The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-27
PRICES OF LACTEAL
FLUID TO Be RAISED
Milk Dealers Say They Are the Most
Anxious People on Earth to Serve
Public With a Wholesome Article
Of Food and Drivers Union Wants
Justice for the Dealers.

The arrest of seven Hammond milk
dealers on warrants issued through the
petition of Frank Quicker. state pure
tGod inspector has reused a storm of
protest from the Hammond milk deal
ers and in a letter to THE TIMES TODAY.
they present their side Of the situa
tion and incidentally ask some peril
nent questions of Mr. Tucker and the
city authorities
The dealers for whom warrants were
issued yesterday charging them with
having sold milk which was not up to
the standard are: The Hammond Dairy
company, T. Cushman, William Yochte.
z. Fruehling, Mike Spoerner. L Elster
and George Andres
In the tests that the state inspector
made last week he said that he found
some Of the milk to be dirty, while
some of It was merely below grade
Their cases have been set for trial in
Justice Prest's court for April 1st.
S. G. sumner ga Bishop street, Chi
cage, bus sness aEeat for the Milk Mag
on Drivers local 10 SIS, IS IN HAM
zaond today IN conference with the To-
cal drivers
Raise In Price in Chicago.
While there is a movement on in
Chicago to raise the price of milk
there a chance in the price Of the
product on the Hammond market is
not imminent At a meeting of the
MIX Producers association. held in
Chicago yesterday, the price of milk
was boosted" from cents a quart
to 8 cents. this rate to take effect on
May first.
Representatives were from all the
county.
The milk association fixed the fol-
lowing scale of prices which the pro
ducer will demand for each eight gal /
lon can of milk during the six months |
beginning May /:
May ........ sI.O5 August 1.2O
June ........ 1.IO September I20 /
July. lilo October I.25
The meeting OF the directors Of the
association was held in the committee
room in the Ashland block It was
called to order at l p. m. and did not |
adjourn until a few minutes before s /
p. m. 1t was said the increased price |
Of milk agreed upon was the result of 1
a compromise. Several members of the i
board were in favor of raising the
price 20 cents on each eight gallon can
The reason for raising the price Of l
milk said James P. Grier secretary
Of the association, is the increased !
cost Of feed farm labor. stringent reg
ulations Of the health department. and
the unusual sanitary conditions which
are required We want to give the /
public a good quality OF milk. clean /
and sanitary, and in order to do so the
price must be raised"
The letter from the Hammond milk
dealers to the readers of THE TINES is I
given below
Editor. THE TINES
There is no class Of people on earth |
more anxious to serve the public with
a wholesome article of food than the
milkmen of Hammond
We are ready and more than willing /
to cooperate with the health depart
ment in securing pure milk for the
citizens OF Hammond
The milk drivers union is behind the 4
milkmen of Hammond to show Justice .
We ask for no favors. but will fight I
for our rights
We have held several meetings with
Mr.. Tucker and have invited him to I
our dairies and asked him to point out I
any changes he deemed necessary. That
we would gladly make any changes
needed to insure healthy article OF
food to the public.
We have pointed out to Mr. Tucker
the filthy condition in which cows are
stabbed in the city of Hammond and
the village of West Hammond. but
there has been nothing done to better
the sanitary conditions
We have time and again asked Mr..
Tucker to take samples Of milk at the
train as the milk comes from the farm
er. but fail to get him there If the
farmer ships poor and dirty milk. it
should be the duty of the health de-
party to ploce the blame where it be-
longs
II there are cows kept in the city in