The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-11-02


New York and San Francisco prices
as justification Of the raise in milk
in Honolulu.
The public demands two deliveries
day, he said. One delivery a day
would reduce expense considerably, he
stated then, and later expressed the
opinion that one delivery day would
not lessen expense, as it would require
additional equipment. Julius Bayer
also said that one delivery day
would not bring down expenses.
The statement that no dividends
had been paid by the association
since June 80, 1904, brought out from
the members present the fact that the
association was supposed to be a pure
ly cooperative institution which was
not organized TO pay dividends 1t is
supposed to lessen the cost Of distri.
button to the individual daifyman and
insure steady market tdr his milk,
although no contracts are entered into
and the dairyman can self To them or
not as he pleases, Just as they can re-
fuse to take his milk at any time.
Eight Cents Limit E.,,,.Sr .....,.
1.-THE association has never paid
over eight cents h quart for milk be.
fore" said Frank Andrade, Hand has
paid at times as little as six cents.
The stock is worth nothing except as
it carries with it representation on
the board Of Directors 80.
Is it not true then, asked John
Waterhouse, THAT the stock lis held
by q few large producers IN order to
keep up the price Of Hilkf+'. r.. I.
nIs IL not also q fact, added A. L.
Castle, "that one or two controlling
owners can at any time control the
price paid to producersf" &. X,
They can, but they do not was
Andrade's reply. "They have never
done so in the history of the organiza.
ton" He also stated that in the
course of sixteen years in the dairy
business he had never met man who
made money in IL. ~ -.
1t costs 1876 cents daily to feed one
of d. p. R. Isenberg's cows, Bayer said,
and when depreciation was included
their loss was l.5 cents per day when
they received 1876 cents per quart for
milk. Isenberg's dairy conditions are
the most favorable in the Islands, as
he Is the only producer who raises all
his own feed.
Want Nine Cents
The Portuguese dHirymen present at
the meeting stated through a Nspokes-
man that they wished to obtain nine.
cents quart for their milk at the
present time. They would be satisfied
with this and considered il fair price.
The Japanese present made the same
statement. sd. g."
j.. 1t seemed to be the general desire
of the small dairymen to obtain Ger.
tain fixed price for their milk, instead
Of waiting until the end of the month,
as they do now, and then receiving
their pre-, rata according to quantity sup,
piled after the expenses of distributing
are deducted. They do not seem to
feel that this method is fair one.
When was an independent dairy
man, before my herd was wiped out
by anthrax. 4" r. +. Farm told the
meeting, "I made money, though 4
worked hard for II. / think nine cents
is a reasonable price 10 the producer.
When ! had my dairy made a profit
in selling milk at l3 cents with a pro
duction cost Of eight and one,half cents.
i did not ,pastuerize, but went 10 extra
expense to produce clean milk. -
Distribution Cost Too High E'
j. +. Child stated that after seeing
the hooks and the plant Of the assoeia-
tion he was of the opinion that the cost
of distribution could be reduced. Bayer
said that the books of the association
were not to he relied on, as they had
been conducted in slip.shod manner
aud an unbusinesslike way. He said
that they would shortly be improved as
he had employed new bookkeeper to
itaSe charge Of them. b.. W, w.. ~
ri The Investigation will be continued
by the food Commission, and either an,
other meeting will be called for all the
dairymen or those whom the commission
desires to question will be called before
il separately. n,&.a. Y. ~. .-3.'