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yearly cost of $7,056.18. This shows a saving of .001212 per quart, and 

 an annual saving of $2,025.02. It must be remembered in considering these 

 figures that the number of quarts of Rochester milk in the above table on 

 which the miscellaneous labor was reported was only 17,187 quarts, and 

 that under the centralized system the labor is applied to the entire supply. 



CANVASSERS 



Two of the Rochester milk companies employ canvassers. These 

 men are used to solicit new trade. Their services constitute a part of the 

 present competitive system. Under a centralized system where there 

 would be no competition canvassers would not be necessary. The present 

 cost per quart for the services of these canvassers is based on 12,836 

 quarts handled by the companies which employ them. This is at the rate 

 of .001905 per quart, and a yearly cost of $8,924.25. Under the central- 

 ized system there would be no such item of expense, and therefore the 

 annual saving would be $8,924.25. 



OFFICERS 



The 136 milk distributing companies in Rochester are all of them 

 owned by proprietors or stock companies. In one sense, therefore, all of 

 these companies are manned by officers. Since, however, the small 

 dealers embody in the person of one or two men all of the functions of 

 the business, the item of officers is limited strictly to the officers of the 

 four large companies in Rochester which reported officers drawing 

 salaries. This covers 23,836 quarts of the milk supplied, which is at the 

 rate of 2,954 quarts per officer, and their salaries amount to .004893 per 

 quart, and annually $42,573.60. Under a centralized system, it is esti- 

 mated that not more than three officers would be required at salaries 

 amounting to not more than $20,000.00 per year for three. This would 

 be at the rate of .000668 per quart. Under the centralized system there- 

 fore there would be a saving of .000225 per quart, and $22,573.60 per 

 year. The above figures, it must be remembered, are based on the cost 

 of officers' salaries for companies handling only 23,836 quarts of milk 

 daily at the present time in Rochester, while under the centralized system 

 the salaries would apply to the entire Rochester supply. The officers' 

 salaries are tabulated in Table No. 68. 



