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| Ba tAa Farnsrs that bupplY n say en1
They Ought - Knew.
| More than 500 farmers representing the
milk-producinR industry that supplies the New
| York city market met yesterday In Adelphi
| Hall. Seventh avenue and Fifty-second street
II was the first annual meeting since the organ
ization OF the big MILK Producers Union, and
besides the ordinary business there was much
discussion over proposition made by special
committee. appointed at Goshen recently. to
| turn the union into q stock company for tho
| purpose Of controlling prices and utilizing all
surplus milk. When tho union was organized
It included only the farmers In Delaware, Che
mango. and other counties west OF the Hudson
Since then W. r, Pierce OF Chenango Forks has
| boen active as an organizing agent He COW
cred the entire territory that contributes to
New York's milk supply, so that the general
union now has 176 local unions or associa-
tions. all but three or four OF which were rep
| resented in yesterdays Convention. The dele
gates came from five States, New York, New
Jersey. Pennsylvania. Connecticut, and hassR-
chusetts.
Col. George d. Wheeler OF Deposit the First
Vice President. presided. From the annual
reports 1t appeared that the Treasurer, Ell Mix
OF ChenanRo. had received t9,85S.14 and dis
bursed 81 .871 go during the year.
The Goshen committee then started In to
present the report Of it's actions The report
suggested some minor amendments to the con-
stitution, but when It proposed to pass them
Charles Haines OF Westchester county objected
on constitutional grounds. and, as his arRu-
ment prevailed. the entire report. after consid.
erable discussion, was referred to the local
unions.
4 he report provides first. that tho Executive
Board shall fix the price OF milk make CON-
tracts W tn the dealers. and care for q sur
plus product. All dealers will be required to
a
tation lines The surplus product. which un-
der ordinary. circumstances would operate to
lower the price OF milk, Is treated In the report
us follows
For the purpose Of caring for the surplus and work
reservs fund evIsd BY the Eseeutive 6ommstse not
s % ten end s'n % from S al Whoo S milk Hh e
Hmoun! shall remain IN The hand, to deirsy
etho SniCn to provide and sppsncs, % care
e.
up % Sd h
The rest Of the report deals with details
concerning the management m Of funds, but IN
announced that II was their opinion that the
union should be organized as a stock com;
only as means OF operation pending the COM
pletion OF the stock scheme. which they be-
lleyed they should be ready to set going by
The most earnest discussion during the ses-
sSp SS arSse from m series Of resolutions oetsd
State Dairy Commission was taken severely to
task for not preventing the sale OF adulterated
milk in this city. In supporting his motion
sion and the Board OF Health as gigantic
frauds supported by the taxpayers at great
cost aud returning no benefit whatever. Sec
retary Winston defended Dairy Commissioner
Brown as conscientious officer, and threw, all
the blame for imperfect execution Of the law
upon his subordinates. whereupon delegate
exclaimed: tt
They are all damned frauds!" ..-
MT. Mabes resolutions led TO several others
q the same general tenor. 1t was evident that
despsna the nry add 10 @ IN
iievine That the New York Mix Exchange 81 adnl-
terates its wares. but they didn't like to say so
too tlatly; E. G. Fowler, editor Of the Orange
County Farmer. explained that the Dairy Com
missioner and his subordinates are handi-
capped by the law. which provides that all milk
Tor general consumption must contain at least
VIII ch must be fat. The result OF this is that
us farmers supply very rich. pure milk the Ex-
change can mix skinned milk with 1t to the
The Solids 6eoW the legal IL m The sense eR of
the Convention was finally expressed thus:
RsS,o,rSd That We he members OF the unisn Of MIX
IL % pS OF nd Horf
modification OF the laws OF the State as viii render
@ ssn o s
meht than the law now imposes
The business Of the Convention ended with
the election OF the following officers:
W iiosE of Dntchess county n Pdcoes Of % New Jer
Orange county Advisory Committee, from which an
Robin: Z Ts@pEin! sS,a Edgar Knapp knapp.
s sstt John simpson J. <. Brown Judge L j. Martin
aud q. p. wheeler ''A' - D'AA'' A"1f'" 0'f'n0'''