New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-05
WILL THERE BE A MILK WART
FARMERS AND DEALERS AGAIN AT oDDo'
A MEETING OF DEALERS IN THE C1TY-THE sUrfLi
OF MILK ABUNDANT.

A MEETING OF DEALERS IN THE CITY-THE sUrfLi
OF MILK .rUNDANT
At the close of the milk war last spring number
of milk dealers agreed with the farmers on a
schedule of prices for each month OF the year DC
paid the farmers by the CITY dealers Inc new
York Milk Exchange, powerful organization
of milk dealers aud creamery pro.
prietors did not agree to the scaei its ,smbers
would pay Oly 3 cents quart for MIX nuring sep,
tember-6alf cent less than was liked Dy the JON
Meeting of farmers and dealers AS milk Is IN goo
supply. owing to the cool and wet summer, some OF
fhe smaller dealers have decided not
TO paw half cent more than their brethren Oh .no
Milk Exchange Meanwhile the farmers urea a Gu
to shut oft the supply again II they do not get ie
price and have called mass meeting 10 De ned AZ
Goshen on Friday. They have also talked oi io a
ing company Win large capiia w n"i"io '
A dealer of experience said yes erdav; 1.-THE only
way TO adjust the price satisfactorily Is ior ao
committee of an equal number of farmers ana deal
or, 10 meet once a month and fix The price Tor inc
next month Should they disagree let t De REFER
red to some disnterested person To decide OnioSs
they do this they shonld let each farmer contract
with his milk dealer a. he pleases Ihis wouiu pe
fairer to those who produce better article Oh i'h
than Others" =, ,,u II,
A meeting of mllk-dealers in which the Milk E1-
change was well represented, was held yesterday
afternoon at West and Chambers sts Ao4ui SLY KY
miIkmen were present George Allison Drlng INC
chairman and there was good deal oil discussion.
IL was stated that the Milk EXCHANGE would furnish
milk to any city dealers who had thelr supply Gu.
off Inv the farmers on account of adlerlng to tde
Exchange prices Mr.. Beakes SAID there was
no danger of scarcity of milk The
West Shore Road he said, could give 600 cans
day if needed Mr.. Beakes offered resolution that
no milk dealer should buy the milk of cows FED on
brewers grain or glucose. Ii was carried uhani-
mously. Mr.. Br idY milkman who had been
around the Goshen diaries with Mr.. Richardson, of
that place, said that he did not want TO
buy any milk from that district, owing
to the buffalo feed" that was used there.
Another dealer SAID that Buffalo feed" or tue rel
use corn from starch factories not as wholesome
as il once was as by the of chemicals over twice
the former amount of starch was extracted III Ied
to COWS Tor any long time, he said, IT would make
them unhealthy and their teeth would drop
sod that milk WIS plenty in
the Sussex region, aud farmers were conented with
3 cents quart He said bc losing customers
in Brooklyn because they could buy Long Island
milk cheaper than he could furnish mix TO taein
George Slaughter, member OF the Exchange, SAID
that the abundance OF the milk supply was beyond
dispute The Orange County farmers wanted TO
scare them, and be would advise that thew Oe al
lowed TO churn their milk awhile. The meeting
voted unanimously 10 uphod the price fixed by the
Milk Exchanges cents for September.
George Conklin, president of the Milk Exchange
said to a TRIBUNE reporter that he Thought there
would not be another mix war. The supply, he
said. was extremely plentiful. With the exception
tf Bor,leps and Caulielfs "COndeuserles" III Della
ware and Putnam Counties, no one was paying over
8 cents for milk. Tie weather being cool less
milk was needed. As butter was only 20 cents a
pound he thought 3 cents good price for milk.