New-York tribune., 1921-11-09

under our old conditions and mediate
our differences. letting the President,
the Secretary Of Labor, the Governor or
Health Commissioner Copeland pick
the third man for mediation.n
Secretary Nathanss statement was.
in part, as follows:
The large milk companies have re-
ceived communications, by letter and
telephones. from many of their old
drivers, whc Indicate that they would
return II assured protection and IL
other men would Join them in return
ing.
"The Borden's Farm Products Com
pany report that fifty of the old men
VIII be among those driving the 'huck-
ster' wagons put on the streets to-
morrow. About two hundred former
borden drivers have been in toucn with
the branch offices discussing the advisa-
bihty OF their early return. A similar
number have expressed their willing
Company's employ at the propiticus
time. The Empire State Dairy Com
pany, Of Brooklyn, report that letters
sent out to the old drivers asking
them to return at the old wage sched-
ule, without recognition Of the union,
have been fruitful of many answers,
according to Charles Niedner, vice.
president of the company.
1.-THE inside forces of the larger milk
companies have been recruited, by em-
ploysng highly efficient men, to almost
100 per cent of their normal strength,
In the pasteurizing of milk only
trained men are employed on the jobs
requiring technical Knowledge"
Following, in part Is the union state
ment:
eve want to brand as untrue the
statements of Secretary Nathans that
the strike has been broken and that 70
per cent of the normal supply of milk
is now being used.
"The distributors say they are going
TO deliver milk on Wednesday. Analyz-
ing their statement very carefully, we
ind they are going to start in to cover
very small area by having wagons
stand on the corners. These routes, ac-
cording to their own statement, would
not take care of more than 2 per cent
Of the population in either Manhattan
or Brooklyn, and no provision is made
for taking care Of the densely popu-
lated district south of Fortieth Street,
IN Manhattan; of Long Island, of South
Brooklyn and the dense population in
central Brooklyn and above 1S1st
Street, in Manhattan.
I'VE want to advise the public that
II the Milk Trust can smash the union
the public will be forced to pay the
bill by an additional price put on milk.
If the companies think they were
right why don't they agree to the
proposition submitted by Mayor Hy-
Ian and DR.. Copeland-that the men
return to work under the old agree
ment and mediate their differences?
We want to call to the attention Of
the public that in Chicago milk is sold
for IL cents quart. The drivers get
! Sal week and six-tenths of cent for
every bottle sold. The same price is
paid to the farmer in the State of Illi-
nois that the milk companies are pay
ing the farmers in New York State.
Does it not seem that the milk COM
/ panies are making from three to six
cents quart too much in New York
and paying larger dividends at the ex-
pense of the milk consuming public
and the underpaid drivers?
They talk about the $65 a week man.
We have not found one yet The aver
aee wage of the milk delivery man is
s41.93 a week. The inside man gets
s26 to s29 week, and the average life
in the pasteurizing plant, steam rooms
and bottle room is from two to three
years at most under the abnormal
conditions of work.
"The milk conference board controls
the price of milk from the farmer
coming into the city. and they control
the milk supply, and they control the
output and the price. Stop and think
whether or not this is violation Of
the Sherman antitrust law. We have
statements from dealers that they had
to get milk from the board or go out
| of business.
"The situation is worse than a week
ago. There are only three pasteuriz-
| ing plants being run. We want to
warn the public that the bottles are
sometimes filled with raw milk with.
out being steam cleaned"
The text of these resolutions adopted
by the union accompanied yesterday s
statement. One requested "the proper
authorities to have Secretary Nathans
removed as menance to the CON-
munity," another called him "a liar
and fool,' and asked the Secretary
of Labor 20 investigate him with view
to his deportation, and the third
termed the Borden company a "tumh-
ling block" and said that it would be
placed on organized labor's "unfair
! list" throughout the country.
"Hmm-mm," mused Mr.. Nthans last
night. "First was dumbell, and now
| am liar and foil and a menance.
They'll be calling me by my right
! name if Pm not careful"