Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-02

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most states and il soon will be done in
all. Secondly, the commercial quality .
Of milk, or the quest on OF how much
value for the price asked, and also its
sanitary state as shown by baoteriologi' /
cal and other examination, should he (
fixed by official Inspection and analysis, /
and should be published monthly.
The fertilizer Contr j furn shea ready |
at hand perfect example Of the prnci. |
ple propossd for tho dealer NAV sell
any grane of fertilizer he wishes and
may ask any price, the purchaser be ng
10 ormed by Otiic al analyses Just what
return he may expect. The best check
on poor merchandise is publicity. Let
the buyer Know Just what the seller
has en delivering in the pnat and
leave tho latter res to oller what he
will t what price he will. This method
wns proposed by this Experiment sta
tion for tho city of Wilmington about
eight years ago but it was not ado lied.
A well-known mil dealer in Philadol-
phia incioses under the cap OF each
milk hottie q certificate, issued to him
every on h after satisfactory tests by
the ediRtrlo Society, SGT ing forth the
healthfulness OF the herd, the COM
position and general sanitary condition
OF the milk. The dta or gets IA cents
quart for this mi k the year through for
his unce titled milk, often Just as good
he gets eight cents. Those who can
afford 1t are usually willing t. pay the
differences, Another prom nent dairy
man in The vicinity of Philadelphia
sails milk of several different grades,
each bottle bearing printed guarantee
OF composition that he will make good
There e now no other article OF COM
merce 10 easily ard 80 frequently an
aly7ed as milk The uncertainty that
surrounded its composition % years ago,
when an Analysis required Trained
chemist, no longer exists. People may
he better informed, if they wish, as to
the quality o. the milk that they buy
than as to any other article of food
This would aIio d an easy and effective
check ON every TO m OF fraud incident
to the sale of milk, 1t would be a great
protection to The purchaser and at the
sane time would show justice to the
producer and the dealer, instead OF
lepislating out of existence useful and
valuable articles OF food, and publishing
with fines and sometimes imprisonment
those who sell such below purely ar
bitraiy, often unnaturally high, stand
ard. frequent tests OF oil mix offered
for sale together with publicity will &C.
| cumplish more. and that, too, with
| Justice, than all the pena!t es that have
| hitherto bHen imposed.
1t is a M istake Ia suppose that plan
auch a. this proposed is especially to the
| interest of INSCRIPTIONS da ryman--the
| dangerous class or that it is instigated
| or would lie favo cd by them. The r
! urefe' enue would he to have no test 1t
all and no Official supery ision, and doubt
+ less many would rather ta6e their
| chances of meeting present legal re-.
| au jrements than have the composition
aud sanitary quality of THAR milk pub
| lished every month, The greHtest care
| on the part of tina da;ryman would be
necessary to keep his milk up to a
standard acceptable TO his customers
aud worth the price he expects for it.
not to avoid fine and to keep out of jail.
/ The rule OF all other trades Is to buy
the goods that suit us best for he Price
asked. We do not thinS of compelling
other merchants by means Of threaten
ing legal fines and Imprisonment to sell
us what we want, but if we are dis
pleasad we trade elsewhere. This princi-
nle s nt tho foundation OF all perma.
nenI business the merchant effort
to please ard the customers liberty t.
20 elsewhere il he q not pleaEed Surely
no onest purchaser can oh ect to SAM.
tary milk OF three, or OF any lower, per
cent OF fat he ng offered 10 him provided
he knows its composition, for he is free
to buy or not, as he may chuose moi
can honest dairymen object 10 having
the quality of their me chandise tixeo
by hoaest dlsinteresE d officials.
"a 4nI k.Ns fhnr rio IL Z
whose milk is tested by the Pediatrit
Society seems to be feasible Let printaC
cert ncatea OF the quality and compost
ton Of the milk suld by each dealer
during the previous month be issue tC
him These certificates he can use al
a trade guarantee, furnishing them TO hi
custome as an ev dsnGe OF the quallt!
of mis- milk Thus the purchase nigh
know that he could buy the milk OF 1
certain grade at a cs'tain price, o
another grade at another pr ioe Thi
would furthermore remove an in veterat
dissatisfaction on the Eart Of the pur
chaser WHO almost always thinks that h
is cheated. Frequent experience ha
J shown the writer that complaints from
the purchaser of milk arc usually i'll
! founded, for excellent milk uspsciall,
in winter often looks very blue ant
seems when judged by mere physical
properties as taste and the CT cam lave
10 be poor, SKINNED or watered Tn
, time honored jest at the expense OF tn
mi TX dea or ia nova days as little jus !
fed by the facts as such things usual,
, are. In Philadelphia for example,
; purchaser may huy, at eight cents
} quart. IN Tx that is guaranteed unde
full responsibility, to contain not les
than four per cent OF fat and 12la pc
cent of solids, with as great oertaint
+ Of the fact as obtains in the pufchas
! of "all WOO" cloth, or Sterling
. silver from the most reputable uer
: chants If he gets tue much talked q
( "chalk AID water" mixture he pay
, less than tho ruling price or he lack
7 ~ cd business sense, for now.a DAYS 1t ]
3 as easy TO buy "struight' milk as an
: thing else straight.
, There is an impression, fostered b
I the claims OF some analysts, that th
i watering OF milG eau be dptsuted b
0 means OF mere chemical examination
r 1his Is an error. There 10 at the presen
time 20 analytical means by which tn
D addition of a moderate quantity Of pur
!; water to milk can he shown with Ger
= tRlny, If one but thinks that naturg
i milk varies in fat IN the ratio of mo-
!. than two to one, and 10 solids in rati
greater than 10 to II, it must be oles
8 that often very considerable dilutio
' of real milk will leave 1t we'll With
3 the limits OF natural composition. 1t
s not the object Of this aper to exploi
s tho possibilities OF such frauduler
n Fractions, but it ia important TO under
8 stand that usually chemical analyst
, can not furnish the direct proof I
d than m Ii nan of adlan nrasar val pai