New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-25
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
THE PROSPECT FOR PURE MILK.
A TALK WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE ERIE Min
opODrrCERS' ASSOCIATION.

TALK WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE ERIE MiLh-
PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION.
W.P.Rchardson, the president of the Ere MIX,
T"n,fSE reporter Yesterday. explained fully the
workings of the association, which aims to deilyer
perfectly pure milk nI at the F Sfr'fy n Iy
s sspo' Of iOr years '"' said ''h he, 1.-THE milk
dealers in New York have been buying mix OF I rne
farmers and setting the price after IL TSs oyer the
nrice after once naming it, without regard TO the
cost of production, thus holding the farmers AZ
their mercy, On tile first of last October the deal
ers. On October IL thew met agaln. after the farm
ers hal made arrangements to snip az eents,
and changed the price to 3l2 cents, although the
nrice TO consumers in the city had been raised from
To 10 cents. As consequence of this system OF
selling their milk, the farmers were running IN deDt
and could not pay their expenses. At the time re-
ferrrd to began an attempt 10 reform the syst',m
of selling milk. could NOT well do without the
assistance OF the Erie Railroad. / conferred
with the officials and they listened with interest,
and told me to get up a pan OF what wahtei car
ried out. After talking with other farmers r slto-
mtted a plan. which was printed In HE lkiBUNE
at is of course advantageous to the railroad com
pany to encourage the fhIpment of milk over It's
lines MANY farmers had become so dlsguSted WIN
the arbitrary prices set nv New-YOrk dealers that
they would not ship milk but sold it to cream
cries Which BEGAN Ssn to the YS n TnG
also desired by the railroad company that lis road
shall have the reputation of bringing pure MIX 70
the city, But ASIDE from THESE tedSoue ny
are deserving of much credit TOR their public spirit
in protecting the farmers and the public against
skIm-milk dealers and niddlemcn. The object OF
the Erie Milk Producers ASso cation
which numbers over 600 farmers, is
10 get an honest price for honest mix.
To prove that we honest we sought me CO
operation of the State and City Boards OF Health
and the New jersey State Board OF Health, IN
spectors with the authority of all tn ee boards have
Passes On ali onr milk trains and shall prosecute
every man caught shipping SKINNED or adnlterateu
mIlk The Association went into operation on tne
NIGHT of February 6. The shipments have been
ahrut 3 600 cans or 100 900 quarts day. Dnrlng
the heavy season there will be 1000 OF
1000 cans The inspectors stated tnat
i'm all their experience they had not examined SO
nure n shipment of milk. Not single can OF adnl-
tried to continue their notorious practice OF mp
ping SKINNED milk; but we shall STOP H. lheIo
are two classes of creamrTies Ore is where q man
bnvs milk of the farmers, makes 1t INTO
bnfter or cheese and sends the skim
Tilk to the city. These men are
almost ALI in sympathy with the NeT-l ork MIX
Exchange and such CITY dealers The otner class
nse ND their surplus milk when prices are low.
These farmers being producers, are In sympathy
win us and we have several such associations III
our organization We have sod almost every can
of milk we have shipped thus far, and at the price
fxed by us-3lo cents. May OF the best
milk dealers of the city buy of us because they are
snre of getting good milk. One of them told me
that he would just as soon pay cents but ne must
have good milk. Some OF the dealers, however,
who have the best utaioD, or business are regu
lar scala Gaps' They, with small aud cheap deal
ers are irving to pull down our association. VI
course there are a few honorable men among the
heavy dealers"