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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1941
Page
7
A calculation sequence outlines a basic condensery price formula. It uses 2.4 times the average weekly price per pound of Twins from the Wisconsin Cheese Exchange, then divides, adds percentages, and multiplies to reach a Class I price of 2.402 and a Class II price of 2.022, with intermediate figures shown.
The Spectator presents the method used to set milk prices for producers based on condensing plant costs. The article labels the process as fiction and urges readers to study the dairy industry’s pricing document from the Pure Milk Association to understand rising milk costs. It cites Mr. McCabe as a yardstick for truth.
Chicago and St Louis residents fear a rise to 15 cents a quart. Mayor Kelly seeks Agriculture Department action to revise the order. The piece questions why Salt Lake City pays 10 cents and why St Louis pays 15 while others run lower. It demands answers on who collects the extra penny and the lack of price competition.
More than 1 200 Swiss men women and children volunteered for the Prisoner's bureau of the Red Cross raising total personnel to 3 500 International Red Cross workers in Switzerland. In Geneva over 10 000 000 messages about war prisoners and refugees were handled in the first 19 months of the European war, far exceeding the 3 000 000 inquiries of the entire first World War. Extra volunteers help read and classify letters from around the world for missing soldiers sailors and war victims.
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