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8. That municipalities be authorized to acquire and operate milk distributing 

 systems within their boundaries when such operation is approved by the regulating 

 authority. 



9. That the regulating authority be empowered to apportion territory for dis- 

 tribution among competing companies when such apportionment would result in 

 greater economy. 



10. That municipalities other than those of the first and second class may, by 

 formal action of the governing body of the municipality, place themselves under 

 the jurisdiction of the regulating authority. 



11. That the regulating authority maintain offices in each of the cities under 

 its jurisdiction in order to carry out its functions effectively." 



PLAN AND SCOPE OF THE ROCHESTER SURVEY 

 METHODS OF ENQUIRY. 



These methods included the following : 



(1) PUBLIC HEARINGS. 



Public hearings of witnesses representing milk producers, milk con- 

 sumers, and the investigators employed by the survey. ("Twenty-two 

 hearings in all were held, covering the period from July 8th to December 

 1st.) The stenographer's notes and exhibits were used as material in 

 preparing this report. 



(2) EXAMINATION OF BOOKS OF DEALERS. 



(The accounts of five of the largest dealers and 15 of the small 

 dealers were examined by the expert cost accountants employed by the 

 survey. Accounts of only four of the large dealers were sufficiently ac- 

 curate to justify detailed tabulation. All of the others were so incom- 

 plete that they could be used only as a basis of estimate.) 



(3) QUESTIONNAIRES. 



Questionnaires were sent to the following : 



(a) To milk dealers on hauling and freight. 



(b) To milk dealers on the volume of milk purchased and sold. 



(c) To milk dealers on valuation of properties. 



(d) To milk producers on country hauling. 



(e) To milk dealers of all large cities in the United States and Canada on 

 spreads, as well as prices and quantity of milk pasteurized. 



(f) To health officers of all large cities for milk statistics and milk regulations. 



(g) To health officers of all' cities in New York State on prevalence of human 

 tuberculosis. 



(h) To institutions in Rochester on milk purchased and milk used. 



(4) FIELD WORK. 



(a) Inspection of milk dealer's business; volume of business transacted; 

 volume of work for each operation; number of men employed; number of hours 

 of labor. 



