New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-12
Says That He Will Take De-
cisive Action if Settle
ment Is Not Made To-day
Conference Is To Be Held
Governor Gives No Hint Of
What He Plans to Do; Re-
ceipts Again Falling Off


ernor will take other and decisive steps
to smash the deadlock which has held
the city to diminished milk supply for
eleven days
The Governor announced his ulti-
matum in an interview at City Hall
yesterday. He had just completed q
conference with Robert f. Bowling,
chairman of the commission.
"Mr. Bowling reported to me that the
milk distributors and the dairymen
are standing pat. This is, indeed,
serious situation. Mr.. Bowling fur
Their told me he had given both sides
until Monday noon to come to an
port to me by mail, so that | shall have
the report either Tuesday or Wednes-
day"
Questioned regarding his course in
the event of continued disagreement,
the Governor said he would determine
that when the time arrives" He
added that he hopes a compromise will
be effected to obviate other proceed
ings.
No Successor to Copeland
Governor Smith announced that he
would not appoint a successor to
Health Commissioner Cope and. who
resigned from the commission on FIJI
day. He said he felt that Mr.. Dowl-
ing alone could bring the distributors
and producers together.
Chairman Bowling declared last
night that the entire matte would be
placed in the hands Of the State Legis-
lature if the deadlock continues un-
broken.
1.-THE Legislature will be asked not
only to terminate the existing cond&
tion," he said, "but make it impossible
for a situation so detrimental to gen
era' welfare to occur again.
The first approach to an attitude Of
Cancellation by any of the parties was
reported by Mr.. Bowling. He declared
that at a conference with the distribu-
tors, held at his Office, they had con-
sidered the possibility OF. increasing
Their offer OF $3.50 per hundred pounds
to the producers.
"They asserted, however" Mr.. Dow
ling said, E'that they would not suggest
an advance in their scale unless they
knew that the Dairymen's League had
withdrawn from its stand of $4.01 per
hundred pounds or no milk.
Figures have been submitted for
February and March, on the basis Of
which there is more possibility of an
agreement The prices asked by the
Dairymens League are 1884 for Febru-
airy and 1928 for March. They have
reduced the price they will ask for
March from So Is. Some agreement
will undoubtedly be reached in those
present situation"
Mr.. Bowling alone of the principals
of the milk controversy, was at all
sanguine as to an armistice or a per-
manent peace. The members of the
Dairymen's League continued yesterday
to hold their shipments to only those
distributors who have signed contracts
at their price.
The milk receipts of Yesterday
quarts from Friday, the days total be
ing 1,272,2 $50. l. Elkin Nathans, secre-
tary OF the Milk Conference Board had
predicted reduced receipts, as Fridays
total included eighteen carloads held
over from Thursday.
Dairymen's League officials were
prone yesterday to question the verac-
ity of the daily reports of milk re-
ceipts.
"The reports received at the league
headquarters" said r. D. Cooper, the
president, do not indicate that the
daily receipts of milk are as large as
stated"
Says Reports Are Exaggerated
This was concurred in by Albert
Manning, secretary of the league He
asserted that not over rs per cent of
the normal supply is being received
and that thousands of consumers are
getting less than half of their normal
requirements
He charged again that the milk COM
ing IN IS Of poor quality, due to its
ff~r-~o \
not subjected to rigid inspection.
1--WE place full responsibility for any
unfortunate results which may come
from unclean milk being sold in this
city upon the milk trust and the City
Board OF Health; upon the milk trust
because they are preventing an ade-
quate supply from coming in by re-
fuslng TO pay the cost of production
price for it,~and upon the Board of
Health because they evidently are not
taking in the present crisis, the usual
sanitary precautions to insure q good
quality of milk to the New York CITY
consumer" he declared.
Die Saulthe. acting head of the Blu
reau OF Food and Drugs Of the Depart
mept Of Health, vigorously denied last
night that any Of the milk being doled
out TO consumers during the strike Is 8,
OF inferior quality. He asserted that
analysis, 2s3 fulfiled renu;rements
MS 's as high an average as that
round IN experiments before the strike.
he said.
Farmers Blame Distributors
President Cooper declared last nipbt
tnat the farmers have not aggressiyelv
issued uitimatums on their price Of
ya.ol per hundred pounds. lie said
s aner aecisive stand was reply to the
uitimatum Of the members Of The New
YORK MIX Conference Board. who re-.
FUSED to bid higher than $3.50 He
said the league members were alwavs
rsaay 70 enter into negotiations for
the sale Of the milk prior to the mass
meeting Of the farmers at Utica on
thursday, when the sense of the gath
ering demanded that S4.OI was Tho
minimum at which milk could be pro-
duced during January.
SIR. Manning voiced the first criti.
cism OF Governor Smiths cornmisxion
yesterday, saying that 1t "lcaves tho
farmers In the minority to conai,jor
the. price Of their product He said
the milk distributors are paving
as high as s75s cents can, or q cents
. quart, 70 ship milk from Western
points. Express charges are often an
nigh az 8 cents quart, he said.
"Jhe farmers can hold out for an
ether month, If ncceggary," said n. J.
kereha~, director Of the league,
They are detern med 70 win and feel
that they bave toe distributor already
pointed toward defeat"