Evening star., 1936-09-26
A.A.A. MILK PLAN
FAVORED AND HIT
ATDA|RY MEETING
Majority at Frederick Rally
Won Over, but 48 Pro-
ducers Voice Distrust.
ADJOURNMENT COMES
AS OBJECTOR SPEAKS
Federal Economist Cheered at In
terrupting Selling Agent to
Explain Agreement.
BY BLAIR BOLLES,
Stan CORRESPONDENT of The Star.

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Stan Correspondent of The Star
FREDERICK, Md, September 26.-
A majority Of dairymen In Frederick
County. center Of the most persistent
resentment against Federal control Of
milk distribution in Washington, had
been won to support Of the plan to-
day.
Rumblings Of discomfort were
heard, however, from the representa-
tives Of 48 dairymen during O tu-
multuous three-hour educational
meeting here last night. during which
200 farmers listened to three Agri-
cultural Adjustment Administration
men explain the control, which has
no direct effect on consumer price.
"The way this control agreement
was presented to the farmer by the
A. A. A. did not have the ear marks
of q square DEAL" complained Clar-
ence v. Dye. marketing agent for
the Highland Farms Dairy, which
hauls the milk Of the 48 objectors.
In behalf of Dyes producers, Louis I.
Obergh, Washington attorney, plans
to seek an Injunction against the
agreement.
SsdIey Speech Cheered.
While Dye was still talking, the
meeting adjourned after w. p. Sadley,
economist Of the A. A. A. dairy Sec
ton, had brought cheers by inter-
rupting Dye to explain how the control
agreement would stabilize the pro-
ducers' market.
If q man needs one shirt" Sadley
said, land he goes to . store, he usually
does not buy two shirts and keep the
extra one until such time as he is
going to be able to use it. He buys
just one shirt.
Similarly. milk handlers will buy
on one day only the amount Of milk
they need to I'LL the bottles they are
going to sell that day. This agreement
seeks to equalize the market for all
producers selling the milk that fills
those bottles and give them all their
fair percentage OF the business"
Another picture Of the advantages
for the farmer was drawn by E. M.
Harmon, dairy section marketing
specialist for the Northeastern States,
who said:
This agreement proposes to work
toward the place where 100 pounds
Of milk will bring enough money to
enable the farmers to buy today what
they could buy with 100 pounds OF
milk In the period 1925 to 1929.
Says Competition Eliminated.
Dye. who at one point was inter-
rupted by loud cry of "Cut 1t out, q
protested that the order eliminated
competition among buyers by setting
the price to be paid all producers,
which, according to r. D. Aplin, ad-
m1nistrator OF the order, will average
25.5 cents a gallon.
Before the order became effective
last Monday, Dyes producers were
paid nat rate for their output The
new regulations set one minimum
price for milk sold as fluid milk or
cream and a lower minimum for the
so-called surplus, sold by dairies to ice
cream manufacturers. The percentage
Of this surplus varies with the rise
and fall Of total production.
But my biggest objection" Dye
said, rs to the way this agreement
was brought up. We did not know
anything about 1t until three days
before the hearings, and everything
we said during the hearing in that
air-cooled room in the Agricultural
Building at Washington was used
against us or termed irrelevant.
why the biggest New Deal man in
Maryland went down there to Wash
ington to talk for us, but he did not
get anywhere at all"
He referred to Senator Radcliffe.
Associations Powers Explained.
The furry raised by Dye in the au-
ditorium of historic old Winchester
Hall followed loud means from several
Of the farmers at Aplin's explanation
that while the order fixed the minimum
amount of money each producer was to
receive, the members of the Maryland
and Virginia Milk Producers Associa-
ton would be dependent on whatever
division the association cared to make
"You mean they can juggle the
money as they see fit?" asked q farmer
In the rear Of the hall.
"Yes," Aplin said, ''they can divide
1t as they choose"
Then I don't see what good you
Government people are going to be, "
the farmer countered.
1.-THE directors and the members Of
the association decide" Aplin said.
Then it's up to the directors. The
members amt got no say"