New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-22
A MILK TRUST FORMED.
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION FILED IN
NEW-JERSEY.
DAIRY PRODUCTS TO BE COLLECTED AND DIS
TRIBUTED sYsTEMATTcAILY-THE PROJECT
oRs OF THE CONCERN SAY PRICES
WILL BE LOWERED.

WILL BE LOWERED.
Trenton ~ j., Dec. 21-Artices OF ncor-
poration Of the Farm and Dairy Product Com
pany. with authorized capital Of Sl5,oUoo"'
were filed with the Secretary Of State to-day
The company is authorized 70 deal in butter
cheese. eggs. milk, vegetables poultry and other
foods The principal place Of business Will be
in Jersey City The company Will have
81 100000 Of preferred stock and S11,OOOoOO Of
common stock.
The Incorporating stockholders are John B.
summerfeld and Henry c. Everdel Of Brook
lyn: Samuel B. Lawrence and Francis B.
Lowery. OF New-York City. and Burnham C.
Stckney Of Elizabeth, n. J.
The company Is the result Of the negotiations
which have been under way for several months
looking toward the formation OF milk trust"
The capital for the formation IS said to have
come largely from abroad. principally from Lon
DON and the remainder was subscribed In New
York II Is intended to introduce an entirely
new system Of supplying milk to New York and
Brooklyn and nearby places. Arrangements
have been completed whereby farmers who have
been supplying isolated creameries will ship
direct TO the trust. Some Of the creameries In
this State and through the milk producing belt
In New-York State will he turned into depots
for the trust The milk OF small farms Will be
delivered to these depots and forwarded. In
other places. where the producers are in busi-
ness on a sufficiently large scale, the milk Will
be shipped direct from the farm to the depots
IN Jersey City and Hoboken. and thence dis
tributed to the customers in New-York
WILL THE PRICE BE RBDUCEDf
It is claimed for the trust that there Is no in
tention Of increasing the price OF milk to the
consumer but, on the other hand, there is Ike
ly TO be reduction in the price. while at the
same time the milk will be better than TIE aver
age now served in New-York, and the trust can
pay more TO the farmers than the isolated
creameries pay.
A member Of the trust to-day said that this
result will be reached in this way; There are
now some four thousand wagons delivering milk
In New-York City proper. These four thousand
wagons require that number OF drivers. and on
some Of them the driver has helper The
routes Of these sellers Of milk cross and recross'
and IT is rot uncommon for score Of m .kmen
TO serve milk on single city block The trust
figures that it can give better service than Is
now furnished by these independent milkmen
with less than one thousand wagons. The city
can be laid out into routes and properly COW
cred by a thousand wagons where the four thou
sand are now employed There will be In the
citl as 10 now planned, a series OF central sta
tons to which the milk will be brought direc'
from the receiving stations. From these central
stations in the city the wagons are to radiate
through the city.
Milk under the existing conditions is now sold
in New-York at from three TO eight cents a
quart an average price OF six cents quart, de-
liVered. II is estimated that milk can be re-
tailed IN any part OF the city for four cents
The saving In the reduction OF the number or
servers will allow this and leave margin far
greater than can now be hoped for by those in
the business There will be enough profit 10
cow 10 the consumer under the latest hyelenlc
principles. II will permit the trust to Keep
careful watch upon every farm from Whlcn II
Will draw a portion Of its supply, and 1t VIII
enable II to pay the farmer more for his product
When this is done the trust can insist that the
quality Of the product shall be better
FARMERS TO BE INSTRUCTED.
One thing that the managers OF the trust
propose to look after Is the instruction OF the
farmers The idea Is to make him part or
only question with the farmer is how he can
keep his stock on the least money ana produco
sufficient milk 10 give him profit. AS 10
the quality Of the milk the farmer cares noth-
ing 50 long Il passes the milk inspectors
The trusts idea is that the farmer shaI learn
that proper feeding will produce milk Whlch
VIII not only stand no chance Of being con-
denned, but which will bring him a better price
and better returns In other ways.
The practice OF grOcers and others selling
milk II is understood, will not be encouraged
Suh-statons where dairy products may De pur-
chased will be established and in them the
goods handled will be looked after with the same
scientific care that they VIII be at the main
stations.