New-York tribune., 1895-08-04
rHE PRICE OF MILK GOES UP
.v ADVANCE MADE BY THE WHOLESALE
DEALERS.
~ CaISED IN PART BY THE DROUTH IN THE
.,prR PART OF THE STATE-A MILK

~ rs CAUSED IN PART Bf THE DROuTH IN THE
Upper PART OF THE sTATE-A MILK
DEALER. TALKS OF THE CAUSES.
49,. wholesale milk-dealers in this city have
,. the rrice OF milk about one-half a cent
"a, though the effect on the retail price TO con-
Snsrs Is not yet fully apparent The arrangement
, into effect here Friday. though the con-
It's with the farmcrs-whereby they get two and
.haf cents a quart instead of the former price
o> ",o cents for milk delivered on the at the
.s,nning. point became effective on August /.
70 the drouth in the upper part Of the State. which
-, mainly caused the advance. should continue.
- % the demand here should be increased by ex-
r.,v warm weather. II is probable that the retail
.,.. would show rise of one cent or more a
,.r, Competition is so keen, however. that the
s.,,u dealers will hardly advance the price per
.r, unless absolutely compelled to do by
cashier Increase OF the wholesale price.
CONDITION OF THE RETAIL TRADE.
r,s hard matter to give In exact figures the
..,ke; price at retail Since the MIX Exchange
a.asrted its corporate life. the farmers or milk
,.aucers have been trying to make individual, con-
,-,cts with wholesalers to the best advantage In
..h case while the wholesale men have been
,,myidually trying buy milk for the least money.
A. consequence. the trade is like n ship without
:. udder whose working, not together.
So, each for himself. Then the fierce competition
uone the small retail dealers produces a state OF
.s,,rs in which one may offer two quarts
:, milk for seven cents and another man in the
sne block may charge six cents "A quart. Botte
uh sells for six. eight cents a quart.
srce the early. spring there has been an endeavor
.. organize new milk exchange in this city in
,.oe OF the one that legally dissolved 1t
s.ms that the farmers. the creamery men and the
;aers desire a combination of their interests
,sch shall among other things. control and main
,n prces 10 their common advantage. But when
fxy got together they disagreed on the plan of
onnization. especially those in Housatonic Valley.
as farmers contending that the terms and details
aAe proposed So 200 capitalization would not Sc
zre them satisfactory and equal representation In
me exchanges and that the stock-in s2o shares
,houd be invested that it would pay dividends
and not be subject to assessments The dealers. on
the other hand. proposed TO declare no dividends at
i but to devote any income to paying the expenses
Of Offices and the running expenses of the exchange.
MILK DEALERS VIEWS
The matter has provoked considerable discussion
among the farmers of this and adjacent States. In
speaking Of the matter yesterday. Joseph Laemmles
4 daryman and wholesale and retail milk dealer, OF
No 2Oe Bleecker-st. who was prominent member
OF the old exchange, gave the dealers side Of the
question as follows:
We offered the farmers opportunity TO sub
scribe half of the capital stock Of 50 occ but up
dollars less than half of 1t. We have applied for
charter. however. and if the farmers do not come
70. iwsd s aE ssa have Gi 'f n
way The farmers wanted equal representation and
offered them half the stock. with the advantages
that would follow The most intelligent Of the
farmers objection to the plan Of organzation
scribed The number of directors and incorporation;
Of the proposed exchange was fixed at hfteen ana
George Roe. OF Brancnvilie n. j.: John. 4. Nc
Bride. Of DeckerioTn ~ J.. j. p Wells OF Gqshen' n
Carr Of Pine Island y. Y; J. c. Jordan. Of Middle
wS n y; George slagghter ys.,f. of caTp9en haI'
Mrs Of Brooklyn p Harrison; to OF PRaaePn,S' W4Ssbp
Incantile Exchange Building, The only trouble is
1hs Mr. ss ias said the
sondition OF the milk market: IN.
Increased August /. The advance is onehah OF a
cent a quart The farmers now put mix on me
: quart furnishing their own cans and taking the
risk OF collections. which amounts 10 something. ]
farmers squarey. The freight from all points is
a Hiile less than cent a quart making the cost
half cents. Then there is an additional cost OF
bout eight cents a can Of forty quarts for DE-
retail dealers for four cents quart or less. ac-
cording TO the quantity they buy At TINS price ana
sumers they make little or no profit, but many
Of them are grocers or delicatessen dealers VINO
are afraid they will lose customers by raising the
price In discussing the situation and the prices
o, milk. many facts are often unconsdered Among
and when there is surplus in the market II
must be disposed Of This leads TO cutting In prices
INFLUENCE OF THE WEATHER.
Then the weather is factor because New-York
uses a much larger quantity Of milk on a very hot
day than il does in cool weather such as we have
been having. The shipments to this city by railroad
are very large, the Delaware. Lackawanna and
Western road carrying the largest amount and the
Erie road The feeling is that the pres
ent price is too high for the city trade, and very
good for the farmers. MIX may go higher II there
dry weather during the coming month. The pres
ent lack OF supply is caused by seven weeks OF
dry weather which occurred In the upper part OF
the State. and drouth In New-Jersey, combined
with a plague of grasshoppers which were very
numerous in the upper counties OF the State. The
pastures up there almost as bare as the street
In front Of my store. As great part OF the milk
shipped to this city from that region. you
can see how 1t affects the market The average
shrinkage OF supply in July was 30 per cent.
Over 50 pei cent OF the milk brought here Is
shipped by the heaviest dealers In this city and
Brooklyn through their own establishments at the
shipping point believe that this practice OF cream
cry men having plants In the milk producing DIS,
tricts. whore they utilize the surplus for butter and
Cheese and regulate contracts 50 that the farm
ers and daers will not suffer by the changes in
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