South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-21
Board Representing Farmers
Decides Not to Deliver
Product When Is Cent
Price is Refused.

TIE milk strike1ls on tomorrow
morning
That decision was reached by the
mills boasa Of the recently formed
producers association al a meeting
in the court house AIouday evening.
The members Of the board who
decided for a milk strike are. Harry
Funston Frank jackson. Edward
zeitler. Charles KeItnor. Ira Uuery.
Len Van Hess a4d John schoIly.
The refusal Of the distributors to-
pay p cents per gallon for milk
without qualification was given as
the reason FOR the strike.
Believing thar they have sufficient
members i'm their organization who
VIII refuse 90 bring their milk 10
he city. the producers figure that
the distributors viii be glad 90 meet
the price demanded by Thursday. or
"a the latest Friday While the pro-
ducers feel that their hastily formed
organization VIII stand intact they
say they viii not hesitate % use
drastic measures" 10 enforce their
strike decree If that becomes ueccs-
sary
Claim Importation Too Costly.
The producers recognize the fact
MA; the distributors may be able to
import milk from Chicago or other
nearby points. but they claim that
sucn mills viii cost from 80 20 40
cents a gallon and that AN that can
be imported Ar any prince viii not be
sufficient 90 meet the city's needs
They insist any milk that viii he
imported will be low testing milk
rejected At other ceuters. and that
10 viii be again diluted before placed
on the market here
Condensed milk will not relieve
the situation say the producers Not
only viii the supply run short but
they claim that they have evidence
Of sdulteration already being prac-
ticed i'm the city
Babies throughout the city Will
not feel the coming strike.
the producers made provisions
for the infants at last nights meet
ing when they arranged plan
whereby certified milk Will ne de-
livered AZ milk stations to- - estah-
lished in AN part of the citE. This
milk for the babies will sell for II
cents a quart 4 vigilance com
mittee viii he ON hand az every sta
tion 90 see that mo- ono without
babies under a certain age gets any
Of the precious fluid.
Hospitals Also Exempt
s. Joseph's hospital and Erworth
hospital also are exempted" from
the producers strike decree Like
the babies. they are 90 have certified
milk
While the producers we're pre-
pairing and mailiue letters 90 their
members that will make the strike
an actually Wednesday morning.
The distributors were I'm session at
Shirks dairy makinr ready 10 meet
the unusual situation that will pre-
vail within a hours
They voted not to pay more than
the present price of 30 cents per
gallon as Ions as milk is sold TO
them by the producers under the eX-
.stine conditions Just as soon as
the producers show a disposition TO
sell .Heir milk on q lutterfat basis
so -hat the producers and distribu-
tor get value received. then the dis
triou ors will he willing to figure
further
stand on Butter Fat Basis
Butter fat basis is the cruN OF the
situation MS far as the distributors
are concerned. They say they are
wilkins 90 pay 20 cents gallon for
per cent. butter tat milk but that
the producers showing that their
milk does not test anywhere near
that perceutaee try TO minimize the
proposition The minimum legal
percentage butter fat milk must
contain is c-5 Nilk that is
being delivered 10 ;he distributors
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