CHAPTER VII 



CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED REMEDIES 



Section I. Classification of Remedies 



IT has already been shown (Chapter II, Sections 2, 4, 

 and 5) that milk is a particularly vital factor in the wel- 

 fare of a community. A recent investigating committee 

 puts the case thus: "There are increasing numbers of us 

 contending that the milk business should be classified with 

 the public utilities. In certain age groups, it has been 

 pointed out, milk is almost as essential as air and water. 

 In the life of the community the consumption of milk is 

 infinitely more important than the operation of the trans- 

 portation lines, the proper management of gas and elec- 

 tric plants, the operation of ferries, and the oversight of 

 any other function which by common consent has been 

 called a public utility and placed under governmental 

 control." 1 



Many suggestions for remedying the evils of the milk 

 business have been brought forward, some of which will be 

 examined in considerable detail. Others have already 

 been considered to some extent. The principal remedies 

 which have been proposed may be classified under ten 

 heads: 



i. Municipal ownership. Ownership and operation by 

 the city of all or a portion of the milk business. 



1 Report of Fair Price Committee of the City of New York, New York Legis- 

 lative Document No. 29, 1920, p. 37. 



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