The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-26
Combination Of Local Dairymen
Effected.
WILL INCREASE PRICES
FIVE CENT RAISE EFFECTIVE
NEXT MONTH
Business After the First of january
VIII All Be Done On a Cash
Basis-Dealers Say the Trust VIII
Discourage the Use of Adulter-
ants and Embalming Fluids.

Salt Lake is IN the grasp of a new
trust, or will be after the first Of next
month. The latest and newest wrinkle
is the milk trust; by the terms under
which it has been arranged, the price
of milk viii be advanced a cent and a
quarter a quart on and after Dec. 1. OF
the thirty-seven dealers in milk III Salt
the balance are expected to Come in be-
fore many weeks.
A session of the dealers al which the
action outlined above was taken, was
held on Friday afternoon in Odd Fell
lows hall on Market street. Twenty
seven dealers were present, either in
person or by proxy. It was unanimous
ly agreed that the present price. of milk
is entirely 100 low. Housewives are
now purchasing the lacteal fluid at the
rate Of cents per quart, or twenty
tickets for a dollar.
Reached an Understanding"
After a lengthy.>debate the meeting
reached an understanding that six
teen tickets for one PUNK was about
the right ratio. It was given out yes
terday that no resolution was adopted
or other ironclad agreem ent to raise the
price VI Lllih- IL SUCH dCIlOll Ictu Dccn
taken the dealers would have rendered
themselves amenable to the antitrust
laws.
So they put it in the form of an ''un-
derstanding,' which amounts to the
same thing in the end, and which very
neatly, according to the legal advice
obtained by the dairymen, will evade
the law. The reason alleged for the
raise in price was given as being on
account of the increased cost of food
products. That is, food for the COWS
that produce the milk.
Will Discourage Adulteration.
1t was also stated that the increase
IN the price of milk would tend TO dis
courage the use of embalming fluids, as,
a % cents per gallon, dairymen could
afford to sell the unadulterated article.
This was the main point made by a
dealer who talked Of the trust yeSter-
day. Another thing he urged for the
combination was the rule which was
adopted Hedging all members to re-
quire their customers to pay cash for
milk.
This rule will not take effect until
Jan. 1. II will be of immense benefit to
many dairymen, but especially to those
whose business is large. a member of
that his book accounts ran as high as
81, 900 per month, and that the collec-
ton of this amount entailed consider
able trouble and expense.
On Cash Basis.
Another purpose of the trust, accord
ing to its promoters. is the furtherance
of good feeling among the dairymen.
The association is to hold semi-month-
ly meetings, beginning on the first
Tuesday in next month On these oc-
casions the dealers will get together
and discuss matters of interest TO
themselves individually and to MEM
bers of the trade at large An effort is
TO be made at once to induce those who
have not already Joined, to come in
as promptly as possible.
c. ]. Erwin has been elected pres1-
dent of the combinat ton. o. /. Shugren
is vice president, and w. s Mcdonald
secretary and treasurer. At the first
regular meeting a board of directors or
advisory council win be elected. 1t
will be the duty of this board to meet
with the officers and keep them posted
as to what should be done with any
problems that may arise
1t has been estimated by one who is
conversant with the situation that 1900
families in Salt Lake will take 10000
quarts of milk every day in the week.
This is. of course, exclusive of the no
tells, boarding houses and other large
consumers on the family trade alone
the trust will be the gamer by the
raise to the extent of $3.50 per day.
This is believed to be very moderate
calculation. When the hotels and big
boarding houses, the saloons, soda
fountains and ice cream manufacturers
are taken into consideration, it will be
seen that the combination will be in
pocket a considerable amount every
twenty-four hours as result of the
new deal.