The Detroit times., 1912-10-08

mat the ADVANCE VIII WING
large surplus Of milk before the
end Of the winter.
That the big oreameries can put
the wholesaler out of business,
thus deprIvlne the peddIer OF his
supply, and can take over the en-
tire milk business Of Detroit.
That milk inspection favors the
bio creamerles and that they take
advantage Of II.
Tony Schlaff Is wholesale dealer
= In milk. He has milk house In
Dearborn, and buys from the farmers
OF his district. He brings into Detroit
and sells to milk peddlers about $50
pounds OF milk per day. To peddlers.
not to the big creameries; and whole
salers like Schlaff are the peddlers'
: source Of supply, for tie creameries
distribute their own milk and do not
sell to the one-wagon or two-wagon
man.
Tony Schlaff Is thus competitor
of the big creamerles. Also. he IL
not afraid of the cars" The cream
cries, he says. can put him out OF bus
mess II they care to. II they do, ne
will become q carpenter and earn
more money than he gets now.
Tony Schlaff doesn't understand
why the creameries raised the price
OF milk to nine cents a quart. True,
the price of feed has gone up. But
"This has been q great year for
clover says Mr.. Schlaff. The farm
ers around here have raised two
crops-beautifu feed for cattle. The
corn crop has been unusually good.
too, and the stalks make fine silo
feed.
The farmers were surprised when
the price OF milk went up. They are
getting $50 per 100 pounds. Now
there is talk OF $l.90 and 81. The
farmers are very cocky about 1t.
What will the result be? The
farmers will buy mich cattle. They
will try to take advantage of the In
crease. A farmer doesn't make much
money in winter, SO he naturally
turns his attention to the production
OF milk. BY February the milk sup
ply will have reached unheard-of pro-
portions. Then the price paid by the
take what he can get.
why Cresmeries Are Foolish.
'T'n tell you why che creameries
to the farmer to $3.50. Because the
farmers always aim to produce more
milk in winter than they do In sum-
mer. The land doesn't yield money
in winter; they fall hack on milk to
~ L. al h0O IL
their calves; they sell them In the
! fall for SIS each. The COW gives milk
through the winter, abundantly, just
when the farm needs milk to make
money. In spring the farmers plow
and plant. They have no more time
for the dairy. They hatd the milk
business over to the boys. The cows
run dry. The farmers don't care, they
| are~too busy.
That's why say the milk supply
would have increased this winter even
without an advance in price. With
the increase, the farmers will plunge
into producing milk until the supply
is enormous.
Moreover, the increased price has
| lowered the city demand. | used to
sell AZ cans a day, 50 pounds to the
can. When milk went to nine cents,
my demand dropped to AZ cans day.
Some people bought pint, when
they had been buying a quart. Some
began using condensed milk. At any
rate. the demand fell of.
THAT made a difference TO me. sut
not to the big creameries. II less
milk is sold, there Is more for ice
cream and cheese. There Is 40 waste
In the creameries. They can use all
the. milk that comes to them.
'T pay $3.50 hundred for milk. |
have to ice II and deliver II to the
tpeddler, and he gives me Is cents n
gallon for It. There are IL gallons in
100 pounds, so l pay Is cents gallon.
also pay for icing and delivering. DO
you see what the wholesaler gets?
Less than three cents gallon.
The creamery, on the other hand.
pays Is cents a gallon, the farmers
delivering milk at their stations. The
ID. u. r. hauls 1t into town. Their big
trucks haul II to the creameries. The
creamery handles 1t with laoorsaying
machinery, bottles Il and delivers X
to its customers at nine cents a quart
or SO cents q gallon. The creamery
gets 21 cents a gallon for handling
the milk. get less than three cents.
The creamery does Just this much
more than do: II distributes the
milk directly to its customers. while
sell TO the peddlers who distribute
II to their customers.
with this margin OF 21 cents over
three cents. the creamery can put me
out OF business whenever Il wants to.
IL can raise the price to the farmers
80 high that | can't compete with II.
Then the farmers who sell to me will
sell to them. will 20 out OF busi-
ness, along with the other whole
saTers. The peddlers. who can't get
milk except from the wholesalers. will.
20 out Of business or become EN-.
ployes of the creameries. The big fel.
lows have this power.
Creameries Show Power.
"The creameries showed their DOW.
ct last year. II was announced that
on a certain day the price OF milk In
the city would go up. The peddlers
took rhe cue, and boosted their price
on that day. The creameries- -didH.
They held People found cut that
the creameries were underselling the
peddlers, and began 10 take their sup
ply from the creameries. In a feS
days, when the creameries had taken
these extra customers. they also went