The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-06
Central Body viii Operate
Through Branches in Sepa-
rate Districts.
COOPERATION IS THE AIM
Direct Information as to Condi-
tons in Various Sections
Will Be Circulated.

Organization Of the milk producers
who serve Washington. into divisions
which will keep In touch with the needs
Of each section served. and report to
the central committee in Washington,
was begun actively today under the
plans that have been mapped out by
the executive committee OF the Mary
land and Virginia MIX Producers Ar
ISOLATION.
The purpose OF organizing each Dis
trict or county was agreed upon at q
meeting OF the officers and executive
committee yesterday. and Business Man
ager Y. Il. Booker was directed to start
Immediately to work on the project.
The Idea OF the committee Is to secure
DIRECT information as to the peculIar
conditions In each section OF Maryland
and virginia that serves Washington
with milk, Maps have been prepared
by Mr.. Booker of each district. These
maps with the names Of every milk
producer In the district and the loca-
ton OF his farm will be supplied 10
the members of the executive commit
tee,
A meeting of the executive committee
has been called for next week. the date
10 be announced later, when assign
ments of committeeman will be made
TO each district. The individual com
mitteeman will be permitted 10 seIect
assistants. and with these assistan ts
Will make house-to-house canvass for
me purpoe Of organizing the ditrict
These locals will report daily or week.
~, as the need arises, to the central
body In Washington. II will be the
duty OF the central committee here 10
Keep each district local supplied with
information as to what the others are
doing.
In this way Il is proposed to keep the
various mix producers In touch with
every changing condition In every To-
here. so that he may adjust his condI.
tionB to meet the competition from his
associate producers.
This Is practically the plan that was
followed by the Chicago producers IN
modified in several ways, however, to
meet local conditions. The basis OF the
plan 10 the argument OF the individuals
IN the locals to submit to advice from
the central body. Daily bulletins from
the central committee will be issued and
posted at the milk receiving stations IN
! the districts and sent TO the Individual
members.
The victory OF the Chicago and New
iork producers has greatly encour.
work. General Manager Booker
, stated today that the manner ir
winch the producers In New York
and Chicago went about their plan,
20 secure better prices was nrartic"
| In the extreme. II was worked out
by the farmers sticking together. and
| so far as the Chicago plan was con,
cerned, was not a violation OF any
| interstate commerce law
contracts and agreements as e
prices were submitted by the whole
salers to the producers individually
The central bodv OF milk producer
/ did not take un the uueatIOn with ~
dealers. But the general manager o
| the central body kept the producer
individually In daily touch with tn
market and interpreted for them tn
! meaning of the offers OF the whole
salers. advising them to accept o
decline the offers "a the case nigh
be. This left the final decision an,
action entirely with the individual