The New York herald., 1921-11-05


Company. Renken Dairy. High Ground
Aairy and Model Dairy Company. Their
aormal output is 96.os6 quarts Yester-
Gay they distributed $1,000 quarts
The biggest surprise of the day was
what the dealers termed ''the cornplete
srrnabout" of DIR. Copeland. Thursday
ne had threatened TO seize the industry
To-day II the output was not 20 per cent.
OF narmal and yesterday he character
lied as amazing" the overnight accom-
piishment of the dealers.
DR.. Copeland predicated his statement
on a tour OF the milk plants, which he
found to be running at full capacity and
under sanitary conditions that could not
be questioned. He expressed admiration
especially for the great care the dis
tributers had exercised ito prevent per-
sons not in the best OF health from
getting into contact with the milk. All
of the pasteurization stations. he found.
had physician who had rut each per-
son In the plant under the most thor
ough physical examination.
1T is just amazing the way the COM
panies have come across In meeting the
situation" he said. 1.-The quality of the
milk is the best and 1t is being prepared
under the most sanitary conditions. Dis
tribution was 80 per cent. of normal. the
figures I demand, so conditions at pres
cnt are no menace to the health OF the
city.
THE milk supply is continually in
creasing. Great Inconvenience Is being
suffered by the individual householder.
but grocery stores and milk stations
have an abundant supply of milk and.
by going after it, except in the outlying
districts of the city. one can get the
necessary milk. There is no denying
the fact, however, that there is tre-
1nendous inconvenience and hardship
being placed on our citizens
Says Dealers Missed Chance.
DR.. Copeland said It was "to be re-
gretted' that the distributors as a body
had not attended the conference in his
office Tuesday morning Had they
been there" he said, land absorbed tho
atmosphere Of that gathering we would
not be In this difficulty today" II was
the Health Commissioners opinion the
dealers had laid too much stress on
the drivers original demands They
made mistake in their first demands,
he added, but wiped these out at the
meeting Wednesday night in the
Garden
In his tour of inspection Dr. Copeland
met Lotion Horton and Patrick Fox.
but the Commissioner did not so much
as mention further negotiations with
the strikers. And the day passed with
out any other official injecting himself
into the scene as prospective mediator.
The feeling was sensed both at strike
headquarters and at the rooms of the
Milk Board that the game was more
sthan half over with the telling cards
still in the distributors hands.
n. -.
tivities savored Of an attempt to make
political capital out of the strike, DR..
Copeland said
II am the fellow in charge Of this sit
uation. so far as the city is concerned.
If any one Is trying to make political
capital. l am the one. Since hold the
g finest Office In the United States and
which I prize more than the Presidency
-.of the United States, the Governorship
c OF this State or the Mayorship of this
city, ! am not likely to make political
capital to get the job already hold and
which to my mind is the finest that any
man could hold. because Of the oppor-
$ tunity to serve"
CopeInnd's Pledge to Strikers.
''Have you failed in your pledge to
the strikers?' he was asked.
The Mayor left it entirely to me-"
the Commissioner replied.
'And have you failed?'
There has been no actual accom-
plishment-''
The Washington Heights Chamber Of
Commerce announced last night that IL
will distribute milk at cost to the people
Of that section to-day and for the dura-
ton or the strike. Distributing stations
have been established by the Chamber
in the Bunny Theatre, Broadway and
1$7th street, and at the Palace Theatre.
st. Nicholas avenue and 174th street.
Other stations win be opened later IL
needed. Mr.. Horton has promised the
Chamber all the milk 1t can sell
Striking drivers Of Jersey City told
John Bentley. Commissioner OF Public
Safety. yesterday that they would fur
nish drivers for wagons delivering milk
to hospitals, grocery stores and delica-
lessen shops and that II the company
would not let the strikers man the wag
ons. they would not interfere with the
trucks provided they were placarded
Board of Health milk relief"