The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-07-22

NBw YORK. July II, 1877.
TO THE Enron or THE HEnALD:-
am glad to notice that your persistent warfare on
the dealers In impure milk Is having favorable though
tardy effect the public II you have any idea that
this great WORK on which you trained the power
fu guns oil the HERALD 10 result In an easy Victory
you have greatly underestimated strength Of tho
enemy.
In the HERALD OF August II, 1872 you stated:-"our
milk is bad. II is alone poor; could stand that
It rs poison. Adults let It alone. but babes must
live on II, and hundreds Of them die by It," Yes
Posoncd would be the proper verdict In thousands OF
deaths that occur yearly among infant population
Nan and man may meet in dsadly encounter and there
may be some excuse for tho partisan feeling which
divides The brutal mob who view the contest Interested
and delighted spectators Let the same brutal
herd witness the Staying Of innocent child by
tho hand OF man, and their better instinct will
assert lis supremacy and tho inhuman wretch
would not likely be accorded the advantage OF
tho laws delays. Il is not surprising then, that
tho better class OF our people, who arc supposed
10 have tho moro rcnnod and intense feelings
OF love Tor their children sit quietly by their bed
sides ana sec then, passing away sur sa aaS
Death comes pale HORSE nor docs be stalk IN
at the front door with gathering bones, swinging the
fearful scythc The hand and bearing the dreaded
hour glass in the other Not these, but in the gded
cart, drawn ny u iat sleek horse, and bearing for
Even tue vcnder seems be ashamed OF his occupa-
ton. for instead Of calling out his wares In tntelgi-
well be- taken for cholsrs as milk When We consider
that tho revenue and prohts from the sale Of mix IN
this city arc creator than that all the horse railroads
In the city and that the latter have tho powcr 10 pre-
vent rapid transit by their influence and money In
legislation courts should ieel surprise tnat any
phiianthropst who attempts 10 sock justice IN our
courts behalf OF the public tho milk question
should be- booted from the halls vi JUS
nj de kuvn
letter. proposes tho starting oil well regulated dairy
tarms. As the secretary and ono OF tho orgnators Of
the Farmers MIX Company In lSIx-a company
which had for Its object The supplying Of Now YORK
with pure milk from the farms OF the stocKholdcrs-l
had occasion to VISIT very large number Of tho
farmers who send mix to this market, and, while
found variance in tho arrangements Of the dolails OF
their business. can safely say that as general rule,
their methods oil conducting tho business require no
mprovenents SO far MS tho purity and cleanliness Of
The milk proddcc y ,conccrneH az uog hazard any
thing saying that Of tho TO- 900 cans OF nilk which
come from %hc country farmers 70 New, YORK daily
ninety per cent oil Il Is pur" aud undiIutcd The
ely tlilginhh understands MA we'll 70 buy
waiGfen lRuf fhs walcrng sGa dUcsbrng part Of the
business Is ono thai he cliims tho patent on. The
OF the failure OF the company above referred 70
may OF interest to your roaucrs al this me They
thcse:-First-Ihe opposition oftho ety vendors
and mIdiiemcn who stopped az no outrage which
were mutilatcd aud destroyed, our horses pol
soncd, our harness cut and made danger
convention in public hall in this city conduct our
business affairs q mob vi milk vendors, led by
one OF the largest Wholesale dealers In the c.y
throngcd the with the avowed intention OF
breaking up our meeting. Sccond-When we can.
vassed among the citizens and stated our intentions OF
furnishing pure milk from our own farms, 10 be de-
lfvercd by our own wagons and with responsible
TINT II would be pure wc were told by in-
teligcnt pcopc-some Of whom we know from private
sources OF own were using impure milk-tbat they
liked their present miikman we'll enough ana cou SEQ
no reason for changing. We camo TO tho conclusion
that majority VI the very intelligent citizens VI ths
city were like the old Dutch lady who complained that
our milk chad thick, nasty stun on top after stand
ing while ana she could not stand that lu conclu-
sion, will state AZ tact that whcnover the cons umcrs
OF milk this city have become wiling 10 buy poor
article ut price somewhat less than they arc now
paying for milk aud water, and chalk ana
nth, and disease and death, the respectable
farmers will undertake. to supply them under
any restrictions that board OF health or vigilance
committee may impose 10 secure lis absolute purity
Tncy ready and willing to bring 1t 10 your doors.
and have shown that Willingness tho past by the cx
pendurc thousands OF dollars but your lack OF en-
couragcment allowed tho fraudulent dealers TO drive
us out OF tho city. We know our timc Will come, but
death columns tho daily prcss arc our barometer
When throc four columns instead oil ono DULY ahali
DO required 10 record doaths OF the tlo folks then
shall begin 10 hopo that you VIII receive our pure
heath g,viag country milk. W. II. II. J.