South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-26
PEACE Note
SOUNDED IN
MILK STRIKE
WhiSperingS From Secret SeS.
sion of Producers and Re-
taiIerS Indicate End of
War in 48 Hours.

Milk viii no longer be the inno-
cent object Of a strike in and near
the city of South Bend after three
more days
Forty-eight hours Tuesday morn
ing-may see the end of the dis
agreeable situation that has been
annoying the public during the past
week. Information gathered from
sources that bear every earmark Of
reliability gives reason 10 believe
that a normal condition of the milk
market positively Will be reached at
The latest by Wednesday.
IL is safe enough 10 say that some
of the retailers appeared before the
producers committee last night i'm
secret session, and il is known some
progress towards reconciliation
was made. How many retailers
were clOseted with the producers is
not known. but 20 would not be
long ways from the exact number.
They were not the biggest retailers
in town. but they were fairly repre-
sentative Of their class. it was re-
ported They showed "a willingness
20 pay the % cents price demanded
by the producers. but they did not
relinquish their own demands that
the quality of the milk produced
must be of "a higher butter fat per
,entage than that being brought 20
south Bend i'm the past
Bacteria Count Also a Factor.
Bacteria count is 10 be taken az
basis as we'll as butter fat in the
final price agreement that seems not
far distant In other words. the
producers are willing 20 supply a SUI
perior grade Of milk for the pro
posed % cents price. They take the
stand that a large quantity producer,
especially those owning Holstein
cattle. cannot supply milk averag-
INK butter fat much in excess OF
s.5 percent. as required by law
but they do Concede that they can.
10y employing certain precautions.
make their milk lower I'm the num-
her OF bacteria. Cleanliness of milk
they claim. is even more important
tnan its percentage of butter fat.
\ peace pact is not far off. The
terms Of the pact are not speciical-
Is obtaiuable.
producers Saturday evening. One
meeting was held ina the superior
court room on the second floor or
the courthouse. To this meeting
were admitted all producers and re-
,orters. The other meeting was held
somewhere i'm the courthouse. and
To IL we're admitted members OF the
executive committee OF the pro
ducer~' organization and no report
crs
Morale il High
what happened at the jouifCatiou
meeting fin the superior court room
vtg~ characterized by everything eN-
cent decision speech was never
feer and am amazingly large num-
Der avaiIed themselves of the OPP
rortunity 90 say "just few words.
Bat even Gen Joffro would have
Teen amazed al the morale of the
-lrr lighting for common cause
-5 cents gallon for their milk.
Tho~, WHO were iu sympathy with
tho strike received plenty of recog-
milton. and 10 was their speech that
was noticeahlv free.
Like the white house since the
suTrariSts have ram ramugut at the
national capital. au the highways
leading 10 South BEND are 90 be
ricIseted Farmers ou each thor
ourhfare we're depuuzed by the com
rnirtec 90 spend certain hours of the
,ay watching for mills producers
who are violating the strike edict-
Persuasion and not molestatlou rs to
ue th, utean~ used tp divert the milk
thus discovered from the south
BEND market Said MIR. Edward
Iei.ler We viii destroy mo- prop
crtv 10 win this strike. We would
rather lose it than du anything like
that" Small producers have been
tins, worst enemy OF the farmers or
,.rization thus far They have been
the worst becaSFc they have been
tho harder Co ferret ont, and when
discovered the hardest 20 convince
that they are daWa-ins the inter
.sfs of the rest of the milk pro-
ducers iu the country.
CAN'T Release MIR Yet.
The question Of what is 90 be
Fa,s with thoS retailers who arc
Willing to pay the long PRICES
certs--without further dtckering
WIS raised at the general meeting
THE question was raised but not set
.ros Expression Of the sad plight
% the retailer by certain producers
awaited the later nothing as far as
obtaining permission 20 release
their milk 20 the city man is con
cerred when every retailer viii
nav every producer - cents a gall
ion. then. and only then. will per
r-ieston be given 20 bring any milk
f-fo south Bend. Notification 60 the
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