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prices at which he would be obliged to sell it, as directed by the 

 Commission, he would be obliged to throw away his stuff, or store 

 it indefinitely. 



If I correctly i^derstand the meaning of that resolution, I can- 

 not imagine that ^.ch a law would by any means be held constitu- 

 tional, and I think it would be an absurdity. I am not quite sure, 

 however, that I heard the resolution correctly. 



THE CHAIRMAN: Will you kindly read it again? (The resolu- 

 tion was again read.) 



MR. WILLIAMS: That resolution does seem to me to mean what 

 I thought it did; namely, that a Commission should state that in a 

 certain locality, the price of milk should not be over a certain price, 

 and that, on the other hand, the dealer should not be allowed to 

 buy milk in a certain locality at less than a certain price. There- 

 fore, if anyone came along to buy the poor farmer's milk at more 

 than two cents a quart or three cents a quart, the poor farmer 

 would have to throw it away or store it indefinitely, which he is 

 not in a position to do. 



THE CHAIRMAN: I am glad to recognize the Chairman of the 

 New York Milk Committee in this discussion, but I cannot recog- 

 nize others for general discussion, because of the lateness of the 

 hour. 



DR. PARK: How would that affect interstate commerce? I am 

 not a lawyer. Mlaybe Mr. Coleman could answer that. 



MR. COLEMAN: In my opinion, a law of that kind would not 

 be unconstitutional. On the other hand, a gentleman who spoke 

 this evening on the subject, believes that it would be. It is like 

 many legal questions; there are two sides. 



(The motion was lost and the resolution was not adopted.) 

 THE CONFERENCE THEN ADJOURNED. 



