The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-26
DIPLOMATIC BILL
PASSED BY THE HOUSE
cream has been skinned shall be sold
except as such.
One of the Chief Objections.

One of the Chief Objections.
is that there is no necessity Of keeping
milk at temperature below so degrees,
and that the ordinary farmers and dairy
men cannot afford to reduce the tempera-
ture to that degree. 1t is argued that
such a regulation would favor the large
milk corporations to the disadvantage Of
the average milk producers.
The Side of the Milk Dealers.
In presenting the views Of the dealers.
Mr.. Quackenbush. secretary Of the legis-
lative committee, said:
THE dealers do not oppose feasible
regulations for the government of the
milk trade, but they do wish to avoid
running the risk of having their business
injured by repeated convictions on charges
preferred by inspectors. II bill Is too
particular and exacting violations will be
unavoidable, yet the general knowledge
going abroad that dealer has been
charged with violations will ruin his
trade.
THE chief objection to the bill is the
requirement that milk shall be kept at
a temperature of SO degrees or less. Try
as a dealer may he can hardly tie sure
OF keeping this temperature while taking
milk about town to customers en- a hot
summer day. He may find his ice has
melted before he has completed MS daily
route. and the milk begins to get warmer.
Suppose an inspector should come arons
Just then. put in his thermometer and
declare the dealer was violating the law.
All that dealers customers would feel
that they were being imposed upon or
that they could not depend upon such a
dealer, and his trade would suffer at once.
Supported in the Main.
1.-THE main sanitary provisions are
heartily supported by all LEADING dealers,
for it will rid the trade of Inscriptions
and careless dealers and producers. But
the careful dealers, who try to do a sani-
tary business, do not want to be put in
the light of lawbreakers just because the
regulations are made SO strict as to make
it impossible to comply with them"
The subcommittee took the suggestions
under considerat ton. J. B. Ager and Cor
bin Thompson made arguments ill support
of the dealers position and DR.. Wood
ward. the District Health officer, testi-
fed from time to time regarding the Of
fetal custom of making inspections or of
the provisions be deemed necessary in
the bill.
The Buildings Bill.
When the subcommittee took up the
consideration Of the sanitary buildings
bill. Mr.. Charles +. Weller spoke upon
the advisability of paying particular at
tention to a special class OF houses.
DR.. Woodward, whose views were
sought on this bill also. thought the bill
could not be made to include moral
health as well as physical health without
very great complications being likely to
ensue, to embarrass the official in charge
of the work. The likelihood of frequent
lawsuits was specially touched upon.
Opposed Mr.. WeIler's Idea.
Mr.. Weller's suggestion for the detail
of several men. each specially qualified
for the particular class of inspection he
10, instead OF one general
inspector, was opposed by DR.. Woodward. |
The latter advocated Il concentration OF
authority and of responsibility as the |
best means of securing desirable results. |
DIR. Woodward will prepare a substitute |
for the proposed bill, embodying the |
points which he believes pertinent to the |
subject. and this will then be submitted |
to the subcommittee for its approval.