The Newtown bee., 1895-05-10
The NeWtoWn Bee
 FRIDAY. MAY 10, 1895.
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Affairs About Town.
MILK PRODUCERS ASSEMBLE AT NEW MIL
 FORD.

MILK PRODUCERS ASSEMBLE AT NEW MIL, FORD.
 The meeting held on Tuesday after noon in the Town hall by the Housaton- | ic milk producers association to consider whether the milk producers of the Hous- l atomic Valley were in favor or the new plan as proposed for the formation or the new milk exchange in New York City. was attended by about 30 farmers. While the attendance was not as large as 1 was hoped for, the farmers present LOOK 1 keen interest in the proceedings. | The meeting was called for l o'clock but it was some past the hour when E. G. Seeley of Roxbury, president of the association, entered the hall and called the meeting to order. He first read the new plan of formation as it was put at the head of the paper on which subscrip- lions to stock were to be received. 1t was as follows:
 At the meeting held April %, 1895, the fol lowing plan was adopted An Independent | exchangewith a capital stock of $25,0OO, shares S2O. half shares $l0. Annual dues $2 per | share, 25 per cent~to be paid on subscribing are re ready for delivery This is to certify that E. G. Seeley is authorized to receive supscflp- tions.-T Edward D. Woodhul, secretary.
 MT Seeley then stated that he atten- d~d the last meeting in New York
 
 yi6ed about equally between creamery men, dealers and producers. He stated that the plan of formation as he now understood it was very different from the original Mcbride plan, and seemed to be all for the dealers leaving the pro- ducers out in the cold. The original Mcbride plan was that capital stock of S25 ,O00 divided into shares of $2O, half shares of S10, should be subscribed l CTS. That this stock should elect direc- tors to determine the price to be paid for milk, and the capital stock be invested and not used, the proceeds to be used to defray the expenses of the association and if not sufficient an assessment of S2 be laid on each share. If more than sufficient dividend is to be declared. MT Seeley stated that this original plan had met with favor among the farmers generally but it had now been so chang ed from the original plan that he didn't know how it now stood. He stated it as his impression that the exchange men wished to get hold of this money, erect a block in New York City for their head quarters and control the whole milk business for New York City, but just where the producers were coming in un- less they held majority of the stock he could not see and there was no pros
 
 men had hurried up matters so that they had not given the farmers time to under stand about the matter and he thought it was doubtful if they would take 8 hold of it.
 Benjamin N. Seeley also stated that he was at the last meeting in New York City and the more he thought about what they had proposed the less he knew about it. He stated that he was also al the first meeting and the plan as pro posed then was fair and equitable, but at the meetings held since there seemed l to be some chicanery and matters were not conducted in straightforward manner. It was his impression that il was the scheme of the dealers to be or top as they always had been. There were several other farmers present wht expressed themselves very plainly as moi - in favor of taking the stock in the shape it was now in and not subscription wal made. On the contrary the farmers art quite indignant and seemingly justifia bly, SO and committee composed of k 10. Marsh, Benjamin Seeley, .S.Greene and John H. Hall were appointed tt draft a resolution condemning th' scheme and it was to be placed in M Seeley's hands, he to use 1t at the meet ing on Saturday or not as he should think best. The resolution was as fol lows:
 Resolved, That we, the milk producers be longing to the HouSatonic milk producers | association do not approve of the manner Il | which the new New York m1lk exchange Il being formed. That we protest that the ex change as it now is, is not the original Nc | Bride planiand therefore we refuse to sub scribe to any of the propt sed capital stock | And furthermore, that we heartily disapprov' | of the arbitrary manner in which the pro ceedings were carried through at the las ] meeting of the new exchange
 There was considerable further discus sion and from it's tone it seems very probable that if the new exchange is no careful the farmers may take matters in to their own hands and perfect an organ ization among the whole section of milk producing country for New York City and have a voice to say whether the mill should go to this exchange or not. As was remarked the farmers have the key to the whole situation, that IS the milk and if driven to it they will certainly combine into some effective organization They only ask what is fair and are moi inclined to be overbearing, but the treat ment they have been receiving of late 1T the low price paid them for their milh has certainly been very exasperating It was 3.45 o'clock before the discussion was finished and the meeting adjourned