plant the
past year was very satisfactory in
regards to production, stating that
only two churnings had been cut in
weight and that none had been cut
on workmanship. He thanked the
patrons for the excellent treatment
and courtesy he receives when he
visits the Askov creamery.
Mr.. MCGUIRE talked in his usual in
what the Land O'Lakes Creameries,
Inc, is doing in the field of market
ing. In regards to this Mr. Mcclure
said that in these times it is easy to
get discouraged but that it will do no
good for creameries to pull away from
their marketing organization. They
will have no place to go anyway and
that every one that does so is just
one more thrown into the world of
competition: one more that will help
to undo what the Land O'Lakes and
cooperative marketing has done. MIR.
Mcclure stated that eve have learned
production but that we have not yet
learned marketing
Tells of Growth.
The speaker gave a brief outline of
the history and growth of the Land
O'Lakes, telling how it started in
meager office space and sparse equip
ment until at the present time when it
sells butter to 10000 stores in the
United States.
At this point he turned shis talk
toward cooperation and related his
plan to Mayor Anderson for relieving
the bread lines of Minneapolis. He
suggested that 200 families be taken
to township in northern Minnesota
which could be had cheaply and or
ganized into a cooperative settlement
or colony where each would be the
others equal and where each could
make an Independent living. He COM
pared, in way, situation of this
kind to the cooperative creameries,
saying that 80 per cent of the Coop
erative creameries are on good
financial basis where many of the in
dividual ones are very hard pressed
in these times. If this holds good
in creamery cooperation why would
it not hold good with the families
themselves. asked Mr.. MCGUIRE. He
stated himself being in favor of
system where each one gets the same,
where one pound of butter could be
taken as one pound of human labor
and could command return of one
mound nf chnnc ochs
We have built up tariff walls, said
Mr. Mcguire, to shut out others and
when we do that we will some time
have doors shut against us. We should
go all the way in. cooperation. 1t is
found, he told the creamery patrons,
that If one wants anything done he
must do it himself and the Land
OLakes is the creamery patrons own
organization working for him in the
field of marketing. A fair price for
labor is when it can be traded for the
products he uses. Get rid of the
capitalistic system and get more CO.
operation.
Election Of Officers.
After the speaking the annual
financial statement was read and
showed that the production output in
pounds of butter made in 1892 amount
ing to 446,991 pounds was the third
highest the creamery has ever pro-
duced, being only exceeded by the
output of the years of 1929 and 1928
when 459,605 and 451,319 pounds of
butterfat respectively were manufac-
tured. However the price is the de-
ploring feature when it is seen that
the average price per pound paid in
1892 was 20.94 cents as compared to
1886 cents in 1929 and 1884 cents
in 1928.
The following officers were elected
to the board of directors: President.