The Daily News. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1905. THE VALUE OF SMALL CREAMERIES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7944, 6 October 1905, Page 2

The Daily News. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1905. THE VALUE OF SMALL CREAMERIES.

Auiong'lhe various causes which have operated in In- nping the dairy try to it x present hijrh pitch of excellence and success, phi- civamcrics have playnl a \,y no ,iiivaiis unimportant part. Not inly haw they acl.il as feeders to the central facmries/lnu they hav.. also enabled a larp' proporlion of dairy inrnicr.s who an- remote from the fact cries In receive .-, f iial liencfits with those who are adjacent thereto, lint for tin; principle of co-opri'atioii the indiislri uiml.'l have remained in Hie hands of a few capilalisls. and Ihe suppliers would have lore,' since l>,vn disheartened with the result of their almost, incessant mil. It was fjv the ! .-..licsio.i of the scatlered units, for I the purpose of in al help in the ! lunniilartiiro of liutlrr and cheese. I thai the industry has nourished, and | the producers rccompcns.d to a dejf:!- 'hai. otherwise •iv.mNl have licci. ] impossiiile. The st ron- and the weak j.iniilid forces with cue olijiccl in view. I with the resuli that lioth frained <li.\ ' th;> concert,-.! action. The pivot on t v.liich the whole in.lns'ry has turned j i- co-operation in the fullest accepta- | lion of the term, and it will lie an e\il .lay for the industry if this priu ciple is ever tampered with. Now | and iiiMiu 111,-re arises a disciissioi. ; am.'tig 'Hie siipiiliers to Ihe faclories and the lai-jr-i-cr.MjiicncM as towh.-

••• flu-smaller croatm-i hj., do.* not mililiil, ngainst tlii' iiriilils in' s r. company. Inn though I here may lie -inn.- slight grounds for iliis conlent ion il is certain,y a ilangorrus mill most shoiT-sighiod pnlicv lo look al I In- iniitli-r in this way anil il is satisfactory to I'mil thin hitherto |i>->-v:iil«il. Willi 111.' result 1 'lilt ill,, industry and I hose .engaged in it have Iloiirishiil. F.vcii I In. l,osl managed anil most siluvssl'lll corativv dairy companies „r,. liahlc at lines lo com,nil an error of iu.lg ....■ill. especially fit' a motion' is |.i uitvr on Hi.' shareholders at tin annual meeting ami is voted upon wilhoiil receiving llial calm consid- , ration whirl! ran ui -nsiirc duo weight lieing given l<i 'tin- cued which Iho drrision nil! ultimately liaM' upon tin- industry. A rase in point evidently occurred at ill.' annual l ling of 111,- Mungorei Cooperative Hairy Compauy when a motion was i. d to Iho iff.cn I hat a yearly rrl urn should In- sill,mil oil in tin. sllaivhold.-rs al tin- samo time as iho balance-sheet, showing the f|iimitilv of mils' dealt Willi at each of Iho company's i-ivuim.rk-s. together wiih Iho ro'st of working expenses per Hill gallons al ,-iic-h cioaiucry-lhv rosl to include ns „, liivwood. and wear ami 1,-ar. To thus,, who havi> mil closely followed Iho ailniinistratiw i.lVorl.s of co-oper-ative dairymen Hi,- ahow resolution would prol/übly. appear r.xtrritn-lv innocuous, ami, regarded sunviik-i'all.v, it mijjJit. even I*. assumed tlmti the main uhject was tin- wry ciMiiiiietidaide one of supplying ( | u . fullest ditails of working expenses to the shareholders. Viewed In Ihe light „j past expericncr. however, ipiile a .lillereiii construct ion can lie plitciil on the matter. Whenever n similar proposal has cropped up at oi-hor ~,„„. pimies', meet inj.si it has always Hjj.cn 1 '«•«•- for the reason that it tluvatells Ihe existence of I hj,. smaller creameries whose working expenses would naturally in- somewhat .higher per hiimlriil gallons o' milk than either the larger creameries or .tin; factories. [| Is ~n this ground that

u firm stand has wisely In-en taken, ami we cannot bur f,.,.| that the Maugotel Company would have done Well to have rejected the proposal. What is to .|,ecot,lc of Hie MippliiTS if lie. small rroamerlesl ar,' 'closed '.' They must either invoke the aid „f 'he capitalists, or convey .their mill; lo distant rnameries wlure i( would ir.-.|iie.,tly arrive i n anything Iml s- ' condition. Meariiiu in mind how strongly the Hairs C „jss - .■r is insisting on t h,. necessity for improving the i|iittliiv; of milk, it would certainly lose far more limn • lair;,' companies to risk damaging ■h-ir wl output at aleriallv reducing its marker value. The* , would certainly lose far mote' than 'l'-.', c -wr hope ,o saw |„: dosing ,|„. . SMl a|l, creameries. All I llo.se Who haw the I rile interests of il- mduslrv al .hear! a|e.,.|l|le HiH-essHy f„r a c0m,,,,,,, 11, nil of unity ,,|l the suppliers 111 any given tlfTl rid . Though 111 the natural order of things small creaineries may lie slight Iv more expensive to run ihan large , s. iho gain lo the company .as a whole iusi.dies tlh. means. Th.-re should | K . no s.liisliuess in cn-opcration. ami the Imiler industry can r.rtalnlv not .ifforil no run am risks. Those who voted for the resolution relelTMl t e will do well to ivdect on the matter. They ,„a. ll„ 11 see the danger of I heir allien. :., :\ it is ~, I.e. llopiilt will lake steps lo rescind a rose, lution which, if followed to ils logical concliisi.ai wilf ,a.r'.:- ~„„h 11'. !■• i„ 'he fin lire, a ellainly caiili.il serve any useful purpose.