The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-10-15

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Z Would You be interested. Mr. Az.
erage Seattle man, in proposi.
ton whereby you could save .
cents quart on all the milk
which you and your wife aud your
babies eonsumot
4 Certainly. YOU would Any chance
To save money has an irresistible
appeal, Il Is one Of the most inter.
estlng things In the world
\ That is why We want 20 tell you
all about the plan OF Hen r.
Shields. Just As he told Il to US
Ben Shields Is the party un.
known" represented recently by
Attorney John Il. Shorett In a
great milk monopoly plan. You re.
member reading about q:
Shorett appeared before the
council recently and asked for a
2o-year franchise. granting TO his
client the exclusive right 10 sell
milk in Seattle II was large
order. and the councilmen gulped
two or three times and rubbed their
eyes. after which they inquired
guardedly II they had heard the
gentleman correctly
And then. after be had explained
the whole plan. they gulped again.
and said they'd think Il over They
are sill thinking \ majority OF
them are willing to admit that the
plan looks reasonable, at least.
/ Have YOU ever counted the mum.
Der of milk wagons that pass your
house every day. DO Il some day
| II viii surprise you. They run up
TO elght and ten. and In some parts
OF the eity--eyen In the residence
distrlcts-the number H. Is.
AND THEY ALL COVER EN-.
lACTLY THE SAME GROUND,
In other words. IS milk wagons
are covering residence street
which one wagon could cover more
quickly and conveniently.
Think what all that means.
Eighteen pairs OF horses with
perfectly normal appetitcs for oats
and hay are each day trotting over
ground which should be covered
by but one team Eighteen driv.
ers are drawing full days pay for
work that one driver could do
There are IS wagons to be kept up.
and there IS the demand on the
lpArt OF the owners that the capital
invested in all this equipment re
turn them a reasonable interest
And who. pray. pays for all these
oats and hay. and wages, and equip
ment and Interest,"
Why. you do-and you. and you
the consumers
City MIX Inspector Henderson
egtimates that fully 20 per cent OF
the milk consumed in the city IL
handled By middlemen.
Because these middlemeu must
have their profits. the producer 10
lunderpaid. and the consumer IL
loycrcharEed.
Shields proposes 10 establish a
central milk depot somewhere in
the city. Into this milk depot
would come every drop OF milk
consumed in Seattle The depot
would be equipped fully With a
pasteurtEsuon plant. and every pre-
caution would be taken 10 keep the
milk clean
After the milk was pasteuriEed
or treated In any way the city
might specify by regulation. Il
would be bottled and sent out 20
the consumer. One wagon would
be dispatched 10 a certain residence
street II would travel along that
street or around that particular
district until II had covered every
house In that district.
II you and the members Of The
Star saff all lived In that district.
We would all take milk from that
one milkmsn.
We would have TO. because there
would be no other milkman on that
route The milk depot would see
to that.
Other wagons would be sent out
10 other districts. The work would
DO done much more quickly and
efficiently. and, It would seem. with
much less cost. than today.
n And that. in a nutshell. Is the
plan for which Ben Shields has
been fighting for years.
II lie says he would pay the pro
Queer a standard price OF is cents
gallon. the year around. Shields
declares the producer Is getting as
little as Q cents a gallon nov, at
certain seasons. He would charge
the consumer 80 cents a gallon. or
cents n quart Grocery stores
and restaurants he would charge
30 cents a gallon. and such places
az hakerlea whare milk NJ faken