New-York tribune., 1872-09-25
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
oF MILK PRODUCERS.

Soon after the revelations when weie ,s n,auo
,.., w,nter in THE TRIBUNE conoering inc -
:, ,n,k IN the two cities, several plans were y
srnsn whereby they might be able TO supply the con
,,,,r oircctly " IN milk and thereby OBTAIN " "o''o'
- ana furnish n purer article TO the purchaser'
Meetings were held in different locahues "nenSo 'a
a. sent 90 the city. but no concord OF ac'on OVA -
n,f,l Yesterday, when dairymeD from DucneSS' Oe,
wcsfcbester and PutDam Counties, ID tniS 0t"'' ""
,,om various parts Of Connecticut NcI"o"'' N"
-, .ra Massachusetts, met IN convention AZ 'ho
ban of the Young Mems Christian AssoCla'i"n Ano
eonvepton was held response TO can ssueu "S e"
y uoas n X sackett, c. q. Tousey, H. H. peuell Jus
r peacl and Others interested in the Farmers REFORM
Itnion MIN Company. for the purpose OF ehaons INC
trcr 10 sell milk directly 10 the consumers by means
AZ stock company OF which they should he nempcIS,
and of prcvenng il from passing through the han"S u
The m,ddlemeu. About 100 delegates were Wcso"'
many of whom favored the movement WINE so'no
,onent that monopoly would defeat the Object 10 pe
STAINED. -,
rc convention was called TO order at 1880 n' and
CIV Hoac OF Dutchcss County was appointed Chair-
man and W. H. II. Jones Secretary The Secretary 'heh
taid: .,,
Won are ali rrobaby aware Of the Teacon OF the call
lint 1 have been requested 20 make some explanations
An r.r 10 IT, some Of YOU have been connected with
.rors Of this character but doubt whether you fny
realize the necessity Of reformation IN regard 10 inc
selling Of milk this city, The idea OF the farmer sell
ing ms own milk is not novel; but heretofore there has
u
ides About "a year ago a few farmers came together
and decided TO sell their own milk. They organized an
as,oeiat on among themselves They put in the heces
,ry capital and appointed OF their number supenn-
tendeut Notwithstanding difficulties they have
lten si1ccsslu. They found that the luOhc
~ liberal patronage sustained them. Among
thc difficulties they encountered was the action OF the
middle men 10 stop them. Mr.. Bede Will tell you how
they the nuts from the wagonwheeis that the
uk might be spilled in the morning. He will tell you
how they have dfugged the drivers how they have as
sarod h.s drivers at the New-NOrk depots and yeti
has been success, and numerous farmers haVel lmpor
tuned the already engaged in the enterprise TO en-
large the scope and range Of the Company, and hence
The call for the meeting II is proposed to enlarge the
Company. strong corporation will be better aDie 10
ghts reduced TO overcome the warfare OF the
uiddleueu and 10 prevent adulteTatOn than the few
already enlisted. New-YOsk is paying $i2OO0OOO year
fo9 milk and the farmer should receive fair proportion
sf tbe amount and not merely OneQuarter as at pres
snt average receipts Of milk 10y the dleren rail-
roads iu NevNork is about 5000 cans daily In 1861 IL
vas $50. so that nine years the demand has IN
creased more than 100 per cent IL TINS CO.
,t.r,,tiou il postponed the difficulty will be en-
haueed Twenty million dollars must have been saved
snc cooperation had been adopted ten years ago, ana
lie increased value of the farmers land and properly
woud have been $4,000 OO more, or gross saving 10
he farmer Of 100000 The consumption OF MIX TO-
dsy s liC quarts per year to each person IN this city,
Tins can be- accounted only the supposiOn OF ex-
rcssve aduteratou which IN NewYO was last winter
shown IN IuE TRIBUNE 70 be greater than III any other
rty By forming this association you Will nearly II not
ouite double your sales Of milk The capital needed
wiz be about $4,000. The understanding as take It,
IL that the farmer should receive six cents per quart
Tho OOO quarts received IN NeWYOTk, at SIX cents per
quart Will amount $1,000 and With the freight added,
n t.oO VI make outlay Of $4,000 daily The receipts
3I are oC quarts FIX cents retail, amounting 10 $lZON
aud lgoO quarts sold wholesale to hotels and restau
- qoo oKXltio
Allowing S25O incidental expenses, balance OF $3.50
Itr day R left The interest on the capital is $780, which
leaves $3.50 after all expenses paid as clear profit alter
receiving percent interest on the outlay
The Secretary then read letters from several prominent
rcntlcIneu iudorsing the project, among whom were
Orange Judd Of The American AGr'eUtl"ts, who SAID
that he would gladly cooperate in such scheme as Is
proposed u he had time and opportunity; ana T. 1.
BAfuum who said that he believed the plan would be
vauall, u honest and capable men were depued TO
take charge The speaker said that the capitalists and
merchants Of the city, with many Of whom he had con-
Vrl-eu unanimously approved OF the Odss upon Wiich
the Association was OPERATING lie saa Ina' SnTsner
Afer the can had been issued the sleners ascertaned
y y efforts had been made TO consolidate the Two
rouuauIrs An executive committee from that com
many had conferred with them that morning IN order to
' Si raa ,G6 ceptal hut HE speaker thought that
surplus capital stock in any company was always
hOut CONTENTION. They purpose To itVOluOnlze ana
control the whole milk business Of NewIOlk. Tie
,rtr thought that could be done at once, but
that business would have to grow up naturally ana
Otis T. Beden said The great obstacle in the way Of
the farmer is The conduct Of the unddiemen. All We
Hsk Csc producer to j. 10 furnish money enough 10
.rIl b, own milk. The rrveatOnssOf the aduteratons
ni milk made by THE TRIBUNE last Winter have brought
the mlddi, men, IN measure to helr kHees Ihls COM
pauy will boz your company Seven farmers, about
year ago. agreed send their milk to New-1orK ana
whom tine time came for them TO put N their capital
they all failed % respond except oue person MT bedel
stated length what the capacity OF the company was
what were The prices pdid TO tu5 IdIueI auu .ne eA
pcnse- q, freight ana delivery He said that the Ge-
IN fre gUnu and
would JOIN tue Association would nave thelr miih us
posed OF.
byUs bat stated that they would not Oe eonsideIed as
anv guide ior any future organization. .
Jalts j. MCNaught0u, of the other ASSOCIATION, caltd
flt FauneIt MIk Compahy lAeh '"lu 4us me- dlce'ils Jug
wac called 10y another company whose secretary has
urged tLt merits Of that organization We were not
specially invited 10 oe present Du. ua'lu- an ~ az
farmer, question OF cooperation We have ATTENDED
S,lnr to be- established This agitation began in
region last Winter We were not getting enough for our
turned and reported that milk largely aduterated
and that farmers would receive proper amounts Tor
Hence they formed stock company called the Farmers
mia Company. We shall begin the distribution OF mlAk
sending MIX 10 New-York through the middemen. |
The Secretary Of the Farmers MIX Company. VIM. J. |
Benedict chen read the bylaws OF that association Il.
Horton o. Orange County said; We have often seen the
faacy oi having two governments one teTUtoTy, and
4 believe that consolidation should follow.
MI MCNdughtOn-l want 20 tell what We do IN vermont
have win me three statements oi mix that have
cent 10 this lty since Aug T. OF milk
cesed only So 40 II tnat had sen SOLD al 10 cents per
quart 10 MOuld have Drought me SV cyMcuOdy sO tudt
amount for u. From q can, Oi milk received SCI 90
Prom Aug. 10 % sept sent 81 cans, for which re
oeyeO only sC2 20. Not one-niueth oi II has soured
Nj Hart Of goshen, Conn., moved that the two organ
izatOus be requested 10 unite in some movement.
Mr BeuedICt-l a told by gentleman that Prof.
Chandler auayZed f0l TBE TRIBUNE samples OF milk
ana that se,eueighths o. them were aduteTated aud
one-eghth adulteated with other materials than
wael-cbaik saieratus, and salt constituting tAe New
on morton Of M Hart a committee was apuoipted 10