112 THE MARKETING OF WHOLE MILK 



Table XIX 

 Operation of Akron, Ohio, Surplus Plan 



The Mayor's Committee (New York, 1917) proposed 

 a plan somewhat like that since put into operation in New 

 England, except that the dealers were to pool their pur- 

 chases and sales, so that the producers would all be paid 

 the same price, no matter to which dealer they sold. 



"If producers enter into agreements with each other 

 for collective bargaining with the distributors, and dis- 

 tributors enter into agreements with each other for col- 

 lective buying from producers, a mechanism is furnished 

 whereby surplus milk can be easily handled in a way en- 

 tirely fair and just to both parties. To illustrate this the 

 following example may be taken: 



"In the above table it appears that there was 80,000 

 pounds of milk purchased, of which 65,000 pounds was 



