The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-08-14

To THE EDIroR OF THE NEw YoRK HERALp-A
In your paper you gave your readers an artiA N the
mortality of the city for the last four weeks you
great mortality among children ~
on say truly, that it behooves us to ascerta pos
dren, and apply remedy.
20 give an opinion" that the disease known cholera
lnantum proceeds In nine cases of ten from i'm
III this be the cause the remedy lies in our citizens
Let Them not permit drop of distillery milk o enter
Now Mr.. Editor this distllsry milk bushes can be
stopped, and propose to 1t in the following man
" Prospectus for forming - Mutual Milk Assooia-
ton Tor supplying the city of New York with pure
Much has been said and written and much money has
been expended In supplying the city New York with
tanned in eminent degree by glorious Croon lint
what has been done to citizens supply of
pure and wholesome milk
Go ask the fresh turned earth our grave yards wbv
is it so will answer it is to the
night and the pesence that destroyeth at noon day
the plague Of the land that slayeh the first born II
proposed to take measures to blunt this arrow tina
feeth by night and to arrest tho pessnce that es-
troyeth at day so far as human efforts do it
1t is proposed to form Mutual Milk Association
for supplying the city Of New York with pure whole
some milk That this is feasible we will endeavor to
show and that it will be of great profit the
members no one for moment doubt. This asso-
citation be located in the Immediate neighborhood
of New York. either the line Of the Harlem Long
Island railroad with land enough to afford the all
the air and exercise required to preserve them in
good health The milk to be brought to the city by rail-
from the wagons Of the association Each family they
desire it, may have their own cans for conveying the
milk Of Sns Gas lock sna KEY re tine into
thousand shares Of $40 each of which So per share shall
when three thousand shares shall have been sub
The following will approximate very to the actu
al operations of the association
Do Do do paid in sso,ccc to be expended as '
follows
lr.
Do. 500 stalls and other buildings. 5000
DO. wagons, horses and tools. -. 1000
Do. agent in purchasing. 900
$4,000
ANNUAL ACCOUNT
500 cows will produce 5000 quarts per day.
at Cd. per quart, will amount to per
A"1'' E,rrr,r. p'''''~ -
Insurance Of and bull iings. :. 49,. $500
Loss by death of cows per cent. TOO
Do. depreciation, do, 33,a per cent 5000
Wear and tear Of wagons, &C.. 900
Loss of horses by death and depreciation
wages ESQ Of 80 mixers, at $40. 1000
Do. 80 m:lkmen, at $50. -. .lOs0O
Feed for cows &c. per day. 500 So. .22Sl2 so
-, 10 norses. 40O0
oaice expenses in the city including 4OOO
salary OF secretary and collectors. 1900
Incidental 2O00-$65,662 90
Net profit. Observation-Disclosures. s4s, 400 90
five dollars has been paid.
By the above statement, it would appear that after
deductng all expenses of the association including in
surance death Of depreciation in the value Of
csws feed wages salaries Sc, Sc, there is profit
OF S4s AGO. dividend of 80 06 each share, to be
paid in cash to the shareholder demand in other
words pure and wholesome milk furnished the fam
lies of the city of New York at less than I'D per quart
That all will get pure milk, will doubt this
will be mutual association, In which none but the
sumers in any way interested There being profit
| in fraud no fraud will be attempted.
Now MIR Editor, If the above suggestions meet your
views and you fit to publish them, the first step
towards averting this great and crying evil shall be
| happy to give my humble efforts to the cause.
Yours, respectfully, M.