The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-05-15
MILK AND OTHER MATTERS


the Star brought up a week ago to-
day, still agitates the city, and it is
plain that it will not be settled until
the public, as usual, pays the price.
The public generally appreciates
the remarks made by the Star. which
have had the effect of putting off the
evil day. for some of them, for awhile
at least We fear the help will not
be permanent. AS natural philosophy
mas been revised to say since 1914,
Everything that is down is bound to
20 up," applies to other things than
emetics.
On the other hand, some of our
milkmen friends have taken the mat
ter rather hardly, and say we had no
business to butt in. Maybeso. But
If all the feed stores in town had
formed a combination and boosted
feed 20 per cent. and we had de-
nounced them as pirates. the milkmen
would have spanked one hand with
the other and some of them would
probably have left pint of milk apiece
on our doorstep. In the meantime the
feed dealers would feel like wrapping
ging US when we stirred abroad. 1t
makes all the difference in the world
whose OK is gored. and the only way
fo~ a newspaper to be fair is to go
along and impartially gore every
| body's OK as it comes to it. AS a
matter of fact, it's our opinion that
feed has gone up further in proper
ton than milk. Between the high
price of feed and the unreliability of
labor, the milkmen are having hard
time. The labor question is specially
irritating and many gallons of good
milk are going to the hogs because Of
the difficulties of getting them to
customers.
IF it will be any balm to either
milkman or milkee, we beg to inform
them that the Star has an OK of its
Town and that it is gored regularly in
every section of it's territory several
times day. It's good thing, how
ever, for everybody's OK to be gored
occasionally. 1t works off superfuous
fat and improves the circulation.
1t seems to us, however, that oul
m;lkmaking friends should be grateful
combination. Just or unjust if they
form a combination and then raise
the price of milk, they will have lega
!, proceedings that will make a gallon
. of milk look like a spoonful.
It seems to US that the proper thing
for milkmen to do would be to estab
lish milk depot, and leave the mill
, in charge of a man to distribute it
; There are good many families wh'
: could and would send for their mill
) if it was at central station, and ;
. Ford truck with a man to drive an'
: a couple of smart boys to distribut
could cover the city in about the sam
time one milkman could cover hi
route.
/ AS for feed and labor, there will b
: no help until men and boys quit loaf
: ing and go to work. And nothing bu
5 the sting of starvation will max
v them do that A great many of ther
arc going to feel the sting soon.
AZ Laziness and extravaganza is bring
: ing this great country to where
Twill have to drink deeply of the bit
ter waters of suffering. And even i
e our own town, certainly as good a
a any and better than most, there
: enough waste and idleness to brin
: apprehension to the thoughtful.
!. You can go around in Ocala's pub
k lie places and streets at almost an
: time and find enough robust negroe
: to cultivate two or three hundred acre
n of land, They are well fed and pa:
Isabiy clothed, yet they do no worl
Except perhaps a few odd jobs
= week, the proceeds of which it is sal
= to say go in gambling or other dis
= sipation.
ell And you will find enough youn
7. white men to furnish the necessar
It work for all the dairy farms in MAJ
e ion county either loafing or doin
n work that a. woman could do. A youn
n white man should always do som,
(. thing that will develop his muscle 6
n well as his: brain.
s An observant friend remarked Il
n other day that negro who Shove
any ambi ton always tried to be
carpenter or bricklayer, or SON
e other calling that requires hard VOL
t and brings in good money, while Il
k young white men look for jobs whe1
h they can stay out of the sun and we:
II clean shirts. always" is too swee
a ing an assertion, but there was Il
d much truth in the remark to refute
5. entirely.
r The country boys come into tow
It get jobs which generally pay well, al
It spend taeir money in flashy clothe
is amusements, gasoline and cool drink
Meanwhile the fields at home lie f.
II low, and the old man sells or kills {
f his live stock. because he can't Ia
IS care of it. Some day the boy W
have to go back to the farm, or go
some other farm, but he will not
back to the plenty that existed VIII
he left. The demand for food is
creasing, the supply is diminishin