Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-16
PRICE Of MILK TO
REMAIN UNCHANGED
Report Made That Inspector
Found Water in Some
Samples Investigated.

Representatives Of the Milk Produc
Ms Association and the Retailers Ae
auGation met with Food Adminietra
t~ Edmund Mitchell sad DR.. Clyd'
l.. King in the Food Administration
Offices in the Odd Fellows building
Saturday afternoon. TO try to decide
upon pricc for milk, beginning today
At previous conferences. the farm
ws had expressed the thought tha
they wpu}d bc satisfied il they OBJ
tanned the ssme price paid in Phila
delphia, which is generally nascd upon
4 per cont Of butter fats.
br. King stated that an inspector
who had been selected by one mill
Of milk, had come TO Wilmington "a
per agroanant, and had taken samples
n milk sort here and served. from bott
farmers and retailers There were 40
samples taken, of which 2l were from
dealers and 3SS from farmers.
In testing for water In milk. there
were IS samples examined that showed
water Of these four taken from deal
egs showed water. while 81 taken from
farmers showed the same adulterant
OF these samples taken, lTg examined
showed butter fats above per cent
OF these IL were from dealers and rs,
from farmers.
But the chief thought of the inves
tigation WAS 10 determine the average
of milk tested. and this showed that
The general amount of butter fats was
80 pcr cent. Philadelphia prices ar,
based on certain SUM for less 4 pei
cent milk and another price for less
than that amount
Some of the samples showed wonder.
ful milk in the way Of butter fats. Some
werc rs high rs sc per cent, while
other milk tested below 3 per cent
DR. King stated that 80 milk was fine
milk, and as rule. better than Is bong
served in the larger cities
DIR King was askel If there was
any question about the amount Of
water in the milk He said that sci
errc enabled the investigators 70 dc
terTnine through the specific gravity
exactly how much the milk was waterrd
as II had been suggested that the COW
might herself add the adulterant
The price 70 the farmer is To ad-
vance TO : IL cents frpm September
Is To October | the Wilmington far
mers will get the same prio o. p.
Wilmington as IN Philadelphia and
for the remaining six months the farmer
will receive one-hslf cent less Z q. h.
Wilmington than the price o. b. Phila-
delphia This understanding Is sub
iect To another conference AZ any time
at tho request Of either farmers or deal
ers The Philadelphia pr,~e to the farm
;>r4 = -eachei ~ tn,.iJ.ss,ce between,
farmers and dealers with representa-
tives Of the Food Administration prps-
ent The price To the consumer is 70
remain for the time bcrng al IL cents
for quarts The price ON pints advanced
TODAY 10 IL cents The Food Ad-
ministration approves this rricc On
pints because the cost Of handling pints
is larger than in handling quarts The
cost of bottles is larger At cents per
pint the dealers ar losing money on
piuts Con-iIners are asked 10 use quarts
instead Of psntr II driver is out of
quart bottles and the consumer asks
for quart Of milk. the driver must
leave two pint bottles At Is cents Rut
if the consumer asks for TWO pint bottles
the price is : II cents plr pint bottle