Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-09-12
MILK MATTERS MIXED.
Dealers Have Different Methods
Of Selling Tickets.
Consumers Are Sure of One Thing and
That Is That They Are Paying
More Than Formerly for the
LactcsI Fluid.

The milk question is occupying tho at
tention Of Burlington consumers to n
great extent at the present time, and
many people are at loss to know Just
what they were really paying for milk.
A Free Press representative interviewed
several prominent milk dealers yester-
day In order to clear up tho matter
ON September LIST the price Of milk was
raised from TO cents per quart for
milk delivered Mt the door. The dealers
give several reasons for,the advance in
price. One Is the great advance In tho
cost OF feed, nearly all kinds being al
most double the price Of last year. An
other reason Is the advance in wages
demanded by help and the difficulty in
getting competent help even at the high
or price. An Their important factor in
inc vance in the price of milk Is the
new milk standard demanded nv the
State board of health which requires
that all milk shall pass a test showing
u certain Der cent OF fat. This law Is
expensive for the dealer as It requires
buildings to bo altered more care in
feeding. and many conditions that form
erly existed changed to comply with the
law.
for the advance Is the high price of but
ter at the present time. making il much
more profitable for the farmers 20 sell
to creameries than to the milk dealers.
Here the creamery becomes a strong
competitor with the milk dealer and
works toward the raising Of the price
OF milk The farmer who has milk to
sell will rot let Il 60 to the dealer for
han 20
can make It into butter and sell It for
$50 n hundred besides making from 10
to 20 cents a hundred for his skim milk
This Is also true Of the dealer who can
set his milk aside for butter and then
sell both butter and skim milk for more
than 1t would bring f sold from the
wagon. The causes OF the advance in
the price % milk Is, then, increased cost
Of feed. advance In wages. health re-
quirements and the high price Of butter.
Dealers say that III price Of milk will
probably remain at cents all winter.
and that 1t will not be likely to advance
more unless pushed up by the advance
OF other commodities
While uniform price is supposed to
be maintained among the dealers Of :
cents straight for milk sold FOR cash.
varies. Some are selling Il tickets for 81,
which costs the consumer two cents more
on the dollar than TO buy for cash. The
advantage urged here Is that the CON
sumner has the tickets and does not
leave his money IN the bottle subjoc. to
theft. In this way the consumer could
buy the same amount of milk for %
cents cash that he rays 81 for H. tickets
ioa1 og,. "a I'd l,F
tickets for 81, which Is saving of one
and one-half cents on the dollar while
still others are selling Is tickets for 81.
making saving of cents on the dol
lar.
Dealers whose milk analvzed above
standard. as examined by the State La
boratory from July ~ 20 August 10. 1907.
are as follows: Thomas Ryan, Mrs. J.
B. Richie. II. n, wheeler, James
Downing, Dennis Bourne. William Suck
storfr. Mrs. r. S. Collins, c. G. Bliss, H.
i. Chittenden g. Son. Steele & Butler,
II. A. Btxby. A. n. & 7, II. Buck, c. X.
Tyler. W. f. Hays, D. j. Millham &
Son.
Dealers whose milk fell below stand
ard from July ~ 10 August 10 are as
-ollows: o. f. Barber. A. y. Houle, z
j. Viens. e. C. Chase. F. X. Bordo, Mrs.
F. Saltus. f. o. Reynolds, ]. r. May
nard Baker & Topper. Lavellee G. Pro-
vost, Moses Perleman.