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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1900
Page
7
A prominent Boston dairyman plans to enter the market independently, shipping a carload of milk to compete with the trust. He travels to Vermont, pledges fair purchase from farmers, and promises a new disposal method. A broad list of street-level sellers and routes across Greater Boston is named, urging merchants to report trust tactics and resist consolidation.
Arthur W. Pope of Wellesley declares Ridge Hill farm is an independent unit with partner George A. Alden. He says they own and supply milk to Boston hotels and firms despite trust pressures, will increase herd and barns to meet demand, and will not sell to any Milk Trust until regular customers are served. Pope is a successful leather dealer. his brother is a bicycle shop owner.
The Post offers free publication of names and addresses of milk pedl ers and stores willing to sell milk at six cents a quart or less. Listed are multiple stores and addresses in Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, Malden, Roxbury, Jamaica Plain, Charlestown, and Everett, alongside the editors call for others to defy the Milk Trust.
A humorous reflection on men confusing moral doubts with appetite as a wife mocks her husband’s preoccupations with pork and religion. The advertisement spots Ayers pills and tonics from Lowell Mass, claiming practical chemistry and multiple remedies.
The trust learned the names of two farmers supplying the James H. Dalton Company who were lured away by higher prices. One Somerville man supplied 36 cans daily and a Lexington producer sent 20 cans. Dalton's response: a Danversport farmer will supply 60 cans daily.
The Wall-Rice Company posts a sign announcing Sunday hours from six to ten in the morning and four to six thirty in the evening for milk sales starting Sunday, October 21. Mr A W Pope backs the stand, telephoning daily to check progress as the fight against the trust intensifies and gains momentum.
A Bedford milk producer, unnamed, told a Post reporter that the Milk Trust mistreats farmers. He said independent dealers buying direct from farmers could obtain fair prices, but the current trust policy will soon leave many farmers mortgaged in Massachusetts rather than New Hampshire.
Rhodes Bros grocery and provision company cut milk to five cents a quart at their Tremont Street and Massachusetts Avenue stores. The move follows similar price cuts by other grocers, signaling a price war in the local market.
A Boston reader commends the Post for defending milk consumers and farmers against the middleman. He detailed dirty empty cans returned to farmers, noting washing is time consuming and labor intensive, with hygiene concerns and Board of Health attention. He praises Mr Burnett for returning clean cans and signs as a farmer’s loyalist dated October 18, 1000.
The Boston Post will continue three weekly cash prizes of 10 5 and 3 for photographs chosen for newspaper reproduction. Submit title name and address on back with brief notes on circumstances and participants. Winners announced weekly with checks mailed on pay day.
West Ioplan wins against Boston Gaslight Co 3000 damages for Kaplan in 1897 subway gas explosion. Case signals potential flood of suits totaling about 750000 in damages with costs around 1600. Kaplan’s eight bound testimony volumes reflect scope. potential new defendants include Metropolitan Construction Edison Electric Boston Electric Light Bay State Gas and West End Street Railway. Wolf Kaplan 18. bootblack victim deafness persistent. Masonic Temple scene.
A miscellany notes Honolulu has at least fifteen operating autos and a windmill costing about 2 cents per horsepower hour. California ranks fifth among oil producers while New York City reports 1522 polling places. A glass marble factory starts in Steubenville, Ohio, and 49 sailors from the cruiser Baltimore spent shore leave in New York. Hawaii has received 276000 dollars in gold this year by August, copper output may reach 315 million pounds in 1900, and steam revenue cutters are to Cuba to aid smuggling patrols.
Boston theatres bustle with upcoming nights and matinees. Cast lists include William Hazeltine and Mary Sanders for Lost River at Park Theatre. E S Willard revival of David Garrick at Tremont Theatre and new plays like Punchinello by Elwyn A Barron draw crowds.
The Holland submarine, under Lt. Capehart, leaves Newport for the Naval Academy. Caught in a gale off New London at seventy mph, her decks wash over as tug Leyden tows her. She weathered the storm, proving herself a true sea boat in rough seas.
Lowell grand jury began a late evening investigation into the Cambridge city government case with about twenty witnesses. Earlier, Lowell assessment witnesses were excused until afternoon. Testimony focused on Fred Z. Wildsale who is charged with breaking and entering express offices.
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