New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-28
THE FIGHT FOR PURE MILK.
ADDITIONAL INSPECTORS ASKED FOR
BY THE HEALTH BOARD.

DIR. MARTIN. THE CHEMIST OF THE DEPART
MENT. TELLS OF THE DANGERS ATTENDANT
UPON THE Use OF ADULTERATED MILK.
The campaign against those who adulterate the
milk sold in this city marked yesterday by
a call for renforcements made by the Board OF
Health. The Board made request to the Board
of Estimate and Apportionment for 5000 with
which to pay five additional milk inspectors for
period of four months. The request largely the
result Of the report made by DR.. Edward w Mar
tin, the chemist of the Health Department, who.
after speaking OF the vigilance which is the price
Of safety" against the dangers arising from impure
milk. and the difficulty Of detecting adulteration
without expert examination and analysis. said:
1--WE have nov six inspectors of milk. of whom
is detailed for chemical work in the laboratory
to assist in the analysis OF milk. This gives us
Ave inspectors for actual work. II the force
increased by the appointment Of five additional in
spec,ors under the present conditions. would
be In a position to reduce the sale Of adulteratc1
milk that % per cent Of the milk sold would
be pure"
Just what percentage OF the $4,000 quarts brought
into the city daily at this season is pure may b.
Imagined when evidence already taken shows that
the original milk aduera,on IL about per
cent skim" that the Jobhers then skim and wa
ter the milk before n reaches the retailers, who
In turn further adulterate H. Besides the theft
from the purchaser which these consecutive pro-
cesses bring about, Ut Maltln speaks Oh otheI tNli
results follows
"rhe addition Of water and the removal Of cream
not only iniuriously lowers the quality of the milk.
thus deprlvng the Infant and the Invalid Of their
necessary nourlshnent. but the use Of water In
fecied with disease produces the fatal results. Ty
phul fever dphthprla and kindred diseases can
be ana are disseminated by the use uf milk 10
which such disease hearing water has been added
II Ia impossible for the present force Of sis In
srnctufs a. attend to all the worn properly ANA
If, Martin saws that never before IA tho history ~
The department has such an opportunity ahd he'es-
Sly ~ stan out The aiultrfatiph ~ min pre-
scented itself, and he gives excellent reasons fot
SAYING
The night against those who handle mh IN this
euted WIN Ngof, thanks 10 me shorts ol TIE Jus
uces IN The court Of Special hehhi"hs, VINO are max
ing efficient the work Of lhe Hoard Of Health
traifc IN adulteTated milk must, ana snail, be
stopped. ON Monday Justice jerome sentenced
Samuel Pakulsky, retail dealer 10 ten days I'M
was 80 per cent skinned and per cent water.
On the same day the same punishment was i'm
posed upon Joseph Altman for retailing milk that
was % per cent skinned and II per cent water.
know the Wholesalers who supplied you sold you
milk with per cent water. You added the rest
The maximum penalty in adulterated mix cases
Is six months Imprisonment and fine Of $50
About sixty milk cases have been scheduled for
September 4.
As it Is certain that punishment will be melted
ated milk. IL would seem that the additional in
spectOrs to gather evidence greatly needed.
President Wilson feels assured that the request Of
the Board Will be granted. The adulterating process
the country producers, whom the arm of justice. it
would SEEM should be long enough TO reach.