The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-10-05
HIGH COST OF FEED THE CAUSE
Dealers Also Assert That Failure of the
Crops Is Going to Make Milk Cost
More-Kenosha to Have Top Place
In Paying Milk Prices in State.

The price Of milk is going up in Ke-
nosha. Nine cents quart is the new
price now being demanded by a ma
iority of the milk dealers in the city
and it is declared that before the end
of another week all of the milk dis
tributors will be demanding an extra
cent for every quart of milk delivered.
Hundreds of patrons of milk men on
Friday received little cards bear
ing this message:
"Owing to the great increase in
the cost of milk production, grain
crops being partial failure, and
all mill feeds having advanced in
price, we are obliged to raise the
price of our milk and cream. AT
ter October first our milk will be
nine cents a quart or five cents
pint. Cream will be thirty cents
pint"
Farmers out through the county have
not reported any large increase in the
price that is being paid for can milk.
Many of the dairymen who supply the
| Kenosha trade are men who purchase
the milk from the farmers and they act
only as distributors. Milk after the
first of October will retail at the same
price as is being charged in Chicago.
So far as the price of milk is concern
ed Kenosha seems to be leading other
cities in the state. In Milwaukee milk
is supplied by many of the 'dairymen
at rate of seven cents a quart and
cream at twenty cents pint. In Ra-
cine the milk is eight cents quart and
the cream twenty-five cents a pint.
These are the prices which are now in
effect in Kenosha. Many of the men
who sell from their own dairies are
declaring that they are selling milk
from only tested herds and that the
cost of maintaining the milk at this
standard is SO great that it is impos-
sible to continue to sell it at profit
at eight cents a quart. It has been
limited that a higher price might be de-
manded for milk later in the winter.
One of the milk men in discussing
the matter this morning, said: ct have
milk from my own herd and I want to
say just this. If 7 have to sell it at
eight cents quart can not meet the
expenses of production and delivery
The added cent is the only way that I
can hope for profit. Chicago is not
offering any better milk than is being
offered in Kenosha and for some time
the price there has been nine cents. I
do not know how milk men in Milwau-
Ike can retail it for seven cents a quart
IF we sold milk at that price in Keno
sha we would sell it at an actual loss
If you can show me any dairy men in
Kenosha county who is getting rich on
the present prices Of the product I will
be willing to reduce the price,
The city health department is making
plans to give a lot of attention to the
milk supply to the city in the next few
weeks and it is certain that there will
be lot of changes in methods of hand
ling it for Kenosha people. 1t is said
that the promised inspection and reg
ulation of sale by the. city in part
caused the milk men to decide Oh the
increase in price The nine cent price
is not universal in Kenosha as yet but
it is expected thai all dealers will be
in line for this price by the first of
October tomorrow.