The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-06-07

Boards Rules Are ulegai-The Milk
Producers Union Organized-Some
Pretty Plain Language Used.
1t looked like town meeting day in
City hall, on Saturday forenoon when
the farmers who sell milk to the people OF
Portland gathered to give expression to
their opinion of the action of the Port
land Board of Health in the matter of the
tuberculin test for cows The regula-
lions to which the farmers object are
embodied in the following circular:
RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Relating to the Sale of Milk Within the
City of Portland, Maine.
Adopted by the Board May 1, 1887.
Approved by Thomas II. Haskell, Justice
Of the Supreme Judicial Court, May
18th, 1897.
Sec. 1. No person shall at any time,
by himself, his clerk, servant or agent,
directly or indirectly, sell any mi
within the city of Portland, except as
hereinafter provided
Sec. 3. Before any milk is offered for
sale in this city by any person or persons,
tll0 OoW lTO1u WHICH, lil0 Ulllk Is taken
must be examined in the month of June.
of each and every year, by regular vet
Urinary, first approved by the Board OF
Health
Sec. 8. The examination of all COWS
shall consist of tuberculin test, and
also of physical examination, and a
certificate of health shall be prepared by
and shall be filed with the Board OF
Health. Such certificate shall give the
name and residence of the owner of the
COW, also the condition of the barn in
which the cow is kept and the condition
of the water supply furnished such COW.
Sec: 4. Any person or persons sending,
bringing or taking milk in any manner
which have not been examined as fore
said, or any dealer who receives from any
person or persons, or transportation COM
pany, the milk taken from COWS which
have not been examined as aforesaid
and shall sell such milk in the city of
Portland, shall be guilty of misdemeanor,
and punished as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 5. Any violation of the foregoing
bylaws by any person shall be deemed a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction there
Of, such person shall be punished by a
fine not less than $500 nor more than
$50.0u
GEO. H. CUMMINGS, M. D., Board
II. P. MERRILL, M. d., of
EDWIN L. DYER, Health.
PORTLAND, May 1. 1897.
Approved, May I, 1897.
THOS. III. HASKELL.
associate Justice Of the Supreme Judicial
Court.
Proceedings began when Mr. George E.
Merrill OF Gray the chairman, called the
meeting to order and stated that as this
was an adjourned meeting the secretary
would read the records of the first session
held at Gray. The records read by the
secretary, Mr.. G. L. 8, Dunn, of East
North Yarmouth, told the story of how
the farmers had met there and found
that they were all united against the
regulations. 1t also appeared that Port
land then had narrow escape from a
prospective milk famine for the Gray
meeting voted to stop sending milk to
Portland on June Is but reconsidered this
vote and voted instead to meet again on
Saturday in Portland.
The meeting went at its task Saturday
in orderly fashion, first finding out where
it was at to start with by the reading Of
list Of the places from which milk is
sent, the farmers present for the towns
named giving their names as the roll
was called. That roll call gave pretty
good idea of the extent of territory which
it takes to supply the city of Portland
with milk. The places include nearly
all the stations on the Maine Central,
Grand Trunk and Portland & Rochester
;x,C
these places about $50 farmers were pres
ent.
The chairman, Mr.. Merrill, rehearsed
the proceedings at Gray, which lead to
the gathering in Portland He said that
he did not think it necessary to discuss
the use of the tuberculin test As farmers
they were agreed that they could not
afford to allow the test to be applied
The matter to be acted upon here was to
organize the farmers interested in the
milk business.
Mr.. James Lawrence, of North Var
the Portland Milk Producers Union.
with officers to consist of a president,
secretary and ten directorss one to be
chosen by and from each of ten shipping
points.
The point was raised by Mr.. G. W.
Deering, of Gorham that the name was
not exactly suitable, as little, if any,
milk was produced in Portland. Mr..
Deering suggested the Cumberland Coun-
ty Milk Producers Union, but Mr.. J. b.
Hammond, of New Gloucester Esuggested
that this too, failed to fit the case, so it
was finally left the Milk Producers
Union, and the vote to organize such an
association was taken by call Of the
roll
The vote resulted 107 in favor of
the organization and then these officers
were chosen:
President-George E. Merrill, Gray.
Secretary-Charles l.. Dunn, Gray
Treasurer-C. FL. Nelson, New Glouces-
ter
Directors-E. r. Thurston, Empire; F.
NJ. Thayer, New Gloucester; Greeley G..
Bowie, East North Yarmouth; Charles R.
Loring, Walnut Hill; Harry Merrill,
Gray; +. B. Blanchard, Cumberland and
Falmouth; Van W. Carr, White Rock; E.
Wentworth, Hiram; Simeon Tracey,