Litchfield enquirer., 1872-09-05
THE NEW MILFORD MILK MEET
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THE NEW MILFORD MILK MEET
 We have devoted considerable space, this week, to report of the meeting of Milk Producers held at New Milford, on Thursday last, believing that the sale of milk, providing satisfactory arrangements can be made for its delivery in New York, will soon become the chief business of farmers living on the lines of our Litchfeld county railroads. It is this matter of the city delivery of milk that is now the real obstacle Tn the way of the producer The statements made by gentleman familiar with the facts show how very serious that obstacle has become. The men who de- liver milk in New York city charge the consumer over five cents quart for the delivery of milk, when, in point of fact, it costs them but one and half cents even under the present method, and with iu- dicious arrangement of routes need not cost even one half or one third that amount In addition to this most ex- tortionate charge, the rascals who now control the. city delivery manage to sell 16, 600 quarts daily, when they receive but 12, 900 from the producers, the balance being water. or something worse
 It is with view of meeting this diff culty that company controlled by pro dueers, strong enough to break down the opposition of the present .sring" delivery and to secure fair play from the railroad companies, and intended eventually to take the entire charge of the business of milk delivery in New York City. is pro posed to the farmers residing in the vari- ous railroads leading into the place. Such an organization has already proved an en- tire success in the city of Boston, and the success of the effort made by MT. Bedell and others shows its entire feasibility in .Nev York .lT Ess.szs8s s-s5i fsssrss=s Ia .ss
 The Farmers Milk Company start out with very flattering prospects $40, eco of the proposed saO0, 900 requisite for its success have already been secured at the three first meetings held on the Erie, the Harlem Extension, and the Housatonic railroads, and the s10, ,000 subscribed tt the New Milford meeting, shows how im- peratiye the necessity for such an organ ization is felt to be among the heaviest milk producers.s ssaH -usaitoasls .''-s,s
 The objection suggested by Mr. BedeiI struck all who heard it with much force, and should be obxiated as soon as possi- ble. Should the proposed company get into the hands of capitalists instead of farmers, if might become { monopoly hard Iy less extortionate than the anarchy that Inowexists. Thecapital invested in the con .eezn should. of course, yield legal interest. but the d5vidends shouid go to the produ- cer in proportion to the milk he sells and not in proportion te the. stock he holds. The company should also be always ready to admit new prednceEss the same ad- vantage as the old; since, otherwise. the organization might become q combination of the in-produceEs against out producers and consumers. ef aslAza sesas
 With the few changes suggested by the practical experience of Mr. Bedell, the plan started seems agood ones and we see no reason why it naynot be as complete a success as the similar experiment in Boston. Farmers who desire more iaccu- rate information regarding the plans of this company can. obtain the pamphlet containing them on application to Mr. ?. s. Gold, Hrsasursr of tlle company.
 z We would not undertake to say that the troubles and annoyances experienced by the Nauesku6k mill pEoduesrs, and com plainsd Of in perhaps aIesadegrss by pro ducers living On other Connecticut roads, are directly due to tho miscondnct of the employees of the N.a \. asapd ". III Go. One thing, h0Sessf, is certain; the em- by that company Of one of the | gery ring efmilk men who are erinding both she psodaeer and theb censun,er,s 2as | heir agent, is utterly unbusiness-like and