THE MILK SITUATION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 213 



I have seen an indication of a combine. (Sharon Dairy, District of Co- 

 lumbia.) 



No. This would be an impossibility by reason of the economic conditions 

 surrounding the production of milk, as each man producing milk is a unit in 

 himself, and therefore must be reckoned with, and there is no way in which a 

 combination could be effected to control either the production or supply, 

 (Borden's Condensed Milk Co., New York, N. Y.) 



No. (Walker-Gordon Laboratory, Washington, D. C.) 



No. (Dr. V. C. Vaughan, Ann Arbor, Mich.) 



In Boston. (Dr. S. C. Prescott, Boston, Mass.) 



One firm in Los Angeles does over 50 per cent of the business. (Health 

 officer Los Angeles, Cal.) 



No ; the remarks of some people in the public press in regard to that are 

 ridiculous. ( J. M. Houston, White Cross Milk Co., Washington, D. C.) 



Attempt has been made in San Francisco; not successful. (Health officer 

 San Francisco, Cal.) 



No. (Health officer St. Joseph, Mo.) 



No. (Health officer Wheeling, W. Va.) 



No. (Dr. Samuel McC. Hamill, Philadelphia, Pa.) 



Not at present. (Health officer Scranton, Pa.) 



QUESTION 11. Have you seen indications of a trust to control the production or 

 distribution of prepared, condensed, concentrated, or other forms of milk 

 other than raw milk in the District of Columbia or elsewhere? 



ANSWERS. 



One concern is believed to control a large part of the output of condensed 

 milk, but the department is unable to give particulars. However, other brands 

 of condensed milk are also found on the market. (Chief Bureau of Animal 

 Industry.) 



No. (Surgeon General TJ. S. Army.) 



No. (Surgeon General U. S. Navy.) 



No. (Surgeon General Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service.) 



Not prepared to answer. (Dr. William H. Park, New York, N. Y.) 



There are several corporations organized for the production and sale of 

 other forms of milk than raw milk. (Dr. Henry L. Coit, Newark, N. J.) 



No. (Dr. R. G. Freeman, New York, N. Y.) 



No. (Health officer Ann Arbor, Mich.) 



Do not know of any. (Health officer Atlanta, Ga.) 



I have not noticed any. (Health officer Baltimore, Md.) 



No. (Health officer Birmingham, Ala.) 



No. (Health officer Bismarck, N. Dak.) 



Yes. (Health officer Cleveland, Ohio.) 



Not in Columbus, Ohio. (Health officer Columbus, Ohio.) 



No. (Health officer Jacksonville, Fla.) 



No. (Health officer Kansas City, Mo.) 



Do not know. (Health officer Lynchburg, Va.) 



No. There may be such combinations. (Health officer Portland, Oreg.) 



Yes. (Health officer Providence, R. I.) 



No. (Health officer Richmond, Va.) 



No. i, Health officer Rochester, N. Y.) 



No. (Health officer Seattle, Wash.) 



No. (Health officer Syracuse, N. Y.) 



I have no such evidence. (John Thomas, Ednor, Md., president Milk Pro- 

 ducers Association.) 



No. (Sharon Dairy, District of Columbia.) 



No. This is equally true as relating to concentrated milk as in relation to 

 fluid milk. (Borden's Condensed Milk Co., New York, N. Y.) 



No. (Walker-Gordon Laboratory, Washington, D. C.) 



No. (Dr. V. C. Vaughan, Ann Arbor, Mich.) 



No. (Dr. S. C. Prescott, Boston, Mass.) 



No. I have been connected with concentrated milk companies for some years, 

 and very close to other large companies in New York and elsewhere, and such 

 a thing is impossible. (J. M. Houston, White Cross Milk Co., Washington, 

 D. C.) 



