Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-30
CITY MILK SUPPLY.
THIS SUBJECT AROUsEs INTEREST
At MAYORS CONFERENCE.
THE DEATH-RATE AMONG CHILDREN.
Importance Of the Requtrenen1
That the MIX should Be Pure<
Murder by Wholesale OF the fnnsN
cents-0thcr Topics.


COLUMBUS. O.. September "a feaA
ture OF the morning session OF the ma.
tional conference OF mayors and couns
cilmen that aroused great interest
among the delegates was the reading of
a paper. contributed By Nathan Strauss.
OF New York. on THE Influence OF n
Pure Milk Supply on the Dcath-Rate a
Children
Most OF the municipal officials here
were conversant only to a limited ex.
tent with the work being done by Mr..
Strauss in New York city. Naturally
they were eager 10 learn all it's details.
and listened to the recital OF them with
close attention. The paper was read by
Mr.. Ford, OF New York. and its OPEN
ing statement. that "there Is practical.
~ no milk delivered for general con.
sumption In cities that is flt TO be fed
in its natural state to young children"
was sufficiently startling TO challenge
attention. II not contradiction. The
paper closed with the following appeal:
II think / have fairly demonstrated
the position that many thousands OF in-
fant lives are annually sacrificed by the
neglect to pay sufficient attention to
having the chlldren's milk subjected 10
the process OF Pasteurization. hold
that neglect to be criminal. and / leave
il for you TO fix the responsibility OF it
MURDER BY WHOLESALE.
1--WE punish murder with the penalty
oil. l.ss
committed by the wholesale. In every
populous community OF this land. with
no thought of its punishment. and little
thought OF its prevention. / appeal TO
you. gentlemen who are charged with
tho responsibility attending the governs
ment of cities, great or small. to study
the conditions under which this work Ia
done. and carefully note tho results
which attend the doing OF II. / appeal
to you as II you were standing beside q
great river, I'm whose current We see con-
stanuy swept pas, hundreds OF drowning
Infants This stream Is a very real
thng, IL people would but recognize it's
existence, and all its yearly tribute of
death Is paid because OF the public neg-
lect of some OF the simplest precautlons
for the saving of children's lives. You.
gentlemen, have the means under your
control by which these drowning babies
can be saved. | ask you, Will you not
apply them2 All that plead for is tho
extension Of the activity OF local boards
Of health into a sphere which Is legiti-
mately theirs, but which they have 50
far lacked the consideration and courage
TO occupy.
Il shall not have spokec in vain II I
have succeeded In impressing you with
the fact that the dictates OF humanity
and of public duty combine In demanding
that this backwardness should exist no
longer
WOMEN DELEGATES.
II was II o'clock when the conference
was called to order this morning. Tho
first speaker was Mayor Silas ID. Drake.
of Lincoln, Neb., the boom town. thar
has three women delegates from It's coun-
ell here.
Mayor Johnson, OF Fargo. followed, and
argued for uniformity OF State laws per-
tanning TO municipal organizations, and
urged upon the conference the forming
Of a permanent committee on Constitn-
ton. one from each State to formulate n
plan whereby the legislators NAV make
their municipal constitutions uniform as
10 police powers, the control or the social
evil. gambling, and the reformation oe
criminals.
The appearance upon the platform oe
Hon. Josiah Quincy. Mayor OF Boston.
was greeted with degree Of welcoming
applause accorded no other speaker so far.
His address was scheduled as Municipal
Affairs as Administered In Boston," but
IT'S scope was much wider. II presented
a clear analysis Of the difference between
Federal, State urban, and rural adminiS-
tration, and defined the possibilities of
municipal Improvement as almost limit
less.
The afternoon session was short.
When the convention meets tomorrow
the report OF the Committee on Permanens
Organization IS likely TO cause sharp
discussion. The conservative element be-
lieve that any permanent organization
that may be effected should not be ope-
rated In the interest OF either side of tho
question OF municipal ownership Of PUBLIC
services.