132 THE MARKETING OF WHOLE MILK 



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Comparative Estimate on Monthly Basis of Operating Costs Under Present 

 Conditions and Centralized Plan l 



These are the conditions existing and the alleged pos- 

 sibilities. Who is to blame for the conditions? The public 

 demands competition and becomes suspicious at mere 

 size and complains at the least evidence of a milk trust. 

 Undoubtedly economies would result, were an efficient 

 centralized system established. But would they be as 



1 Milk Marketing Conditions in Kansas City, Sept., 1918, U. S. Bureau of 

 Markets, unpublished report. 



