New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-10
THE MILK.PRODUCERS' UNION.
A PLAN OF ACTION ADOPTED AT MIDDLE
TOWN.

n.rpy FARMERS TO BUILD THEIR OWN CREAM
rrrrs BEFORE THY OPEN CAM
,.rGy FOR JUST PRICES.
vn,,,.ov,n n Y. May (special.-lt was nearly
,r,,h. this morning when the meeting OF milk pro
dpccr in the Madison House here broke up ana inc
fired farmers sought their beds hicf prolonsc"
eesson IN which q great deal OF 'SiA'"s "'u o0''.
doro and NJ times considerable Irritation mahneS'cu
between the men from east OF inc icuson hiNe' on,
, fro, west OF that stream. tho meeting terminated
-, cor, NJ love feast in which all expressed ndylns
LEFTY IN their Union and determination to continue
thc fight FOR Just prices in the Network wy ihc''
i. If took n lifetime to get them ITO "'' IcdV''''
n the meeting were fully told In to-days It'o"rc'
Tho result Of their first effort To establish 'hci' own
mica has il Is acknowledged been practical failure
, ,s mill the bugboar Of The Union. has
90 crco.cr NV far than the members Imagined
o, ,l,,. started in 10 wipe out tic Mih Exchange
The farmers found VIXEN brought race 10 i'c WIN Vo
PROPOSITION Of holding back their mHA III o'U'' W o
their farms that a veritab!c ocean OF llh oouiu W
drawn on by the Milk Exchange nlc1' Hh VIM" -
now eonc to butter and cheese crcahiecS III u'9"''
co,-,ios ~ this state for song. Though this milk
,, 49,, % Ia broucht several hundred miles, yet
"a ,i- ,or car. Of the railroad perfect that
,bcv can .,tc the milk to the city In thnm from ooo
miles in rs good or nearly As good conduoh a. can DC
done IN twenty miles. Added 10 'AS usi5 '"oI wac
another-the milk handled In tho hi'v crcaic''N
owned by Exchange mon. These cf'''hc''c' VIZ
scattered along tho various lines OF transportation
,oA,c N the city, The farmer deliver milk TO them
d, o cont orort less than the city price These
o,oo,,o-,cg t',e Union mon a@se-t, arr Uc thhc OF
tho business In them the mix Is ropno' q part ~
IL cream and the inferior product Is ShpPa !" ue
ctv and can lc sold chcap!y, f.. the '''''h 'T''"'
worth go can gives the ere emery man ~" p''''
To dan, nm the surplus Il necessary to control
and A
i,.,o1 Limos and bring that outlying ocean oil milk
into ,ho 1n,on fold To do these Two things was what
tho Union decided al 81 meeting here Ia'' hgh''
vhcn T. passcd tho wheeler resolution recommending
Tho scctlons q build stool, company crcameres There
& No f,crin: or Giscouagcmcn' over me denny 10y
every farmer ha, studied mo problem ana no h'p"'
:, &c q bic plan and cannot be carried ont IN DAY
~ - ,,r either for thl; mattc-. Al Of them calizc
t, th,re are TOO many poor farmer living on rented
,,rds who cannot hold back ticir MILK they must
make IT, even Al loS5. To Gct something 7" pay H'
tore bill, and the interest the too frequent mort
cages said J.. {. Fowler. Editor VI Inc orange
County Farme:':
"T5csc poor producers not prepared 10 maze
their milk into butter ~ their homo. They lack both
IT,. ard propcr equipment for butter ri.hn-. Under
orr nov plan We viii put M stock company c'cacr'S
M every point where thc9v any quantity
~ milk. over ion cans BAY '''''N'".
These crcamcrfo5 will not cost over S-ooO ca'h IA
the stock VIII be subscribed ia each Community N'hn
twenty four hours At each creamery viii bo a
lr,;rr mailing machine 90 tfat MAJ m!!' y '"'
wanted H. sew York city he held b-ok IN thee
crcaucrc, AID Joe made TITO butter. Jac money dc
rived from the sale u The butter (, 70 De- pooled ana
divided among the hrlI"r, in prop'f'io" - 'he M"
thcy furnish Il vii. tbs, but short tine 10 freeze
oui tho Exchange crcamer.c', no farmer would deal
with them Then " wJuh control the surplus WIN
the lc1-t lo., and trouble possible. \ for tho milk
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