The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-29
LOCAL DAIRYMEN
FOR WINTER RATE
Will Not Stand Reduction on
May /.
WILL SELL MILK TO cREAMERIEs
Beginning Next Week Unless Boston
Milk Contractors Agree 10 Maintain
Winter Price Through the Summer
Milk Cans May be Taken on.

Unless the Boston milk contractors ac'
eeie 10 the demands Oi the Boston Co.
operative Milk Producers association and
nav the winter prioc Of a9 cents can
during the summer Il Hooks a. Il no milk
would b. shipped from any station be
tween Braiileboro aud Bellows Falls
after April -, The tint move made by
Mindham county milk producers came
Monday evening when several East DUN
mcrsion farmers held a meeting "a discuss
the situation. A meeting was held Tues
day in the town hall IN Puiney and a
local branch of the Boston cooperative
association was formed with Walter r.
Walker OF Dummerston a. chairman aud
!. n. Ranncy Of Westminster clerk. II
was voted TO send delegate to attend the
meeting oi the Boston Cooperative az,
sociation held in Boston Wednesday and
X. H. Bralcy OF Putney was elected TO
that office. The association OF producers
formed al Putney include, Brattleboro,
Dummerston, Putney and Westminster,
VT. and Wcstmoreland and Chesterfield,
y. II. Though there were no representa-
tiyes present from Brattleboro the produc.
ers in this town will take the same stand
AS the producers 10 the north have done.
II was voted al Putney Tuesday TO abide
by such decision a might be reached al
The meeting in Boston Wednesday. The
contractors offered to make a concession
and pay the winter rates for eight IN.
stead OF six months but the producers
association would not accept such terms.
II Windham county producers refuse
10 ship their milk to Boston contractors
MAY i. it will mean the withdrawal oi
two milk ears from Brattleboro TO Boston
via Bellows Falls. The car which starts
from Brattleboro for Alden 4 Sons OF
Boston gathers up 100 cans OF miik De-
tween this place and Bellows faiis OF
ouite a little over 5000 quarts day. \
car starts from Brattleboro over the same
route for the Boston Dairy company
and takes on about 1000 cans or 500
quarts. The producers in this town and
from here TO Bellows Falls viii deliver
their milk TO the creameries unless their
demands are granted. Brattleboro and
Westminster creameries will probably re-
ceivc the bulk of the product OF the farms
in this part OF Windham county. IL Is
possible that the creamery at futney
may be reopened.
Mr. Walker said yesterday that not
single Windham county producer had OPP
nosed the move TO sustain the winter
price as demanded by the Boston associa-
non. The farmers maintain that IT Is I'M
nossible TO sell milk at 25 cents can
Of eight and one.half quarts, which y less
than three cents a quart. The Aidehs
have ice houses at different points-one
being located at Putney--filled in anticlpa'
tion of the summer shipments OF milk.
As both of the contracting firms operating
in this section have worked hard during
The past year to build up list OF shippers
il is believed that they will reeede IRON
the position taken not to pay the winter
price of 32 cents can. 1t is known that
Alden & Sons would be willing TO make
better price than 25 cents offered by the
rest Of the contractors, but there Is little
likelihood Of that firm doing different
from the rest of the Boston contractors.
The contractors have insinuated that any
concerted m attempt upon the part OF mix
nroducers to maintain the, winter price
would make the latter liable, to prosseeu-
t;on under the antitrust laws. ms
threat does not frighten local, producers
and unless advices are received from tne
producers association in Boston In tune 70
notify farmers of any change OF irVnt
by the contractors no milk Will be deilv,
cred at any station between mere anu
Bellows Falls after tomorrow morning.