The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-22
ASK DR.. OHAGE FOR PROOFS
DAIRYMEN.s ASSOCIATION OBJECTS
TO THE INTIMATIONS CREDITED
TO HEALTH OFFICER
They Deny That Amy of Their Num-
her Has Injected TubercuIin into
the Cattle before the ChY's In
spectors Have Made Their Test.

Health Commissioner Ohage; when ask
ed about the statement credited to him
that certain dairymen We're suspected OF
having injected tuberculin in their cows
previous to an inspection by the experts
employed by the health department, said:
Il know Of nc specific case in which
dairymen have done so. and l am sorry
that the statement was made In the pa
per. I have had nv Suspicious aroused,
but that is all. You can readily see how
the thing could be done. as. under the
ordinance, We. are compelled to give the
owner of herds to be inspected five days
notice before making the inspection. Tu-
berculin. If injected into a COW two of
three days before the inspector from the
health department arrived, would prevent
the examination. amounting to anything,
as there would be no reaction when the
tuberculin was injected by the inspectors
from this department"
DR.. B. W. Kirby, one of the inspectors
having charge of the examination of
dairy herds, also stated that he could
not produce any evidence to prove that
herds which he had been called upon to
Inspect had been fixed by the injection of
tuberculin, but he had noticed several
suspicious cases The Dairymen's Co
operative assOcia ton expressed them
selves on Dr. Ohage's alleged statement,
as follows
vi ereas, 1t L. the desire of the Dairy
mems Cooperative ASSocia ton of st.
Paul to live up to Ordinance No. W42,
passed by the common council Of st. Paul.
in every particular except section Is of
said ordinance, which unjuStly provides
for fee to be paid for the inspection
by the health department of said city,
and
Whereas, In an article lately publish, q
in the Pioneer Press OF ST. Paul of date
e. &c tot cd f1nT 0r ora
the health commissioner Of said city, has
personally claimed that certain dairymen
of st. Paul have been using tuberculin
on their cows for the purpose of putting
them in such shape that when the health
department should attempt to make test
that no reaction would show, and
Whereas, If any SUBTRACTION has been
taken by any dafrymal, II is unknown
to the dssocEtions aid
Whereas, we the members of said s
soctation do not believe that any such
OF the g ISOLATION, and, Furthermore, be-
lieVing that said statement is false,
malicious and made without reason by
said DR.. Ohage for the purpose of doing
time causing the public to believe that
unreasonable obstacles had been thrown
in his way by the association; therefore,
be 1t
Resolved That we. the members of said
association. do hereby openly challenge
and demand that DR.. Ohage produce any
statement authorized by him as afore-
said, or be considered by the members
of said association and the public as a
coward and guilty of an untruth, and as
being q very dangerous man in the posi-
ton he now occupies; and furthermore,
be It
Resolved. That a committee of three
members of the association be appointed
to see that q copy of these resolutions
be given to all st. Paul newspapers. with
the, request that they publish the same
give the name or names of the person OF
persons referred to In his said statement