DISTRIBUTION OF MILK 



Table XXX 

 Final Summary of Estimated Savings Under Centralized System ' 



131 



According to this table there would be a saving of about 

 two cents per quart or 37.5 per cent of the cost of dis- 

 tribution as it was carried on in August, 191 9. This would 

 amount to a saving for the consumer of 14.8 per cent on 

 his milk bill with milk selling at 13V2 cents. 



The United States Bureau of Markets, in September, 

 1918, made a survey of milk marketing conditions in Kan- 

 sas City in which this phase of the milk problem received 

 attention. Table XXXI compares the cost of the present 

 system in Kansas City with the probable cost of a central- 

 ized system. It will be noticed that the figures indicate a 

 probable saving of six cents per gallon on the cost of dis- 

 tribution, reducing that cost from 14 to 8 cents per gallon. 

 This is equivalent to a saving of 42.8 per cent of the costs 

 obtaining in September, 191 8, or a saving to the consumer 

 of about 10 per cent, with retail prices ranging from 14 

 to 15 cents a quart. 



'■ Milk Survey of the City of Rochester, p. 154. 



