The Globe-republican., 1900-11-15

such rogues travelling through the ru-
raj communities and inducing tbs
producers OF milk for human consump-
ton to purchase large quantities or
the stuff In recent report the Dairy
and Food Commissioner OF Michigan
saws:
During August the published and
andisputed statements from the local
authorities in the city OF Detroit show
that large per cent of Detroit dealers
were using formaldehyde in the milk
distributed to the homes of that city
Following this statement samples OF
milk We're received at this depart
ment'S Detroit Office, and which on ex-
animation almost invariably were
found to contain formaldehyde- 1t was
urged as incumbent upon the State
Dairy and Food department to expend
q fair share of its resources in De-
troit, as We'll as throughout the state.
and although = large sum OF money Is
expended every year Cor the detection
and prosecution of violations of tho
food and dairy laws in Detroit, tt WAS
finally thought best to make at least
a partial inspection OF Detroit's milk
supply Accordingly the inspection
was undertaken about the middle OF
the month, and disclosed the fact that
over IS Per cent of the samples pro-
cured Were found to contain formalde-
hyde as 4 preservative. 1t IS possible.
OF course. that the departments in
spectors happened to strike in their
inspection just those dealers who were
using formaldehyde and that the per
cent shown by this inspection is not
a true one when applied to the whole
city But these samples were secured
IN portions OF the city peOpled by thS
best classes. where one would natural
~ expect pure milk would he Obtained
if anywhere.
Complaint was Immediately lodged
against every dealer whose milk con-
fof
separate and distinct dealers The de-
partment was at once assai.ed by these
dealers through advertisements In the
Detroit dailies, denying the charge
The asSailantS attributed various mo-
tives, political and otherwise. for the.
to them. unheard Of acti IN, and invited
the public to attend the police court
on the day of examination and witneas
the vindicatioR OF the accused. The
day set for examina i'm was sept. g h.
and after consultation, the attorneys
| for the defendants stated to the court
| that they wished 10 submit certain
| legal technical objections in these
| cases, and did not think it advisable
| to go into the facts upon examination.
| and that they requested further tins
| In which TO prepare their arguments
upon the legal technicalit4es- The court
| accordingly set Friday, Oct. 5th, for
| the hearing OF arguments upon the
| alleged questions of law raised by de-
| PENDANTS.
| In the meantime il Is reported that
| the Detroit board OF heath. at the
| first meeting after the comp. ANTS were
| fled against tho THU ty-fiye dealers. in
| structed their health officer to allow
| the accused milk dealers access to the
| boards records in order to prove their
| innocence OF the charges preferred
| against them by this department.
| After looking the ground all over.
| It is plain that a strong effort has been
| made during the present summer to
| introduce and pssh in Michigan the
| sale of forma1dehyde and boracic acid
| for ia preserving milk The de-
| partment is advised by the best au-
| thority in the state that the use OF
| such preservatives in milk is abso-
| lutely injurious Prosecutions of milk
| dealers brought by this department are
| for the purpose of killing this practice
as soon possibI Believing that
| no more despicabIe proof of the love OF
| gain can be had than Is furnished by
| the Introduction into the milk supply
| OF our homes OF q poisonous acid pre-
servative. prosecution will be insti-
tuted wherever and whenever the ne
| cessary proofs can be secured, the
sole object being to protect the one
| and destroy the other
Nearly 900 hogs at eleven mar
| kets the first two weeks of October
| are unheard of receipts this time OF
| year, says Drovers' Journal. The total
| this week was 436. 900 and the prevf-
| GUS week 100000. making $4,000, of
! which Chicago is credited with 335. 600,
| or $4,000 more than we received a year
| ago. OF course, prices have declined
some. but the way packers lick them
I'D is a caution. especially when the
| numbers are considered and the fact
| that prevailing prices are the highest
in seven years and with one or two
| exceptions the highest in twenty years
| for this time of the year. The average
| price at Chicago this week was about
| $5.15, or S5e above the average for the
| entire month of October 1899 SISe
| above the average for the month OF
October, 1898, and $3.50 above the av-
| erage for October. 1896. which was
| only 1925 Since January L. 1900 to
date, the eleven markets received IT.
| $4,000, or $4,000 less than a year ago
| and 3SS,o0o more than two years ago.
For the twelve noAthS of 1900 the
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