The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-02-08

CAL blANOIl OF LII T. ' r S1AIES
MILK ASSOCIATION HELD At THE
BRICK BUILDING.
The adjourned meeting of the local
branch of the Five States Milk Pro
ducers' Association was held. last
week Thursday night. at the Brick
building,and was quite largely attend
ed. E. S. Lowell called the meeting
to order Mr. Lowell proposed that
| the producers should make the Mutual
Milk and Cream Co. of New York a
straight offer of lOc Il can off for the
year. When asked if he was ready to
put his milk in under such a contract
Mr. Lowell replied that he would
a general conversation on the milk
question then followed. II. p. BOyson
of Palestine said he would like some
thing done for the farmer. sonnet hing
for the good. W. G. johnson said he
regarded this last venture as Il move
to squeeze out Lee & Seabrook and SO
let in other parties. After they had
done this they could control the mar
ket and dictate prices. ID. G. Beers
said he had listened to the remarks of
the various farmers. He thought
farmers would do well to bear in mind
that competition is the life of trade
If we should all go to selling to the
new company some OF us would soon
be without a market. "WOuldn't it
be BETTER" continued Mr. Beers, ''to
keep them all a gOing?"
W. G. johnson was asked how much
he had averaged to pay at his cream
cry for butter fats. Mr. johnson re-
piled that he could not say of hand.
but thought lSc was the lowest price
paid for fats. Mr. Boyson stated IL
think you are paying we'll for fats, |
certainly do" At this jllncture sew
eral farmers managed to push their
way into the crowded room. which
brought out the remark from some
one: This trolley car isn't full yet. -
John r. Peck said he would like to
have kept on with Mr. johnson, but
that he supposed he should seH-to the
one paying the highest price for milk
In regard to the market for milk
Mr. Lowell said he knew Of part les in
Bridgeport who had been buying milk
in Falls Village and Great Darlington
who wanted to buy it in Newtown.
w. G. johnson said he asked Mr. Lee
if he couldn't handle the milk for 1Oc
a can, and that Mr. Lee replied that Il
creamery could not be run probably
on that margin. +. 5. Lowell said he
thought it was passing strange that
Mr. Lee should spring these contracts
so early in January.
Mr. johnson said that Mr. Lee had
come to him and wanted to establish a
creamery at his place. as it was more
central for the milk producing terri
tory. Mr. Lee had spoken Of putting
in switch and milk platform. Mr.
johnson said that Mr. Lee had made
up his mind that the creamery at the
NewtOwn station was not rightly To-
Gated.
Mr. Lowell asked the question if Mr.
Lee could hold the milk under the
COllLIdClS liz lItt. 11t Thought lIltN
were signed with the understanding
that the farmers were to deliver he
milk to the creamery at the depot.
John r. Peck offered Il resolution
that a committee be appointed to see
the Nut uaI people AMI find out if they
would take the milk at lOc Il can off
for the year. After a number of dec
linatiOns John r. Peek, f. :. Lowell
and Frank Mitchell were named as
this committee.
Robert Baird Of Bridgeport. Il milk
dealer, who was present, stated he be-
lieved the farmers could get thcil
price if they would hold together
In discussing the different parties
who were bidding for milk, one gent lie,
man quoted characterize ic rem lrn OF
Hiram Merrill, ''iIow in the name OF
God are you going to ride two horses
when they are going in opposite dire :.
tions.' During the evening the fol-
lowing letter was read from the
Mutual Milk < Cream Co.:
New York, January 30, 1901
Z. $. Lowell ESD: We will probably
not have Il representative at the farm
ers meeting as we are very busy. But
all We ask from he milk producers il
your territory is one favor. and that
is, not to make any cont rart for thcil
milk. We will take pu>S rsSiun Of the
creamery at NcWtnWn about the lot |
of February. If Mr>>r> Lee X Sea
brooke will open Il creamery close t.
us farmers will have the advantage o
changing from one place to another
and the best party will get the milk
And if Messrs Lee & Scabrooke vii
pay more than we do and if they gel
the milk we Shall be perfectly salts
fed. Yours very truly, Mutua
Milk & Cream Co., Samuel Hopper
secretary.
Befole adjournment the following