Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1934-11-15
Milk Condensery Officials Here
Confer With Local Persons

VIII the gOVoFHmeuI eutcT LIE
eyaporated milk business. This is
the question that now confronts the
Indiana Condensed Milk Company
Of indianapolis, as they consider the
possible location of milk con-
densery in Morgan county. III. A.
Conner. traffic manager of the milk
company, and c.. III. Womack, dis
trict baggage and milk agent of the
B. & o. railroad. were here Friday,
and held conference with several
local business men, relative to the
proposed project. The local men
who talked the proposition over,
were George Everhart, county
agent; Frank Coulson, F. w. Coch-
ran, R. X. Brown, R. M. Wine
gardner and DR.. Lee Humphrey.
Mr.. Conner made careful inves-
tigation of the proposed plant site
on the Millie Miller Graham lands,
just north of the Malta Manufactur-
ing plant, and pronounced it an
ideal location. He also stated that
his company was not looking for
any other location in Ohio. and had
almost definitely decided to locate a
plant at Malta, provided they can be
assured that the government will
not establish milk condensing plants
over the United States. to take care
of the surplus milk, which they are
now threatening to do. He further
stated that the condensery people
have a committee in Washington, at
present, who are attempting to work
ment on some basis that will keep
the government out of the condens-
ed milk business; also said that
there are approximately 34.00O,O00
cases of condensed milk manufac-
tured in the United States each
year, of which his company produc-
ed approximately 100000. Mr..
Conner said that if they construct
local plant, it will cost from
around $175,00O to 100000. to
build and equip. He also stated that
they do not have any set rule re-
garding transportation of milk or
establishing of trucking routes. He
said that at some of their plants To-
Gated in Indiana, Illinois and Wis
consin the company owned the
trucks. and at others they permitted
the farmers to haul the milk on a
contract basis He stated that if a
decision was made to establish a
plant here. it would take approxi-
mately six months from the time
they started construction until it
could be placed in operation, SO they
could accept milk.
Mr.. Conner stated that his COM
pany owns large herd of thor
oughbred Jersey and Guernsey
bulls, and they loan these bulls to
farmers, in order to help build up
the quality of the herds in the COM
munities where they have milk con-
densery plants in operation. He
also said that he would rather the
people in this community would not
start increasing their dairy herds
mite decision on what they expect to
do relative to the locating of a
condensery here. He stated that
the condensery plant would use ap-
proximately 80 tons of coal each
day, when placed in operation.
An effort will be made by the 10
cal committee to get in touch with
Congressman Robert T. Secrest and
other interested government off
cials about keeping the government
out of the condensed milk business.
1t is hoped that a definite decision
can be secured from Henry A. Wal
lace, United States Secretary Of Ag-
riculture, to this effect, within the
near future.-XX