Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-16
MIX COMMISSION
APPOINTED TODAY
TO PROBE PRICES
NAY GO TO HIGHER RATE


A comminslon 10 investigate The milk sit
n1tson will be appointed today by Governor
m-srrhanrh on the heels OF the incrsase In
~ price Of milk IN this city TO niAe cents
3 quart.
His nrsf ofioinl act today. Governor
Hrumbaugh said. would be to appoint the
four men who are 20 represent Penn-
~rixnnis on the Interstate Commission thst
viii attempt 20 solve the milk question II
Pennsylvania. New Jersey. Delaware ana
Maryland and prevent duphcauon OF 'he
New York milk strike.
Philadelphia ls 20 be the meeting place
Of the commission this week. Pennsyi-
vania's members VIII be selected 70 as to
rtorcsenf the state. the farmers, the as
1<ibutors and the consumers
This mornings distribution Of milk In
the city found innocent milk reality. Abb
bolts Aiderney and the Wiilr-Jones-Mc-
ths middle OF the wee. every other dealer
m the city n expected 20 fall In line. The
price may go stili higher, Il was said.
Abbotts Aiderney DaIrles issued the fol-
1swinx statement today:
Although the cost OF every article OF
food has been increasing for years. yet
no change has been made IN the price
OF milk But now, with the recent
large advance we are obliged 60 pay
the farmer. coupled with extra cost OF
wares cans. bottles, caps and every
thing pertaining TO the handling and
distribution Of milk. we are forced to
announce the following prices. "A
milk, twelve cents n quart. seven cents
q pint A milk. eleven cents quart
ak cents a pint; b milk. nine cents a
quart. hve cents a pint. and certified
milk. elghtsen cents quart, ten cents
GOVERNORS PLANS
In announcing his plans for the milk com
nission. the Governor said;
shall suggest that they meet in
Philadelphia some time during the COM
ing week, select a chairman and make
an exhaustive inquiry into prices OF
charges and everything that will have
q bearing on the ultimate cost to the
consumer. We want to know " the
farmer must raise the price, II the dis
tributor IL forced 70 obtain more money,
and what Is a price TO the con-
sumcr that gives everybody connected
with the production and consumption
Of milk a fair equitable and legitimate
profit.
want the state represented In order
that this fourth man shall exercise
fair and unbiased Judgment on the facts
and figures submitted by the parties to
the conference. We should be able TO
get down 10 brass tacks by Wednes-
day or Thursday and start things NOV
ing.
ONE DEALER STANDS FIRM.
while the distributors in every section o
this city yesterday prophesied that ever
dealer would be selling for nine cents no
later than Wednesday, one distributor de
clared that he would not raise 'he pric
Tor several days although he lost none!
every day. He said that he would keel
milk at the present rate until such tim
Is standard price was fixed and the deal
ers knew just what 70 expect.
Representatives OF the farmers declar
that they must get the increase or go ou
Of business. They charge the necessity 10
3 raise In price TO the high cost Of fodder
citing that several grains have doubled !
price since last winter Unless they ar
given hve and one-half cents at the farr
or the railroad platform these producer
esscrt that they will be selling at loss an
VIII quit the production. Others attribut
the price 10 the scarcity OF milk In tn
eastern section because the farmers ar
selling TO New York and Baltimore, wher
ten-cent milk gives the farmers bette
SALES MADE AT LOSS,
G.. Henderson 6uppiee. head OF IN
Eppplee Alderney Dairy. is the distribute
who 10 willing 10 face loss Of 5000 dali
rather than raise the price TO consumer
until such time as the farmer shall fix
standard rate. He said:
We distribute $4,000 quarts OF milk
daily. and under present conditions
stand to lose three-quarters OF cent
per quart on every one that we handle.
On October our margin OF profit was
onc-quarter OF a cent per quart Then
. raise OF one-half cent was made by
the producer. and this left us selling
milk at one-auarter Of cent loss.
Another raise Of one-haif cent came
q u <xtrTo nd Ua ha tfrfQ
where we have t. II means a loss.
Naturally I'm n business man and
can't stand that. don't intend TO
raise the price yet. but Il must come.
probably within few days The pres
ent conditions must be rectifed.
know that the farmers are losing money
At the present selling price. and they
should have an increase to obtain a
margin OF profit
ONE DELAYS INCREASE
Harry Hauptfuhrsr. one OF the large,
1kofributorss In the Northeast. through on
~ h1o sons. declared that he would not rais
~ price today. But by midweek he Q,
Uooksd 70 ask nine cents per quart.
Al the ONCE Of Edward woolman. 47c
osnt milk went into effect today. said a
o11ciai there,
The raise In prices by the farmer is
natural and can be laid TO two things.
The nrst is that milk producing natu-
rally diminishes IN the cold weather,
and that there II lack Of suitable
pastursge for herds In this section.
John NJ RossnberEer farm adviser to Il
Gtate Agricultural Department. declar
that the farmers are organising and tn
when they have Atty 10 sixty per cent
the aFrarians In an organization the prl
of milk will be hxed
This of1cial attributes the increase 10 Il
tiGh cost OF fodder and the shortage
pasfurage. He cites that the price Of C
touseed meal has jumped from $50 20 3
per ton, while the price that the farm
tc>eives for his milk has remained 81
<iou&ry.
xhs entire milk situation. according
NJ HosenberEer. Il merely an econom
pfoposition which 10 perfectly obvlo
~n>n ne facts are All known"
Upper Bucla MIX Price Stands
<uAKERToWN. oct 1e.--Farmers
urr1r Bucks County have not yet taisn a
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