The San Francisco call., 1897-08-01
N TAXING A NEW
MILK LAW
Many scrilninations .Ex-
: listed in the. Original !. !.
Recently Discarded. {.
Coun0ilmen Confident of Draw
ing Up a Law That viii :
Be Satisfactory. E.
The Question Of Fees viii Certainly
Be. the Cause Of Very Great ).
=: IT,. Contention. s. s.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, |

OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALI
-; 90S Broadway, July 81. f.
1t now seems probable that:.a milk ordi-
nance Will be framed which will be salts
fact to the dairymen and also to the
Boards of Health OF Oakland and San
Francisco. Now that the original ordi-
mace has been carefully criticized, it is
seen to: contain many glarirc iuconsist-
encies and hardships, and the fact that IN
spector Dockery's. work is not unan{-
mously approved OF across the bay has
strengthened the idea among local law.
makers that there is yet much TO be
learned before q perfect RESTRICT We meas
ure can be- framed.
The dairynien are unanim Gus in favor of
having their cows rested. but they want to
be- put in a position where they will*be
secure from any possibility of~extortion.
The ordinance as framed originally was a
very arbitrary measure, even placing re-
strictions on restaurants and eating
houses which in reality were. duRliea.
tion of the restrictions already placed ON
the milk.dealers. They ali declare that.If
Governor Budd had signed the State law
that was passed by the last Legislature
the present disputes. would not have
arisen. and that 1T is impossible to have
satisfactory relationships between differ.
ent counties unless there is a general law
which shall work uniformly. :: r.
: Another great objection 10 the proposed
ordinance is that 1t requires the Inspector
to test every COW in the county at least
once year. AS the city has 10 pay 81 for
each ins pecnon, heavy licenses are: i'm
posed on The. dairymen and they claim
that this is un Just. There is an Ins pector
ot Plumbing paid by The city and no lees
are charged for inspecting the plum hIns
OF: new houses. and it is no more neces-
sary, from hygienic stand point, 10 have
healthy COWS than healthy plum oing, and
1t would be more reasonable for the
city. 10 appoint a veterinary inspector a t "a
fair salary, whose duty would be to look
after, the dairies, than 10 PASS: measure
which would give him $4,000 in fees. every.
year, besides other sums Tor testiag cows
boughtirom other coun lies. -. .:
=, In the ordinance. it states rhata d larry
with less than ten COWS: shall pay license
OF 81 per year for each COW. If there are
many cows in a dairy then the wagons are
to be taxed-S10 for the frst;wagon and q
lesser rate for the others Fl was stated
yesterday by DR.. Crowley of the State
Board of Health that one wagon can dis
tribute the milk of thirty COWS. The dai-
rymen state that man with thirty cows
would only pay license Of Sl0for his
wagon and none for his COWS, where
man with nine COWS would be required 10
pay So. ana this discrimination is said to
be very great.
! Under these circumstances the Oakland
Council does not consider:lhat its refusal
to act hastily IS deserving of. censure, or
that they should be hurried into. action
by an am bilious Board of Health. In
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ordinance will be framed which will be
satisfactory TO all concerned, and which
will fully protect the public against un:
healthfu4 milk. - -. -