St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-14

consumers of the state and the small
body of dishonest milk producers and
their supporters. In view of this fact,
any monopoly. of bulldoZing, black
guardism or billinsgate which Mr.. Peck
desires to appropriate to himself will
cheerfully he conceded to him, as far as
the officials of the dairy commission are
concerned.
The testimony given by the witnesses
for the state was exactly as | stated it
to be, and the fact can be proven by
reference to the records. MI. Peek'S
statement that there was no evidence
whatever sustaining an indictment, is
fatty proven false by the fact that
despite all quibbling upon the part of
Mr.. Peck, Justice Bomarth, before
whom the case was tried, after listening
to tho evidence for the state, decided to
hold the defendant, which certainly
would not have been the case had the
evidence been of the loose and flimsy
character which is assumed by the at
torney for the defense.
That any question was raised relative
to the milk examined being Mr.. Bar
nard's, is too absurd for serious cOnSid-
Grafton, since the samples were taken
from the cans by Inspector Chapel be-
fore they left the possession of MIR. Bar
delivered to me. 1t was also in evil
dence that no other samples were col
lected or delivered to me upon that
date.
Whether, after milk has been allowed
to stand several hours, it is possible to
thoroughly incorporate the cream so as
to make uniform mixture, is matter
to be decided by experiment and evil
dence, not by opinion, though 1t is
worthy OF mention that if, as was with
out doubt the case IN this instance, the
cream which had risen was carefully re-
moved, it has not usually been found to
seriously interfere with the subsequent
sampling of the milk.
The only statement made by Mr.. Peck
which shows any agreement with the
evidence, is that 1.-The test was made
from practically skim milk" / trust
that he makes this statement on good
authority. The references made to the
persons employed i'll the analysis and
the SmallneSS of the quantity used, as
influencing the decision of the grand
jury, seem rather gratuitOus and out of
place since the grand jury possessed no
information whatever relative to the
method of analyS is or the amount of milk
examined, unless such information was
obtained from parties other than the
tive to either point having been raised
during the examination, simply the re-
suits of the analysis being demanded.
Since engaged by the commission | have
reason to believe that the State Dairy
commission has no desire to prosecute
innocent parties, as intimated by the
learned counsel, but it does propose to
endeavOr to bring to justice and subject
to legal penalties those who infringe the
law, whether they be honest farmers or
equally honest milk vendors. 1t is the
aim of the commission to treat every one
fairly and hOnorably, and to adopt
methods of obtaining samples and of
chemical analysis, which are universally
admitted to be such as to fairly repre-
sent the quality of the milk, by those
who possess accurate information upon
such subject, and in carrying out the
work, in the interests of pure dairy pro-
ducts, they have the right to expect the
aid of every honest man in the state, be
he farmer, tradeSman or attorney.
c. W. DREW, NJ. d.
MinneaDOliS JAN 8. 1885