The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-06-06
COMPLAINT MADE TO STATE
County Food Administrator Tells State
Administrator Milk Should Sell for
Not More Than 10 Cents Quart
Dealers Insist on Higher Price.

Mayor I. w. Thiesen of Racine has
been instructed by Magnus Swenson,
chairman of the State Council of De-
Tense, to take steps to establish fair
retail price for milk in the city of Ke-
nosha. He has been named on ac-
count of the fact that he was a mem
Der of the committee named by the gov
ernor to make an investigation of con
ditions surrounding the milk supply in
this section of the state.
The appointment OF Mayor Thiesen fon
this work followed complaint of
County Food Administrator Ell Il. Bull
lamore to the State Food Administra-
tor Mr.. Bullamore claimed that the
price of twelve cents now being charged
for milk in Kenosha was an unfair
price and entirely out of keeping with
prices charged for the same product in
other sections of the state. In Milwau-
kee recently the price of milk was re
duced to ten cents quart. In Racine
the price of milk has been eleven cents
quart during May and it is expected
that reductions will be made during
June.
In his response to Mr.. Bulamore,
the Kenosha county food administrator,
Mayor Thiesen said that there is no
reason why the price of milk should be
II cents a quart in Kenosha and that it
should be at least IL cents quart, the
price now being paid in Racine.
In explaining the reply and how he
arrived at that determination the mayor
said:
just after the meeting of the spe-
cial committee of which happened to
be member, and the price of milk was
established, [ called together tae milk
dealers Of the city of Racine, of which
we have about 60, and suggested the
plan of consolidation, by which the ex-
pense Of delivery could be largely re-
duced.
GIVE discovered that the cost of de-
livering the milk in the city of Racine
was approximately three cents a quart,
and by. eliminating duplication in deliv-
cry the price could be materially re-
duced. However, we have no legal way
Of enforcing this issue, unless the Unit
ed States Food commission steps in,
which you no doubt have the right to,
and take this matter up with your local
dealers.
Tells of Complaints
Administrator Bullamore, of Keno
sha county, in stating the conditions in
his jurisdiction to Mr.. Swenson, the
state administrator, explains that there
has been considerable complaint regard
ing the retail price of milk in the city
Of Kenosha recently, for the reason
that they are compelled to pay price
higher than that in force in other
cities in the state. The retail price is
still IL cents quart here.
Continuing, he says:
Il find upon investigating the whole
sale price Of milk in Kenosha county,
that bottling factories have been pay
ing $2.05 for May and will pay $3.50
for June. The large dealers here tell
me that they are paying at the present
time 1910 per hundred pounds and the
small dealers $40 for 6s-pound can.
The larger dealers claim they are COM
PEELED to buy and manufacture into
cheese surplus milk, which practice they
have to cary on at loss, and conse-
quently they are unable to sell milk at
less than IL cents. -
Tn closing his letter he states that
he believes milk should sell at 10 cents
a quart in June.