The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-18
SAY AGREEMENTS BROKEN
Milk Men of Caty Assert Farmers Show
Bad Faith In Increasing Can Rate
at This Time on Account of Alleged
Agreements to Continue Old Price

The ultimate consumer of milk in
Kenosha is going to pay the demanded
increase of the farmer producer and
next Monday morning every milk man
in the CITY will collect nine cents
quart for milk instead of eight as has
been the ruling price for some time in
Kenosha. Nine cent milk is alleged
to have been made necessary by the
increase in the can rate charged by
the farmers to the local distributors.
The card which is being distributed
by the milk men this week reads:
"On and after January 18th,
the price of our perfectly pastueriz
ed milk will be as follows: Quart
bottles of milk, nine cents; pint
five cents. Trusting that you will
take into consideration that we
have tried hard to maintain the
old price, but due to the high cost
of production we are compelled to
advance our price
1t is not stated whether or not
all of the dealers handle pastuerized
milk, but it is declared that every
dealer in the city is participant
in the increase in price.
Claim Agreements Broken.
The local milk men assert that they
had expected to retain the eight cent
price for milk until after the first of
April at least and they assert that
they had agreements with the farmers
of the county supplying milk that
the can rate of $l.25 would be main
tanned until that time The first Of the
year the farmers made a demand upon
all milk men for an advance of twenty
five cents a can for milk The adj
yanced rate has not as yet been paid,
but the milk retailers have agreed to
pay the new price after January 18th
and on the same date the raise in price
to the consumers will go into effect.
The new rate means that the dealer has
increased the price thirty cents can
in order to meet an advance of twenty
five cents can by the farmer. The
milk dealers declare that they have had
a lot of trouble with the milk produc-
ers. That farmers in the county have
threatened to pour milk out on station
platforms if the new rate is not grant
ed and that the delivery of the milk has
been protected by guards of police
officers. No reports of any serious
trouble decorate the blotter OF the
police department.
The increase in price is to effect
every consumer in the city as the new
rate not only means an increase in the
| quart rate, but the gallon rate is in
creased from twenty eight to thirty
J two cents and there is an advance
can to large consumers. &
The dealers announce that there
| will be no change in the price for
(; cream at this time.
The new price for milk puts Keno
sha in the Chicago price list and Keno
sha is now paying practically the same
price that is being charged in Chicago.
It is believed that the price charged in
Kenosha is larger than charged in
any other city in Wisconsin. Mil
waukee is selling milk in many places
at seven cents quart. and the price
charged in Racine is eight.
The local dealers will not be forced
to bear any losses as a result Of the adj
vance in the price paid to the producer
as the advanced price to the consumer
goes into effect at TIE same time as the
advanced price to the producer. In
fact, the milk man will get five cents
more on the can of milk than he re-
ceived under the old scale of prices.
I it is declared that it will be hardship
for some people to meet the advanced
cost of the milk.