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Show Condensed Milk From Across Sea By request of the manager of one ot our local milk concerns we publish below a clipping from the New York Journal which Indicates that tho now tariff law not only' affects the growers grow-ers of wool and sugar boots, but also takes another shot at the agriculturist agricultur-ist and deals a body blow to the milk producers. Tho New York Journal says: Condensed Milk From Europe A dispatch from Now Orleans' says that a shipment of 1500 cases ot condensed con-densed milk arrived thero from Switzerland. Switz-erland. Two representatives of the Holland Anirlcin Milk Company nre In Now Orleans with tho expectation ot establishing an agency there. This company has opened a big agency with $2,000,000 to spend, ln Now York City, and It Is expected that agencies i will be established ln other large American cities. Afcid now, the price. Since the passage ot the new tariff law, the importations have Jumped in one American Am-erican city from 16,000 cases to 366,-000 366,-000 cases. These goods are retail-In retail-In America at a price lower than the American manufacturers can buy the milk from tho farmers of our i country. If this continues our con- f densed milk companies will be compelled com-pelled to build -platats in Australia and the Netherlands ln order to compete com-pete and one or two companies stand ready to do this, It this ratio of Importations Im-portations shall continue. This will naturally lower tho prlco to be 'paid to American farmers for tho raw product. Hero Is ono effect ot a low tariff to the farmer. The greatest danger to Americans comes from Australia. These are things to bo considered In tho question ot fluid milk prices ln the very near future. |