Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 June 1898 — Modern Economics in Milk Business. [ARTICLE]

Modern Economics in Milk Business.

An application of modern economics to the milk business, profitable alike to the producer, the consumer and the middleman, Is reported from Scranton, Pa. All the wholesale and retail dealers were bought out by a syndicate, which concentrated the distribution of the milk at one central creamery in the city. Another radical innovation was a reduction of the number of peddlers by three-fourths. It was found th|t by the establishment of a proper system of districting the public were served better than ever by only onefourth of the number of peddlers, to say nothing of the great saving in working expenses. Under the old systeni the winter price of milk to consumers in Scranton was 8 cents per quart, and sto 6 cents in summec Now the price Is 6 cents in winter and 5 cents in summer. A contract has been entered into for all the milk produced within a radius of twenty miles of the city, and farmers are receiving 1% cents a quart In summer and 2% cents in winter for all the milk they have, delivered at the company’s creameries in various parts of the milk-producing territory. These prices average nearly % cent higher than under the old competitive system, and producers get full pay for all their milk, instead of suffering heavy losses by the failure of irresponsible peddlers. The-steam power of the world may be reckoned as equivalent to the strength of 1,000,000,000 men, which Is more than twice the number of workmen existing. The State of Texas is about 75,000 square jpileg larger area tbaa Spalft.