The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-24
NEWTOWN MILK SUPPLY MAY BE
 SOON CUT OFF
Tense Situation Between Farm CTS and Dealers in NeWtoWn
 Results in UItiInatun.
Price of Feed Scars While Re- taiIers Refuse to Advance
 Price to Producers.
Especial to the Farmer.)

QucerS furnishing the zIutIie. BTOS. creamery in Hawleyville. met and de- manded a price of 1-2 Gents per quart from October 1 to April 1 next year, as the lowest price they, would or could accept from the creamery for tn cir product Feed, they assert, is now $10 per ton more than the top notch price of last year, spasturage is poor and likely to grow worse from the drought now prevailing and the prospects anything but cheerful. The Futile Bros. say they cannot pay that price, as the margin of diff ference between what they would be required to pay per quart, and the price the retailers will pay for the creamery product, will not permit of pasteqrization or preparation to meet the requirements of city health boards They might see their way to paying 4 1-4 for the next six months out the extra 1-4 of a cent represents just the modieum of profit in the creamery op- erations So they will be comp elled to close up as the farmers maintain that producing milk at less than the minimum of 4 1-2 cents per quart would have to give up the unequal contest sooner. or later.
 They believe, as the Futile Bros maintain their own retailing milk sta tfons in Stamford and other suburban towns near New York, that the latter
  demanded by the farmers, better than a creamery which has to go into the open market to sell its milk. Both sides seem determined to stick to their contentious and the HawleyviIle b1si- ness men are nervous as dairying is the only industry in the village and there is no income except the earn ings of the handful of people employed by the railroads.
 In the center of Newtown the situa- ton is no better. The large contiI1- gent of milk producers shipping to Bridgeport dealers since the Borden plant closed are confronted this week say a bill of prices for the next six months which is staggering.
 Arthur D. Stonf who has been car rying the milk. supply from the center and southern part of the town to Bridgeport, reported that the maxi mum price the dealers, combine would pay for milk was 1-2 cents for the fall contracting. The farmers demand cents per quart, or they must with draw from dairying of this variety. Individual farmers went to Bridgeport today and Frank H Mitchell, a large producer, reported that the deaIets gave him no satisfaction. -He said he should go out of the Business and this is the consensus of intentions.
 Another large producer for the Bridgeport market Patrick Lynch of zoar, took time by the forelock and went yesterday to Derby, and return ed that evening with a signed con- tract of five cents per quart for all his output from October 1 to April 1. This procession of NeWtown farmers that way So that competition will undo the good fortune of the zoar farmer.
 Public interest in the outcome is in tense. and fears are felt by all our business men that the destnuction of
 
 eminent. And yet the city consumers in New Haven and Bridgeport pay nine and ten cents per quart for milk. The query is, sWhere does the five cent factor of difference go
 Local dealers in Bridgeport state that the retail price of eight and nine cents now charged will probably not be raised during the winter months though they admit that the price Of feed to the farmer has materially ad- They state that the supply this sum n1er has been above normal and they expect to receive a sufficient quantity during the winter months to maintain present prices
 They point to the fact that Bridge port will not be greatly affected even though Newtown shippers hold back their product, for the reason that uHl- til recently Newtown and Hawleyville have not been factor in the market here. always having sold their milk to the Borden factory. which was but re- gently discontinued.
 The sefectnen will meet Monday. September 2s, from g a., m. to 1, for the nIlrpose5 of paying current bills against the town. The change to Monday was made necessary by the fact that Saturday the sefectnen and town clerk will be engaged in making voters It the Brick building.
 Next Sunday is the last day of the summer schedule of trains on the Berkshire division.
 Mrs. Abel r. Clarke left today for her home in the metropolis. The Clarke residence is for sale, so our -ownspeople are fated < to miss this agreeable lady from our midst in the future.
 Herman H. Peck was in Bridgeport today.
 Messrs. Thomas F. Bradley, Frank Wright. Thomas F. Brew and Charles Hurd, delegates, took the early train today for the Democratic congression- al convention in Bridgeport. All are ardent friends of Congressman Dono- van.
 Ex-senator M J. Houlfhan, Sheriff A. B. B1akeman, Edward Talty and Frank H. Ives. delegates to the Dem oerattc county convention. Saturday, will go to NorwaIk. Saturday morning, in the sheriffss car.
 The highway commissioner has start ed the preliminary work to take over the Sugar street road as a state high t.way. Surveyor-in-chief Thomas liar rison of Bridgeport, with two assist ants, began the work of surveying the roadway. wednesday. The actual l-feld work will take about a week and the blueprint sections will be ready in about two weeks
 The work in sections then will be open for bids after advertising. No in formation would be given out as to when actual operations in road-mak- ing would begin.
 Francis Carmody who has been as. sisting the surveyors on town roads, received a letter. Wednesday, to re- port for duty at the Winch eSter's Arnh 8 company of New Haven at once. He left last night to resume his old po- sition there.