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4,000 Attend Annual 

 Pure Milk Meeting 



TOHN rA8E 



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4\t)TK of cuiil'iileiut- V. a> nivfii tin- 

 l)<>ard of ilirectiiis. the iiiaiiaKfr ami 

 eniplovfi-s by official ileli-tratfs al 

 •e/'.'linir the fifth annual niiotiTit; of I'liic 

 Milk Association in the Auilitotium 

 Thoater, Chicajtu. Maivh 12. 



The vote followed a >torni\ afteinoon 

 ^>-^sion attended Ny more than 4,(Kl() 

 •ii'-nil>ers and their wives duiinn whioli 

 •■larjres and eountei ihain's jjrowine 

 out of dissatisfae 

 tioM witli theeurrent 

 price of fluid milk, 

 fijruied in the de 

 Itate. Internal dis 

 >enion has been typ 

 eal of milk product i 

 .issocialions in the 

 Chicajfo milk slicii 

 for nearly 20 year.- 

 I'tire .Milk .Associa 

 lion has h.:d (;reater 

 support i)erhaps an. I 

 less disunity amoni; 

 .•.- nembi rs than any of the produeet 

 •/riranizations which preceile<l it. 



Two new directors were elected. U. .) 

 .>wayer. former president of the 'Lakt- 

 < ounty (111.) Farm Bureau, replace<l 

 ilenry I'fister, former president. L. .\. 

 -Markham was electe<l to represent the 

 •laiiesville district of Uock i-ouiity, \\'is 

 c jnsin. 



Ofticers Kiected 



Vt the first meeting of the new board. 

 • lotin V. Case of Dul'ajre county, Illiiuds, 

 t'onnor treasurer and Farm Bureau mem- 

 ber, was elected president. Charles 

 .■si-iimalintr of Wisconsin was chosen first 

 vice-president and (Jlenn Mori;an. I'orter 

 county. Indiana, Farm Bur- au leader. 

 second vue-president. Hon (Jeyer was 

 le-elected secretary and general maii- 

 'i-M'-y. and K. K. HoU),'htby, i)resident of 

 ■.he DeKnll) County Farm Bureau and 

 member of the I. A. A boanl. was elect. ,i 

 tre.isurei . 



In his aiituiai report Mana;;rr (ieyei 

 stat.'il that the Association markete.l 

 I">| tts members more than 1,500. OOD.dnii 

 P'umis of milk valued at $25.:!72.744.1 1. 

 Ab.>ut 8.') per cent of this was sold as 

 i.ase milk. The Kfoss price paid w:is 

 $1.'!'*.-, p,.,. ,.wt. The checkoff to the As 

 s'K'iation remained at three cents per 

 cwt. and the ad.justment fund averaged 

 .0:!.i.", cents j.er cwt. 



"We were forced into cream markets 

 "1 ail effort to secure more outlets for 

 our milk," .Manairer Oyer rep..rte.l. "This 



field is hiy^hly i-onipetitive and any co:; 

 ln>I is'- practically impossible. The t« • 



• ir three price" payment plan, plus buv 

 fluid milk sales, plus forced selling in 

 a low price cieam market, tojrether with 

 the lartre membership suridus, broiipht 

 at times a low piice return for all milk 

 sold. Independent [M-oilucers .-issuminir 

 no responsibility for surplus i-ould iheii 

 sell milk at a flat price, which seemed 

 ailvantayreous when compared with the 

 average price rctuin f..i ;ill milk ~.>!d 

 l>y the .AsscK-iation. 



"Oldy T.'i pel- cent of ,\ssi>ciation milk 

 could be sold if we abolish our liaslc 

 plan and >ell on a flat price. We can 

 not know what -uch .-i once \\..uld lie." 

 said (ieyei. 



"In s[)ite ..f criticisni uc air beset ..i: 

 all sides by produceis who w;sli f. join 

 ;be Association. We cordially ifiv iti- our 

 iiitic.< to coopi-r.'ite with u- iri secnrini; 

 ;i fair iiia;-ket foi- all )ir.Miuc4'l~ in tlu- 



• 'hicajro area by oi jfanizinsf iinlepemlenl 

 piiMJucers to h(d|i u|>hold the m.-nkei an. I 

 "ot ruin it by price .ntlinsj;." 



Ha.se I'rice S2.2H 



The .\ssoi-iati.in asked f..i 'erniiiiiitioi 



• )f the .A.A.A milk license .is <.f Vaich I. 

 which was ifranted. This is .'xpt-cte.l i.. 

 save producers SlO.Otio per month iii 

 administration chartres. I'r«'sent base 

 price is S3. 20 for '!.•' per .ent milk but 

 only .">'! per cent .if milk delivered in 

 •lanuary went into this ila~-. The nex! 

 20""; went int. I flui.i cieani at SI.."0 an. J 

 the balance netted ..nly $l.ii:; wherea- 

 c.>iulenseries ale payir.j; around $1.<«.". 



(il'oss iiK-.ime of the .Association in the 

 calendar year was S471,2'!1.S1. Total ex- 

 IH'iises were .S-;s<;.."TO.Hi. Icaviiijr lu't iii- 

 come at .S>^4.St■)1 .71 . .\el w.irth ;i; t bl- 

 end of the v.'.-ir was S;;:! 1 .."iS.-i.tVJ. 



Consumers Resisf 



Higher Meat Prices 



I'ractically all br.inches ,,f tiie wh.ile 

 sale dressed meat trade have been fea 

 tured by consumer resistance to the hi);h 

 prices which have resulteil {r«m iren- 

 erally litrht supplies, the Bureau of .\i:- 

 ricultural Kconoinics m Cliicatro reporte.l 

 -March 12. Consuniei purchasing: power 

 evidently has not kept pace with the 

 upturn in prices of meats and conse- 

 quently consumeis. as a rule, are look- 

 ing for the lower priced cuts of meat- 

 anil ne'/bvtin',i- the Ix'lter an. I hi^her 



;iriced cuts. This sjiuation tia- result. -.1 m 

 •he lower urrades and lowt-r irra.le .-nis if 

 :iieats selling; relatively hrirh ami on' -if 

 line, wbi'ii comimreil Hitli the bet tei 

 -grades an. I liiifher-priceil cut- .if meal-. 

 It has al-.i lesulted in coii-itierable -ub 

 stitution. an.) in an .'ff.nt •-. a'..«i.i : b.' 

 hijrh prices .if meats consumers liav" 

 turned their a'tention to fisli. fresh ertr>. 

 canned beans, -pairhetti. leai-initi' ae.l 

 -imilar foo.ls. 



I'riees of beef base been o' til.' .p 

 ■.;ra(h' an.l the $20.01) jier «wt. can-as- (f 

 iieef has i^-ently made its .ip(>earaMce 

 on the Chiea^o market. !iof|i yearMnu 

 carcasses and heavy steer- of juiime 

 ■ luality reaching; this price, .s^careity ,( 

 li^htwei>;ht carcasses and also !• wet 

 y-rade carc-is-e- which are usually -o-u 

 -onally livlit m supply have cause.l -uch 

 kin. Is T.I -liow m'ucb more advanc- m 

 once than better urade rareasse> ami 

 bas resulted in .-i nariowinir "f the price 

 vanue. \! ihe preseti; time, yearlirij; 

 lieef carcasses rantrinir from the eonitiion 

 to i-h.iiie ..^ra.lcs an -.llir.i; wilhiii a 

 price -plead .if $l2.."i" I'.'iMi. with flllK 

 7.) pel leiit .,r mole of the offerintr- -ell 

 ■Uix within .1 four dollar si>i-i'!ol of $M 00 

 ! s Oo 



I atiib Market \ arie» 



Tile 'U.-llivet !'o| lanili 'la- oeen i;; 11" 



■ind .lown affair, price- f hiclual lii;r cm 

 ■i.ierabl\- in -\rnpatli\ uith the mark**! 

 .-it ea-teii- .-oiisuminL' .enters, an.) 'he 

 -unpl.v offered .111 the .-iirrent market 

 In .1 'jen.'ial vvay the -iippl\ .if l.imb mh< 

 i.een ..f M-aily Mormal iirop.irt ions. • ii.- 

 ;iit: aiiouT the same a- duriiii? the iorr>f 

 -p.indiifj petmd ..f Man-h 1'.'.". I. .\t the 

 present time, the -upplv offered liK-ally 

 i- v.. mew hat -.n exi-ess o| .jeman.i an.l 

 the market i- weak and 'iia;f'^v al tirice- 

 arounil .".Uc SI .iili lower thai ■.!. .March 

 1st. ..f thi- year. Taken a- a wb.il.-. tfie 

 cuiren; market is lai^tel.x a -i^l 1.00 1 7.00 

 at'fair. witli ;i fiw loppy carcasses of 

 lijrht -cel'.rht l;imb selliej at .-<17 ."lO-l'.t.Oil 

 Sl;;i-vat ioti I 111 s of live hov- have -e|.^ 

 price- of t'resb ii..rk cut- .-k\ -rockei in;;, 

 an.l the S2-"..ii" loin ha- pin -.n it- appear 

 .-I'll',', Tie h'^rhter averav "f I. 'in- are 

 -ellin- at .■>;22.-'"iO-2."i.tMi: price- which 

 sh'.u an adcaiice of around S-l.OO.'i.Oo 

 .luriiiir the two weeks endiiii; .March 12 

 The 12 to l.'i lb. avi-iajre- -elliiiir at 

 S21.00.22.."-0 -h.iw a train of around S:{..Vl. 

 while the H"i m 22 lb. ..ff<-rin>:s at Slx.-.o. 

 20.00 show .-1 jump of about $2.00. B.is- 

 ton butts have made even more sensa- 

 tional irain- than loins, with J to H ib. 

 liveraires ..f hutt- sellinv at S22.00-2o.OO 

 on the currenl market, showiiiir a ;;^aiti of 

 Sti.r)(l-7.(»i c.impared with March 1st. 

 lit.'!5. Other flesh pork <uts have .-i.l- 

 vanced around Sl..")n-2.00 for the most 

 part. The extremely lijrht supply is jirac- 

 tically the sole cause of the advance as 

 the .leman.i has heen liifht ait.l ra'her 

 .ira',i--v. 



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