Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-18
MOVE MADE.
The Milk Dealers Meet Some of the
Shippers, and they Confer
TO FIX A SATISFACTORY PRICE.
An Entirely New Organization Of the Pro-
ducers is Proposed.
TIE WAR Is MORE COMPLICATED NOW

The lacteal war is getting more CON PHI
Gated than ever. Yesterday afternoon the
members of the Milk Dealers Protective
price for milk, which they propose 70 pay
all shippers who supply them.
They had invited the producers 10 be
present. and large number of them ap-
peared. Most of them, however, do not be-
long to the union, although it was con-
tended that the union shippers would be
glad to leave Mr.. Reed and ship again to
the dealers, if they can make sure Of get
ting the same price all along. The shippers
claim that it has been the Inconsistency Of
the dealers in refusing to pay the farmer q
fixed price that has caused dissstisfaction,
President Hennes called upon every ship
per present, and asked each to give his
views on the question, and they all made q
few remarks, which, summed up, amounted
to this:
''The ouly way to make our business sat-
isfactory is for the farmer and dealer to 60
hand in hand and work for their mutual
protection. It is, therefore, necessary to
have Us fix price for each gallon Of milk,
in order that the dealer may know what he
has to pay, and the shipper may know what
he has to expect"
AT ELEVEN AND EIGHTEEN.
Vice President Hemingway then moved
that the dealers pay IL cents gallon for the
six months from April l until October /,
and Is cents q gallon for the other six
months in the year.
Somebody objected to that, because Mr..
Reed'pays II cents gallon; but Mr.. Hem
ingray explained to the shippers that Mr..
Reed paws them for the milk as much
to the farmers. At this juncture one farmer
said that he would sooner take IL cents
from his dealers than Is from Mr.. Reed.
The shippers thereupon all expressed their
satisfaction with the arrangement, and the
price of IL cents for summer and Is cents
for winter will 90 into effect at once.
Mr. Walker then moved that the shippers
organize q union which is willing to act in
harmony and cooperate with the dealers.
This was agreed to, and the dealers passed
the following resolution:
WHEREAS, All the shippers present here to-
day have agreed to ship us milk at II cents per
gallon from April l to October l, and for lS
cents per gallon from October ! until April !,
therefore be it
ducers who ship to Pittsburg of this, our &C
rion, and invite them to meet us here in joint
meeting on next Friday week April 26, and
sign q contract to that effect. We also invite
all shippers TO form an association of their
own, which may be joint union with the Milk
Dealers Protective Union, organized for the
purpose of benenting and protecting the mu-
tual interests of the milk shippers and the
milk dealers.
THE FORMAL OLIVE BRANCH.
Then another resolution was passed, as
follows:
Resolved, That the Executive Committee Of
the present Producers Union be invited to
Hall; but, in case they refuse, then each ship
per is to constitute himself a committee of
one and come to the meeting anyhow.
These resolutions were received with &C.
clRmation, and throughout the meeting
there was harmony between the shippers
and dealers All seemed to be anxious to
have the trouble amicsbly settled, and,
from what could be learned from either
party at the close, they are willing to
settle it.
When one of the dealers spoke to q re-
porter xbout the matter, after the meeting,
he said:
''This will settle Mr.. Reed. When the
shippers know that we are in earnest and
mean 10 do the right thing by them they
will come back to us as quick as lightning"
Mr.. Reed, however, stated at his Office:
''These dealers won't accomplish any
thing at all with their meeting. To-mor-
row am going to sell the milk to the
grocers and retailers, and give them the
benefit of the dealers profit. People look
for the almighty dollar all the time. and
you bet they will sooner buy from me than
get milk at higher rates of the dealers"