Weekly journal-miner., 1916-11-22
MILK PRODUCERS
 TO MEET IN DECEMBER

1 CHICAGO, Nov. H.-Io improve the methods of producing and mar keting whole milk in the territories tributary to the principal cities of America, the first national meeting of milk producers was called today for | Tuesday. December ,. The call is issued by the Milk Producers Associ- ation of the Chicago dairy district. This organization, numbering over l2,000 milk farmers, in this way take, the initiative toward bringing to- gcther producers from the represen- tativc dairy districts of the United States. The meeting will be held un- der the auspices of the National Con- ference on Marketing and Farm Credits which holds its fourth annual meeting in Chicago, December 4-9 al the Hotel Sherman. Delegates are expected from New England, New York, Iowa, Ohio, Minnesota, Wis consin, California, and Missouri.
 In call issued today by the board of directors of the Milk Producers Association in session here a state ment is made that "the production and distributing of whole milk is un- dergoing a remarkable transfor-na- ton. The milk producers of America are finding themselves forced to quit the business in large numbers on ac- count of high production costs in volving land values and higher labor charges, higher costs of feeds and sanitary requirements. This condi- ton leaves only two alternatives. for the milk producers in areas close to large cities. They must either reor- ganize their methods of producing and distributing their milk, or they must go out of business supplying the centers. The latter course would work a great hardship upon thousands of milk producers and, we believe, is unnecessary if the production and dis tribution of milk were placed upon a real efficiency basis.
 Milk producers must therefore, take upon themselves the working out of fair and equitable methods for col lective sale of their milk. They must also work to secure contract prices that range over {. longer period than the customary six-month contract.
 Believing therefore that one sec ton may learn from another and that some workable plan may be agreed upon that will avoid costly strikes that entail loss to producers and suf- fering to consumers, the Milk Pro. ducers' Association of the Chicago dairy district invites milk producers from every dairy district in the Unit ed States to meet us at the Hotel Sherman, December ,, under the aus pices of the National Conference on Marketing and Farm Credits to con- fer on plans looking toward reor- ganization of our industry
 Frank T. Holt of Kenosha, Wis, is acting president, and w. J. Kittle, 20 South La Salle street, Chicago, is sec retary of the organization making the call.
 The National Conference on Mar  keting and Farm Credits is an open forum, now in the fourth year of its existence, where farmers organiza- tions and those interested in the de velopmcnt of American agriculture for more businesslike organization of the distribution of farm products and the financing of farm business may meet to work out harmonious agree mcnts as to national policies. The conference in 1915 was attended by delegates from 46 States and advance reports according to the general com mittee today show that between 1,500 and 1000 delegates will attend, repre- senting over 100000 farmers.