The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-13
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
FROM MILK PRODUCERS.
Statement of Their Position by Pres
Little of Their Association.

Statement of Their Position by Pres
Little of Their Association.
Mr. Editor, Dear Sir:
notice in your Saturday issue ar
article headed 'Is 1t Conspiracy" and
signed by your able labor correspondent
To say the least, | am somewhat sur.
| prised at his attitude in the matter
While he has not spoken boldly, he ha
come out with insinuations that (if true)
would be very grave to the milk produc-
ers around Barre, and you cannot blame
them fer looking at this matter seri-
ously.
He says tif not mistaken: "Our state
laws are positive in the fact and forbid
any combination or trust to meet in
assembly and formulate measures hav-
| ing for their object the increasing in
price of any product that in the eyes oil
| the law is considered staple necessity
! OF life"
Now in the eye of the law las he has
i'll before one is adjudged guilty they
must be proven So Your correspondent
must prove to our satisfaction and to
the public that we did meet at South
Barre in combination, trust or assembly
and further said meeting being for the
purpose of initiating movement having
for its purpose the general increase in
the necessaries of life las he statesl
Will say that we as farmers stand
ready to face the issue or the law square.
" and have the matter settled not only
IN the eyes of the law, but the eyes OF
the public II is evident that the writer
nf the article in question is much better
informed on labor notes than he is on
the why's in the production and selling
OF milk
| would inform the gentleman thai
these NJ. p A. similar to this one in
Barre Town are common all over n. z.
and have sprung into existence mot in
violation OF law as an absolute neces-
sity for the producers mutual protection
against many obstacles that are contin-
ually coming up; namely, unfair railroad
rates. unjust inspection laws, unfair in
spection and against theory and red tape
in place of pure milk for the consumer.
Fortunately for the Barre consumers,
they have had in the past more Of the
latter and less of the former. Barre is
getting her milk supply from many pro-
ducers who have been in the business
for long time, some of them for nearly
a quarter of century, and they know
bow to produce good, pure and clean
milk, as the records win show. Righs
here ] wish to refer all interested toI
an article in the n. Z. H. of Aug 10,
page 80,
Mr. lronside says he is consumer of
milk As such, just a word for the con
sumer's side of the question. Do they
want all 7eent milk produced in the |
vicinity of Barre to be shipped to Boston !
and leave for you the 6-cent dirty scrap |
ings and strippings if the sale of such
should be permitted by the B. of H. and |
contrary to law? That will be the inev-
table result, as the price paid for clean,
pure, wholesome milk for the Boston
market here in Vermont is more than
we are getting around Barre for the
winter months. How, then, can it be
that the farmer is justly accused of CON
spiracy when he sells his product for less
than the market price?
tSigncdj F. C. Little,
President Of the Barre Wholesale
Milk Producers Association.