The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-26
The n Nk Co~ssOvsrsy.
new Y0Rk August "a, 1854.
O rHr rnro, or THE HRgALD.


hSgw Y0RK August "a, 1854.
| TO THE EDITOR or THE HERALD. J.
| Your corrssponoent In Yesterdays HERALD ra-
ther hastily sccuses the Oh Inspector OF having.
! 10 his recent Communication - the Commsn Coun
OIL risure erstood too figures on the mtlk ana
lyses tbe'sin presented. It b o. ear eaoug'' how
ever, that be himself Is liable to the charge, and
nos the City Inspector.
The esrN into which Friend 10 True science
and Humanity" as be cxrisusy sigus himself mas
fs.len, is that Of confounding the diff erences ne
tween given numbers and the relation that they
bear to eaoh other, very important "a resauy
discernble distinction. thus explained, II 90 no
cesssr The difference between so aud Ivy V %
that u ~ much again. 100 cen, the oh yecs ot
the tabular eluoidaaion Of tho diderences
the two samples o milk. was TO- show, BY per vent
sge, The Pelstfve position Of tho Ssiation, aod Sne
stst<mAHt in tho report u clearly Sporrect even AV
ooTdinR TO the showing OF your, 90 Respondents
Take tho item Of butter, for examn .: The report
states that In tho I" Westchester milA ]" the quau-
tity contained s aeariy 3ls per cent greater tlsn
In the distIery mix. This is cootn ned by your
c'rreepondept's figures. only that ID PIPING frac.
tions, aa he says, he makes It just 400 per cent
greater; for the difference between ree cent and
6-l0 OF per cent, relatively viewed, is precisely
that sum. and ese are the figures he az es 10 his
reduced table-in other words, per oeat of any.
thing is exactly 400 PR cent greater than 10 OIL
per cent Of it, and 20 ON throughout the whole
statement. showing conclusively that the ca In
spector gave the correct relati5e quantities the
Tactic constituents In the writer's estimate Of t es
sentia difference between tho butter and sugara on
tanned in tNe TIVE samples there is evidently lis
take, for taxing the round numbers exhibited thuss
Butter, Westchester. -. 8 Distilery.".. el
Sugar .,...4 .....47-l
Total. M.....,.......... 3-ls
No such figures as GAS per cent? can be Yea he'd.
Perhaps be means 14.5 per cent Now, the excess.
Of these articles, In the former ple Is, accord
ing to this view SO per oent-tbe true relative die
ference is, 3l7O per cent certainly difference OF
much importance, when we consider that the value
Of milk depends 80 largely upon the presence Of
with the cheese albumen, also 30 prominent In i
the Westche sfer parcel.
The writer pu,s In claim in behalf Of the phos-
phate and cites Bousingault to sustain the assamp
tiou-eveIy physiological chemist asserts the abeo-
Lutte necessity OF these salts In food, but neither
Bousingault nor any other author deems that any |
vided The mpairt Is agaipss the excess Of !
them, which, Ia the 6istilie milk " constitutes an
ex'raDeous and deleteriaus component. Various
authorities add their testimony to this view aud the
experience OF some of them affords undoubted proof
Of its correctness.
The " saliva matter" inquired about. Is Of course
Of the types Of tie reporters transcript
The language Of TIE manuscript is saline matters,
DC. Another error occurs In Of tins paxagr aph5
the conclusions of which Go not SEEM to meet the
phospSais is spoken Of. What that is Il would | be
difficult TO say but glance at the document shows
that the City Inspector used no such oxpresionthe
Of I eisS.r frenSs Or foes to mix
have not time to enter into arg1me 1t to show
the falacy Of the several positions assumed by the
writer in his lahored exerions irva.date the oo-
viously correct deductions Drawn from the premises
laid down by the City Inspector. In conversatton
with him he assures me that the facts embodied 10
the late investigation unequivocally estrblish tha
he has given n faithful description of the ent!te
business forming the milk and COW stable nusaoce.
cannot Be- 1oi Gc
Of "hun anity, and when the writer undertakesto
divert prfic attention from this grievance oy as
fruits, be seems to act but partially in the capacity
for which he publicly claims credit. "A friend" Of
such noble principles should rot seek to dspsrage
Health 0ts to relieve the commrnty from the oppro
brum Of tolerating 50 great vice and fraud as the
spurious milk ard meat traffic. In good season,
do not doubt that the City Inspector will succeed
the sale OF these zholesome fruits but it is
ceediDely difficult. If not an almost impra cable end
to accomplish. IL the performance OF this task he
|
the past year, writer who deemed himself quito
So great lnianthropist as your correspondent,
produced series Of articles in favor Of eating un'
ripe fruit His argument was that fruit was whole
some, ard that unnpe fruit was far preferable
to the young than none at all; and must con-
ftss, though l could not agree with him 10 his
conclusions adduced,r that he certainly exhibited
very plausible reasons in behalf OF his positions
His figures were the weekly records Of mortality
during the season of the babitual use OF green
fruit and since read the remarks Of your cor
respondent about spurious milk, do not wonder
that the public still continue TO eat and drink that
which the weight Of testimony and experience 80
ckar]y condemns A PHYSICIAN.