The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-22


The health authorities OF Chicago are
~laking war on the use OF formalin In
milk and doing II successfully. A large
number OF milkmcn are pleased at the
direction affairs have taken. as they
did not want to use the p~reservativos.
but we're forced into II by competition.
People that buy milk should not be too
ready to discard a milkman because
his milk sours under adverse circum-
stances. When ordinary milk Keeps
for several days in hot weather II Is a
pretty good sign that there Is some
thing In 1t that should not be there.
VI course We recognize the fact that
here and there are diaries 50 perfectly
managed that their milk will keep for
several days under proper degrees OF
cold. But most milk Is no OF that
kind. II is far better for people to
have some soul milk on their hands
once In awhile than to have all the
time milk that is drugged.
IL Is difficult for us to understand
why Joseph ii. wilkins should be par
doned out Of prison before he had
completed his term of Imprisonment
more than any other prisoner. lie was
sent To prison because he had repeat.
eddy removed revenue stamps IRON
oleomargarine packages, contrary u
the cvenue laws. The press dis
patches from Washington report tina
he was pardoned n few days before III!
sentence expired so that he might no
lose his citizenship. Why should w
want to preser,s the citizenship OF
man that despises the duties Of citizen
ship? Men thai have the interests o
the farmer. at heart will certainly be
lieve that the act was In response u
the influence of the great oleomar
garine manufacturers. who fought s.
hard to keep Mr.. wilkins out of priso'
that they succeeded in keeping hi
case In the courts for about thre
years.
Prosecutions under the food laws al
not always decided on their merit
This is illustrated by the case aner
process butter that was tried at Jaci
son, Mich. The laws OF the state
Michigan provide that all process bu
ter must be labeled process butte
Armour & Co. have been shipping pro
ess butter into that state. labelling
butter. The state Of Michigan begi
prosecutions on a case that came b
fore a police justice at Jackson. II
state brought the best chemists. WI
asserted hat they had examined t
butter land analvzed II and found
process butter. This testimony "
backed up by the highest chemists
the last. But other chemists testii
on the side OF Armour & Co. that tn
we're suspicious Of the reliability OF I
other chemists, as they did not knt
that their processes were reliable, n
having used those processes theT
selves. The finding OF the police ju
tice was mo cause Of action" II
the testimony Of noted chemists Is
be set aside in that way. what are [
chances for the enforcement OF t
law?
Some OF the Chicago papers are Ia
ing up the agitation to compel the a
thorities to raise the standard of mi
from 3 to A per cent. Some OF {
newspapers have articles so head
that one would suppose the city
ticials to be opposed to all reform
the question OF milk supply. Th
blame the officials because they s
that 3 per cen Is high enough. I
officials are right. and the daily papt
by the stand they appear to have TAX
show how little they know about I
facts In the case. Were the standa
raised to 4 per cent the people OF G.
cago would get very thirsty for mi
There are multitudes of cows, pre-
ably q majority of those supplyi
milk to Chicago, that give less tn
4 per cen milk. Then. too. cows va
greatly between any two milkin
this variation being sometimes a I
one per cent. Thus a COW that gi'
4 per cent milk at one milking n
give only 3 per cent at the next, I
condition depending on numerous
cumstances. The purchaser that g
3 per cent OF cream in his milk
no reason to complain at his tire
!, ment. In most Of our states the ST
dard Is 3 per cent. and in our m
r progressive checsemaking states
requisite for cheesemaking Is 3
q per cent milk. The fact is that m
OF the milk being sod is neare
a than 3 per cent.