Evening star., 1934-02-11

abetted by the officers of the Mary
land e. Virginia Milk Producers AS
soclation, and of the Eastern States
MIX Marketing Association, who have
freely admitted on the witness stand
that they do not dare to demand
prices 10 be paid to milk producers
which are not agreeable to the Ma
tlonal Dairy Products Corpora
The report pointed out evidence
showed that because of its size Ma
tlonal Dairy is "in position to dis
rupt and disorganize the producers
association by refusing to deal and
ouy through the association, and Sc
curing its supply of milk independ-
entity" adding, 1T is felt the infiu-
ence of the National Dairy Products
Corporation and other large milk
holding corporations throughout the
United States over farmers co-opera-
tive associations less formidable must
exist and the co-operatives over the
United States must be in danger be-
cause of the influence of large and
monopolistic milk marketing CORPORA
tions
For these reasons, and in order
that the Senate of the United States
may be advised what, If any, legisla-
tion Is either necessary, desirable or
proper to correct such situations as
may be found to exist elsewhere in
the United States as exist in the CITY
OF Washington. your committee feels
that such information can be OBJ
tanned only by Nationwide investi-
cation OF the principal milk markets
of the United States"
Charges Control by Trio.
There can be no hope of either
consumer relief or producer relief
until the present marketing system
Is replaced, the report concluded, OBJ
serving that "if the producer of milk
Is TO survive he must receive for his
product not less than the cost of
production" which he Is not now re-
ceiving.
Inc consumer cannot hope for re-
nef IN the form of a lower price for
TINS basic agricultural commodity -
the report continued, unless and
until the inordinate profits now en-
Joyed by the large distributor of milk
cred" '0"
Inc report charged that three men.
isaac w. Heaps, head OF the Eastern
states Milk Marketing Association.
super-producer organization; Frank 8.
walker, Orange, Va, banker and pres
loent OF the Maryland and Virginia
group. and John McGill, jr., RESIGNED
secretary-manager of the latter asso-
ciat1on, control the MARYLAND and
Virginia association Through doni-
nance and fear"
The testimony Of the producer off,
clals evinced as much interest in the
distributor as in the producer" the
report added, declaring that the three
men had failed to demand or pro-
cure for the members Of the organi-
zation even the cost Of production"
Single Price Plan Urged.
THE representatives Of the organi-
zation have permitted the distributor
to dictate policies which have ignored
the interests of the producers and the
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ther charged.
Elimination Of the classification"
plan by which distributors pay farm
ers two or three different prices for
milk, and substitution of the single
price plan Of purchase Is recon-
mended in the report, which points
out that all of the milk produced in
this milk shed Is "of the same high
quality" It pointed out that dealers
have made more money out Of cream,
for which they pay the producer .
lower price, than they have out OF
milk, for which the highest price Is
paid.
Referring to the charges Of boot
logging Of cream, ss revealed In testi-
money at hearings, the report recon-
mended that the Health Department
regulations be amended to place cream
for ice cream purposes under the
same stringent restrictions as are en-
forced over the production and dis
tribution Of fluid milk and cream.