New-York tribune., 1918-11-08
MAYOR HYLAN ON THE MILK PROBLEM

MAYOR HYLAN ON THE MILK PROBLEM
The Mayor aroused himself from Rip Van Winke slun
ber the other day and penned Mr. Hoover the He
that the high price of milk hardship and Furthermore
l1cent milk TO be prOteering and then sold for
The Mayor has caught the popular disease of believing t
every who eats foods food expert Famarzng ones
self with the obvious facts concerned before @
putocratc One should shut eyes, get behind the
and shout profteer if he be true friend of the people
The simple facts in this these Mr. Hoover spoke
employed m tor comparison He said should not cost
S cents Nearly all New York knows this but no one tod
Mr.. Hylan:
is by all odds the blacklist sheep in the Food Family Milk
after conference has been held Washington Boston and New
York at which producers distributors, food administrators
have contributed all they the subject and its adjust
menand still milk costs more to produce and distribute than
And now comes Mr.. Hylan and informs Mr. Hoover that
the price is hardship and urhermore he appoints his Com
ton Our condolences the commissioner who as far as We
can determine is as guess Of any knowledge of the pro
tion distribution and consumption of milk as his superior
"A-threequarter- a-columnst cannot give very ex
haustive treatise the milk question. But be worth
feed goes and milk flow goes down. to be expected in war
and did we'll to get off with half raise and
would have had not Mr. Hoover stood nat Also
while Mr. Hylan general principles finds it impossible
believe that the distributors losing money committee Of
dsinerested accountants and eerts were convinced that such
the and with the increase of pay drivers another
threatened strike on their hands and decrease the amount
of milk handled it possible that their profits
decreased if not to the vanishing point
That system of milk distribution crminay expen
all are agreed but what shall replace it? That
ducer should have the production plus fair profit also
sentiment unanimously applauded but what the
productions Wonderful formulas abOrously COMPOUNDED
all the elements entering into milk give widely df
terent answers to the according to the estimated
labor and feed assigned that honest differences of opinion
flourish. The farmers be ruined if they did not
S4O1 hundredwegh according their figures 1881
just logical price when other methods estimating
the cost of labor used So goes
Milk is essential to the well being of the race like air sn
sunshine and water If it can't be produced price within
the reach of the general public then it must be treated
public utility and subsidized and distributed by the state Milk
the young must have die food problem itself apart
We go without milk when the price gets too high
must have it to keep the alive.
We shall not reach solution of this basic problem by
shutting to the facts by denying The
must be squarey Perchance milk must regarded
byproduct OF the farm and not required to
monetary return for itself especially when produced on small
scale Most businesses average their and gains And
farmers have admitted that though
did not show profit their much
more profitable when kept The studies have
done much to focus light on this problem but the end not
yet We have had "free milk for France in war times-w
wisdom and patience, peace should bring us milk for all IN
America"
toes doesn't worth recordingno until next week.
| way.
(Whoea market prices conditions are based primarily
reports V the New York office United Stats
Department Of agriculture The retail MARKET
ana specaot Uor conditions Nes
York Federal Food Boord)
(1he market column appears Fyido1sl