The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-09

10 90 the uEnreF Work about the dairy
were allowed to apply this dangerous
poison.
If the use of formaldehyde and other
personalities in food products was in
vestigated in the city of Topeka un-
doubted1y hundreds if not thousands of
victims could be found who were made
i'll by drinking embalmed milk and who
were kept i'll by the use of same In
indirect ways the writer personally
knows of dozens Of cases where the
milk is supposed to have been the
cause Recall to your memory the look
of agony of sick baby where the doc
tors are unable TO state the nature OF
the sickness. Recall to your memories
once strong healthy babies that since
fed on cows milk bought from unScrup-
ulous dealers have begun to fade away
and if not dead, have a broken con-
stitution for life Is this the service
that an enlightened people should take
from a few milk dealers and is it not
a serious enough question for the city
board of health to look into. Just re-
Gently some statistics came out from the
city of Denver showing that the death
of eighteen infants out of nineteen was
directly traceable to milk dOctored
with formaldehyde and other poison
Gus antiseptics- Tt is a wonder the peo-
pie. especially the mothers who have
charge of the smaller children, do not
rise up in a body and demand the
prosecution of the milk dealers who
/ have for years sold them milk contain
ing these poisonous ingredients; and
NOT forgetting the pure food inspector,
drawing a high salary from the tax
payers of thls city TO protect them from
such crimes
| The civ of Topeka has an ordinance
prohibiting the use of poisonous preser-
| natives in food products and our present
| pUre food commissioner was appointed
to look into this matter. and was given
the use of extensive apparatus TO de-
/ terr1-ine the nature of these ingredients
and he should bring prosecution against
the dealers violating this ordinance; bur
I WHY pay any attention to our city 1000 IL
! suectorSwhen Assistant County Attorney
Mr.. Jamison states that state law ex-
lists covering practically the same
ground and only asks for one single
! complaint to commence action IN tne
district court against the criminal deaf
ers using these poisons- 1t would seem
that hundreds of people could be found
I in this city who were sufficiently lnJur-
/ ed 10 make such complaint In fact
when the present pure food inspector
/ states that for the past three years Tor
| uaIdehyde has been used IN milk oy
| 7earIv all the dealers. that would seem
/ sufficient grounds for taking this mat
ter to the district court
FORMALDEHYDE A POISON.
To give an idea as to the strength of
fornaIdehyde person needs only 70
take the ordinary per cent solution
-
his hand. In the course of a Few hours
the entire skin surface where the for
rnaldehyde was applied will peel on
Fill a saucer with formaldehyde and
Mace it in a living room and you VIII be
4 lille TO stay in the room but a short
n time The fumes will affect the pores Of
the skin and the eyes especially. ASK
ing a very prominent physician or tnls
city what would be the effect OF taxing
a half teaspoonful of this solution out
81 hat on
stomach it would undoubtedly result IT
death in a very short time as II Wouhi
practically have the same effect as car
boIfc acid. As stated before formalde-
hyde is used for preserving nooles an. s
for embalming in general way 50 LIE
) strength cannot be questioned
Perhaps only few people know that
almost Immediately when milk IS taken
into the human stomach the saiiva ano
gastric Juices coagulate same, thereby
rendering il digestible. When fOrmalde-
hyde is added TO milk this coaguiatlon
does not take place The caseIn Is rem
dered hard and insoluble and must pass
through the channels undigested.
A few weeks ago the report came from
Colorado Springs that some fifty people
had been poisoned by eating ice cream
treated with formaIdehyde. Undoubted-
" rtouaine poison Of a mild tefn nae
javaIored in connection With same
Ptomaine poison never deveIopeS Where
: ! a natural process of decay IS allowed
) but arrest natural decay by the use o.
! formaIdehyde and an unnatural decoLa-
Dosition takes place producing what
: commonly known as ptomalne poison
therefore, an article may be perfectl.
sweet to the taste, caused by the use o
preserving fluids, and stllI contain
rtoroaine poison Milk soured in nat
. uraI condition is even more healtnful .
dyspeptic people or people Win WeAE
stomachs than perfectly sweet mix
? Everybody knows that doctors OTTER
prescribe a buttermilk diet for sick PEG
t nle. Butterrnilk is of about the sam
consistency as sour skim mix. ~ ~
[ proves that sour milk is healthfuL VI
the other hand. when milk VIII not sou
readily il is an indication that preserva
: tives have been used. BY chernfca
1 ANALYSIS Of this milk we find the germ
development takes place just the sam
: but of an entirely different nature tn ma
! I seen milk preserved with formaldehyd
5 and boracic acid that developed the ex
{ treme limit of acidity and still was no
? sour to the taste. When milk IS EN-
baImed it gets a stringy. tough appear
auce and by smelling or tasting yo'
can readily detect whether formaldehyd
or boracic acid has been used In tn
case of fOrueldehyde the milk has al
alcoholic fume while in the case o
boracic acid it has soda like taste
NOT NECESSARY TO USE PRESERVA
/ LINE IN MILK
can obtain pure. wholesome milk wher
the milk is often shipped 800 miles an
o then cooled and bottled for distributfo
in an absolutely satisfactory manner, VIII
! cannot a city Ike Topeka where neari
: every farmer owning the cows lives with
E in a few miles of market Even the mil
> dealers need not put preserving nuid
in the milk. providing proper instruction
are given to the dairymen TO at one
, areata and cool the milk at the farm
and to deliver twice per day and no
q later than one and one-haf hours afte
n milking Milk properly aerated and coole
. / viii keep As hours in an ordinary re
U friRerator without souring. but no natura
j milk will keep long in high summe
r I Temperature in a cellar or dark piac
!, | without souring rapidly Cleanliness .
4 dairy utensils washing Of cows udders
= nature of cows feed. and the genera
\ health Of the herd has everything to &
with utlre milk No higher price is PAL
4 for milk in Chicago or New York tina
- e for milk. Muc