New-York tribune., 1872-05-23
THANKS TO THE TRIBUNE.

THANKS TO THE TRIBUNE.
The consciousness that one Is swindled by
receiving for milk what really milk and not
pleasant but gradually the dwellers IN 9rSe cities
nry too rare and difficult of attainment 10 be thought
Of except of the compensations for bad cooking
and uncomfortable rooms in rural summer boarding
houses. To obtain il In unlimited quantities the dWeuers
in brOwn-stone fronts Will endure almost any OF he p
yations incident TO few months residence In those
country homes" which are so alingy advertised as
The hot season approaches.
We are not surprised therefore TO learn that large
an amount OF water paid for by our citizens
framded out Of 100000 which represents the paid
by them the dluOD Of their milk. The business OF
adulteIatiDg with water Is regularly ana openly PW-
This is bad enough, but when the swindlers in the
milk trade 20 further and do than to mix and
spoil two good drinks and actually poison the Innocent
looking article wem mu7t DC EsGI Y, oH & ps 5Uns
and healthy women but Dy hNahus anu cHIiuIeh'
they Join criminal classes, and become outright enc
mics Of mankind. 1t is this outrageous ana revolving
practice which THE TRIBUNE this morning asserts is
widely prevalent and, what is more proves It's assertion
nony which seems 10 be overwhelming. Not only does
IL expose the existence OF those od ana once paftRy ny
reporters have detected large number OF dealers IN the
act Of mixing salts chalk saIeratus ana unRh9Eh % W wHe
eeng customer SAMPLES OF thS e adaSrbeq n6 tbe Ie5 k
have been uniformly against the dealers
We must thank 1HE TRIBUNE for the vgor and effect
vereS Of its attack on the milk sTinders There is no
which would not have existed had the Board of Health
done ts duty since 1862 when Prof Chandler then its
chemist CA Cscd and nearly stopped the adueIauOns
IN rlig iol a time The law is adequate for the protee
Ia reratiYe II can only atone for its past shameful
neglect by an unusually vigorous prosecution OF the
of ndcrs who brought 10 light, not through any Wig
ilapce OF its own. but through that of newspaper
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STUDY THE NAMES. ..L -
T- Prom Daily Htiness, Hay q.
,or s66e a5 ine Nth the aS Of the c6y for he Pre-
Tfnon Of Cruelty TO Animals ana other 0iclas ana Y
Ir Chandler chemist Of the Board OF Health TO detect
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was the business Of the Health Bureau but the oneeIs
~ that BOARD satisfied themselves with seeing that the
,t was delivered pure al the railroad depot 70 The
ilkmen, and that they did not stop Oy the Way 70 Wst
1; before delivering It 10 their customers They knew
,xaS Watered then but how the process was per,
sormed they did not take the trouble 10 Tne rho
ont This THE TRIBUNE has done Tor them. me
loikmen take good that what they obtain from the
farmers is not only pure hut good milk IL cows GIVE
watery milk the farmer must sell them ana proeus PET
Ger or they will not buy from him, and as the mlKmeh
tst the milk with their aetOmeters at the depot wnen
they receive IT, II cannot ne Wateteu Dy he way & ane
watering then between the depot ana the Gus
fure OF water renders milk much more naDle 10 sour
coon and therefore, however pure the water may pe
will unless milk he used at once, render uhWnVie
The swil-mE stables in Brooklyn were found in their
chronic condition OF fifth and disease, and THE IRBUNE
publishes the descriptions OF them, and the names W
sher Ownersa portion Of the report which we mean 10
sduterate their milk. many OF them, not only with
large amount Of water but win white powder; saiHs
sloud purchase THE TRIBUNE to-day and study those
Eroa TIE Springfield RspVytbean. Nag N
-Io The TRIBUNE's expose of milk -adulterauon
fn NewYork Of the most thorough pieces OF Jour
asc service that paper has ever rendered 10 the pup
fSc the sources from which the milk reaches
i0e mkmen the farmers. and giving fully the post
the latter. IL brings cut clearly the fact THAI
robbery OF the milk producer The deal
srs water then tell the farmers that the market
q oyerstOcked milk They thus keep price
the farmers hands far below what II costs TO the
consumer They also discount the farmers bills for
alleged thinness Of milk, which they have themselves
yatered previous 70 the test Another serious tax
ON the producer is the cans, which the mllkmen are
continually beating ia, or losing. Many OF them are
thrown off the and should get the impression
foT miles out OF kewYOrk severe charge Is also pro
red against the County butter factories that
shey send their milk after the butter par
ties An New York wbO with chalk, &c, transform
- trto the genuine article fresh from the The
~IgRuRE sept a reporter, with a welEnown basiness
,,r.n for witness watch the mlkmen at the depOs
nd ON The the city The Erie men water theirs
while ou the fcrry-boats, before light IN the morn
- fng Then follows long list 0f mkmen uho
syere eeen 20 this, and whose milk upon analysis,
4 has been found TO BE- too wet Those VINO get thcT
naiik a. the ghtbst depot empty their 20 gaDob
cane into holding 60 80 gallons ana which nya
tsFiOuAiy become full OF 20 or 40 gallons oi
water poured INTO them in the FIRST place othef
bets OF adueraors caught in the act At this depot ana
f those whose mix poor given and also an expose
Prom personal inspection OF the Brooklyn sVLsfahltS
ke remedy proposed by THE Tribune Win he surprise
tbe Rev. T. Hale aud The champions Of dry mlik At
ste Hub ssmeiI-tSst the Boston sJrsw VI Dspeeiion