Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-04-25
Another Standpoint.
Editor of the Journal,

Editor of the Journal
Dear Sir:-The battlers against
the high cost of living are out
again and as usual the milk man is
the goat.
I'VE are paying too much for
milk" they say. How do we know?
Why. feed has gone down. Yes, the
price of feed has come down, but
conditions are not the same as be-
fore the war by a great sight. II
the ladies of the committee Will
study the recent regulations of the
city board Of health concerning the
production of milk they will soon
see that the production of milk is
more costly today than before the
war.
The dairyman of yesterday could
tie a bale of hay on his pump han
die, sell the resulting product and
get away with it.
But not so now. Milk must be
of a high butter fat test. The
dairyman must have a modern
barn with n cement floor on when
to milk his cows and things about
the farm must be very sanitary
This necessitates an increased IN
vestment and requires more LABOR
than before. If we look upon dairy
ing as a business proposition, there
is necessarily a large initial invest
ment. There is much loss, such az
loss of bottles, loss of livestock, etc,
There is also very large overhead
expense. Is the milk man not en-
titled to a fair rate of interest or
his investment and a large enough
margin to keep up his equipment
and give himself a reasonable sal,
airy for his fifteen hours of marc
work each day?
The writer does not wish to con-
vey the meaning that the cltN
: board of health is wrong or uhJus
titled in their demand for santa
ton. but if the people are to b'
protected against inferior milk ant
disease germs they should be will
ing to pay for it. ~, =,
| Let us now compare the mn
men with other business and pro
! fessional men of albuquerque
Flour is as low as COW feed com
pared with war time prices but Il
! bread back to the old nickel a loa
price? Not yet!
The writer some weeks ago wen
TO a doctor in Albuquerque to nav
a small wound on his hand dress
ed. The doctor put on few drop
Of iodine and a half u yard 0
gauZe bandage and charged $Z. ]
milk man could demand 81 quar-
for milk and not make as great a.
overcharge as that. No doubt ina
Doctors wife thinks she is BEN
robbed when she pays only a 1ai
price for milk.
1t seems to be well and good 10
the business and professional me
who live within the city limits |
do this way and get away with 1
They are prominent citizens be
longing to some important clul
They adorn the society columns G
the papers with flowery literatur
concerning some function or re
ception which they Or their famll
gave. They maintain eXpenslV
homes and expensive cars and nee
the money. They sit in an ORIG
with their feet cooked up on a des
, and take the peoples money Wit
. never a murmur from the peopl'
Those men are all right and nee
no investigation but the dairNma
, is condemned to eternal damns
/ ton because he demands enoug
: money from his business to replaC
, the old oliver he has been drlN
ing for the last five years. lie
a common "low brow indiVidui
, who lives in the country and NJ
no right to make any money Il
; should work fifteen hours ia
| for his board and give his mil
away so that the "Albuquerqueah'
| may attend few extra dances
movies" per week.
! |