The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-01-19
The Milk War.

The threatened triangular Milk War, be-
| tween the Milk Producers Association, The
Milk Trust ard the Milk Dealers' Protective
Association began on Monday and while the
| conflict was b'oodless, the first inning seems
to have resulted in victory for the Producers,
who claim that the first day Is results exceeded
| their expectations, they having controlled
nearly 10000 out Of IS 600 gallons. A great
quantity was distributed at once from the
various derots, and the balance was taken to
the storage WAREHOUSE and creamery plant at
No. ia South street.
1t was asserted that every gallon Of milk re-
ceived at Camden and North Avenue stations,
was consigned to the Association, and at
Calvert station-which is the heaviest re-
ceiving depot in Bsltimore-over eighty per
cent. was consigned to them.
The scenes at the different depots were said
to DO extremely intste.ting-'here being At
Calvert station alone at least $50 milk wagons
waiting to be supplied. There WAS less ''kick-
ing" than was anticipated and the policemen
who had been stationed there with the
anticipation Of trouble had nothing to do.
uc CUE ulcS vi LuC IEOuuCCI6 hboCClhttOu
(which is composed of the farmers and
country dairymen) express hope for Its disso-
luton, but its managers claim that 1t was
formed to last. President Grow Their said to
a representative Of the press: awe shall win
this fight, and the effect will be to enable the
farmers to get a little profit on their milk,
which now sells for barely enough to pay for
good feed, without any allowance for the
labor involved. We shall do this without
costing the Baltimore public one cent more;
and, IL we are forced to, we can take the
tire distribution of milk In our own hands and
distribute 1t to customers throughout the
city at a cost Of half q cent q gallon. This
price would enable US to undersell all com
petitors."
1t is sincerely hoped that whatever the out
come may DO, that 1t will benefit the farmers.
A number OF retailers have begun to import
milk from Philadelphia, Washington and
other outside sources, 1t being estimated that
at least 5000 gallons were brought into the
city from other cities on Tuesday.
The amount OF milk imported by the re-
tailers on that day, represented loss of the
fluid on the part Of the producers of about
5000 gallons; for the retailers who were able
to obtain milk elsewhere and who had not al
ready signed contracts with the Producers
Association, were able to ignore that body,
which, in consequence, had surplus amount
ing to about 5000 gallons. This, however,
does not mean that the producers will lose
the value Of the milk
The producers have creamery to which
unsold milk is sent and converted into butter
and the usual by-producis. According to
President Crowther, II the creamery Is prop
erly managed, the farmers will get as much
for the product Of the unsold mix as they
would for sweet niik-perhaps more. This
claim is naturally denied BY all who prefer to
look upon this 5000 gallons as almost dead
Ioss.
There were no exciting incidents on Tues
day al any Of the stations at which milk was
received. The business was conducted In the
normal manner, and there is no longer danger
that the rival factions will come to blows.