The Milwaukee Leader

FARMING IN LOSING BATTLE

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So it caused little surprise Saturday and Sunday when word went out from the big dairy companies to the farmers whose milk had been turned back, to start shipping again. The farmers refused. They are standing together.

Hold Protest Meetings.

Farmers continue to hold meetings of protest in the small towns near Milwaukee. They are determined to carry the fight to the finish. They will never comply with what they declare to be unjust orders.

And the boycott of the farmers on Milwaukee is spreading in the rural districts like fire.

"Milwaukee bars our milk and admits milk that is not as good, so we will boycott Milwaukee. We will buy no goods there and will buy nothing from a country merchant who gets his supplies there."

This is a declaration that is heard on the farms, in the villages and at the meetings. And the farmers mean it. If Milwaukee boycotts them they will boycott Milwaukee.

Will Feel Trade Loss.

Within a few days the local merchants will begin to feel the loss of the farmer trade. Groceries, meats, tools, farming implements, clothes, drugs and a thousand and one other things are purchased in Milwaukee by the farmers and by the owners of country stores.

But no more! The boycott is on!

More than 300 members of the Greenfield Milk and Cream Producers association met in Smith's hall, Town of Greenfield, Sunday night. The following resolutions were adopted:

Whereas the department of health of Milwaukee is not now enforcing the tuberculin test ordinance and is now arbitrarily excluding our milk and cream from Milwaukee markets and unjustly favoring outside shipping centers to the detriment of this community and the citizens of Milwaukee, be it therefore

"Resolved: That the citizens of Milwaukee be asked to have an analysis of the product that is now being delivered by Milwaukee milk dealers, made by a competent bacteriologist or other person capable of determining the ingredients of milk and compare with the product supplied previous to July 1, this year and have the results given to newspapers for public information.

"Resolved Further: That we reciprocate the unjust action of Milwaukee citizens in barring our product from the market, by boycotting Milwaukee-made goods of every description and insisting that the merchants with whom we deal procure their wares from other sources.

"Resolved Further: That we ask the citizens of Milwaukee to stop the hauling of milk to that city over the electric lines under the so-called "emergency act," as there is no emergency. We stand ready to supply a better milk at a more reasonable price as soon as the unjust discriminations have been removed."

Calling particular attention to the fact that the milk now being delivered is not the product of tuberculin tested herds nor have the producers even been asked to sign the affidavit, the resolutions said:

"Resolved: That while we acknowledge the value of the tuberculin test as an economic factor to the farmer, we believe that its application to herds after a wholesale fashion is impracticable.

"Resolved Further: That we farmers are not on a strike as Dr. Ruhland states, but that this is a lockout on the part of the City of Milwaukee. We sent out milk to Milwaukee, July 1, it was rejected by the Milwaukee department of health, the officials saying they did not want our milk and to be sure to take it outside the city, which we did."

Indorse The Leader.

The farmers at the meeting endorsed The Milwaukee Leader for publishing the facts, just as farmers have done in other protest meetings held recently.

Local dairymen complain that they can not stand the strain much longer. They are paying high prices for the cheese factory milk and there is even a shortage of this. Saturday and Sunday all the dealers were short.