New-York tribune., 1895-08-24
FIGHTING FOR PURE MILK.
ACTIVE CRUSADE OF THE BOARD OF
HEALTH AGAINST ITS ADULTERAT1oN.
,,,sr,cr yERoMEs ACTION WILL AID THE Of
,,,crps WHAT DIR. MARTIN SAYS

TIGERS - WHAT Dt HH"4''' go"
OF THE WORK
The Board OF Health has entered upon ue's,-
x,,,od crusade against persons VINO auu'e'a'e MIN
.rd ~ i,s officers are backed up IN the "oin ny
o., 80 ,s good results are looked for. Although
the BOARD OF Health has been Trying " '"pp'e''
tho Illegal traffic In watered milk Tor a ions '"e'
a.. cor,s have met with far from satisfactory re-
su,,s because of the light fines imposed on con-
victed offenders by the courts Inc p""s"'"'"'
inflicted heretofore has almost ihVariap'S "'e' ="
one OF s25 but experience has clearly SHOWN '''S
light punishment entire.y inadequate 10 p"' s'op
90 milk adulteration. Mllk-dealers have Deen hhed
- ,o, ord within twenty-four hours have been
o,usb, committing the same offence again. lhey
have paid their fines without a murnur' knowing
that but one days traffic In their iliesal business
wou,d more than repay them the sums they were
compelled to dsgorge. The action OF justice Jerome
in the case Of Nathan Chasstasky, In the Court OF
snecal Sessions on Thursday has. however, acted
,iko the throwing OF dynamite bomb into the
ranks ~ those ml.k-dealcrs who have sought TO
enrich themselves by robbing consumers, ana IL
has a.so greatly encourageh the meinpefs VI ,nc
Board OF Health. Chasatasky Is "hoiesaie ueaie'
g., Mill n No 30 Broomc-st. and was arrested by
III. rnspectors OF the Board OF Health for selling
watered milk 10 the poor people in tenement-houses
When taken before Justice Jerome Chasatasky'
.fter being severely lectured. vas fined 500 and
sent to prison for thirty days
Edward W. Martin. chief chemist OF the board Oh
Health ana Or T.. j. ledere. OF the Department.
were in good spirits wher reporter lor the III
h,,,a called at the laboratory in the new Criminal
Courts building yesterday. DR. Martin toid the
a,orter tha, he and Dr. rcdere had just had a
co,ferance with Justices Jerome. Jacob and Hayes.
and that they had all announced themselves as
heartily in favor Of the adopted in the case
Of Chasatasky ana promised to treat such ohenders
In the future In a Ike manner
If the courts will keep up the hght continued
Or Martin the business OF adulterating milk VIII
soon he a thing OF the past The dealers who have
been engaged in the practice OF aduterating mix
have never cared for the small fines inflicted by
the courts Some OF them have been arrested and
fined five and six times. but they nave gone right
on with their business The profits are so large
that tho fines have amounted to nothing. dealer
selling 800 or l,c0 cans Of mix could make from
s25 to so a day by putting but one quart OF water
I'm each can The action OF Justice Jerome Is a
serious matter to those who aduterate milk
Paving small fine and going to prison are en-
tirely different things and Justice Jeromes action
has already had a most beneficial effect The milk
consumers cannot but profit by 1t.
"Pres.dent Wilson and all the members OF the
Health Board are highly pleased and the Board
Will prosecute the work Of stopping the sale Of
adulterated milk with greater energy than ever.
OF course. the Board is Handicapped by having so
few inspectors. There are but five inspectors TO
thirty districts INTO Wficn fne city IL
divided There are about thousand places
where milk is sold and each inspector can visit
about three hundred and fifty OF them in a week #,
takes about a month get around TO them all.
while most OF the aduerated milk is found In
the tenement house districts. 1t is wrong TO sup
pose that a close inspection OF the milk which goes
into the homes OF the rich is not necessary. One
OF the wisest OF laws is that which governs the
slaughterng OF COWS In this city. and which was
Instituted by Mr.. Wilson since he became president
OF the Board OF Health. This law permits the
slaughtering of COWS between the hours OF a.
and p. m. and only when inspector OF the
Board OF Health is present. II may be difficult at
matter OF pure milk. 1t will be seen. however by
the following:
Some time n was Killed In one OF the
slaugh er houses and the inspector discovered the
animal had tuberculosis. The Board discovered that
the from OF the finest herds in the
State. and the milk from II was sold for fifteen
cents quart 10 wealthy people In this city. All the
customers homes visited the next morning
and the milk seized IL brought TO the doors.
milk quickly died OF tuberculosis. and the remain
ing two. when killed. were found to be suffering
from the disease But for the law such cows would
often be killed at night when there was poor
light and inspection would be difficult"
President Wilson of the Health Board Is much
interested In the present campaign against dlshon
est milk-dealers. and VIII seek their discovery and
downfall with all the power at his command until
they have all been driven from the city. out OF
the milk business campaign will also be begun
against the farmers who skim their milk before
shipping this city.