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Section 2. Determination of Wholesale Milk Prices 194 



Competing use demands focus on receiving points, 194; no 

 simple price-determining mechanism, 195; a call market 

 suggested, 195; influence of the large dealer on prices, 197; 

 bargaining power of dealer and producer, 197-99; cost of 

 production, 199; the formula method, 200; quotations on 

 other products as bases for milk prices, 206; butter, cheese, 

 milk, and other prices compared; 209-10; prices in several 

 cities, 212-219; influence of producers* associations on 

 prices, 219; a weakness of producers' organizations, 222; 

 sectional variations in milk prices, 224; returns from milk 

 and other products, 224. 



Section j. Determination of City Milk Prices 226 



City milk prices complex, 226; four classes of prices, 228; 

 separate forces determine prices in each class of trade, 228; 

 store prices, 228; prices not based exactly on cost of service, 

 230; influence of producers' organizations on city prices, 236. 



VII. CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED REMEDIES : 



Section I. Classification of Remedies 242 



Many suggestions offered, 242; list of principal proposals, 242. 



Section 2. Municipalization of Milk Distribution 243 



Milk distribution as a public function, 244; milk and water 

 compared, 244; how about other necessaries? 246; financing 

 municipal enterprises, 246; control, 247; municipal distri- 

 bution, if undertaken, should be on a self-sustaining basis, 

 248; advantages and disadvantages, 248; feasibility of 

 municipal distribution, 251. 



Sections. Publicly Regulated Private Monopoly 251 



Legalized monopoly, 252; plan proposed for New York City, 

 252; the Calgary, Canada, plan, 255; public fear of monop- 

 oly, 256. 



Section 4. Cooperation as a Remedy 257 



Four types of cooperation proposed, 257; cooperation among 

 dealers, 257; cooperation between producers and grocers, 

 258; cooperation among consumers, 258; cooperation among 

 producers, 259. 



