The Baltimore County union., 1882-05-20
coTr..poadsaee BalfinOye Coaniy u oH
MR.. BANKS MILK BILL.

T~ELFTH DisTRicT, BALTIMORE couSTI.
May 18th, iss2.
N,s.r.. Editor. IL wish 20 say = few words
through your widely circulated paper on the milk
question. thought the Governor had put an end
20 IL By his veto. but hnd from the proceeding.
of the meeting of the Maryland Live Stock Breed
ers Association. held in Baltimore last week. tha,
the milk question vas revived again. A; that
meeting Il vas resolved that Interests are 80
closely allied With dairy farmers iha; any measure
for them Is always equally 90 our interest" and
thanking Mr.. BAnks ani others not named for
their efforts Ia favor of the bill. would ask. who
are those cattle breeders but men of wealth, having
large farms. raising such grades Of cattle ,hA,
mand the highest price, such ~ an ordinary milk.
man cannot afford 60 give. ! would also ask who
Is Mr.. Baaks? have been informed he is large
farmer. carrying on the milk business extebstvely
NoS it u plain 10 be that the cattle -r0ueFs
interest IL very closely allied Hith the dairynen
They desire TO sell their high prised cattle to the
extensive dairy farmeFs and extensive dairy farm
want the Governor TO sign a bill that will break
up great many men Who depending on this
business for living. thus making it % much bet
ter for those Who have large farms. who have no
feed 20 buy and uho can produce milk cheaper
than the man Who has all % buy. IL |, plain 60
be secn that those gentlemen are more interested
in self than they are in the health or welfare of
others.
The Dairyman's Association. formed in Bal,i.
more year or more ago, asked for E.iik inspec-
tor, uhieh believe uosld have given general sat
isfaetion bot instead q that our wise Legislature
gives us "suill slOb" bill. Before discussing
thi. poin; uish IL 20 be undsrstOod that an
dairy man. in . smaii way comparatively. and live
within few miles sf distilIery. I have no use
for the swill siop nor the whisky IL comes from,
but what uish 20 say on the subject u from
principle Involved in IL; I; has been said 90 me-
II thOught 10 would be 10 your interest ?" Why
houtA I 90 Nurs fofa So Il
my neighbor. The good book informs me that
man 10 not 20 live for himself only. The milk
men near the city, Who have all nearly ALL their
feed 90 buy. are compelled 20 feed on anything
they can get. aad Ne think 10 upon the whole. =
selfish motive that prompted the Legislature 20
pass bill 20 prohibit the sale Of milk from cows
fed from the slop from the distillery. have no,
studied medicine 20 the extent 10 be able 10 deter
mine whether that Kind Of milk IL wholesome Or
unwholesome. ! know some doctors and others
personally interested Say 10 10 injurious 10 babies
Dear creatures, would not have one Of them die
from such sr any other cause. But while our
kind-hearted Legislature shoued 90 much sympa-
thy for babies. r'y not some for adults, Why
did thsy no, say 20 those distiers Who make what
is commonly called 'msnH" zhiEky Gu; q rotten
corn, OF potatoes, OF such like you shall not do IL
for IL 10 Destroying thousands u human being. and
bringing starvation and des;ituiion 20 thousands
Of families whose lives are as valuable az those Of
them. think hear then say. don't touch that.
Il will Gaks unpopular aEd hurt us politically,
hot pass the milk bii, IL sill be TO our beneft.
don't know of . single case of . child dying
from the use of such milk. bot who Of as can say
that deaths are net frsqusaily caused from the
of uhiskyi
Give as al inspeetor-one uho undeFstAnds his
business-and lsf him detsrmine whether the milk
Osrsi for sale is impare not, and u IL does not
cone up 20 the proper standard, esndsmn IL aud
throu u into the gutter. This method will CON-
pei dairymen 20 produes . good article. DO not
condemn IL because Il IL swill milk. Stop the
making of whisky and thea there uiII Be no suiIl
slop 10 feed on
In fact the whole bill is . selfish one In the in
tsrst of ihoss cattle grouer and large dairy farm
ers. IN order 10 get high prices for and grain
and 10 crush out the snail daiFymen. Ithink the
Governor has too much good sense 90 sign such
bin, and hope J, viii ever remain pocket veto.
DAtRSnAS.