Evening star., 1919-04-08
Answers Dealers Charge.

! In the daily public press of the
! 9Th instant certain statements were
made by Mr.. W. a. Simpson, president
j @nd manager Of the walker HIll
! ,;airy. relative TO unlicensed milk.
said Dr. FoW Ter. In this advert Sc
/ ment, among other things. iT. Sinlp-
! son makes the following statements:
1 1t has been the policy of the Mary
: lana and Virginia milk producers To
: antagonizc Lire shipping "a milk from
: ems wanna and New York, n ordef
. 10 secure tuT IN an-SClTCS - monopoly
. IN supplying " &snlngton vita milk
eat their pee. and Il IS largely due
! to THIS Il ndcEcy thai milk prices are
siin higher in Washington than IN
other eastern cities He iurtner states
I that had il not been for milk from
I Pennsylvania and New York during
! he influenza epidemic last fall the
city would have been short fully 80
per cent of it's needed supply
: 1hc health department does not
! know What efforts have been made by
| the Maryland and Virginia producers
20 prevent the shipment of milk from
! Pennsylvania and New York into
! Washington. nor does it know what
| efforts they have made 10 increase
/ the price of milk in this city; it does
/ know, no Tever, that certain dairy
| men in Washington notified their
/ producers IN the first part OF March
/ Of this year that the price of milk
| from the producer to the dairyman
would be cents less per gallon than
/ previously paid: that this cents per
| gallon was actually deduc. ed from the
[ amount paid by the dairymen to the
| producers. but the price to the con-
| sumner was still maintained at the
4 former price of II cents per quart.
From this statement it will be seen
hat while the oa Try farmer received
| cents less per gallon for his product.
/ the dairyman in this city added an
additional cents profit on the milk
! sold to the consumer.
! The health department is also in
| formed that at meeting recently
! held in Frederick city objection was
made to reducing the price of milk
| in Washington, on the ground that
1 the people of Washington We're per-
/ fectly willing to pay Il cents per
| quart for it. AS to the statement
| last fail the city would have been
| short fully SO per cent of its needed
supply, 1 can say that during the
| period mentioned a representative of
/ one of the largest dairies of this city
| admitted TO the health officer that
his establishment was shipping 200
| gallons of milk each day from its
dairy in Washington to Norfolk. Va.
Says Milk Shipped Away.
"The department is also In posses
! sion of information to show that one
of the other large dairies was also
/ shipping large quantities of milk
from Washington to Norfolk or Ports
/ mouth, Va. The department also
/ '.nows. while not in possession of in
( format tion that would enable it to
! legally prosecute the dairymen en-
/ gagged in the practice, that several
| cf the large dairies in this city were
| using dried milk powder in the man
| ufacture Of their milk product and
| selling it to their customers as fresh
milk.
Mr.. Simpson states that the pres
ent agitation seems principally di-
rected against six of the large milk
dealers in the city, while to my per-
sonal knowledge about all the deal
| ers of any size have received unli-
cersed milk or cream during the
| shortage of supply and asks, why
! this discrimination? In reply to this
statement the record of the health
department shows that prosecutions
are now pending agains thirteen diff
| ferent dealers, and not six. as stated
| by Mr.. Simpson.
| Il wish to state. as have on for
mer occasion. that the health officer
is endeavoring to secure for the peo-
pie of Washington the very best and
E, cleanest milk supply at the lowest
| possible price with fair profit to
j the producer. and is not particularly
| interested in the producer or the dis
| tributer. His whole thought in every
action taken by him in this matter ia
with view to benefiting the public"