The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-10-20
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| ed in the editorial columns of the
Press. There was great and vigorous
| opposition by the dairymen. Finding
that opposition was likely to defeat
the appropriation necessary, the Pure
Food Committee was called into being
turers and Producers Association OF
turers and Producers Association of
California, with the active assistance
of IA different organizations, repre-
senting the commercial and mercantile
Ebodies of the State.
AT meeting held by these organi-
cations the support was pledged Of
such organizations as the Manufac-
turers and Produce Association, the
San Francisco Chamber Of Commerce,
the Board of Trade, the State Board Of
Health, the Fruit Exchanges, the Mer-
chants Associations. 1t was shown by
the Regent of the State University,
Hon. j. B. Renstein, the father OF the
pure milk ordinance, that in the three
months of the work of the Board Of
Health the death rate in children un-
der the age OF one year showed a de-
crease of over 40 per cent; between
one and three years of 80 per cent;
between three and five years of 21 per
| posed for 10 years.
Of the Pure Food Committee. The ex-
listing Legislative Act, to prevent the
| "AdulteratiOn of Food, Drink and
Drugs" was comprehensive one. but
no one had ever endeavored to enforce
it. The Board Of Health received that
year an appropriation of $4,000 to
/ A 1~n>
oratory was built, competent chemists
were employed and prosecutions were
begun. Convictions were obtained in
PENDANTS invariably demanded jury
trials They soon found the cheapest
| way was to deal no more in fraudu-
| lent goods.
''It was found at the beginning of
last year that tuberculosis in Cali
fornia was on the increase. This was
| attributed by many to the fact that
many tuberculous strangers were sent
to California every year for their
health. After thorough investigation,
the Board commenced operations with
the use of the United States tuberculin
| test. At the Almsh0use 80 out of the
81 cows there were killed and were
/
advanced stages. Work was then be-
gun on the dairies.
| "Here the Board met with most de-
termined opposition, but they went
ahead with more determined inspect
ors and killed several hundred cows.
] Subsequently they suspended opera
tions temporarily, as the Legislature
was in session, and the dairymen
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just laws to prevent the sale of milk
from tuberculous cows. They did not
keep faith with the Board of Health
but, instead, they formed combina-
| ton with the Butchers Board Of
cured the defeat of the bills, for the
passage of which the Board of Health
was working.
The Board saw that heroic meas
ures were necessary, and called a meet
ing, and, with the active advice and
assistance of Mr.. Renstein and our
Pure Food Committee, their action
was determined and outlined. 1t
should be said here that, by the milk
ordinance of San Francisco every milk
dealer in the city was compelled to
| obtain a permit from the Board OF
| Health. This permit was numbered,
and the number must be prominently
displayed on the wagons and place OF
| business of the milkmen. Three sta
tions were established, and through
these all the milk entering San Fran
cisco must pass. Here it was exam
ined as to it's purity. Mounted inspect
ors examined the milk throughout the
city after it's passage through these
stations. The permits were subject to
be revoked by the Board of Health.
Any milkman falling to pass through
the station had his permit revoked.
Injunctions were applied for and tenn
porarily granted, but the courts decid-
ed that they could not hold. Suits were
filed against the Board for killing tu-
| berculous COWS, but the courts were
again with the Board in the interests
of health.
"The Board went on with its work,
but adopted the rule of publication.
An animal certificate was issued to
those dairies only whose cows were
inspected and found free. Then came
difficulty with the interior Boards OF
Health who refused to adopt the meth
ods and standard employed by San