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which were invited shippers on all railroads leading to 

 the city.i A broader organization was formed composed 

 of shippers from "western Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West 

 Virginia and all localities shipping milk and butter into 

 Pittsburg and Allegheny and surrounding boroughs." "^ 

 It was agreed to form a central organization composed of 

 delegates from locals, — one delegate to every ten shippers.' 

 This organization grew rapidly, and locals were formed 

 at almost all shipping points leading to the city.^ The 

 organization secured the good will of the milk dealers to 

 the extent that the latter stated that they would be glad 

 to work in harmony with the shippers' union and would 

 even refuse to purchase milk from shippers who refused 

 to become members of the association and subject to its 

 wholesome regulations.^ In 1903 the Milk Producers' 

 Association of Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio, 

 probably the same organization, had three hundred mem- 

 bers. They planned at this time to place agents at all 

 shipping points and an agent in the city of Pittsburg to 

 have charge of selling the milk to the dealers. The as- 

 sociation required that all milk shipped must be pure.^ 

 Nothing much is known of the activities of this group of 

 dairymen for a number of years. The Northeastern Ohio 

 Milk Producers' Association was organized about the fall 

 of 1916.'' The organization of this association in turn 

 led, in the summer of 191 8, to the formation of The Dairy- 

 men's Cooperative Sales Company, with headquarters 



' National Stockman y Farmer, Sept. 27, 1894. 



== Ibid., Oct. II, 1894. 



»Ibid. 



* Ibid., Jan. 17, 1895. 

 ' Ibid., Dec. 13, 1894. 



• New York Produce Review y American Creamery, Oct. 7, 1903. 

 ' Statement of A. W. Place. 



