The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-11-22

On October | when the price of milk advanced
put out my price notices for IS cents per quart and
cents per pint for milk delivered to homes. At the
same time three other diaries the city put out their
notices for 10 per quart and cents per pint with
higher prices for special mlks On October Z two of
these three diaries had notices in the papers announcing
reduction in the price of milk to meet my figures On
November cut the price of milk to "a cents per
quart for home deliveries. The extra expense OF
bottng and handling pint bottles necessitates diff
ference in the price between pints and quarts
On October n. the Maryland and Virginia Pro-
ducers Association through its officers, tried to pull
off, milk strike. whereby several thousands gallons
of milk were diverted from certain local dealers here
without a days notice Fortunately was in posi-
ton to supply these dealers with sufficient milk to tide
them over until they could make arrangements to get
a supply Had these dealers been left without milk.
from this action of the Producers Association As it
was the majority of the producers soon realized that
they had made serious mistake and came back to
the dealers to whom they had been shipping
In the meantime, had. through mutual friend
interviewed Member of Congress and at my request he
arranged for the investigation being conducted by
the House Committee. So much for that
am not fighting the Health Department but
fighting to break the strangle hold that the Mary
land and Virginia Producers Association has held on the
milk distributors of Washington and indirectly on the
milk-consuming public.
Congress can and probably will give us a much
needed law that will rgidy protect IL milk of Wash
ington and at the time give the public better and
lower priced milk. As the matter stands now. with
limited number of farmers supplying Washington from
so-called licensed farms. the very independence of
their position tends to lower the quality of the milk
shipped to the CITY, If the milk is not of as high
quality as it should be when shipped in it of
take or leave it,, particularly when there short
age. Moreover. this monopoly enjoyed by the socaed
licensed" farms enables these producers in the asso
cation to dictate any terms they please (provded
they are allowed to have their way) and to so manip
ulate the supply of this food of babies and children
as to nulGfy the effects of the law of supply and
demand With other markets choose from, the dealers in
Washington could pick their milk carefully and get only the
best The Producers Association is fighting to keep this
monopoly intact fearing the loss of the market here local
shippers. No dealer here will refuse buy locally produced
milk provided y :. up the Standard it is naturally
preferable mil produced 50 100 miles further away.
am the only dealer in Washington who gets his entire
supply through his receiving stations located in the
country Practically all Of my milk from Frederick
Nd in the heart of the richest farming land in this part Of
the country Recently opened up another receiving station
4 few miles from Frederick in order to myself Of
to me are UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF The HEALTH
DEPARTMENT When | opened this last receiving sta
ton it in territory and PAID for having the HERDS
OF CATTLE TUBERCULlN TESTED in order that the pro-
ducon Of milk might be encouraged This but small
phase Of the service building give Washington ufh