The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-22
w. F. JENSEN DENIES.
Says ContinentalC Creamery Com
pany Isn't Fighting Any One.
Mr.. Curran Suggests Testing
Effect Of FOrmaldehyde.
Mr.. Howard Gives Result of His
Investigations.

Nissley company, which seems to have
become involved in the food inspector
| fight, was asked today to make a
statement concerning the charges
made by c. E. Gray, the chemist of the
! Continental Creamery company. He
said:
! Il suppose that this fight was really
intended to hit me over Farnswortf's S
shoulders. [ have never seen anything
wrong with Farnsworth. He has come
I in here occasionally since we have been
doing business, and looked around.
have no fight with the Continental
Creamery company. / am too busy
looking after my own business. ] do
not know why the Continental should
! try to in5ure me, because / don't in
/ terfere With their business very mate
rally. The butter which / make is all
sold to local trade Our chief compe-
tition is in buying milk. We are both
after the milk"
What about the report of the chem
ist charging that preservatives were
found in milk obtained from your es-
/ tablfshment?'
Il don't think it is necessary to dis
cuss that" said Mr.. Nissley. Il don't
care to enter into a dispute with the
Continental people. OF course it is a
very difficult thing to get milk deliv-
| cred to customers before it sours In
| hot weather it can hardly be kept II
hours. When we get our big pasteuriz-
! ing plant into operation It Fourth and
Jackson streets, we will be able to sell
milk which will keep from "a to 36
hours in summer in any moderately cool
I roos,l--
w. F. Jensen of the Continental
Creamery company, was interviewed to-
day and made the following statement
refuting the charges made by Mayor
Bergundthal that the Continental
Creamery company is making a. person.
al fight on certain milk dea Iers in con-
! nection with the Farnsworth irvestiga-
| ton:
u. S. Parks. c. H Smalley ana my
self constitute the active mana cement OF
the Continental Creamery company. The
charge made by Mayor Bergundthal
] that we are making a personal fight on
J; E. Nissley and other milk dealers ii
| Topeka and Mr.. Farnsworth, IS aDso-
/ lutely false. We. the management of
| the Continental Creamery company,
have at all times made it our object To-
attend strictly to our own business and
let other people attend to theirs We
are not engaged in the retailing of milk
and cream in Topeka and thus would
have no object In discrediting Topeka
milk dealers. Aside from this L none
that we would be above any such petty
charges as are advanced by Mayor Ber-
gundthal. We have not so rar IN our
business career, found it necessary to
. StOOp 10 tt1S USE O1 uItQGT0dnQSQ means.
Mr.. Nissley and other milk dealers Ill
Topeka are good customers of ours for
our cold storage business, ice ana the
who1esaling of milk and cream. We
have from time to time received tnrea is
from Mr.. Farnsworth and others, that
if we did not stop this fight something
terrible would happen to US. It is neeu-
less to say that we have absolutely
ignored these threats in our desire to be
left alone, attending strictly to our ow-
business.
"A. Jensen. J. H Curran and C. E.
Gray, who have taken an active part in
this propaganda for pure milk in To-
peka, are. employees of ours. We do not
consider ourselves responsible for their
actions long as they fulfill their du-
ties towards us as employers. They
have done work in this propaganda to
secure for Topeka a pure milk supply
from absolutely unselfish motives Our
chemist, Mr.. c. E. Gray, while he holds
/ a commission as chemist from the Uni
ted States Agricultural department, this
does not in any way enter into this
matter, inasmuch as he conducts lab
oratory open to do work for the public
at a uniform charge of $3.50 for each
analysis made.
Il am pleased to note that Mr.. Mss
ley and other milk dealers of Topeka
have undertaken to erect and conduct a
strictly modern paSteurizing plant in
Topeka, which should insure for Topeka
citizens an absolutely pure and healthy
| milk supply.
J. H, Curran, of the Continental COM
pany makes the following suggestion:
II note that my friend, Mayor Ber-
gundthal, is not at all convinced that
embalming fluid is injurious taken in
ternally. May I be permitted to sug-
gest that the vast majority of Topeka
people are of the opinion that it is, but
would likeeto be convinced otherwise if
possible. In order to do this l suggest
that DR.. Storrs be given authority to
experiment on some subject and that
Mr.. Farnsworth be fed formaldehyde for
a week in order to see if it will kill him.
am of the opinion that Topeka people
generally would agree to allow Mr..
Farnsworth to offer himself as sacri-
flee on the altar~of science, but strenu-
ously object to making experiments on
their children
GIVES DOCTORS OPINIONS.
H. B. Howard takes exception to the
suggestion made by Mayor Bergund-
thai and seconded by Food Inspector
Farnsworth that formaldehyde is not
such very bad stuff if used carefully.
Mr.. Howard says:
sIf Mr.. Farnsworth is banking on
this for his defense, he had better be
looking for more backing at once Whal
is to prevent the milkmen using a
larger dose of the preservative, If they
want to keep the milk for 48 hours
hyde are no doubt established, but
milk to be food must sour Immediately
upon being taken into the stomach
s.I talked to four doctors today Doc
tor No. said: sFormaldehyde is mos
irritating and nnulling poison, and es-
pecially disastrous to normal digestion
in any quantity at ALL
doctor No. 2 said I don't want any
formaldehyde in my food. thank you.
Doctor No. said: II susDected for