Denver labor bulletin., 1918-03-09
BUY YOUR MILK OF
LOCAL DAIRYMEN
TRUST SEEKS TO BUILD UP
MONOPOLY HERE.
Control of Supply viii Be Taken Over
by Syndicate Unless Consumers
Quickly Wake Up to the
Real Situation.

Unless Denver wishes to be at the
mercy of a milk trust in a few months
she had best look out for the inter
ests of her local dairymen, all of whom
are producing a fine, clean article un-
der rigid inspection from city hall,
but many of whom are forced to sell
to stores because of lack of patronage.
These men are so busy producing a
good milk that they do not take time
TO go about soliciting trade, hence
their routes are scattered, collections
bad and many of their best customers
picked up by the trust. This is the
opinion of Mrs. Ora W Afford, chair
man of the milk committee of the DeA-
yer Consumers League.
The milk monopoly about to be
perfected was planned in August,
1916, according to a letter, copy of
which is now on file at the food ad-
ministration bureau. Let US quote a
few sentences: This proposition is
to consolidate and control the milk
consumption of this city. 1t is not
proposed to raise any milk, but buy
the output of the producer
This would mean a gross income of
more than S3,00O,O00 per year, which
would put a company controlling the
business, as to value of anual busi-
ness, along with the Denver Union
Water Co, Denver Gas & Electric
Co., the Telephone Co. or the Street
Railway Co., with much larger net
earning capacity and with one-tenth
the capital invested. The
control Of the milk supply Of Denver
is much more feasible than that of
any other city Of its size in the coun-
try, from the fact that it is all raised
within few miles Of the city, mostly
within wagon haul, and once acquired
could hardly be duplicated.
BY the acquisition of the small dairies
mentioned the gross annual business
of the company should be from 81
10000 to S2.50O,OOO, with a better
percentage on gross increase, as cost
of delivery would be reduced by the
elimination of duplicate routes.
1t is safe to say that this
common stock Will earn from Is per
cent to 20 per cent within two years
The sentence, The control of the
milk supply once acquired
could hardly be duplicated" is a most
vital thought for the Denver consumer.
The control of the milk supply will
be consummated within a very short
time if the consumer continues in his
present path. There is only one way
to stop it-patroniZe local dairymen
trust supply the wholesale trade.
You want your milk before break
fast? Hasn't the milkman a right to
sleep at night, the same right you en-
JOY? Milk before breakfast from the
trust means pasteurized milk some two
to three days old. Milk by noon from
your local man means mornings milk
if you ask for it.
Pasteurization of milk does not kill
all the germs, as the remaining bac-
terra develop all the more rapidly
after pasteurization. In addition 10
this evil. pasteurized milk is the great
est known aid to constipation, the bane
of American health.
Let all Of this surplus outside milk
be made into cheese. or condensed and
be shipped abroad. patronize only our
local dairy, thereby saving transpor-
tation. encouraging home industry and
insuring a pure, clean milk supply at
a reasonable price for all the children
of Denver