New-York tribune., 1895-08-31
THE FIGHT FOR PURE MILK.
MAYOR STRONG BACKS UP THE HEALTH
DEPARTMENT
FIVE NEW INSPECTORS TO BE APPOINTED
PRESIDENT WILSON SAYS HE WILL NOT

pprsIDrNr WILSON SAYS HE WILL NOT
CHANGE HIS LINE OF ACTION
President Wilson OF the Board OF Health mad a
nIeasant chat with Mayor Strong yesterday IN the
Office of the latter. regarding the crusade against
milk dealers which Mir. Wilson has been conduct
ing with such good results for the last fe" days.
The Mayor told President Wilson that ne approved
most heartily of the effective measures adopted ny
the Board of Health TO put stop to the adulteration
of milk and said that the Board should nave what
ever money II was necessary that they shouid nave
e., ordsr IN prosecute their work vigorously.
Yesterday morning the Board OF Estimate ana
Apportionment passed favorably upon the request
of President Wilson that hve additional mix III
spectors be added the present force one OF thse
,ev insnectors Will be appoipted Tuesday next.
and the cnoice of the remaining four Will be de-
termined after Civil Service examination 10 De
held on t. following day. This will raise the total
number OF milk inspectors In the Health Depart
ment TO eleven.
President Wilson said yesterday. referring TO the
action of the wholesale milk dealers in organizing
and EMPLOYING counsel for their Defence as re-
ported in yesterdays Tribune I'VE shall not
change our line Of action one iota We 30 not
charge that all the wholesalers are guilty, but
those who are we intend to bring to justice Nor
are we proceeding against anybody until we know
exactly what doing, and until we nave fuil
and sufficient evidence to convict those dealers
whom We have caused to be arrested.
Prominent among the wholesale milk dealers VINO
have retained Frank Moss. Of No. 80 Nassau-st as
their counsel are james Baker and Thomas Gray.
OF the commission firm OF Baker Gray d CO.. one
and Lincoln-ave.. who
arrested last Wednesday on the charge OF sell
irg adIterated milk. Both Mr.. Moss and his many
clients assert that the wholesalers are liable TO
suffer unjusty. under the present Interpretation OF
the ,aW for the offence Of farmers ana grOcels,
who may have adultcrated their milk. In the case
Of Baker Gray K Co.. however Mr. Lee a mem
ber OF the firm attends to the shipping Of the mix
from Connecticut this city. where 1t IS received
by his partners II IS learned further that Mr. Gray
was for nine years previous to 1898 an inspector
OF the New-York STAT DIiry Commission, and the
Board Of Health IN nKs that with this experience
he should be a competent judge OF his own milk
Professor DOremuS OF the College OF the Olty
or New-York called On President Wilson yesterday
and had a conver iation about milk inspection The
professor has Away denied the trustwortnlness OF
the lactometers WI q the Department mas peeh
depcnding on to a considerable extent IN detecting
impure mix Neither an inspector detect impure
milk he tod MI wilson, 10y eNdHii"lls IL WIN "''
eyes. r 49,.
President Wilson satisfied Professor Doremus that
the Boards methods were perfectly safe. Inc IN
spectors he said first find by the use OF the lac
tometers what they believe 70 be impure milk Then
they take this milk to the Boards chemist Mr..
Martin and have it analysed This course was
pursued in each of the cases in which convictions
have recently been had ~,
After seeing Mr. Wilson, Professor Doremus called
on Mr. Martin and had a talk about the same sub
ject 49, -, r..
Wolf No Norfok-st., were held in 500 bal! each
for trial by Magistrate Deuel. In the Essex Market
Court Yesterday, charged with selling acutefated
milk Inspector Walters of the Health Department
was the complainant.