Evening star., 1916-10-26
milk MAY co UP
TO THE CONSUMER
Demands of Producers Liable
to Force Dealers to
Raise Price.
FARMERS ARE Determined

The announcement that George M
Oyster, jr., Is willing to pay "a Genus
a gallon for milk to the producers,
followed today by a similar announce
ment by H. l. Black Of H. l. Black
& Son, has Get the milk consumArs OF
Washington to figuring as to whether
this means an increase In the pr1ce OF
milk to the ultimate consumer should
all the dealers follow suit
In making his announcement yester-
day that he was willing to pay "a cents
for milk up to the proper standard.
Mr.. Oyster pointed out that he was
already paying "a cents for milk. This
fact indicated there had been no sur
render on the part Of this dealer to
the demands of the Milk Produoers
Association, 1t was said
Mr.. Blacks announcement today
came in the shape Of a letter which he
sent TO the producers with whom he
deals It follows:
"Realixing the milk situation Of our Sec
ton Is tending to approach stage which
would result In loss to the producer, loss
to the distributor and distress to the many
consumers, we feel the need q exerting
our best efforts to make the conditions
agreeable to all concerned. We are aware
OF the fact that when srase is not plenti-
full during the season from October 1 to
May the fap Feed hep and
believe that "a cents per gsllon Is rea-
sonable price for milk which comes UP to
the high standard now required. and we
are willing to pay that price during urn that that
price during the grass season as may be
satisfactory to our producers.
May Increase to Consumer.
Mr.. Black. when questioned as to the
matter Of increasing the price Of milk
to the consumer. admitted that an in
crease might have to be made In order
to give a fair return to the dealers for
the milk sold here.
It was learned today that still other
ment that they will meet the consumers
demand for an increase to "a cents for
milk during seven months of the year
On the other hand. some dealers today
insisted that they did not expect to
meet these demands. though COM
promise might be effected. One large
dealer said that he did not expect to
meet the full demand for "a cents ano
that he did not expect to raise the price
of milk to home consumer IN any event
1ItnOuh2 ne might ldAoC Nho ~ ~ -
wholesale customers.
Statement Of Producers.
The executive committee Of the Mary
land-virginia Milk Producers Associa.
tion this afternoon issued this state
ment:
1--WE are now in receipt Of assurances
from dealers who control the very great
nrenonderance of the milk distribution
in washington that they will pay the
Accent winter price. The fight is won
"In this connection. 1t may be sale
that Washington is the one large city
IN which settlement of this difficulty
has been reached without a bad situa-
ton developing. There has been ne
strike and no milk famine here. The
deaiers have been extremely fair anC
considerate, on their side; our associa.
zion of producers has been determined
that a strike must be avoided at al
hazards.
oua to be assured whether the farmer,
really would strike II strike were or
dered Investigated among their owl
nroducers. These have been the earlies
70 weld and grant our price. The,
discovered, what this executive com
mittee has known for some time. tina
n a strike were ordered 1t would be tht
most complete tie-up Of milk that hal
been produced in any city thus far. Oul