Evening star., 1923-10-31
milk PRICE RAISE
SETF0R TOMORROW
advance Coincident With
| Change in Directorate of
| Producers Association.

" At a meeting of the board OF di-
tectors of the Maryland and Virginia
Milk Producers Association, Inc, yes
Rrday. Frank S. Walker OF Wood
berry Forest, Va. was elected to fill
the unexpired term of H. T. Pancoast
hf Purcellville as president of the
association. Inquiry today as to the
feason for the resignation of Mr.. Pan
}past brought the response by officials
h the association that he was tired
M his job"
& Coincident with the change In lead
frship of the association the price of
hnk in the District goes up I cent
4 quart. The new price is effective
tpmorrow morning.
. Pooling Plan Set Aside.
1.-THE pooling plan. the bone of con-
t6ntion between the association and
the distributors in this city during
the latter part OF September has. for
the time being, been set aside. Under
this plan, the dealers would buy their
supply from the association In
stead of the individual farmer. and
the checks in payment would go to
the association. All members of the
association who signed the contract
were to sell only through the asso-
citation office. After certain heduc-
tions. the association would pay the
farmer for his milk.
The dealers refused to consider the
demands Of the association, and went
ahead with their individual contracts
october ] arrived with no shortage
in milk. and nothing further was
heard from the disputants.
Inquiry among the leading dis
s-ihI1fnrc indicated
pooling contract was not In operation
and that. as heretofore. the farmers
were being paid individually.
Officials at the headquarters OF the
association also declared that the
money in the majority of cases was
going directly to the farmers. with
the dealers holding out the broker
age fee as formerly. which fee is
turned over to the association.
Justifies Increase in Price.
AS to the increase in price, a
spokesman for one of the leading dis
tributors declared that the increase
was warranted and had been offered
by his firm at the time of the Octo-
Der contracts. The offer. however,
was set aside then, the association an
nouncing that no increase was sought
at tha. time.
President Walker Of the association
declared this morning that the in
crease was brought about because of
the advance in price of concentrated
feeds from Is to % per cent, 40 per
cent and more raise in hay prices and
labor costs ranging up 80 or more per
cent.
He declared that Baltimore and
Richmond producers received the
same price as Washington producers.
although the tuberculih test was not
required by those, cities.
No Further AdxaDee in View.
Asked As to the possibility of fur
ther increases during the winter, Mr..
Walker declared that none was con-
tempted. However, he said his state
ment was based on conditions as now
eNtstant. Should costs continue to in
crease or should they drop. he said.
revisions might be discussed with a
view to either increase or decrease
He was emphatic in stating, however,
that at the present no change what
ever was even being considered.
One of the leading dealers stated
that the prise agreement was to rule
until furthsE notice." while. another
stated thaENyrftten contracts called
for delivery at the price of 3S cents a
gallon for 4, per cent milk until May
l. The latter was emphatic in de-
claring thaes<here would. be no fur
ther increase+soe far as his firm was
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