The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-09-14

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The Maryland Dairymen's Protective
Association Organized at Belair.-A letter
from Beair dated September 10th says: 1.-THE
second meeting of the dairymen doing business
along the Maryland and Pennsylvania Rail-
road, which was held at Belair today for the
purpose of discussing the condition of the milk
trade and to effect permanent organization,
was more largely attended than the meeting
held last week. Upward of fifty dairymen,
representing every shipping point on the
Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad from
Cambria to Long Green, and all enthusiastic
ally in favor of adopting some measure that
will result in their receiving more money for
their milk, were here. While labor and feed,
thew contend, have advanced during the past
year, the price of milk has made little if any
advance, and those in the business find that
they must have relief or quit. Loose milk is
bringing seven cents and bottled milk eight
cents quart in Baltimore city, and the dairy
men feel that these prices to consumers must
be advanced two cents and the advance divided
between the farmer and the jobber.
'The committee appointed last week to So
licit the names of shippers at the several sta
tions, who are heartily in favor of asking for
an increase in the price of milk, made report.
The report showed that 1856 shippers had
signed the papers and that these represented
between 5000 and 5000 gallons of milk daily
shipped to Baltimore. Messrs. Fuss and Bea-
champ, shippers on the Western Maryland
Railroad, were also present to represent not
only their own interests but others on that
road as we'll. These gentlemen said they
wanted to cooperate with the Hartford dairy
men in securing better price for milk, and if
this is not secured it will be question of either
stop shipping milk or have a sheriff's sale
with them. They stated that the milk now
shipped to Baltimore nets them only IL cents
1T was decided to organize under the name
of the Maryland Dairymen's Protective Asso-
ciation, and to be incorporated under the laws
of the State of Maryland: A constitution and
set of bylaws were adopted. In the former it
was set out as being the purpose of the organi-
cation to further the interest of the dairyman
shipping milk to Baltimore city to protect
him in business and financial way from any
man or set of men detrimental to his interest !;
it shall guide and foster favorable legislation,
and shall hinder and stop unfavorable legisla-
ton, and shall protect the dairyman's interest
from dishonest and financially unreliable milk
dealers; that it shall help in every way to in
crease the profits from the business by making
a united effort to raise the present price of
milk to reasonable price consistent with the
cost of feed labor and other expenses
1.-The officers elected were: Joseph T.
Hoopes president; j. Granville Heapes, Sec
rotary, and Frank H. Jacobs, treasurer. A
committee composed of John A. Robinson and
J. Granville Heaps was appointed to confer
with the dairymen in the county now ship
ping milk on the Baltimore and Ohio and
Northern Central Railroads, with q view to
having them co operate in the movement"
Contemplated improvements at limo.
nium-This Years Fair.-Tne members of
the Board of Managers of Timonium fair are
much pleased with the results of this years
exhibition and are already making plans for
next year. These plans include the probable
erection of a new exhibition hall at cost of
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such building is lacking and as a result the
exhibitors are crowded for room. The man.
agement deems this Anticipated building en-
tirely inadequate for the needs of the society
and it is their purpose to replace 1t with amod-
ern hall.
1--WE hope to carry out our proposed plan, -
said President Mccormick, land If we do Tt
monium will open its gates next September
with provisions to handle the greatest number
of exhibits in its history. We have realized
for long time that such building was need
ed. but lack of funds has prevented us. As
matters now stand we feel that we can go
ahead, for we are comparatively free of debt
and am of the opinion that we will wind up
our affairs this year with round sum in our
treasury.
sAnd in regard to the recent fair" said
President Mccormick, "all the officials desire
to thank the public for the magnificent way in
which they stuck by us. Although the rail.
with flying colors and the attendance, accord
ing to my way of thinking, was larger than it
has ever been. 1t is needless to say that we
are Joyous over the result of the fair. We
take pride in Baltimore county and endeavor
to bring the exhibits at Timonium up to the
highest standard. This year the exhibits were
larger than ever before and proved tremen-
dous attraction.
1--WE owe much of our success to the splen.
did way in which the press stood by us. They
have opened their columns to us and by their
generous treatment have caused the crowds to
come. We feel grateful to all the papers,"
While the crowd at Timonium exceeded the
expectations of the officials, the fact remains,
the fair officials say, that the attendance would
have been much larger had it not been for
the action of the Northern Central Railroad in
refusing to cooperate with the association this
year. For its failure to do this the road was
severely scored at the board meeting.