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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
March 25 
The Milk Trade. 
THE MILK SITUATION. 
OUTLOOK FOE MILK PRODUCERS. 
The Power of Attorney. — Several 
subscribers have asked for our opinion 
of the power of attorney which has been 
circulated for signatures by the execu¬ 
tive committee of the Five States Milk 
Producers’ Association. The situation 
seems to be as follows : The members of 
the executive committee have met, in 
the city of New York, men who are said 
to have large financial backing, and who 
are willing to organize a company to 
buy and distribute milk in New York 
City, provided they could get control of 
15,000 cans per day. On the strength of 
this suggestion from the men who pro¬ 
posed to organize the company, the ex¬ 
ecutive committee set out to get control 
of the milk under the following agree¬ 
ment : 
TOWER OF ATTORNEY. 
Know all men by these presents, that I,-of 
the town of - and State of -, have made, 
constituted and appointed J. C. Latimer, of Tioga 
Centre, N. Y.; Ira L. Snell, of Kenwood, N. Y., 
and F. B. Aiken, of Mecklenburg, N. Y., my true 
and lawful attorneys for me and in my name, 
place and stead to bargain, sell and contract all 
the milk produced by the cows owned or con¬ 
trolled by me, except the milk I use at my house, 
for a term not longer than five years, at a price 
not less than 25£ cents per quart for milk pro¬ 
duced during the months of October, November, 
December, January, February and March, and 
1cent per quart for milk produced during the 
months of April, May, June, July, August and 
September. The milk to be paid for at least 
monthly on or before the 10th day of each month 
for milk delivered the month previous. Such 
milk to be of standard quality and to be deliv¬ 
ered in good condition at the milk shipping or 
receiving station at-. 
I hereby represent that I own or control — 
cows and I agree that I will deliver all the milk 
produced by me, except what I consume in my 
own family. I further agree that I will not in¬ 
crease the number of my cows,for milk production 
to be sold, beyond 25 per cent of the above num¬ 
ber during the existence of the contract to be 
made by me through my attorneys above named, 
except on written request of the buyer of said 
milk; but nothing herein contained shall be con¬ 
strued to prevent increase of cows for manufac¬ 
ture of butter and cheese. 
Giving and granting unto my said attorneys 
full power and authority to do and perform all 
and every act and thing whatsoever requisite 
and necessary to be done in and about the prem¬ 
ises as fully to all intents and purposes as I 
might or could do if personally present, with full 
power of substitution and revocation, hereby 
ratifying and confirming all that my said attor¬ 
neys shall lawfully do or cause to be done by 
virtue thereof. 
Faults Pointed Out. —The men to 
whom the power of attorney is granted 
are the executive committee of the Five 
States Milk Producers’ Association. Mr. 
A. G. Loomis, of Deposit, N. Y., the 
president of the association, has objected 
to the form of the power of attorney, 
because it grants the power to the mem¬ 
bers of the executive committee as indi¬ 
viduals, separate and distinct from the 
regular association. As a remedy for 
this, he suggested that each local 
association hold its own power of attor¬ 
ney. Mr. Loomis also objected to the 
form of the agreement because it doesn’t 
state positively what the exact price of 
the milk is to be. He objected because 
the price suggested isn’t high enough, 
and thinks that two and three cents per 
quart would be none too high. Leaving 
the matter in the present shape of things, 
this makes possible a speculation at the 
expense of the producers. Another fault 
with the power of attorney would seem 
to be that there is no time set when the 
delegated authority would be null and 
void if no contract were made in the 
meantime. It is, however, difficult to 
get an instrument of this kind that 
would please every one, and cover every 
point of objection, and whatever may be 
the weak points of the instrument, we 
are informed now that the committee 
have about 22,000 cans of milk per day 
pledged, so that there seems to be noth¬ 
ing left for the executive committee to 
do but to complete the contract that they 
are so confident of being able to effect. 
We understand that in some cases an 
option has been taken on milk that has 
never been shipped to New York City. 
It is a mistake, in our opinion, to take a 
power of attorney, unless the party giv¬ 
ing it has been shipping milk to this 
market. Otherwise the market would be 
flooded with new milk. 
Will They Succeed —The R. N.-Y. 
hopes that the committee will be success¬ 
ful. From what we have been able to 
learn at this end of the line, however, 
we cannot feel as hopeful of the matter 
as the members of the committee do. 
From what we have seen of the men who 
professed to be back of the syndicate, 
we are forced to the conclusion that they 
are more inclined to get information that 
will enable them to take advantage of 
the producers than to do anything to 
further the producers’ interests. If they 
meant to make a definite offer for a 
number of years for a certain quantity 
of milk, the simplest way would be to 
have offered the committee a contract in 
writing, that would be binding to them 
just as soon as the proper amount of 
milk had been guaranteed. Armed with 
such a contract as this, the committee 
could have secured all the milk they 
wish at a definite price within a short 
time, and without any controversy. A 
contract of this kind would require only 
a very few words, and would have avoid¬ 
ed all controversy, and also possible 
doubt as to the intention of the promot¬ 
ers. The secrecy with which they have 
undertaken to conduct the business has 
naturally led a good many people to be 
suspicious of their ultimate intentions. 
At the same time, the condition of the 
milk trade has been in such bad shape 
for so long a time, and the producers 
have suffered such outrageous treatment 
from the members of the Milk Exchange, 
and old line creamerymen, that they 
naturally hail with satisfaction any 
scheme that would knock out their old 
oppressors, even though the new deal 
didn’t promise everything that they 
could hope for. The committee may 
have some stronger assurances than we 
know of, and we sincerely hope that 
they will be able to make a satisfactory 
contract for the milk that has been 
pledged them under the power of at¬ 
torney. We caution them, however, to 
have their eyes open in making a con¬ 
tract with syndicates or capitalists of 
New York City. 
Good Results Possible. —The price 
should be definite and fixed for a num¬ 
ber of years, and care should be taken to 
see that the concern signing the contract 
is legally and financially responsible for 
the execution of its part of the contract. 
If the effort has no other effect, it will 
be worth all it costs in encouraging an 
organization of the producers. And if 
they utilize this organization to build up 
cooperative creameries, by which they 
can control the supply by taking care of 
the surplus at home, they will have made 
a step forward in the fight for better 
prices. Let the producers get in a posi¬ 
tion to manufacture their milk at home 
for three days, and they will bring the 
milkmen of New York City, whether in¬ 
dividuals or combined in syndicates, to 
their knees. We doubt whether per¬ 
manent relief can be secured in any other 
way. We are informed that sc 
local milk unions have now 
action for the present, and * 
ing their milk to condenser 
eries for six months. Th' 
the organization until sr 
complishedto give a livii 
price of feeds. 
$30 Saved 
"We will save you #80. on a 
City bran, per ton. 
..17 
(HI 
@17 
50 
Spring bran, 200-lb sacks, per ton_ 
..16 
75 
@17 
00 
Spring bran to arrive. 
..16 
50 
@16 
75 
Middlings, as to quality, per ton.. 
..16 
00 
@18 
00 
Sharps, per ton. 
..18 
00 
@19 
(HI 
Red dog, per ton. 
..17 
00 
@17 
50 
Linseed oil meal, to arrive and spot. 
..24 
75 
(§t2t) 
00 
Cake. 
..24 
75 
@25 
00 
Cotton-seed meal. 
..22 
00 
@22 
50 
Brewers’ meal and grits, per 100 lbs.. 
.. 1 
00 
@ 1 
05 
Hominy chops. 
77j£@ 
80 
Coarse meal, western. 
83 
@ 
85 
M Icock’s 
Porous piasters 
Everybody should 
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