New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-18
FIXING THE PRICE OF MILK.
TIE PRODUCERS UNION PLACES 1T AT
CENTS A QUART.
rrcrprs NAMED Ply TILE FARMERS ORGANIzA
TON TO BE THE STANDARD HEREAFTER
CONTRACTS ALREADY MADE on
THE UNION PRICE.

THE UNION PRICE
At meeting Of the executive committee OF the cen
tra Union of MIX Producers at the Gand Union ioci
ON Thursday il decided that the price OF mik LOT
the New York market and after Aprii ana uh'ii
otherwise ordered should he three cents quart win
the cost OF transportation added at the teri Vi 'o
various carving lines. Reasonable notice OF any
changes either lowering raising prices to meet inc
increase or decrease in the supply Of milk. VIII DC
given to all members Of the union ~ present o'o'
IL 900 cans Of union milk sent into TINS city every
day the total daily supply being little over i"''o'
cans The price of three cents quart whch mas Jus.
been established Is the same as ti'd' VIII" p'0'"e"
during April of last year.
4 meeting of members Of the union will be heia at
the Eagle Hotel in Kingston at 10 40 a. III. OH "eoncs
day 10 form West Shore branch. and at DceRer'o"
sussex County. y. j.. on the following gay 'he o"S-
qrehanna and Western branch will be organized. LINUS
the contemplated establishment Of the unions branches
will have completed. secretary e. T. Sh'i'" ms
received motto that all the creamery men along the Inc
nf the New York susquclanna and Western Ka'iroao
have agreed TO the prices established by the union aS
the basis Of their contracts and great deal Oh ua''
mill, has also been contracted for on that basis
The fixing Of price of milk by the MIX prO-
d.cers Inion,' said I. W. White of Dover r''i"',
\. V. and of No. Al wall-st, this city, a member OF
the Executive Committee. is the first practical move
in tho agitation of the question which has now Dccn
Going an for a wear Since February IS. 1852 the MIX
Producers Union has been in process oi orsahizaoh'
and the fC1ircs show that have the bulh OF inc
milk that comes TO the city within our uhioh rrop
ably 10 900 farmers are directly Interested IN the
formal fixing of the price by themselves for The rSt
time For a dozen years they have been crying Oh,
against the Milk Exchange price, which, BENG nAco
hv the middemen was unfairly low. but Which, never
telcss was accepted the standard, ana @ooooo'"
Of business done on it. Now we hx the piice our
selves IL Is big thing TO do. and means q reVou-
ton in the business. some farmers may thlhh we
are not doing much because we are pnttinS IL al d
cents. which WAS the price that prevailed last April
That is true But put il low ut the start because
we want IL to work easy. Although oniy cents IL l.
the milk producers price. 1t cannot be pa.
down any lower without his consent II HAY W
raised by him at any time l., a., A., soo,r,
Meanwhile the thing 10 be done Is Tor the ocact'
in ;hc city and the Milk Exchange To get accustomed -,
The fact that the union price Is the standard Price III
il works well at cents II means that II We want " 10
work al cents GEMS IL goes: Cur orsah,Hdtloi
j. nerfect We have a central ullon u Dozen Df'ncn
unions snpportng the central union. ana nearly ~
local sections or groups supporting the bra unions
The present MILK Exchange price l. . cents Il
quart subject TO change Tor ApiIl. - D.,
49,. an | have to say said Mr. Tayntor. OF NO -
North Moorest secretary and treasurer OF tic MIX
nxchonce is that the MIR Exchange VIII pfobabN,
as j.. H. custom fix price Of milk for April II We
find we cannot get milk on our own price o"uotieN
We will get IL on the union price l. Tor one, VII
give the union price. II cannot get IL ~ 'he En-
oh