The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-09-30
PRICES OF MILK
UP TOMORROW
Big Distributors Announce
Retail Advance Of 2 Cents a
Quart for Grade A.

A boost in retail milk prices is due
tomorrow.
The Sheffield Farms-Slawson Decker
Company took the initiative in passing
along to the consumer the additional
cost of milk in the country by announc-
ing the following prices beginning Oc-
tober 1: Grade b pasteurized milk. a
one and half cents grade b pasteur-
lied, a pint bottle. s cents, an increase
of one cent, and "Sealect' brand grade
4 milk, 16 cents a quart bottle. an in
crease OF two cents.
Borden's Farm Products Company fol-
lowed suit last night by announcing
that it's price for grade B milk pasteur-
ICED will be increased from 12h cents
to II cents a quart (bottled) and Sc
lected pasteurised grade A from l3h
to l5 cents a quart (bottledD.
The other distributors, big and small.
will also advance their prices one and
a half ccner. -. .SsalS 3, which consti-
tutes the largest part Of the milk In the
retail trade. -,
1t is generally understood the milk
dealers again will raise prices November
to meet the half cent increase ue-
manded by the Dairymen's League over
the October prices for milk to be sup
piled In November.
Since last fall, when milk was retail
ing in this city at 3 cents quart, this
necessity OF life has jumped by compara-
lively swift stages cents quart, or an
increase Of 55 SO per cent, giving m'lk
a record for food price boosting during
the twelve months.
one Of the big features OF the day
dolngs in the adjustment Of the diffcu'-
ties between the distributors ana dairS
men was the announcement that the dis
trihut.rs had notified the dairy league
that IL will close lO6 milk receiving sta
tions I'm the State of New York. TINS
means that the farmers who have been
taking their milk to these stations VIII
have to And some other way to dispose
of It, >,
The distributors place all the blame
for the new retail prices on the DAIRY
mems League. They declared the
farmers had the dealers by the throat
because of their strong organization
and their threat to strike unless
the istribute~s accepted the leagues s
schedules for October and November
Officers of the Dairymen's League
said they were sorry prices had to 20
up but insisted the price now being PAID
the farmers barely covers the cost OF
production. They argued that tney
couldn't be expected to produce mix AT
a loss. otherwise they would have 10 20
out or cut down their business; cows
would be killed of and the future supply
OF milk would he decreased. As a con-
sequence, they said. milk prices would
jump beyond bounds and milk wouid
Indeed. he n luxury.
I'VE are closing down eighteen coun'
| try pIants, beginning October l." Lotor
Horton. president OF Sheffield Farms
S,awson- Decker Company. said. The
| reason for II is that for years oui
| company and other milk dealers have
been guaranteeing to the farmer tha'
they will pay him for all milk OF
marketable quality which he can pro
duce and take our chances on selling
| that milk on that price. or taking thu
loss II we couldn't. When. however
| the league fixed the price OF milk fal
above the current price we were unable
to guarantee to sell all the milk we have
been getting"
| Mr. Horton said he thought the farm
ers' figures Of cost OF production arr
high, although he didn't want to argu'
the question. He added: "Mr. Hoover
is making an analysis Of cost Of pro
duction and I will take what he say
| when he says H."
! President Cooper Of the Dairymen
League said last night that the league
| increase In October over Septembe
prices is I 1l-47 cents a Quart, and tn,
dealers" retail advance of ~ cents pc
quart gives them a profit Of Y cent o.
about the same profit per quart. whicl
they declared before the Wicks com
mittee they had been receiving for thei