The Washington times., 1916-09-10
Capital Milk Supply
Menaced by Rising
Cost of Production
Farmers, Alleging Improbable Business, Demand
Increased Price-Hint at Other Lines of En-
deavor, But Not Planning "Strike."

q fair price. and yet to save the con-
sumer from further increase.
Not Forced to Sell Herd.
The farmer wit Ia dairy herd need
not sell It. II no doesn't choose to. He
can separate his milk. turn the butter
fats into butter. use the skim milk with
grains, pasture, and ensilage for pro-
ducing meat stock. and sell this at the
present inviting priceA
A constantly increasing proportion OF
farmers have In recent years found
this change desirable. and the induce
ment TO a rapid change to this type
before, simply because while the price
Of milk doesn't advance, that Of hogs
and beef stock does.
The producers in washington's ter
ritSTy DO not intend to DO anything
strike" They are determined. de-
spite . good deal OF bitterness that
was plainly manifested at their con-
y vent IA to keep public sentiment on
To th!:-end their general committee
OF seven. which was named by the
convention to conduct the campaign,
pi rst enlist y; the oiSs Of mnsks.:
q thorough. detailed. scientific study
of the cost OF producing milk In this
territory, and determining Q fair
price at which It will be possible to
market requires.
Such studies have been made for
some other cities. and II Is presumed
that such q request from the organ
lied dairy interests Of this section
will meet a prompt Response In the
departments co-ouperation. The facts
as elected will be siv"n the widest
The committee named by the pro-
ducers' convention to make this In
vestigation, and also to consult with
the Washington dealers concerning
an immediate advance OF the primary
posed OF Westmorelsnd Davis. OF
teesburg, Va: Judson c. Welliver. OF
Washington: William II. Chambers.
of Bonneville. Md; +. +. Bowman. OF
Rsm1nst%STa va; r Me Se Ms, K, 'eo Of
Woodbury. Forest. Va. and Herman
e. Gasch. OF Washington.
Will Report on September %.
Two weeks from yesterday. that is. or
September %. this committee will report
back to another convention Of the pro
ducers. 1t is expected to be even larseI
in point Of numbers than was the gath
ering OF yesterday.
At that time fully $50 producers attend
ed. many of them as representatives Of
| local organizations for which they wert
empowered to speak. There was stronl
disposition to take more drastic actor
than than which was finally agreet
upon: many wanted to serve an imms
diate ultimatum on the dealers that theI
must have q price OF 20 cents for sum
mer and u cents for winter milk. tn,
| new schedule taking effect October l. Of
they would discontinue shipments.
This extreme proposal was abandoned
| in favor Of the more moderate one Of In
vestigation, appeal to public opinion. ant
cooperation with the Government au
| thorities.
There IL a strong feeling that tn
| Government will intimately be induces
to step in and make. in Warrington,
demonstration Of the possibilities OF
scientific, non-competitive. highly de
veloped system OF milk gathering ant
distribution.
This would be OF great benefit to tn
| whole country. an object lesson OF tn
| utmost value, In the view OF men VIII
consider that a milk crisis impends. no
only here. but at nearly every larg
city.