New-York tribune., 1883-03-14
THE MILK EMBARGO.
TRYING TO BRING DEALERS TO TERMS.
WHAT THE EFFECT WILL BE on THE CITYs SUP
PLY-THE PRODUCERS REsoLUTE.

WHAT THE EFFECT WILL BE on THE CITfs SUP
PLY-THE PRODUCERS REsoLUTE.
The milk-producers of Orange County are prthng
their siren 9Th against tho milk-deaeIs OF thus city
in the effort to make the latter pay tne IaGmeIs
price for pure milk The farmers forced tue hghting
on Monday NJ an enthusiastic meeting OF producers
at Goshen. n. Y, when 1t was decided 10 shlp no
more milk until tho city dealers came 10 'erInI IT'LL
Producers Association who IS sanguine OF success
for the farmers, SAID TO a TRIBUNE reporter
Yesterday ts that t9S lpi 1ds'' hs and similar as
.ocinti"1s ., alton along the Erie. Midland and
branch roads would not he fully felt IN this city I'M
mi tomorrow. as the oreaueries. whose owners arc
In sympathy with city dealers have u large guam
tity of milk on hand which they Will probably snip
10 the city. insead Of making 1t uto butter 10 SUD
ply the deficit caused by the farmers holding back
1.-The crrameries cannot be wholly prevention
from getting supply prpoyy,;,Dsd %. "IS "hecaumse m
thev have such power the small dalres.
These latter having no ice-houses ma ~ 4" tnelI
advautags 10 sell their milk TO reinerles IN hot
weather and 50 the creamery proprlrtors lnr lieh %
-, q, taLe the milk there II IL - not supplied TO
tbom now For myself have an ico-house ana aIn
Independent IN the matter a mcsune WIN %
IA ~ 1,cshen on Thursday to consider the pian
~ runuing "A creamery 20 use mp the surplls milk
owned by oar association. nave oern H.,hulhg NV
milk TO Farmer Creamery As'ooau"n ,,,ar, s'.';t
March / and have realized 80 cents quart Tor H.
,yIc tho CITY dealers offer only cents. Inc iarin,
crs can inst ~ well hold their mix WINE ana
MAKO n INTO butter for themselves or Tor sale You
,mSS think Il strange, but scarcely a
mrg ,ry,.r IN Orange County makes butter
for his own use. the business being entirely
carried on by crcnmcries. from which the farircT
bnys butter at fancy price The schedule hNed
by orr ~ sociatou for milk dunng the wear ~ not
rynrhitaut II foots up n cents quart for twelve
months Borden. the cond .nsed-mik man H,actnfcr'
oilers "A schedule that ioots np lN"i cents
for the next six months wnhe cur prices
for the same period arc only i1,2 cents
Tho Auglo-Sviss Condensed MILK Com
panv offers prices ngrregatinG q cents Tor tho
wear the same as our schedule ana II cents III me
4 auf IN Nan iprE nv ~
IA waste wear of cans But, of course, the con-
dcnsrd-fnilk companies can use only fraction of
the Harlem road as high prices rs we arr asking,
and If they can be PAID on the east fIr OF tho
Hudson they can he on tho west SIDE lh. ,.rtI.-
cries are The main source OF Trouble rs 'ucS can
supnly SKINNED milk at esH rates thah We can Seti
tGr nrre milk The Board uf Health takes the low
ear Grade of pure milk a. astauIarl, when contains
only : per cent of cream Ihgs the crcumerics can
take from good rich milk . quart o. cream rom
every can and not have ~ fail b'lo" me aniard.
From a hundred cans of milk they Woc,d get two
aud a hall cans Of cream worth $50 30 a can.
The mil dealers say they cannot pay jig cents
in March because they have maze 700 low con rae
with hote3 and restaurants hut tha l. t.cir uiis-
taLc They cannot expect to father the trahsnc-
ton. Then they argue that because thcy pad !
ccuis in Jannary they should only pay cents now
Nov, IN january there Is the least now
OF milk aud extra feed ana care are
necc.sary 10 keep II up. But after tnr cows iaNe
lived ard There is free flow of milk, when ot
course cannot be stopped, then they wish 10 lower
the price. OF course wler farmers nave hL'Ir
written cuniTacts at stipulated price lhoF VIII
continue To supply such dealers. The farmers nave
tb~ hest of tho tight a. the counties ol Orange.
sussex Delaware sullivan ana UiSier luriiSh
over half OF the Guys supply mere Hlt
a .ncb competition among city milk dealers that
tb.y are bound To gat milk at some price or else
thcIr customers viii leave them ana thei routes ne
"a knn liz Other dealers. We have previously held
hack only about 100 cans day OF oar milk on ac-
count of the resolution OF tho dealers not 1" Duy
our surplus AZ the Ere platform"
Mr. Richardson added that the creamery men anu
dealer. iot very bad because ne, DE- POolcr and
professor Chandler wcnr to Albany last thursday
and killed the Sklm-Milk bill III inc commit
tec ON General Laws. MIR. klmer, secIe-
tary of the Autobiography League, tav-
ore1 the bk, but when tho committee
saty that the object of the bill was, under taking
ttle 10 omen tho food gates OF skim-nk k the mem
nrrs decided unanimously tO report II adversely.
A large number of New-IOrk milk dealers nave
nnde application TO the Ral'rOad commissioners,
asking that tho freight charges on milk on the iar-
lcIn Railrond be reduced from 10 10 20 cents per
can They assert that the present rates are eAtOr-
tomato. 49,
A number OF the milk-dealers who drove over to
Jerspv Civ 10 meet the milk tram returned with
light wagons aud heavy spirits last night. About
ZOO cans OF milk, Or $500 quarts were held back
by the farmers along the Erie Railroad. Tho usual
receipts are about $500 cans ana 2OO cases Ol
twelve to eighteen quarts each The milk trains
arrive at about lOl and ll:20 p The mil kIncn
put on various faces they filed up 10 the window
of Mr. Phillips the freight collector aud learned that
their constituents were short cut of altogether
A large crcamrry-mIlk dealer WAS supplying deal
ers who short at cents quart last mgh, but
| t was evident that ho wOulu not nave enough Tor
| the demand.