Evening star., 1933-12-31
DAIRY MAY ANSWER
. PRODUCERS SUIT
Walker Hill to Fight Injunc-
tion Seeking to Restrain
Contracts.

counter suit to the application of
the Virginia Milk Producers
Association for an injunction against
the Walker Hill Dairy, restraining the
distributor from contracting with the
associations producers for milk, ap-
peared likely last night.
The producers association served
notice on the dairy company that 1t
would seek an injunction Tuesday
morning in Alexandria Circuit Court re-
straining the distributor from making
any further contracts with association
shippers for the delivery of milk con-
trary to the co-operatives directions.
The association contends it has con-
tracts with $4,000 milk producers for
marketing their milk.
Harry B. Cation. who was retained by
the Walker Hill Dairy, said he would
fight the injunction to the limit" He
SAID he had no intention of allowing
the producers association to pull the
wool over our eyes" Cation said the
association has been cntrolling the mar
ket too long at the farmers expense.
Price Plan Defended.
James J. Ward. co-proprietor Of the
Walker Hill Dairy, said:
we are not trying to break the pro-
ducers' association, but We are trying
to keep the association from breaking
you farmers"
He explained the two-price plan
inaugurated by his dairy company is
better for the farmer than the three
price plan which the producers asSocia-
ton had maintained prior to the fight
initiated by Walker Hill.
Ward said he had no desire to dis
rupt the producers organization. but
felt the Chestnut Farms and Chevy
Chase Diaries were being given dis
Crimlnatory price on milk and mix
for cream purposes. He pointed ouC
that with receiving stations at Freezer
ick and Walkersyille, Md. the TWO
national dairy distributors were
able to buy milk, both first and secono
class. at 4 cents less per gallon than
Walker Hill.
This Ward contended. made up the
difference between profit and loss lot
his dairy. Therefore, he asked John
McGiu, jr., secretary manager OF the
producers association, to give walker
Hill either a receiving plant or enough
direct" cream shippers to make up the
4-cent differential.
McGiu refused both requests ana
Ward asked for straight Accent cut In
class . milk (which is used for cream, :.
Blocked in all his demands, Ware,
fearful the association would cut on
his milk supply. contracted lndepeno-
emily with enough shippers to guaran-
tee a 5000 gallon-per day supply, and
informed the association he no longer
intended to do business with 1t.
Shippers Also Sued.
Since last Saturday, Walker Hill
Dairy has been receiving from 1000 TO
SOC gallons Of milk per day more
than it can bottle and sell. Approx
mately 1000 gallons of this milk comes
from shippers whom the association Is
suing Jointly with the distributor.
In seeking the injunction Tuesday
against Walker Hill, the producers as
Sociation also named as defendants to
the suit F. E. Peck, c. L, Payne Z,
w. Payne, L. t Moreland. o. H. Hutch
lon Seese and George a. Bready, all OF
Fairfax County.
The application for suit said the
grounds were based on contracts which
the association claims it has effected
with its producer members. These con-
tracts, according to the association,
bind the producers to deliver their milk
10 any diaries named by the co-opera-
tives.
The producers associations suit was
filed by John S. Barbour.