Sunday Washington globe., 1902-01-05
Edilor Sunday GIo6e.

nDerally all expenses OF the lAhhdNuAdtc
residence, immaculate stalls, cement floors,
canals, lime and all the other immaculates
which he loudly sets forth, exc cspting his
investigator immaculate brain. If milk
at s cents per quart will not pay dividends
for this immaculate trust, the surplus in tine
United States Treasury will not begin to
pay for this immaculate henchman. He as,
sures us that every detail is expensive, and
it behooves us to be liberal in illustrating
the expenses versus profits Of this ''philan-
thropic" (nit) enterprise carried on for the
benefit Of the health of the city only. II Is
an immaculate humane undertaking on its
Face, suppose we go around and look at
its back" what do we see;
Farm-a4oo acres at 800 per acre.. sz4o,ooo
buildings. s..,.-... 90, ... .....+...,., 100000
Cows--3oo at $50 per COW. .,...+..'. $4,000
wagons-z5 at $500 per wagcn.,...... 5000
Horses and harness-25at at $500 per horse
and harness. ......,.......,. ......,, 5000
Machinery, bottles etc tc.........."..- 5000
Investm nt....,.,, .,...-.-..''' $4,000
EXPENSE,
Feed--soo COWS at 53B cts. per day eachS36, 10000
Feed-7s horses at so cts per day each, A,s62.so
Men-5o board and wages $500 per day
each.....,.. ,.....s...t..,...... 80 10000
Wear and tear etc.s .s..........,..,...... 100000
Expense ...........,.... ............ ssa 56zso
Three hundred cows yield 600 gallons
per day. revenue $500 quarts at
cents per quart, s2ss ..........., SIoS,iao
SUMMARY
Receipts from milk SloS, 1900
Expense. s2'5o2So
saa,ss7so
Investment s37o,ooo at o per eent..~.~ 100000
Balance. e....'.,...-.,.-' %o75o
Now from my point Of view this is an
Immaculate" estimate of capital invested
and expenses attached to the Ashburn SEN
atorial milkmen concern. Having dealtex-
tsnsively here in this city in fresh cows,
springers and fat stock-one stable in
Bates Alley, rear of Gheens (I873), another
on ard street. s. e. between c and D-I
can assure the public that a COW not pro-
ducing three gallons (I2 quarts) at least, is
not tolerated on dairy farms can also
assure them that solid food can be
bought at retail prices from city store
! keepers and the COW be we'll fed at 33h
cents per day. Horses do not cost SO cents
/ per day and such hands (men) do not get
| $2.oo per day consequently, II wear and
tear exceeds SIS, 600 per year, the over-esti-
! mate will more than connterbaiance But
/ keep
will raise its own provender; it does not
take eight acres to Craze one cow so an inn
/ ruense acreage is left tor farming Our
| Montgomery county, Howard county, Md,
/ and Virginia farmers do not work for
/ amusement or philanthropy; they will tell
] you plainly they are working for profit, and
when they get fifteen cents per gallon for
/ milk (3.5 per cent delivered in Washington
] tIavf mo b inn mo vet
late investigator publishes sunder great large
headlining that eight cents per quart is ac-
tually philantrophy; 81 cents per gallon, 90
cents per day per cow in sixty days the COW
is recouped and starts in on the sinking
fund Rockefeller, Morgan etc, can have
their OIL ships, ETC., but at this rate give
| me Observation-Disclosures stock. Carnegie
go way back and set down, You are behind
the age your steel profits are small to what
the steal" profits of this trust will be.
Swift, Armour Morris & Co. have had inn
mense profits on dead COWS, but oh my,
eight cents per quart not enough for the
giving, day after day, Of the live cow"
plain intimation that when the "grocers
and milkmen" have been prosecuted" out
of the business, as the butchers we're, they
win raise the price, and the suitable title
will then be Ashburn-the- people.
lust wait until the Act of Congress
1902" as entered two weeks ago, is en-
acted and goes into effect. Then the fur
will fly and the milkmeu will cry. Whose
fault is it9 The milkmens' They had
warning enough. From July last until the
present day the handwriting has been upon
the wall, plain; but reaping a little advan-
tage because great many grocers stopped
selling milk, they rested on their oars.
a.. a.
ioat a little longer. This Act of Congress
1909" will be the squall, then "good-by,
little fellow, good-by." In referring to my
book, you remarked if my deductions were
true etc Had you passed through the
same systematic methods that we butchers
did twenty-one years ago, it would have
been plain to you that the last six months
bombardrient, persecution and exciting
publications were in the interest of this
Octopus, and as predicted, it has come to
hand; it is with u.s. I am not a prophet;
simply have a memory. The day is not far
distant when / can say to the milkmen Il
told you So" Attention, Tin Soldiers;
about face; march
Not wishing to monopolize your whole
edition, will close by calling attention to
the Immaculate Investigators estimate
about supplying families, viz: He found
300 cows on the farm, and can only supply
900 families with one quart of milk per
day. if many take more than one quart, can
only supply BOO families. DO these high
bred" cows give less than one gallon per
day2 If so, do they require as much food
or do they require as many hands to milk
them as many horses and wagons to haul.
etc9 AT any rate my estimate Of expense
is certainly Immaculate" and with 400
cows can supply 5000 families with one
quart per day, and not be immaculate.
The Society for Prevention of Sickness
ads. worked all right, but this one won't do.
Stick TO bacteria and germs, scare the peo-
pie and raise you prices, when the Tin
Soldiers march" CHAs. ]. MAcTLL.