New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-21
Mr.. STRAUS TO DISCONTINUE CHARITY

HIS REASONS FOR NOT SELLING PURE MILK AND
CoAIl-THE HEALTH BOARDS INvEsTIGA-
TON DID NOT DISCOURAGE HIM.
report was circulated yesterday TO the effect
that Nathan Straus was TO give mp MS char'F VI
selling pure milk and confine hnse'f s'rlcty
10 the sale OF sterl,zed milk. The reason given Tor
this change in his weknown charity was that the
recent disclosures by the Board Of Health had as
couraged him In his work. When seen at his once
Yesterday by Tribune reporter Mr.. Stratus said:
THE report true in part and false In part. 1t
is true that | to retire from the business Oh
selling raw milk. but not for the reason gwen III
This report. The so-caled disclosures OF the Board
OF Health in reference my milk amounted 10
nothing practically 4 few girls in my employ
were Induced to put water in the milk sold, but
II YOU consider the immense quantity | nave 500
this adulteratiOn Is an infnitesimal quantity ana
has nothing whatever DO with my giving up the
sale OF milk in its natural condition Inc reason
that I am giving up this branch OF the charity is
because there is no further object to he attained by
my selling IL. The city authorities have taken hold
OF this pure milk question with vigorous hand re-
GENTLY and the result Will be that milk dealers
will not dare to sell anything else but pure mix
My only object enable the poor people 10
get pure milk at reasonable prices. instead OF the
adu;terated article at exorbitant prices | think
have accomplished my purpose when the city au-
thorities take hold of matter and make II Dan
gerous for dealers to sell anything but pure milk
But will still keep up the sale of my sterized
milk for reasons that seem to me be good. BY
this process everything of an unhealthy nature Is
absolutely killed in the milk. that IL is abso-
lutey harmless 10 patents babies or deilcste PEG,
pe II has been my experience in my efforts 10
supply the poor with pure milk that II is Impossible
10 get all your milk from healthy cows found
il TO be the hardest matter to keep unhealthy cows
from the hero from which the milk | bought came
/ even bought herds OF my and experienced
the same difficulty, so that | am convinced mar
even pure raw milk is likely TO be contaminated
with germs Of disease from the COWS themselves:
This has convinced me that the only way to get
absolutely pure and harmless milk is 10 put II
through the sterilizng process, and this is what |
am now devotng my energies to, namely. giving
the poor not only pure milk. but an absolutely
harmless milk. / shall continue TO maintain this
charity as | did the pure milk charity until the
city authorities shall relieve me OF 1t as they have
in the pure milk enterprise. $50
He. is another thing you may give 10 the public.
shall discontinue the sale Of Goa this winter II
the regular coal dealers do not advance the price
10 small consumers. Ny only object was to enable
the poor 10 obtain coal at reasonable price in
small quantities They have been compelled TO pay
az the rate of $40 ton, but my coal depots have
brought the dealers to terms. II they abide by
those terms will attempt the sac OF coal this
winter. but Just soon as they attempt 10 get
back their old tricks will as surely open my
coal depots again.