The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-04
MILK RECEIPTS
HALVED;LARGER
SUPPLY TO-DAY
Swami Tells Governor Laws
Giving Dairymen Immu-
nifty Should Be Repealed.
LEAGUES ATTITUDE HIT
Many Farmers Upstate Are
Opposed to Strike, DR..
Copeland Says.

A total of $4,000 quarts of milk
came into the city yesterday. This
was so per cent. of the daily supply.
Many thousands of homes were with
out milk and milk substitutes were in
much demand.
DR.. Royal S. Copeland, Health Com
missioner, said last night there Is
promise of an increased supply to-
day. He made this statement follow
ing a talk with a number Of members
of the New York Milk Conference
Board. Tho distributors reported to
him that they were having success
in tapping new sources of supplies not
controlled by the Dairymen's League
Officers Of the Dairymen's League
insisted no league milk, excepting that
which is being contracted for at the
league price, lis entering the city.
1t has been understood that the league
has been supplying about 90 per cent
OF the New York city milk.
Swami Asks Laws Repeal.
Mayor Hylan's administration. Dis
trict Attorney Swami and the distrbu-
ters affiliated with the Milk Confer
ence Board got closer together yester-
day in their fight against the farmers
organization. Following conference
Of tho Mayor, the District Attorney.
John r. Dooling. Assistant District At
torney, and DR.. Copeland In the Mayors
office yesterday afternoon, Judge Swami
sent letter to Gov. Smith saying he be-
1ieves, in order that relief may be
granted the people, that the laws
exempting the Dairymens League from
liability under the conspiracy section OF
the penal code and tho DonHelly anti
trust act should be repealed without de-
lay. He also forwarded to the Gov
ernor memoranda showing what facts
had been established at the John Doe
milk inquiry before Chief Magistrate
McAdoo. Most of the established facts
were unfavorable to the Dairymens
League.
Although the Dairymen's League Of
0cers show kilograms setting forth that
the farmers are standing firm In the
country for the league price. $4.01 a
hundred pounds of per cent. milk. and
that league branch meetings are calling
out more farmers than ever before, Dr.
Copeland says that advices are that
many farmers up State are opposed to
the milk strike.
MIX is backing up at a tremendous
rate in the dairy districts furnishing the
city with its supply From Binghamton
reports come that oceans of it are
ACCOMMODATING with no places to store IT,
Farmers are trying to make 1t UP into
butter, but it is coming too fast for
them
Talk of Fight to Finish.
The distributors admit a determine
tion to keep on getting milk from dis
iant points outside their regular terri
tories until they compel the league di-
rectors to yield. They argue that when
this time comes the league. as an or
.eanzation. will be out OF business as a
price fixing agency. League officials de-
Glars they are for the preservation OF
the league and the right of farmers to
Say what they get for their milk. They
odd that they can fight as long as the
distributors can. The contest OF the two
great organizations will be accompanied
with tremendous economic losses on
both sides and, as usual, the consumer
will have to stand the saff.
DIR. Copeland had long conference
late Yesterday afternoon with members
of the MIX Conference Board and I.
I;lkn Nathans, secretary of that body.
during which plans were discussed for
getting milk into the city.
THE amount of milk on the way to
New York from new sources OF supply,
which are being tapped is large" Or.
Copeland said I'm a few days we will
do away with material suffering
Or. Copeland explained that he Is in
tcrested in the present situation for two
reasons. lie wishes. first, TO get milk TO
the children of the city who need II, and
second, ''the price Of milk TO the con-
sumner must be reduced" He admitted
he believes the Dairymens League Is
asking too much for its milk.
Other Cities Get MIX Cheaper.
THE league" he said. demands s4.01
per 100 pounds, The Philadelphia mar
ket pays s347; Chicago. 1855; Boston.
$3.50, fixed to-day by the Food Admins
tration. and Pittsburg, $40. The dis
trbuters here are offering $3.50. II the
Food Administration can fix a price for
Boston | don't see why 1t cannot fix a
price here"
DR.. Copeland explained that hi. de-
partment is doing everything possible to
make sure that the milk coming In from
new sources fulils the requirements
City inspectors cannot examine the
stables, cows, plants, etc, in the new re-
gions, as 1hey do in the Dairymens
League territories, he said. but health
authorities in those sections are being
asked to report as TO conditions. All the
milk that comes here will be pasteurizei
and inspectors here will test It.
I'VE received rs per cent. OF our nor
NAL daily supply at the health stations
to-day" DR.. Copeland said. THE dis
tributers promise that We will have so
per cent. tomorrow Saturday.. They
also promised 10 deliver fully an 80 per
cent. supply to the hospitals.
1T was agreed at the conference that
where a family does not receive a SUI.
fcient supply OF milk the mother is to
telephone her dealer and the distributors
promised that all employees would be in
etructed to respond at once TO such calls
In case any mother falls 10 eet milk
after notifying her dealer we would be
glad to have her notify The Board OF
Health and We Will see that she gets
milk"
Cooper "Regrets ShortaKe.o
President Cooper of the Dairymen's
League wrote an opcn letter to Commits
sioner Copeland yesterday in which he
said
we very greatly regret that the pres
ent shortage of milk may cause suffering
10 consumers. but it may be, and the
Dairymcn's League sincerely hopes, tina
tie present crisis may be worth while
by showing the people of the city what
the real trouble with the milk situation
is and where the real responsibility for
the unsatisfactory conditions both FIR In