The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-03-09
Dairylncn's League Orders
Advance of Tenth Of Il
Cent Il Quart.
CITY DEALERS WILL ACT
smelts at 6 Cents q Pound Go
Rapidly-Supply Not
Equal to Demand.

schsdule of prices which its members
vfn charge dealers for six months. be-
Ginning April /. 1t shows an average
increase to the cost Of milk OF one ana
one-afth cents quart over the corre-
sponding six months Of last year and
AZ FIVE cents a hundred pounds over the
half year ending With the present
month. An increase OF five cents a hun
dred pounds is roughly an increase OF
oue-tenth of cent quart.
1'he announcement fixes prices for the
no districts. the First. including terri
sery within 100 miles of this city, and
~ Second, which lies beyond that
>eundary. Prices In the following
schedule are for grade B milk in 100
pound quantities from the First dis
trict: April. s2.2o; May. s?.l5; June.
uS5; July, S220: August. $2.35, and
September. s2.55. Average, $2.23.
Prices for the Second district are uni
formly, 10 cents "a hundr pounds less,
Grade A milk costs Is cents hun
ared pounds more.
city Dealers Resisted.
This schedule Is only the second
which has been fixed In this State Tor
cooperative sales. The big city dealers
resisted when the first schedule was an
nounced six months ago and for several
days the community appeared to be
threatened with milk famine. The
prices to dealers which were then es-
tablished and are still in force were as
follows for the First district. with the
same 10 cent differential for the Sec
ond: October. s215. 32.05; November.
s.25. $2.I5: December. 1926. Wis
January. sc2O. $2.1O: February. $2.15.
s:.05. and March. $2.10. 81. Average.
s.IS. Sos.
To the new prices 81. cents 100
pounds for each one-tenth point Of but
ter fat above the grade II standard OF
) per cent. are to be added. Almost
two hundred distributors in the metro.
pslitan district alone will be affected.
H. n. Hallock. vics.sAaAsiaA --0k -Ror-
den's Condensed Milk Company. declined
yesterday to discuss the probable effect
Of the dalfymen's advance ON retail
prices. asserting that he wanted time for
careful comparison before making a
public statement.
From another source II was learned
that - conference OF leading dealers
probably will be held In day or two.
though the fact that the increase in the
wholesale price had been forecast gave
force to an assumption. expressed unoffi-
cially, that an understanding between
the dairymen and the retailers had been
reached.
The directors OF the Dairymens s
League met in Albany Wednesday night
and officially Joined the forces which are
opposing the passage of the Wicks food
control bill. They approved the report
y OF committee which had made a study
Of the measure and found it unsatisfac-
tory.
Passage IL Doubt~d.
( The Objectionable features Of the bill u
said r. ID. Cooper. president Of the
league. yesterday. ARE SO closely inter-
woven with its fundamental points that
doubt If it could be amended to meet
our approval
IL Will be recalled that a report by the
4 wicks committee. submitted to the Leg
islaturc shortly before the Introduction
OF the measure. contained this section:
i For example we believe that the milk
industry at the present moment needs to
ne handled through cooperative effort
some time ago conditions reached a
poinc on the farms where the milk. pro.
ducers felt compelled to cooperate. They
are doing this in almost open defiance q.
1
should be allowed to cooperate but under
Il state supervision and control, with theii
/. pian or operation made known to tn.
public through the fullest publicity by
The State Board"
yesterday was the busiest day tn
mayors food committee has experienced
rhe second consignment OF Pacific coas,
snets--SO,OOO pounds In this shipment
arrived In the morning. and before might
soni' W. McGrath. sales manager, was
wishing that an order twice as large had
s IN placed. Straus Bros, who are
iour stores in Brooklyn, sold ffty boxes
IT. 1ve minutes, and telephoned last nigh,
70 GEORGE w. Perki2s office that they
wanted 100 more boxes this morning II
4 u were possible to obtain them Each
eoN contained fifty pounds.
Women Clamor for Fish.
a Rosen, who has five stores II
brooklyn. expected to receive his suonly
at o'clock in the afternoon but was dis.
appointed. After that hour one of his
n'a1agers t"lcphoned to NJ: McC;rath re.
p'H'euiy' always with an in nsistent de.
hiahd to hurry,
There are $50 women in one OF OH,
e'orSs now and they are clamoring FOL
s,heHs, he reported at O'Clock "I,
.he fish don't come soon I'm afraid the
place will he wrecked"
~ 'ul'hs the day orders for 1915
houhas OF beans and 5000 pounds OF
"'mlhE also were received at Mr.. Per.
s'hss oi'ice. These were in addition
those placed with L. ]. LippmanI
o"u george Dressler, other distributing
agents for the Mayors committee. MANY
y, ''e orders came from stores on the
aaSt SIDE suspicously close to the so.
saheu boycott district. Many dealer,
Ienorted that the offers Of vegetable.
ana fsh at reduced prices were hayine
most beneficial effect. Patrons at
uas'ed by these offers bought othc,
ioodstuffs also.
4 Meanwhile the sale OF Pacific Goa =,
s,nets at cents pound caused con.
:,eThatlon among dealers who pricet
"uahtc coast smelts at "a cents.
Cannot Cut Price.
This is Lent and we counted ON q
m,aNy business" one man complained
we nave orders to sell at u cents anf
can't cut the price"
Inats lust the point" replied Mr.
ferklhs Doesn't the very fact tina
orders have been given prove the ex,
H'rhc" ~ manipulated market?'
Promoters Of the rice propaga nda wer,
heartened by action taken by the Wash
Mslon Market Merchant Association i,
t., Continued on sirtA Pass.
.rsf agr41s - a.