Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-09

- .x..,.red increase in the winter
- - milk possibly to ten cents quart
Y h<,nr forced on philadelphia consumers
n,,rrr than expected by the action OF
ssrmers In the nearby mhK-prooucins
1hs situation is virtually controlled ny
---ri.tions Of farmers, most OF them IN
shsster County, which are about 70 De CON
saslaated into the Interstate MIX fro
Smcers' Association. under whicn piah ..
collective bargaining between prourSer ,rs ..,,,,
Sls,rIbutor will be inaugurated. This VIII
-s~s centralized control OF at least hat
~. ,,IIk consumed in the city, enabling the
<.rmers 20 increase the wholesale price
49,, three and ohe-half cents quart TO
Ave and one-half cents
Srhoush no definite announcements have
x.sr made by Philadelphia distributors as
:. me exact amount of increase per quart
N rstaIl the consensus of opinion indicates
mai the action OF the farmers will force
many dealers to charge ten cents by mo-
smber l.
me Increase OF two cents a quart over
fhe present average price of eight cents VIII
man an addition of $3,s00.00O to the yearly
cost Of living in Philadelphia. This Is said
Nv the farmers 10 be simply the amount of
,ncrease they have had to face In their
Mis- for feed and labor on the dairy farms.
Fight-cent.mllk. after a fifteen-year con-
tinuous sales period in this city. has be-
come
leading local dealers, in view OF the steady
Increase of every item in the cost of pro-
auction and distribution.
The added cost to the dairy concerns.
they say, ranges from twenty - 100 per
cent and includes the raw product freight
hauling from terminal TO dairy, hapdling
ana preparation and final distribution. Fig
ures furnished TO the PUBLIC LEDGER by
officials of the local dairy companies show
that wages have advanced, that bottles.
cans, paper Gaps and feed have increased
IN price. while horses. hundreds of which
are used for the city and suburban dis
tribution. have almost doubled In price in
the last few years.
The same grade of milk as is sold here
has for some years been retailing in WASH
ington and Pittsburgh at nine and ten
cents: In New York, before the recent milk
controversy started, at nine cents. and in
& New Orleans at nine and ten cents, ac-
cordng TO statement prepared by counsel
for the Philadelphia Milk Exchange
Previous to 1908 comparatively little
milk was brought here from any point
more than sixty miles distant from the
city Subsequently. however. there was a
great change, and today regular milk ship
ments arrive here from points more than
TWO hundred miles away. The bulk Of the
supply comes from eastern and north
eastern Pennsylvania and south Jersey, the
remainder being furnished by farmers in
IN the vicinity Of East Aurora and Ell
mira, NJ Y.
As a result of the longer hauls, the
freight expenses increased materially, es-
pecially with the higher rates granted the
railroad companies by the Public Service
Commission and the Interstate Commerce
Commission. The latest increase. effective
February 2S. 1915. is still being fought by the
fhlladelphia MIX Exchange, the counsel for
which, Roland S. Morris and Robert d.
Jenks fled complaint against the Penn
fyivania Railroad before both of these rate
regulating bodies. Eliminating the inter-
state milk shipments, the freight rates have
Increased from a minimum of eight to a
maximum Of seventy-seven per cent during
tne last eight years, according to their
brief Dairymen supplied the following fig-
ures to show now the cose of production
has increased:
Raw milk at farm last October, at cents a
Aor::ss. feed (slfsifsyi last October. $50 per,
tS htpIsss = sssEy last year. $50 to 500 each now
ues ss,Sns q for truck work. IL cents per gallon;
:s'ii:s' p:s sysrsss pi9ts ana quarts last year.
Dor Asssr sr caps last year. IS cents per thousandi
css of trucking from zs s,sticn' sasn' now and
Wsasess increased = 20 per cent.
The milk supply of the citv last vear
reached the highest figure In its history.
I'm total OF 17s,429,OO0 quarts. ac-
1'1,ng TO the statistics prepared by Joseph
- usvenstine. secretary OF the Milk Ex-
-hse This was 100. 10000 quarts more
sa,a .n N 1887. when the figures were FIRST