Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-01
.DA|RYMEN ANNOUNCE
ANOTHER MILK INCREASE
Price In Quarts to Be IL and ID
Cents, According to
Grade
2 CENTS MORE FOR PRODUCERS
Agreement Is Made for Month Of
September-If Farm Labor Prob
lem Is Not Solved, Many Dairy
men VIII Sell Their Cows.


Despite the fact that Richmond dairy
men have just agreed to increase from
90 20 ~ cents per gallon tho price paid
70 producers for milk in the territory
supplying this city. 1t was announced
Iast night that no advance to consum-
e e would De made at this time. other
tnan general readtustment of prices
AFFECTING pints and half-pints. This re-
arrangement OF prices, distributors de-
CARED was necessary because of the
cost OF handling and bookkeeping and
other charges. which was as great as
quart.
distributors announced that. follow
ing general conference on Monday
night with the directors of the Milk
Producers Association Of Richmond.
Whlch Is composed OF dairy farmers in
Hehfico and other counties adjacent to
this city, another meeting was beIt,
thursday night. and the agreement or
an increase OF cents per gallon for
the month OF September had been
reached: NO statement could be made.
they said. what action would be taken
after october l, because OF uneot,I.a
conditions
Frooucers mad previously requested
an even greater Increase, declaring that
they could not remain in business with
milk sellinS Tor 80 cents. Distributors
however. commended that they could No,
pay higher rate, and the temnors
agreement was reached The prevaii.
ing nigh prices OF all foodstufrs and tho
Iaoor situation are directly responsihin
Tor the present situation, It was said
az TINS time dairymen are unable to
harvest their crops, and manv ara 49,,
finding 1t difficult to get their b.rd.
mixed. For this reason MANY hardo
are oeing sold. and the cattle converted
into beef. 'eo
INCREASE AFFECTS
nH
ne oistrioutors announced last nipbt
mat milk would be sold in quarts 5or
~ and l3 cents, according to GRAD.
haH.cent Increase on the pint bottIe
is made, the price being 7 and 7I.Y
cents whiio the half-pint is advanced
one-haif pints in both grades viii
enective to-day. be sold only for cnsh
Inc statement was made, however. thar
II housewives only required the small.
er amount. they could purchase tick
cts from the companies. relieving .u
Inconvenience over the haIf-cent
statement from the distributors T..
as follows: 20
Years OF experience and investipa-
tion prove that 1t costs cents more
~ iurnlsh Two pints OF milk TO the
retail trade than II does ia furnish
one quart.
IL is. therefore, unfair 10 both con-
sumner and dealer that they should be
furnished at the same price
faif-pints are much more eSpan-
FiEe than pints. But for those peoplc
who have absolutely no use for more
than one-half pint II seems necessary
TO Keep one-half pints on the market
IN spite OF the large expense, The
iact Is. we advise our customers
against the use OF one half pints.
ON account Of the expense and
trouble of entering one-half pints on
our books. we shall. in the future. be
compelled TO sell one-half pints for
cash only"
LABOR SITUATION on
FARMS Is ACUTE
The price OF milk was advanced In
Richmond last December. and again in
Hay, because of the abnormal couo.
lions under which the producers were
laooring At those times. Since the
latter increase, however tho labor sit
uation has become exceedingly criti-
CAL tnd 1t Is almost impossible for
the farmers 20 secure help OF any
kind. The great amount OF govern
meni construction work now being
done In Virginia Is said to be largely
responsible for this situation.
Distributors were responsible for the
statement that Richmond's prices COM
pare favorably with those prevailing
in other cities of the country. In Nor
folk and Petersburg the price was
said TO be slightly higher. while the
same prices as those in Richmond pre-
vail In nearly all OF the Northern cities
In many instances, however. the farm
or does not receive as high n price
for his product as Is paid in Richmond