New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-09
THE PRICES OF MILK.
PRODUCERS VOTE AT MIDDLETOWN To
WITHDRAW THE THREE MONTHS LIST.
PLANS FOR FORMING STOCK coMPAN?
STRONGLY URGED-LACK OF ICE AFFECTS
THE TRADE IN SOME PLACES
rny TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE

STRANGELY URGEp-LACK or ICE AFFECTS
THE TRADE IN SOME PLACES.
my TELEGRAPH TO TIE TkBUSEs
Middletown. n. Y. May s-The corridors OF inc
Nadisou House filed with producers ohIHh''
gathered in response to call from the Executive No
rrcc of the Milk Producers Union. TO consldcr Ihe
,tro, NJ the Executive Committee in naming price
cord NJ milk for three months, follows: MAY. l..
cepte a ouart: june cents and July, FL" cents
This was done as opposed to the action Of the MIX
Fvchoncc in nxing the price for Nav at = cents VI
conrse 10 set a price different from that set by INC
Mill, Exchange meant the opening Of a milk war as
stated In The Tribune Of Tuesday last. After MAKING
the prcc card il was submitted to the zoo sections ior
annmval and IN the meantime meeting OF the ex-
ocn,ive committees Of thirteen branch unions formed
along be various lines Of transportation leading to
New Yorl, City called In this city this evening to
discuss tho situation and, 1t was decided to stand by
,lo Executive Committee Of the Central Union. to for
r,ul,te a MAN 10 enforce the price card. AS stated
,here was a full attendance from all over the ter
,;,orv sunplyng New York CITY with milk.
The large meeting was called to order IN IN upper
roam in the hotel by President soclye. of the Central
rnion who stated the object Of tho gathering Inc
minated discussion which followed showed that the
milk farmers were not all Of one mind
q I, Smith secretary Of the union. called the list OF
branch unons ana found them all represented ~ ~
p1s y, Hobart Delaware County. y. y. opened the
~, -, ,o,,,c tina, he thought the meeting had been
lid COO soon that all the sections had not acted on
,,o rotice sent out to them, ana consequently
IN nights meeting. in the absence OF kno"iedee
80 what the sections favored could hot VaHc
acc,slvc action President Seehe also Thought tne
rirc ~ the meeting serious mistake TIC
added ,. t,,
49,, boon taken at the meeting III New
VII we we're prepared to enforce our price theh'
i,l, , can enforce it still, out am not 50 sure
have talked with a large number OF repuaOie ucdc's
H. vcu,.yorx City. not Exchange members, and
find that they are heartily sick Of the hAcha"s''
method Of making the price every ten days
william Bull OF stony fo'u' "ai'"i !" "i''" NV
the price to be enforced.
Our pcone back Of Ncwburg,' said ne, nave
contracts with the Milk Exchange. which bind MS Tor
Twelve months to furnish milk to the Exchange
and We have the sanction Of President seelye TO 90
that -
This was point in the unions AFFAIRS. IL
referred 10 tho little boycott against an Exchange
oo-v bec,in by the farmers back Of Newburg
hort sIx vcehs ago which was ended by President
Solve advising the 10 make the best terms they
couId The result that the farmers signed inc
contracts with TIE Exchange creameries FOR tweiVe
months and this contract milk now IS serious obstacle
4, the enforcing n union price. Many producers
Thought AZ the time that the entire union force Should
have been brought to the help Of the NewburG farm
- q, tina. time but the officers Of the Central Union
Al, not think themselves prepared for the struggle
than Tie matter when brought mp 10 night. pre-
Initiated ? heated debate. Mr. >celye, replying I'd
criticism defended his action In The Ncwourg matter
hint stated that, as the Exchange had since that time
broken faith with the union. his advice now WAS ,a'
ANYBODY who had contracts With the fathiess IN
cbance men might consistently and honorably break
them.
Mr. Northrup a rudy milk producer from "lenouh'
,cl,,vanna County Penn. made stirring speech de-
cl,,inr that the union was not prepared 10 enforce
~ uriccS al least his branch union, me Deia"aIe'
I,,kawanna and Western was not we nave Il"
ico I'm our ice houses said Mr. Northrup, - ana we
are poorly prepared to 50 into hGht. 'fcancr'e'
along orr line arr closing for lack of ice THIS pre-
clpi,ates an enormous surplus on the market fn'n
er,. many Of them renters and to smut 'he' ""
,r,, a daily income would be serious calamity
We are told to keep milk at home ana work IL
p, into butter We are doing better selling II AZ
-, cents ouart than We could do II we made II
~ into butter at IS cents pound
That won't do: that's too thin cried several OF
the producers present.
4 large number Of speeches were made ana theh
,b. meeting drfcd finally the question Of method
g.. T.. pu-,ucd The advocates Of a stock company
MA, Immediately came 10 the front Colonel IT, D.
,vbccr Of Port Deposit, offered the following rcsola
r.ol,et That (: is the sense Of TIL, meeting that We
r,eo-ncnd to all sections Of the union mat th'y o'n
snail stock companies building Of ce'hou'e' ana
,,i. .o,venrn,c, for handling and shipping inilA over
ali the lanroad lines carrying mlA 70 inc He"'i0N
nAract.
Walter b. Pierce Of Chcnanco Forks, an uncom'
promising advocate Of stock company mace '''o"e
address in behalf Of that idea. lie wanted inc pro-
d.,cr, 70 do away with the niddcman entirely ana
.r,,t stock company 10 DE formed. Nelson boh'her'
~, uoston Corners, criticised the idea Of stock com
pany declaring that the people Of The Harlem Oh'o"
If which he /, the president were opposed 20 s"'"
COMPANY He thought that the people WHO hNo" ca''
If the Hudson River had peculiar adNataGc' sue" A.
terminal facilities aud better means for hiudIihs 'e
milk They were unwilling to yield these aiVahtaSe
4, they would have do In stock company MF i'e''c
claimed that Mr.. BOnchers view was sectional ana
unfair and did correctly represent the ceH's cd'
~ the Hudson River lie Nr Pierce had been east
If the hudson and knew the producers nan ther S"r
r,y, and wanted a stock company Ike their brethren
| in thc west Mr. Doncher asserted that the onN
man who had been converted by MI Pierce 10 HIS s'oA
company idea had ,ofenlng Of the brain
Cyru, stark If pawng. Dutchcss County Said
| that The advantages enjoyed by the Harlem
producers insured them always a tcttcr price hNc"
/ now when the Exchange price was . cents for NAV
the Harlem producers getting 3 and "a cents
, mart G. Winston. OF Greene. Chenango 'ouh'S'
! y mat wa, the case did rot why the Harlem
dealers wanted to get into the union at ALL JULIUS
! Rogers. Bnghanon said that there was milk enous"
M in hi, section to supply Ncw-lork city inc
territory east OF the Hudson c co We
| .nd a can to Sew York Guy. .to
! ia i1 thai II the Harlem dealers were loo zoo
| independent they would better be ,arefui io' my
| v,nuid lose some Of their trade lie addeI ;,...,o.,,
lr, we can do ,omehlng under Colonel WhecIcr
! resolution | don't what We can 90 put >t',
! ay here that we can't stand ccn's .o lnw,r
| Tnns of milk are ready III AT hruieS i""''
! than the Exchange has made -, co,,ro,
! C. u Ba~sctt Of Walton. y. Y, scconeIeu -, %enn
Whcclcrs resolution and said that II had aroa"S Al,
! partly carried out In his nelehpori'o',u ,or'i,
Winston moved to put the resolution. 80 is !" PnarIe
! fho-, present To catch a train for homc' '""'ioS
! ruthili. oi orange County asked 49,, .ho sar,
"Will the East side put up the creaneFicS ''o "''o
~ the West side ;" .,
President ocelyc replied d" IT Is only recommended
| ton" ~. ,h, ,h,
| constitution In accordance with the rc>ohltioh
| a. g. Townsend. OF Carmel. OF the new
yorl and Northern road Thought there not surplus
enough his road to justify voting for snch Il plan