New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-07
Small Dealers Terms
Accepted After
Secret Farley.
RIG FIRMS DUE
TO YIELD SOON
Rules of Six Months Con-
tract to Hold Until
January 1.

A compromise settlement in the milk
,hotage situation was reached at l:lo
o'elOck this morning, at conference
:, tho Manhattan Hotel, which had
hs., in session more than sixteen
hours.
Az the result Of the agreement the
farmers and the small distributors
eome off with a victory apiece. The
sbie three" dealers-Shefield Farms
Sl,vson.Decker. Borden and the Mutu-
,,.MeDermott companies-do not ss yet
Genre in the settlement. The Sheffield
Farms company had its chance in the
compromise, but its representatives
bVlted the meeting.
Twelve Companies in Truce.
Twelve small companies, which COM
bined distribute one-third Of New
york's milk supply, will obtain milk
f-em members Of the Dairymen's
League beginning Sunday morning.
kilograms by the hundred were dis
patched to upstate farmers, conveying
the tidings.
Parties 10 the conference which
brought about the settlement were
John J. Dillon. State Commissioner OF
Foods and Markets and agent for the
Dairymen's League; Jacob Brill, pres
ident Of the league, the executive com
mittee and several lay members OF that
body and representatives of the twelve
small distributing firms.
The dealers agree TO accept the
terms Of the six months contract up
10 January !, or for three months.
During January, February and March
the farmer binds himself TO relieve the
dealer Of a portion Of the milk sur
plus burden.
A committee Of three will con-
duet an investigation into the dairy
ing industry and report on January .!
as 10 the justice to all concerned OF
the six-months' contracts, which are az
the bottom OF the present trouble. botn
sides agree to be bound by this finding.
Price To Be Arbitrated.
lf the committee says the farmers
price is too high, the farmer will sub
nit to reduction. On the other hand
II the committee finds the farmer Is
not receiving a fair return on his IN
vestment and labor, the dealers agree
70 pay an equitable sum which the
committee shall fix.
One member Of the committee will
Be named b. the producers, the sec.
ord BY the dealers. These men Will
select the third.
The committee proposed by the mix
dealers would comprise eleven mem
bers-one named by the Governor, one
BY the Mayor, one by the Commission
er Of Agriculture, two by the Dairy
mems League. one by the retail milk
dealers, one by the Wholesale dealers,
one By the State Grange committee
one BY the New York milk committee,
one By the Wicks investigating COM
miiiee and one of the New York Health
Board.
The, Manhattan conference an
horncement was not discovered by
hsSspaper men until $3.50 o'clock in
me afternoon, and it had been in ses-
nor since 9.
=, There is reason for the belief that
Ah Dillon himself had knowledge OF
we meeting only an hour or so earlier.
u evident the conference was planned
a. a secret affair.
Brill Urges Compromise.
hr. Brill. who led the league mem
osfs IN the conference until the sp-
tsrsnee Of Ar. Dillon after dinner,
nade a consistent fight all the way
rrough In favor of the compromise.
me Commissioner, on the other hand,
sso 70 be won over by degrees, accord
ing 70 all reports.
Diilon entered the conference at the
ehsst Of the farmers and over the
rs'slt Of the dealers, and his entry
~ ognslized by an outburst. on the
1 o' teyeral distributors. which all
sfeeked peace hopes early in the
,Ssn when The latest announcement
~ POPE was made solution had been
81 br. desDaired Of.
sosseral dealers had left the meeting
20 bt,er declarations that Mr.. Dillon
stumbiing block In the path OF
49,. arrangement By which producers
ossisfs can be reconciled."
.sIsrs participating in the confer
.s central Dairy Company, a whole
|nesrn selling 2,1O0 cans day.
,s.Ss Empire State Dairy Company, q
49,. concern. with 20 retail routes
T~SD quarts on each route; also
r,..1. CI'ysr Farms Dairy Company,
sss, with l75 routes and furnish
~cus 10000 quarts daily for the
e. milk stations throughout the
n,a Al.zsndsr Campbell Mix Com
In, tsnilers, with 20 routes In
III, East New YOrk and Queens.
ss,ss s,sndard Dairy Company, whole
a. 'i ths Esst Sde, selling 900 cans
sis,, nat,>nsl Dairy Company, whole
IA, sim 900 cans a day.
sew York Dairy Products Com
y snsed on psss 4. esiasnB .