Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-03-21
From the Troy Times.J
AduIferaIed Milk in BOSTON

titic center OF the universe known indif-
ferently as Boston, and the Hub, is actu-
ally showing signs of disquietude over
even so small and materialistic matter
as the adulteration Of milk. 1t will be
news TO many that Boston babies REQUIRE
to be sustained upon this tactical fluid.
for most people have been led TO believe
that the infants of that renowned local
ity are born in full maturity, even to
the extent of having their eye teeth cut
But it turns out that they do actually
subsist, in part at least, during the ear
! lier stages of their existence, upon milk.
and precious thin milk, too. And it is
in view of the possible consequences to
their innocent progeny that the Boston
iass have become aroused to the enormi-
ty Of the otfenses perpetrated by the
milk dealers, whom may Allah con-
found. A correspondent of the Boston
Globe Ga new and exceedingly attractive
journal gotten up on the New York
morning paper PATTERN, who has exam
ined the subject from a scientific point
of view-nothiug else would 90 down II
Boston-says that at meeting Of milk
consumers in Boston recently, it was
stated by a learned divine that the nor
tally among infants in that city in sum
meT is frightful, that in one season with
I
in one hundred days, and he attributed
this mortality to impure food, and
especially to adulterated milk. 4 ply
sician OF high authority supported this
! view, and said that in his opinion the
disease known as cholera infantum is, in
most cases, induced by the use of impure
milk And then he goes on to tell uz
that:
Milk, in its best estate, is nearly all
water. Mr. FaXon, the Inspector, says
! that good Boston milk is composed Of
! eighty-fve parts in a hundred Of water
/ leaving Is per cent. Of fat, casein, etc
| and Dr. Nichols, learned chemist, says
| he finds no less than So per cent. Of
water in the best milk he has Analysed
| One would think, at first view, that such
! a fluid could not be very nOurishing at
| best. but when we reflect that flesh and
| blood themselves are largely composed
| Of water the food seems more apprO-
/ PIRATE The chemists say that Of a man
weighing 154 pounds, about 10 pounds
| are water. His mortal body contains
! about IA gallons Of this harmless fluid,
| and probably baby. thoroughly tested
! by means of a hydraulic press and q hot
! oven, would be found to contain about
| the same proportion Of water as is found
| in pure milk 50 that, after all, there is
/ a wonderful adaptation Of means to ends
in milks for babes The fat of the
| cream goes to form flesh, and the caseiu
| and lime to form bones and teeth. i
! the cream is skinned off the child does
| not keep fat, and if the milk is reduced
1 by water If is too thin to give strength
| and the poor baby. fed full of such
wateTy fluid, staTvcs TO death by slow
| degrees, unless relieved by disease super
induced by such treatment.
The correspondent has been to the
| pains of visiting the establishment Of
one dealer to see how the adulteratiOu j.
accomplished, and here IS his report:
The farmer sells pure milk to the con
tractor, who is too sharp to be imposed
! upon. The contractor delivers il pure
to the milkman from the rail car The
milkman takes it to his stable or vault
and does what he pleases with il: and
as an illustration of what that means
let me state what I saw a few weeks
since in the city Of Boston. had Of
ten been told by one who knew best that
nearly all the three million dollars worth
Of milk yearly sold in this city is both
skinned and watered. 4 should like
to see it done" saidI when viii YOU
ready" We went 10 look at g horse IL 4
dirty stable, in which were three or four
stalls, milk wagon, sleigh, etc. & littla
before noon. A young man was there
in charge, and on the floor were about 80
S. quart cans of milk. On alarge chest
probably for ice. were two small bagz
and bottle. Talking socially mean
while, | tasted and found one hap was
sugar and the other salt. And this
said /, tasting from the bottle, sis
burnt mOlasses." No" said he. sit iz
burnt sugar, the best refined sugar. He
then took tin quart, removed the stop
pers from bis cans, and poured from
each pint or more Of cream, which he
poured into & can until Ii was full
Then he emptied six cans Of the SKINNED
milk into large tin vessel, then pumped
a can nearly full of water, threw into ii
small handful of sugar and some salt
and added little Of the syrup bv guess.
shook 1t all up and poured II into the
milk, then drew from faucet IN the
large tin several times into his can. and
poured It back to mix II well together.
tasted it and found II very GOOD, and
the young man said it was then ready
for market. He said two hundred cans
day went through that stable. ana
were all fixed in that way. only VIII
milk was scarce they run" it a roo5
deal more. Sometimes they "sp7it" #
cream was sold partly 70 the hotels and
partly to butter makers from one to two
dollars per can, and that he sunDosa6
nine-tenths of the milk sold IN Boston
was treated in that way, and II gave bet
ter satisfaction than pure milk. becaus5
It kept better, and did not taste 81 much
OF the COW. He also said the milk went
to the very best families in Boston. and
this was confirmed by nv friend who
showed me bis horse. Now this LITTLE
route" of two hundred cans. at fre
rate Of treatment thus observed. stole
so worth Of cream per dav and 1e-
placed 1t with water, and when / Tc-
marked 10 the youth that he diS Lat
measure his sugar and salt. he explained
that when they run" it q good deal. be
did measure. and that he used a lactcn.-
ter and fixed it so that If stood lust right
with that instrument.
Now, this is state of things which
ought 20 continue. Those Boston bahic5
must have something better than a mix
ture of sugar. salt and water TO insure
such an amount of physical vitality and
mental stamina as by right belong 70
the average native of the Hub. And IL
their behalf we note with pleasure the
fact that an organization called saThe
Consumers Protective Association. hss
been founded with Rev. Edward Ever
EFT Hale at its head The leading fga-
lures of its plan Of operations is 10 get
rid Of the middlemen altogether. and 10
obtain supplies Of milk direct from the
dairymen. 1t is proposed that the names
OF dairymen be painted conspicuouslv OF.
their cans, so that people who get cheat
ed by one man a second time. in the
quality of milk purchased by them. shall
have nobody to blame but themselves