South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-07-31
HAPPENINGS IN AND ABOUT TOWN
RAISE PRICE Of
MILK TWO CENTS
Dealers Declare II Is Only
Way to Remedy the
Shortage.

Housewife. prepare for another
shock.
On and after August I. that quart
Of milk deposited at your door each
morning viii cost Il cents. instead
OF the nine you have been accus-
toned 20 pay.
So 10 was decreed by 40 members
OF the South Bend MHk Dealers as
sociaetiOn i'm session Monday night
sat special meeting in Shirk's dairy.
111z ". ColfaX av. The meeting
was called BY James Luther. presI-
dent OF the association. 10 provide
"A prompt and sure remedy for the
milk shortage now existing i'm South
Bend and vicinity
Dealers Must Pay More.
The dealers themselves will have
10 pay for their milk p cents "A
gallon. an increase of = cents over
the present price. They will sell il
10 grocery stores and other retail
establishments at 3 cents a quart.
Twenty per cent cream Coffee
creamy, they declare. has risen i'm
price from so cents TO 81 i'm three
months. and will retail at II cents
a half-pint. 80 per cent (whipping
cream), has advanced from $40 10
So In the same time. and will be
sold TO consumers at Is cents a half
pint
Here are the reasons given by the
organization for the price eleva-
ton:
It is the only way to remedy the
shortage. Farmers have ceased TO
produce milk because it is too ex-
pensive.
Feed Too High.
The high cost Of feed has dis
couraged producers from Keeping
cOuraged producers from keeping
IT more profitable to fatten the calves
on the milk and sell the latter on
the market
The new city milk ordinance has
brought an added expense to both
producers and dealers. It's enforce
ment means the repair Of cow
barns, the installation of the newest.
most sanitary milking and canning
devices. the erection Of new build
ings for milk depots Many local
men have given up the business be
cause this burden cannot be borne
with their present incomes.
The cost OF milk bottles has in
creased rs per cent, that OF paper
caps for the bottles 125 per cent,
and ice 90 per cent, since this coun-
try declared war on Germany.
Milk and cream are the only dairy
products affected by the action. But
ter prices are controlled by the FL
81 -
markets.
Shortage Il Serious.
According 10 the dealers they
have experienced during the past
two weeks the most serious short
age I'm years It had become so
difficult TO supply customers orders
that several have been forced TO quit
cold. The Lakevillo creamery. which
formerly supplied "a number Of re-
tailers in South Bend. has cancelled
all local orders and is consigning its
entire output 10 a plant near Chi
cage. Only a few producers whose
resources we're plentiful have con-
tinued the struggle.
The food bill. they say. viii not
affect them. as people i'm Gary Chi
cagO. Only a few producers whose
paying Il TO IA cents a quart for
the product
Vernon G. Grippe. city milk in
spector. will be called upon by the
association to show leniency at least
for the present crisis. ON violators
Of the milk ordinance. To is impos-
sible. the milkme1 maintain, 10
meet the ordinary requirements TO
keep bacteria colonies down 90 q
maximum of 100000 during the ex-
cessive heat Of midsummer. III many
prosecutions are made. they threaten
the city viii undergo a milk famine
without a precedent.