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public data as to volume and cost of production in this State ; that it conduct educa- 

 tional campaigns for promoting the wider use of milk as a food and co-operate 

 with municipal health departments and other agencies in making special studies of 

 the needs for the greater use of milk in the feeding of children. 



8. That the Commission make special study of the problem of providing milk 

 at a minimum cost to the children of the poorer sections of the larger cities, and 

 co-operate with the municipal departments of health in providing milk for the 

 feeding of infants at the lowest possible cost. 



9. That the Commission co-operate with the New York City Department of 

 Health to make a special study of the conditions under which loose milk is sold in 

 the city, and endeavor to eliminate all possible danger of contamination of milk 

 sold in this manner. 



10. That the proposed Commission be empowered to revoke a dealer's license 

 for due cause after public hearing and after due notice in writing. 



11. That any municipality in addition to cities of the first and second class 

 may by formal action of the governing body of the municipality place themselves 

 under the jurisdiction of this Commission." 



1919, New York State. The Reconstruction Commission of the State 

 of New York was appointed by Governor Alfred E. Smith on January 21, 

 1919. It consists of thirty-six members, representing all of the large 

 cities of the State of New York; these are divided into two general com- 

 mittees, and nine special committees dealing with the various public prob- 

 lems and readjustments following war conditions. 



Among these is a Committee on Food Production and Distribution, 

 consisting of ten members, of which Mr. Thomas V. Patterson of New 

 York City is chairman. This Committee have given much study to the 

 milk problem, and drawn up a draft of recommendations to the Governor 

 for state legislation, which is as follows : 



"1. That the distribution of milk be considered a public utility to be controlled 

 and regulated as such. 



2. That legislation be enacted authorizing the formation of trade associations 

 and consolidation of food businesses, subject to public control as our other public 

 utilities of the State. 



3. That all dealers in cities of the first and second class be required to secure 

 a license and that the regulating authority be authorized to refuse a license to a 

 dealer who cannot establish proof that the business he proposes is to be conducted 

 in the public interest. 



4. That the regulating authority have the power after a public hearing and 

 proper notice in writing to revoke a dealer's license for due cause. 



5. That the provisions of the law at present relating to licensing in this in- 

 dustry be amended to avoid conflict. 



6. That the regulating authority be given full power to regulate the rates 

 which shall be charged in the sale of milk for the service rendered by the distribut- 

 ing agencies and to limit the profits of such agencies to what it may deem to be a 

 fair and reasonable net return on the investment. 



7. That the regulating authority be empowered to regulate the methods of 

 handling all milk and that it be its duty to recommend whatever measures are 

 necessary to accomplish economies, mechanical or otherwise. 



