The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-10-31
ADULTERATED MILK

ADOLIEhAIED VI lLh.-
On Thursday morning, State In
spector Of milk, DR.. Newton, and State
detective Mcguire, appeared at the
milk depot at the foot of FEEDER
al street, Camden, about eight O'Clock
and proceeded to test the tactical fluid
as it waa loaded in the wagons or
claimed by the consignees. To say
that the milk dealers we're surprised,
expresses it but mildly. As can after
can was pronounced adulterated and
dumped into the sewer at the corner
of Delaware ave. and Federal street,
and the parties claiming it were es-
corted to Squire Cassady's Office and
fined $52 80, the air was almost as
blue as some of the milk. The milk
men "cussed the law and the men
who made it and threatened ven
geance against the swindling farmers
who had shipped them the "Pure
Burlington County Milk" From s
o'clock in the morning until IL noon,
DR.. Newton was busy, and during
that period examined over four hun
dred cans. Forty-four cans contain
ing 1880 quarts were found to be be-
low the standard and were emptied
out. The farmers who shipped this
milk and who are responsible for the
per centage of adulteration as given
below are as follows:
Job N. Clevenger, Pemberton, IL
per cent. water.
George Mum, Mount Holly, ~
and Is per cent. water.
William G. Lippincott, Smithvills,
40 per cent. water.
Shommer d Cashier, Mount Holly,
20 per cent water.
Jacob Shuman, Kinkora, Is per
cent. water.
Shreve Antrim, Jobstown, IL per
cent. water.
John Q. Davis, Salem, skim milk.
j. P. Bruna, Salem skim milk.
Fred Wilson, Kinkora, II, Is, and
80 per cent water.
M. Howard Wilbur, Cream Ridge,
% and 80 per cent. water.
N. P. Elkton, YORKTOWN, skim
milk.
The milk shipped by William G..
Lippincott Jr., of Smithville, was
nearly one-half water, and DR.. Newton
stated that it was the worst sample
he had ever tested.
Tbs skim milk was not tagged as
required by law, and consequently was
considered fraud to the public, and
$50 quarts of it from John @. Davis
was dumped out.
The rnilkmen who were fined were
Jesse r. Turner, Joseph q. Ellis and
8. Guernell of Camden; A. Beyerling,
Jr., August Ludwig, George Abbott
and two Thomas Kellys of Philadel-
phia.- Camden Democrat
The milk dealers who had their lac
teal fluid dumped into the Delaware
River on Thursday met at the West
Jersey Railroad depot, near the ferry,
on Friday. Mr.. George Abbott, Of
Philadelphia, was the leader in pro-
testing against DR.. William K. New
ton, the Milk Inspector and his lacto-
meter. Mr.. Abbott made an exhibit
ton, in which he showed that, accord
ing to his standpoint, the lactometer
was utterly worthless. He placed
cans of milk in hot water, some Of it
being pure Attorney and other skim
med milk. The results of these ex-
periments, when showed by the lacto-
meter, were
CREAM.
Temperature, AZ degrees-test, a..
Temperature, 60 degrees-test, 70,
Temperature, 70 deSrees-test, 81.
tsKIMMED MILK.
Temperature, 38 degrees-test, 1l8,
Temperature, 81 degrees-test, 100.
Temperature, 1O2 degrees-test, 81.
ALDERNEY MILK.
Temperature, 81 degrees-test, 12O.
Temperature, so degrees-test, 81.
Temperature, 90 degrees-test, go.
Mr.. Abbott made speech to the
other milkmen, and it was agreed that
they should go before the Legislature
at its next session, and have their
grievances redressed. It was claimed
at the experiment that the lactometer
had failed, and that II was useless.
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