The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-07-16
SWILL MILK.

SWILL MILK.
THE CITIZENS OF NEW YORK TO BE PRO-
TEcrED AGAINST THE POISON MEMBERSHIPS
LONG ISLAND FERRIES TO BE wATcHED-No
swILL MILK TO BE BROUGHT TO NEW YORK.
Tho excitement in regard to tho swll milk poison
ing, owing to the recent action of the Long Island
jury, fully reported In the HERALD, increases
rather than diminshes In no country where justice
Is esteemed could such verdict have been given; the
laws against the adulteraton of food instead Of being
stretched In the OF Gan. Fleschmann Co., "a
offenders from justice would have been inter
proted in thcr strotest to convict, and such
spectacle would have been permitted IN court
mob shouting ia triumph verdict, without re
bukc from the Court and following reprimand OF
the parties thus outraging and setting at naught the
dignity of a tribunal But men who can deliberately
conine dumb brutes In filthy stables, where vapors
foul and stenches intolcrabe, feed them on tho
drcgs of fcrmcnted poison and then sell the ulcerous
exudations from thor bodies ''pure Westchester
county milk, - are capable OF anything.
THE LONG ISLAND PEST HOUSES
Tho investigations OF HERALD reporters prove thai
there is scarcely a shanty on Long Island within ten
miles Of New York that does not harbor
swirl fed, and the horrors OF these places increase
when dozen moro animals are huddied together.
1t seems not TO be profitable 10 keep them at great dis
from discres, for the expenses OF hauling, &C..
eat into the profits of business but in
Bssve case-pipcs conveying the swill run directly
distllery to the troughs OF the COWS in their
sheds. then the proprelors become rich and theiI
lots increase at tho cost OF so many lives pei
square foot. Very few citizens in the upper part Of
tho city take OF the fact that milk wagons com.
Ing the Thirty street ferry, certainly from
I.onp Iala nd are aS
chester and Orange countless but this mposture Is re-
ccvlng attention from the authorities as will hereac
ter be shown.
OWNER OF THE BLIssvILLE PREMISES
When Mr.. Max Feischmann the stand tho
other day testiyng to the dstillery from which the
swill flowed the cows tho examination the
following testimony was elcted:-
Q. Who Is the owner Of these premisesP
Objected 10 but overrulcd.
A. A certain MIR. Bernheimer. a New York man;
ront the place from him and pay him my rent
Q. Where docs he livc what docs he doP A. His
ONCE Is No 800 Broadway; do not know that he does
anything
He is an old gentleman, and, think, not doing any
thing
Bernheimcr. found ut his place OF business
ABOVE indicated, where he Is associated his
brother Simon Upon being questioned the gentleman
denied being associated, directly Indirectly with
CAT, Fleschmann Go. IN thor distiery or general
business operations certainly not IN keeping cows tho
property belonged him ana he rented II the firm;
The latter simply essees and managed thor bust
ness he supposed, to suit themselves.
MIR. BEKGH's ONLY HOPE.
On visiting Mr. Bergh the reporter was told that
mo words convey to tho public the foul nature Of
this traffic trace perfectly the immense evil
ing infant population by the of the poison
III such innocent shape Our society has only
nope ana mat IS IN CO operation win Inc hean Board
being brought over to New York. II the people Of
Long Island are content 10 drink the poison munuIac.
tured there that Is their business but defend
population against the introduction OF this breeder
OF disease
'Have you abandoned your other cases there. Mr..
Ber9hS"
"No. Tho Ehlors comes up in Brooklyn next
.swhat is the nature Of thisa Does 1t materially
differ from tho 0thersY'
"Vory little. rho people, however, must work
themselves. II public sentiment docs not denouncc
such a scone enacted In court Ia
Queens county the other days then there is but little
'.what scene do you refer tor"
'When the verdict rendered the mob got up,
stamped and shouted; large number swill mix
dealers.
as there largo quantity of Long Island milk sold
here?"
IAN immense quantity; but Brooklyn is perhaps
suffering moro than We are Think OF taking milk from
with diseased and liberated udders, whose bodies
arc caked with filth and nane; from cows with sore
tails and swollen limbs; from cows feeding on swill in
an swsm N.Y. with hs and hs
only ponder on the evidence Of Drs. Magnesi
and Jane. the latter Of whom is the Assistant
superintendent OF the New York Board Of Health they
would realize what danger they IN. Dr. Jane tes
titled that rule cows fed swirl were unhealthy
and cannot produce milk fl Tor use Marasmus In
Infants caused by the OF It, and othcr diseases
could thus be directly traced. A COW required GER
tain number OF feet OF air to keep IN heath the
diseased cattle at Blssvie only had one fifth OF the
requisite amount"
BOARD OF HEALTH AND SANITARY INSPECTORS
Professor Chandler Of the Board Of HEALTH said that
further action had yet been taken officially that
body. Tho next regular meeting will DO held on Tues
day whom, doubtless, tho matter will be fully consid-
cred and vigorous taken TO protect the cit
OF New York. The Board OF Health in full
sympathy with the movement 10 break up tho illegal
traffic. and arrests constantly being made
Dr. Day, the president OF the Sanitary Bureau told
The ferries and arresting the parties who had
their wagons falsely painted or labelled IL was hM
opinion .na' ABOUT Inc only way 70 successfully pros
felony TO use false labels. Already there scare
among the swill milk men on account OF the HERALD
exposure, and the officers In his department. were vg
liant In detecting and arrcstng all offenders against
the laws. Already many indictments were found, and
the accused held to bail to answer at court
DAIRY FARMS AND INSPECTION NEEDED.
To EDITOR HERALD:-
II Is certainly surprising and might seem incredible
except tor the almost immovable apathy OF average
minds IN respect 10 dangers not vlvdly present &c
their Imagination, to observe how large accumula
ton there Is OF officially reported cpidemics Of fever
and other diseases due the spread OF injection by
polluted otherwise swiIl milk; and yet how nsensi-
bio tho heads OF families and the public generally
necessity Tor precautions against this insidous
source of disease.
The list Of local epdomics mentioned In the HERALD
a few days since distinctly traceable to milk Is al
ready too long for memory, but they proved
cases, and in how many this source OF diffusion
OF infectious disease has escaped attention cannot
be vaguely guessed. Different articles have appeared
in your paper from time to time the subject IN one
pressing importance 10 the public health and
ernclcss the mix consumer remains at this moment
unprotected and careless Of his projection
as ever.
From the Information which I have been able to
gather II appears that but ono or two dairy farmers
take well devised and organized means to protect
their milk from the farm TO the and TO IN
sure It's purity. Their example only makes, however,
the contrast tho stronger respect to the dangerous
conditions under which the milk supply OF New YORK.
lies the bands Of tho untnspected dealers and
taers and increases the surprise that the public do not