1900 
689 
THE MILK SITUATION. 
Some Suggestions to Milk Producers. 
An Important Meeting. —A general 
meeting of the Five States Milk Pro¬ 
ducers’ Association will be held at Bing¬ 
hamton, N. Y., October 16. Intimation 
has come to us that the meeting will 
be a stormy one. We hope not. We 
counsel patience, prudence, deliberation. 
No good will be gained by flying into a 
passion and condemning everything, be¬ 
cause the full measure of your purpose 
has not been reached. Mistakes have 
been made; robody doubts it, or denies 
it. The undertaking was a big one; dif¬ 
ficulties to overcome were many. The 
object to be obtained could not come 
all at once, it must be reached if at all 
through developments, not in one big 
coup of final triumph. Every ad¬ 
vantage gained must be held; every mis¬ 
take promptly abandoned and turned to 
use in future work. If turned to proper 
use now the organization is worth all 
that it cost in time and money during 
the last three years. 
A Bit oe History. —The nistory of 
the attempt of the milk producers to 
make prices for their own product dur¬ 
ing the last 20 years ought to be of some 
value. It began with the so-called Or¬ 
ange County Milk War. In that early 
contest between the producers and the 
New York Exchange members of the or¬ 
ganization boarded wagons and dumped 
milk into the streets. The surplus was 
cut off, and tne producers gained a mo¬ 
mentary victory, but the Exchange deal¬ 
ers went promptly up the State and got 
all the milk they wanted. As a result 
the price went down lower than ever. A 
few years later came the Milk Producers’ 
Union, *n which tne Up-State producers 
joined with those of Orange and West¬ 
chester counties and New Jersey in an 
effort to secure better prices. The offi¬ 
cers of the Union set a fixed price, high¬ 
er than the Exchange; but the milk kept 
coming. The Exchange price prevailed 
in consequence, and the Union was 
abandoned. No further attempt at or¬ 
ganization was made until the F. S. M. 
P. A. was organized nearly three years 
ago. Lessons of previous efforts are 
negative ones. They taught only what 
not to do. They confirm the principle 
that the price of milk when sold to mid¬ 
dle men will depend on the supply fur¬ 
nished, and that this supply cannot be 
lessened for any length of time by dump¬ 
ing the milk into the streets. Neither 
will the resolutions of the officers of the 
Association establish a price tor milk 
until the supply is under definite con¬ 
trol, and the surplus kept out of the 
market. The executive committee of 
the present Association believed for a 
long time that they could sell all the 
milk at their control to a company or¬ 
ganized for the purpose of distributing 
it in competition with present dealers. 
The R. N.-Y. never had any faith in this 
proposition. Promoters would enter it 
only if they saw great profits either in 
the business itself or in the manipula¬ 
tion of the stock. The officers of the As¬ 
sociation insisted on a protection of 
their interests, and tho promoters, see¬ 
ing no clear millions in it for them¬ 
selves at the producer’s expense, aban¬ 
doned the plan. 
What Can Be Done? —It seems that 
the time is right now for laying out a 
definite and comprehensive policy for 
the future. This plan must embrace the 
care of surplus milk outside of the city. 
Few producers are in a position to care 
for it at home. Many are in need of the 
ready money, and cannot afford to hold 
it for long. We hope that the meeting 
will consider the proposition to estab¬ 
lish a city depot and sell its own pro¬ 
duct of milk, cream and butter. The 
producers now furnish a capital of near¬ 
ly $2,000,000 in milk and cans. With the 
right kind of man in control of this cap¬ 
ital little more would be needed to gain 
a solid footing in the city. They would 
need to control a half dozen creameries 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKERJ 
properly located for tne care of surplus 
milk, and be careful to put only pure, 
clean, wholesome products on tiie mar¬ 
ket. A policy of this rand would soon 
bring tne present dictators to their 
knees. We are daily buying cream that 
is not less man hail skim-miiK and our 
fresn milk is one-fourth water and an¬ 
other iourtn skim-mil^.. If it were not 
for this general wholesale adulteration 
there would be a milk famine in New 
York city at the present time. From our 
study of the situation here in the city, 
as well as from our experience as pro¬ 
ducers, we believe that the sale of the 
milk and its products here in the city 
would be the only satisfactory soiution 
of the problem. This cannot be estab¬ 
lished without hard work, careful plan¬ 
ning, and hearty cooperation on the 
part of all. The plan will meet with 
stubborn opposition, but it can be made 
a success. It will yet be done. 
Be Careful! —Whatever measures 
are proposeu at the Binghamton meet¬ 
ing snould have a careful and deliberate 
consideration. Everyone should be con¬ 
siderate of other views than his own. If 
the present officers are asked to serve 
again no doubt they will be willing to 
do so. If it is thought best to replace 
some of them with new men no doubt 
the old ones will gladly retire and co¬ 
operate with the new officials. The old 
ones have made mistakes, but they have 
been dealing with a set of sharp, un¬ 
scrupulous business men and scheming 
sharks. It is to their credit that they 
have not entered any agreement that 
has in any way embarrassed the Asso¬ 
ciation. There were opportunities and 
temptations without limit. If they have 
not reached the desired goal they have 
at least kept the coast clear as far as 
they have gone. We don’t speak to in¬ 
fluence their reelection, but in simple 
justice of their position. As before in¬ 
timated, we do not see any possible 
chance for success in the plans proposed 
for selling the milk, but all have helped 
to develop the present situation. If the 
producers want new leaders by all means 
let us nave them. They will make mis¬ 
takes, too. New blood may do good, but 
don’t discourage new or old by criticisms 
or abuse of those who have served to 
the best of their ability in the past. Don’t 
stop to complain or accuse at the most 
critical point in the battle. 
WHA T THE DEALERS SA Y. 
The following letters from commission 
merchants in this city give an idea of 
the market conditions in their special 
lines for the week ending October 4: 
Otto G. Mayer & Co., 44-48 Cedar St.: 
The export apple trade has been in bad 
shape on account of the heavy supply of 
green-colored fruit on the English mar¬ 
ket. Green apples and plums have sold 
at ruinous prices. At present, however, 
the outlook for really good-colored apples 
is more favorable. Latest cables from 
Liverpool report Baldwins and Spies sell¬ 
ing at $3.90 and $3.15 respectively; and ad¬ 
vices from Edinburgh and Glasgow are 
still better, Spies selling as high as $4.13 
and Kings $5.10. 
Jelliffe, Wright & Co., 284 Washington 
St.: During the past week in the live stock 
market we have had slow sales and lower 
prices, caused by the Jewish holiday and 
absence of buyers of that faith from our 
market. Veal declined fully one cent per 
pound, and the market has not yet re¬ 
covered. Sheep and lambs dropped off 
about one cent per pound, and cattle 
nearly as much. To-day there is a shade 
better demand 'for sheep, lambs and cattle. 
The same state of things prevails in our 
poultry market. Poultry that should have 
come in for the Jewish New Year has 
been held back and sent too late, and all 
has not yet been sold at the decline noted 
in quotations. Fruit market is on the 
whole in better shape. Chestnuts that 
sold for $11 and $12 a week ago are now 
selling at $6 and $6.50. Fancy dairy but¬ 
ter sold fairly well, but poor and medium 
grades, also early made, could not be 
moved. Eggs have sold very well all the 
T eek. 
E. B. Woodward, 302 Greenwich St.: For 
the first time during my business ex¬ 
perience, I am sending butter to several 
dairy districts in our State, on account of 
the severe drought; but few dairies are 
received from other sections, and they of 
quality far below the average. Receipts 
from the West being large, the market 
remains steady. There can be at present 
no great advance, on account of storage 
goods, which are excessive. The egg mar¬ 
ket is particularly encouraging, although 
present prices are about the same as last 
year. Prospect for storage eggs good. 
This season I have adopted a rule to sell 
all eggs at mark, a little below quotation, 
with result pleasing to shippers. There 
are so many unscrupulous dealers who 
take advantage of loss off, that it means 
in nearly every instance no profit, and 
sometimes ruin. I wish all merchants 
would adopt this rule. 
ARMSTRONG & McKELVY 
Pittsburgh. 
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Pittsburgh. 
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Pittsburgh. 
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Pittsburgh. 
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On every farm there is probably some land 
that could be made more productive by under- 
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be worked earlier, and more profitably. The 
best and most 
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to drain Is ex¬ 
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Breeder of SOUTHDOWN 
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