New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-20
MILK INCREASE
$4,000 A DAY
Consumer Must Pay More
for All GradeS-FarmerS
Charge Plot

O.,;r,;ns to-day the residents Of
York will pay approximately S2A'-
"a -o-e FOR their daily milk supply.
uhIs the big distributors and the
,.;---,sn's League. who have preferred
-n.--ss Of conspiracy in restraint OF
- are trying 70 explain 20 Referee
ra,;sr y. Dykman the why Of the
..sose. NJ. Consumer will have to
,hs one cent quart increase on
- GRADE Of milk. The n ew schedule
:, r-;ces announced by the Sheffield
Observation-Disclosures Company, the
po-sen Company, the Mutual-McDer-
mott Company and other large distrib-
uting concerns goes into effect with
this mornings delivery.
Testimony tending 70 show that the
Mo dealers had forced the small, indie
,s-Sert distributors out Of business
vas gwen before Referee Dykman yes
terdsy.
Charles c. Stark. David Washburn
.,d Charles Townsend. all Of Pawling,
taariue0
n,lled 20 sell their milk at Borden S
prees" or go out of business. Mr..
stsrk said he had attempted 20 operate
an independent dairy at Pawling, but
the ShtAe.d concern and the Borden
sompany nad finally compelled him to
eu;t and sell 20 the Sheffield Farms
slawson- Decker Company.
~ tried TO run the dairy said Mr..
STARK. when the firm Of Ash & Esler
ven out Of business. I got c. II.
Bsakes. Of New York. 20 run II, but he
baked out. after a short time. because
10 said ShefField's and Borden's did
"a. want him 20 establish in Pawling.
Thsu got a man named Thompson.
snan dealer in The Bronx, but after
. little he was hired by the Mutual
YcDermott Company.
Dairy Business Thwarted
The Sheffield people made several
attempts % put the dairy out OF bus!-
ness By circulating the report the
farmers would not be paid. After
thompson left something was always
happening, so l finally gave up the at
ssmpt"
M. Stark declared before October
I the dairymen had little TO say about
he price received for milk.
1T was customary in our section OF
he state for a Borden representative
70 h1 the price six months in advance,
Ne said. "and the farmers had 20 sign
contracts. The price was not matter
Of negotiation. Ii was merely an
rouneed. You could take it or leave
e.
After extended argument Mr.. Dyk-
nan said he would permit Merton Z.
Lewis. Deputy Attorney General, 20 in
troduce evidence which Mr.. Lewis de-
elSred would prove that much OF the
high cost Of milk 20 the consumer was
esused BY the law requiring Pasteur-
ization. Mr.. Lewis declared this law
tostercd combinations among the big
milk distributors and tended 20 force
the small dealers from business.
a also propose 20 show" said Mr..
Lewis. "that pasteurizatlon IS not
necessity; that IL does not tend 20 re
dree the death rate OF infants; That
large quantities Of milk produced near
the city need not be pasteurzed; that
the people should have the choice OF
buying raw or pasteurlzed milk; tnat
the law imposed great burdens on the
consumers ana pldCtu LLt MIR S4|-N
ton In the hands Of a few men who
could then fix prices % suit them
selves. that this condition was brought
about By a few individuals who con-
spired together for that purpose
Pasteurization Is Upheld
When Mr. Lewis's statement was
called % the attention Of Health Com
missioner Haven Emerson, ne de-
elared the reasons demanding pasteuri-
ration we're so obvious IN the proven
ton OF typhoid fever. scarlet fever,
aiphtheria and tuberculosis that Mr..
Lsris's arguments deserved no consid-
Grafton.
Il need only 70 point out" said DR..
Emerson. "the continually decreasing
death rate among infants, which y
due, partly az least, 20 the general
pssteurization Of the city's milk sup
ply
The hearing before Referee Dykman
vas adjourned yesterday until Thurs
day morning.
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