Sunday Washington globe., 1902-02-23
CITIZEN MAGILL
Comes Up Smiling as the Champion
Of Pure MIX and Delivers "a
Solar Plexus at the
Health Office

Editor Sunday Globe,
perceive by the advertisements in the
Sunday papers that some Of the milk dealers
have also secured the services of the in.
yestigator" in their interests. He is good
advertisement writer, is full Of adjectives
brilliant and fairly earns his ten.spot. The
locals are benefited aud so are they who 60
to the expense of advertising in them, but
will this manner of procedure amount to
anything in respect to the "hual' action
after the bill of 1902" passes.
From former experience it appears to me
that the only way 10 head of the octopus is
by securing the services of at least one Of
our leading members of the bar to analyze
this bill of 1902 before its passage, fight
the iniquitous composition Of it, and if not
successful before the District Commis-
sioners of Congress" in having the word
knowingly" inserted by themr--that
member or Senator be influenced to object
to it when presented in the last mad rush
of bills
have no desire or intention Of trying to
interfere in this mans legitimate business
He honestly earns his money is worth what
he charges to anyone advertising his bust.
ness. My desire is to have the milk dealers
head of this "one man bill aud its pro
iectors.
The housekeepers Of the city know full
well which dealers have good milk and
which dealers have poor milk 1t is the
business of the Health Department, and
what they are intended and paid for, to stop
the entry Of impure and adulteratrd milk
If the New York and New Jersey papers
are to be believed. in those states the milk
is inspected at the depOts or in the wagons,
if not up to the standard or for other sufii-
cient cause it is dumped in the CUTTERS
Only few weeks ago our locals published
a clipping describing the cutters running
rivers of milk"
Why is not this course pursued in Wash
ington, d. c. Of what benefit is the Health
Department to the community in regard TO
milk If it only has the grocer fined" three
weeks after he made a sale; makes no en-
quiry as to who he got the milk from, does
not use any means whatever to stop his
supply from same place Why is this thus2
The Health Department cannot complain of
insuficiency of law. The Act of Congress
March 2, 1896, section p distinctly reads:
That no person shall bring or send into the
District of Columbia for sale any milk with
out permit so to do from the Health Off.
NEA "a ohAu AAaAAtAAa NANsJ GAAti aAAA u aAaO
provides that said permit may be suspended
or revoked at any time without notice by
SAID Health Officer whenever, ETC., If so as
to render its distribution dangerous to pub
lie health.
Now if the distribution by the grocer
called for fine in court, why did not the
same milk call for revocation of entry to
the District" Why be content with the
fine and let the same milk keep on coming
day after dayl
II is true there is no provision to pat il IN
the gutter, but it could have been stopped
from coming. The plum was not ripe; the
proper time for that will be next summer,
after Congress adiourns.
It is possible, forewarned, to prevent
tricky, oppressive legislation, if the ser
vices of competent attorneys are secured.
For the last nine months you have known
of many innocent grocers being hauled up
aud fined for selling your milk your time
Is coming; you are in the 'line Of march
By the expenditure Of a few dollars per
head you may save your legitimate living
by iuaction you will, as the butchers did,
60 to the wall
Put on your thinking caps and think over
this. A bill was presented for 5000 to pre-
pare for non-Aood Of Potomac, which may
never come. II was passed Immediately.
But a bill was presented months ago to pre-
vent the wholesale slaughter Of infants, the
prevention of tuberculosis, diptheria,
typhoid fever, scarlet fever, in fact all the
ills that flesh is heir TO, called the milk bill,
and yet NO action on it. The Senator's aud
members cannot be badly scared. They are
drinking District of Columbia miIs aud
reading District Of Columbia papers. They
see whole columns devoted to the dangers
of milk, especially District of Columbia
milk. Every day and Sunday, too, the yread
Of it, and yet they don't act on it. This
food may never come, but the food bill
passed. The police court says the milk is
here, and fines for il, yet this bill hangs
FIRE. Now take n good think; look at the
present position Of the butchers; then
another think. Ask one of the old butchers
about the modus operandi, and you need
not think thereafter; but git up and act"
or YOU will go under
CHARLES ]. MACML