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Show MILK WAR STILL ON IN NEW YORK j ; Price Controversy Between .1 ! Dairies and Distributors J Farmers Demand 4.67 j ! Cents Quart. I! New York, Oct. 4. A conference ; today between Mayor Mitchel and rop- t resentatives of the New York milk distributing companies In an effort ! to bring about a settlement of the dlf- J ferences between the companies and fll the Dairymen's league over the price I; o milk failed of result, according to an unofficial announcement after the meeting adjourned. Naw York, Oct. 4. Prospects of settling the price controversy between the milk producers and the big dis trlbutors hero showed no chanBe here today John G. Dillon, state commissioner commis-sioner of foods and markets, offered to waive a recognition of tho Dairy-Sen Dairy-Sen league and permit the d Btrlbu-tor Btrlbu-tor to make individual contracts with So farmers. Mr. Dillon Insisted, however, how-ever, that the distributors pay tho nnce demanded by the farmers 4 67 cents a quart for milk contain-in"- 3.6 per cent of butter fat. Heretofore the farmers have insisted in-sisted that distributors could buy onl through the agency of Mr. Dillon as representative of their league. Meanwhile the milk shortage is approaching ap-proaching a famine stage. nn |