220 MILK SURVEY OF THE CITY OF ROCHESTER 



RECOMMENDATIONS 



In undertaking to make recommendations based on a survey of this 

 kind, these recommendations would be expected to follow certain con- 

 clusions drawn from the evidence presented. 



The material which has been collected in this report is of such a 

 character that in each department of inquiry it seems to lead so obviously 

 to certain conclusions that the director of this survey believes these con- 

 clusions appear on the face of the evidence presented in the previous 

 pages and that they are sufficiently plain to any intelligent reader. Con- 

 sequently, no attempt will be made to draw up a complete list of con- 

 clusions. 



The following recommendations are presented in the belief that the 

 material of this report and the conclusions which are so obvious form a 

 basis which must be recognized as justifying the recommendations here- 

 with presented. 



These recommendatiens are divided into four parts as they apply to 

 four groups of persons, viz., to the city authorities, to milk producers, to 

 milk dealers, and to milk consumers. 



I 

 RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY AUTHORITIES 



1. It is recommended that immediate steps be taken to bring about 

 the centralization of the business of milk distribution in the City of 

 Rochester, on the ground that the present competitive sysem is a menace 

 to public health because of insufficient sanitary care of the product, and 

 because of unnecessary and excessive expenses. 



2. That the City of Rochester join with the City of New York and 

 other cities of the State of New York in asking for legislation at Albany 

 for the purpose of securing for the City of Rochester and other cities 

 such additional legal powers as will enable the city to control the distribu- 

 tion of milk, and that such legislation be asked for on the ground that such 

 municipal control is necessary to properly safeguard public health. 



3. That, in particular, the City of Rochester ask for amendments 

 to the City Charter which will give to the city the following powers : 



(a) Power to establish and operate a municipal milk distributing 

 business under municipal auspices, and to purchase the property of exist- 

 ing milk distributers if necessary. 



(b) Power to grant a franchise to a public service corporation for 

 the distribution of milk and for municipal control of the same in respect 

 to profits and prices and in all other respects necessary to protect the 

 milk consumer against the abuse of power by such a corporation. 



