The Washington herald., 1921-11-21

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 in the city put out their
notices for 10 cents per quart and per pint with
higher prices for special mks On October 2, 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 Ia cents per
quart for home deliveries. The extra expense of
bottlng 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 thousand gallons
of milk diverted from certain local dealers here
without 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
supply. Had these dealers been left without milk
thousands of babies and nvalids would have suffered
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
am lighting to break the strange hold that the Mary
land and Virginia Producers Association has held on the
milk distributors of Washington and indirectly on the
understanding public
Congress and probably will give us much
needed law that will nsidy protect the milk of Wash
ngton and at the same 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, is case of
take it or leave it,, particularly when there is short
age Moreover. this monopoly enjoyed by the so-caled
licensed farms enables these producers in the asso-
clahon to dictate any terms they please provided
they are allowed to have their way) and to so manp-
ulate the supply of this food of babies and children
as to nuify 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 th.
monopoly intact fearing the loss of the market here to local
shippers No dealer here will refuse buy locally produced
milk. provided is up the standard. is naturally
preferable to milk 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
Md in the heart of the richest farming land this part OF
the country Recently opened up another receiving station
few miles from Frederick in order to assure myself of
sufficient supply of milk all time. All the farm. shipping
DEPARTMENT. When | opened up this last receiving
ton it in territory and PAID for having the HERDS
OF CATTLE TUBERcULN TESTED in order that the pro-
duction of milk might be encouraged This but small
phase of the service building give Washington suf6
Gent milk