The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-31
MILK PRICES RISE,
QUARTS UP -2CENT
Grade A in November to Cost
10 Cents and Grade B
16 Cents.
ALL PINTS JUMP 1 CENT
Dairymen Accept Increase, Al
though Dissatisfied-7
Cent Boost in 2 Years.

sumner III NONeinDtf VIII po oho
quart more than during the present
month. The price OF bottled plnts Will
be Increased one cent
The decision as to the November
schedule was reached yesterday at
conference in Washington and te!e-
graphed to the Federal Food Board here
by DR.. Clyde l.. King OF the United
States Food Administration.
DR.. Kings announcement as to retail
prices explained that they are predicated
upon the basis price TO producers OF
sa.s1 for 100 pounds Of per cent. milk
in the $50 mile zone"
Several hours after tho schedule was
made public the directors Of the Dairy
mems League, in session at league head
quarters, 10 West Fortieth street.
agreed to accept the Fixed price for milk
In the country. e.
1--WE bave accepted the price allowed
us by tho Food Administration" was
the only comment r. u. Cooper. presl-
dent OF the league, would make.
November Retail Prices.
Retail prices for a month. beginning
tomorrow. will be as follows:
Grade A bottled milk. delivered. quart,
IS cents: pint, IL cents .
Grade B bottled milk. delivered. quart,
10 cents: pint. 10 cents.
Grade 3 bottled milk, to stores, quart,
1915 cents: to consumers. 10 cents
Loose milk TO stores. Grade B. quart,
1871 cents: to consumers. IS cents.
Loose milk. wholesale, 10 gallons or
over. IAN cents quart; under 10 gal
Ions. 10 cents quart.
The Dairymen's League gave out this
statement:
"a thorough examination of the ac-
counts Of the milk distributors by the
Food Administration shows that they
have lost money OH milk sold during
October and will lose money during No
veniber at the prices announced. The
distributors. however. accept these
crease in the cost to the consumer.
which would be likely to result in de-
creased consumption"
The Dairymen's League directors
made no attempt as they emerged from
the directors meeting to hide the fact
that they were not at all satisfied with
the price.
One official said that the price al
lowed Is % cents less than the actual
cost Of producing 100 pounds OF milk. as
figured out by experts for the league.
The prices for feed used In the calcu-
lations. It is ead, were Food Admins
tration prices.
Hint at "RevenEc" After War.
Several members admitted that the
Food Administration had the farmers
up n tree and they had to accept the
prices or be put In a position where
IL might be said OF them that they were
not patriotic. As they were patriots
they said. they swallowed their medi-
oiLe." One director added: But this
war isn't going 20 last forever. Wait
until after the var
Practically every upstate man who
attended yesterdays meeting reported
that farmers belonging to the lea
were extremely indignant over a tele-
gram which Mr.. Hoover sent to Presi-
dent Cooper in which he said: your
demands. which would result in II cent
milk, I consider are based upon an at.
tempt to profiteer"
In this telegram Mr.. Hoover said the
Food Administration wouldn't he in
Inundated" by the leagues demands for
a Congressional investigation in the
handling of the milk question by the
Food Administration.
IT Is understood. although President
Cooper declines to talk about It. that
league
that such an Investigation be requested
has received me concurrence OF A large
majority OF the members. Replies have
been received by the hundreds by mail
arc telegraph.
The fixing Of 10 cents as the price to
be paid for a bottled pint OF Grade B
milk that Will be retailed at IS cents per
bottled quart is bound TO make a lot of
childless couples pucker up their eye
brows.
Pint Price Is Explained.
The price of 10 cents per pint for
Grade bottled milk" said the official
announcement. is explained by the Food
Administration as based upon the fact
that the cost OF delivering pint bottles
ot milk is practically the same as that
for delivery of quarts. The amount OF
labor. overhead expenses and other fac
tors OF cost are the same. In selling
pints bottled at approximately half the
price for quarts the distributors have
been losing money, according to the re-
port made by the Investigators for the
United States Food Administration. The
public Is urged TO use quarts bottled
rather than pints because of the greater
economy In the use OF the larger size.
The price TO the producer OF 1891
for 100 pounds. which was approved by
Mr.. Hoover several days ago. means a
cost of approximately cents. n quart
to the distributors. to which has TO be
added the cost IF distribution, transpor-
| tation, bottling. delivery and overhead
expenses"
The farmers assert that the New York
city distributors "spread"-that is the
difference between the price he PAYS &c
the farmer and the price he gets from
| the consumer-is,7.2 cents quart. which
they do not hesitate to say probably
| gives him a profit.
A quart of Grade p milk will cost 10.
morrow exactly I cents more n QUAR-
than 1t did before the milk strike in the
| fall of 1916.