254 THE MILK SITUATION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 



The committee is endeavoring to decide whether it is feasible to recommend a 

 compulsory maintenance of a maximum temperature of 50 F. in the shipment 

 of milk from the producer to the consumer in the District of Columbia. 



Assuring you in advance that any information which you may be able to 

 furnish along the line indicated will be deeply appreciated by the committee, 

 I am, 



Very respectfully, yours, J. Louis WILLIGE, Chairman. 



NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES, 



New York, November 14, 1910. 

 Mr. J. Louis ^ILLIGE, 



Chairman the Washington Chamber of Commerce, 



Washington, D. C. 



DEAR SIR: Replying to your letter of November 5, in regard to the cost of 

 refrigeration of milk, butter etc. : 



I regret to say that it will be impossible for me to give you any definite figures 

 to base your arguments upon, for the reason that the cost of refrigeration varies 

 on different parts of our line. It is governed by weather conditions, the kind 

 of container in which the product is shipped, length of haul, facilities and 

 rapidity of unloading at destination, etc. 



While an average cost might be prepared, yet it would be of no value for 

 the purpose you desire, as conditions in the District of Columbia are different 

 from those in New York State. 



As I understand it, 50 is the maximum permitted in our refrigeration, as 

 above that temperature bacteriological conditions are said to be undesirable. 



There is, on the other hand, a minimum below which it is unnecessary to go, 

 and, all things considered, to obtain the best results, the temperature of the 

 car should be somewhere between 45 and 50. 



Trusting that this information will be of service to you, I am, 

 Very truly, yours, 



W. C. BROWN. 



APPENDIX E. 



3 TO PRESIDENT OF 

 TION OF MARYLAND, VIRGINIA, AND DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 



NOVEMBER 26, 1910. 

 Mr. JOHN THOMAS, 



President Milk Producers' Association 



of Maryland, Virginia, and District Of Columbia, Ednor, Md. 

 DEAR SIR: The special committee appointed by the Washington Chamber of 

 Commerce to investigate the present milk situation begs to acknowledge the 

 receipt of your valued replies to the series of inquiries forwarded you Severn 1 

 weeks ago. 



In so far as information has not already been supplied by the milk producers' 

 association, the committee will be pleased to receive, if possible, an expression 

 of the sense of the association on the following points: 



1. Is the dairy farmer supplying milk to the District of Columbia receiving, 

 in the judgment of the association, his proper share of the proceeds of sale of 

 milk and milk products? 



2. Is an uniform standard the year round of prices received by the producer 

 for milk supplied to the District feasible? 



3. If compulsory pasteurization, the general application .of the tuberculin 

 test, and the maintenance of temperature below 50 F. be insisted upon, what 

 would be the effect, in the judgment of the association, on the prices asked for 

 milk by the producer? 



Your kind cooperation with the committee in providing intelligent information 

 on the above points will be deeply appreciated. 



Respectfully, yours, J. Louis WILLIGE, Chairman. 



