Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16

Clark of Williston. president of the New
England MIX Producers association.
President Clark was very brief and spoke
about the necessity of every dairyman
assisting his brother dairyman in New
York to obtain his price.
Richard Pattee of Boston, secretary of
the New England Milk Producers assoc
citation. was the next speaker. He said,
in part:
ut is up to the dairymen to keep rec
ords year in and year out to ascertain
how much 1t costs them to produce 100
pounds of milk. If the cost is not accu-
rately determined, how are the dairymen
going to demand a reasonable profit from
| their business?
"Dairymen must advertise the merits
of milk and other dairy products. not
as individuals, but as dairymen. That
will encourage the demand for dairy
products and will take care of the sum-
mer surplus. 1t also will show the public
hat the dairymen have something to
offer and will bring the d%airymen in a
reasonable profit for their production.
THE dairymen must sell their product
to the consuming public at the very low
est price possible which will allow a rea-
sonable profit. It is the duty of every
dairyman to do that. The public will APP
rrcciate that duty If carried out and the
dairymen will be benefited as well as
the public.
Therefore tho price to the consumer
must not be raised If there is any other
way TO realize the needed financial gains
to put the farm dairy on a paying basis.
The raising of the prices to the consumer
makes hard feelings and jeopardizes the
business.
1T Is not the dairyman who makes the
money from the high price of milk. but
the middleman-the man who gets the
milk from the dairymen and distributes
1t. 1t is the business of the middleman to
buy milk cheap and sell it dear. He is
the one who is getting rich out of the
deal and is robbing the public to do 1t,
and then lying to them as well by telling
that 1t is the farmer who gets the profit
and keeps the price of milk high.
Tons and tons of food in milk and
other dairy products are annually dropped
into Lake C%hamplain and the Atlantic
ocean by the dealers or middlemen each
year. This has happened in st. Adams
inside of six months where milk from the
concern Of a middleman was dumped
into the river.
The dairymen should own or at least
control the system of transportation and
delivery to the consumer. There is where
the waste and cost comes in. There is
where the money is spent and is made in
enormous sums.
The dairymen of Vermont should get
together and should advertise their prod
ucts and that advertising will create I'M
dreamed of markets and profitable re-
turns as WE'LL
Gay Baldwin of Hinesburg. president of
the Chittenden county branch Of the New
York dairymen's League, was the next
speaker. He reported that Tuesday night
at Williston he finished a countrywide
tour of the various branches of the league
with the result that no milk from the
county will go to New York city to break
the Strike
THE FREE PRESS COMMENDED
In concluding his address,, President
Baldwin paid the Free Press a tribute
for its fairness. He said: II am very
thankful and pleased to be able to report
to the members of the Dairymen's League
thai there is one paper. the Burlington
Free Press, In this State that is fair and
square enough to give us publicity to
put before the public our side of the ques-
ton. This paper published an interview
with me concerning the situation In New
York and the county which was as square
as any article could be, had l written
the piece myself"
The last speaker of the afternoon ses-
sion was o. G. Crandall of Milton juno
ton, Wis, who read a paper on 1.-THE
sorghum Industry" He told Of the
natural history concerning sorghum, it's
methods of cultivation, it's uses and where
1t is found, both wild and cultivated.
LAST DAYS PROGRAM
1000 a. NJ The Dairy Outlook" the
Hon. f. S. Brigham: why Use a Pure
Bred Sire" O.. NJ. Cambrun of Burling-
ton. professor of animal husbandry
"Confectioners' requirements in Maple
Products" Charles S. Bird, secretary of
the New England Confectioners' asso-
cation.
200 p. MEOW test association session.
Helmer Rabild and other noted speakers
expected; business meetings.; election of
off1cers; banquet evening.
200 p. m.-Women's Auxiliary, roof
garden of the Hotel Vermont. Greet
ings by the president; music; reading,
Miss Fanny Martin; music; address, Mrs.
May l. Wood. New Hampshire chairman
of the women's committee of national
defense; music.
Farewell banquet at 500 p. m. at the
Hotel Vermont.