The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1910-08-10
Company Has Also Increased
Capital Stock $4,000 to
Meet Expense Required by
Sanitary Rules.
OTHER DEALERS May
ALSO INCREASE PRICE
Officer of the Company Says
that Profit Was impossible
Under the New Laws and
the Old Price.

Because of the increased cost OF
placing milk on the market. resulting
from state and city requirements for
pure milk, the Commons Dairy com
pany OF this city today filed notice of
an increase in capital stock from $15..
900 to $25.OOO. Yesterday the com
pany announced it's absorption of the
J. L. Bachelor dairy and advance in
the price of milk from 6A cents per
quart to cents.
An officer of the Commons Dairy
company stated today that the ad.
vance in price was absolutely neces.
sary to eliminate the deficit the com.
pany has been operating it's milk de.
partment on since the passage of the
pure milk state statute and city ordin.
ance.
To meet the requirements of the
city ordinance. It was stated. the com.
pany was compelled to invest a large
sum OF money In it's plant.
There is still competition in the 10.
cal milk business, some twelve or fif.
teen dairies operating wagons In
Richmond, besides the Commons com.
pany. but there have been q number
Of dairies who have entered into con.
tracts with the Commons company or
retired from business because OF the
increased cost OF placing milk on the
market.
Others May Also Advance.
E. L. Commons. a dairyman not af.
filiated with the Commons company. II
was stated today, had followed the &C.
ton OF the Commons company and in.
creased the price of his milk to s
cents. 1t Is probable that the other
dairies still selling at the price OF
6A cents will also make an ad.
vance.
Charles Commons. OF the Commons
company today explained the cause
for the increased cost in preparing
milk for distribution to consumers
At the Commons plant when milk is
received 1t is first placed In a large
cooling vat. which requires q refrig.
orator system. Next the milk is pas.
tuerized, being heated to a high de-
gree and then rapidly cooled. Next
the milk is bottled. To put milk
through this process 1t is necessary to
have expensive machinery as the milk
Is not touched by hand from the time
1t Is placed in the cooling vat until
It Is bottled and sealed by machinery
Small dairies. 1t is said. under the
new system of placing inspected milk
from tuberculin-tested cows on the
market have found that there is nc
longer any profit in the business un.
der the old market prices. One dai-
ryman.' Charles Commons states, re.
Gently sold his route to the Commons
company for SO. Three years ago his
route could have brought $500.
The new price of milk is the same as
obtained In Dayton. New Castle and
other neighboring cities. In Marion
milk is sold at cents per quart but
is not delivered.
On q Cash Basis.
The following notices. requiring
cash payments for milk. have been dis
tributed to customers by the Commons
Dairy company:
Owing to the fact that a credit bust
ness necessitates a great deal of extra
bookkeeping and also causes many &C
counts to be lost. all of which must be
paid for by the people who pay their
bills, We have decided that the fairest
treatment for all Is cash business; SC
beginning with this date every sale
must be cash one. There will be nc
deviation from this rule.
I'VE are In sympathy with the pub
lie demand for sanitary milk" Mr.
Commons stated today. I'VE have
been constantly striving to give our
customers pure milk and we will con