The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1920-09-24
DAIRYNEN WANT
HIGHER PRICE
Distributors and Manufacturers
Reject Price Rise of New York
State Dairymen's League.
WOULD PR0RATE PROCEEDS.
Lower Price Of Sugar Likely to Cause
Loss of Millions to Condensed
Milk Manufacturers Who
Have Overstock.

:, Utica.-Producers and distributors
have locked horns over the price Of
milk to the distributor. Following ac-
tion Of the. directors Of the Dairy
mems League at Utica in fixing $3.S5
a hundred pounds for per cent milk
for October, an advance of 20 cents
a hundred pounds, or .0425 cents a
quart, over the September price, the
representatives of the milk distribu-
ters, meeting with leager directors In
Utica, refused any advance over the
September price on the ground that
it would necessitate an increase to
the consumer.
Manufacturers of milk have refused
to buy any more milk at any price
until market conditions for manufac-
tured products change, but have Of
fered to manufacture butter as trus-
tees or agents for the producers. The
reason given Is that they are already
overstocked with condensed and evapo-
rated milk. 1t is said that about one
fourth of the milk produced in this
territory Is manufactured.
Besides setting the price for Octo-
Der milk, the directors of the Dairy
mems League voted to recommend to
the $4,000 members Of the league that
the proceeds from every members
milk be pooled with those Of every
other member. 1.-THE pooling plan
MEANS" said a statement from the
Dairymen's League, shat every dairy
man, irrespective Of whether he de-
livers his milk to a shipping station.
cheese factory, creamery. condensery
or to any other market, will have the
payment made by the buyer of his
product direct to the Dairymen's Co
operative Association. The proceeds
will then he pooled and each dairy
man will receive his equitable share"
The representatives Of the distributors
at the Utica meeting criticised the
plan as unwise and impracticable.
The league directors say the price
of S3S5 set for the October milk Is
cost of production figured by the War
rem formula used by that organization.
They also say that If the manufacture
ers carry out their announced pur-
pose thousands of dairymen will be
without their usual market for milk
on October /.
Besides the overproduction Of manu-
factured milk products the Dairymen's
League says there is another possible
explanation of why manufacturers of
condensed milk products are not in
favor of producing more at this time,
especially, sweetened condensed milk.
'In the course of the last thirty
days." the league statement says, "the
price of sugar means that the sugar
required to manufacture one case
forty-eight cans-of CONDENSED milk
can be purchased for approximately
$1.50 less than thirty days ago. The
manufacturers state that they have g.
100000 cases on hand, enough to supply
the normal trade for several months.
If they can temporarily stop, produc-
ton. it will mean preventing a loss
to them of at least $50 on every case
now held in storage. On the other
hand, If they go on and manufacture
milk, using lower-priced sugar, while
II will mean condensed milk to the
consumer at reduction of at least
8 cents can. it will mean millions
of dollars loss to the manufacturers
holding large stocks"
1t was asserted at league headquar-
ters that "the situation as far as dairy
men are concerned could hardly be
more serious"