The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-18

} are f1thy Ii the extreme while all of them are unsanttarv and disregardful of the laws of hysisne.
 1 Why do not the aldermen remedy these revclting conditions? Because they are politicians and the dAtrynen control votes and are active In biock- ing Eassd municipal lssislasion z while the Tt. te save tlaesr lives. What are a few human lives, anyway, compared to votes in . closely contested ward!
 Complaints and charges of similar tenure come from New York, Brook Iyn, Philadslphia and other largo cit- ies Milk that is not merely impure but positively dangerous is scld. te be con. suned by both old aEd ysuns. In some eities they have ho milk Inspection, and in others they have inspectors whe fail to inspect, The nefarious practice goes on with little attempt to control or prevent 1t. and no doubt The Journal gives the correct solution of the cause I-~polities. To strictly enforce the law might. and probably would. mean the political death of the conscientious of- hcials. So 1t is that those who are supposed ts stand as guards between the peisonsts ana the consumers shut thsir eyes and stop their ears while 'ths poisoning of ths little ohes goes on unchecked.
 For it is slaughter, vile. wicked. hsartlsss and wholly unpardenable. If there Is enc crime which, mere than any ether, should sbe beyond human lpaliIatien or pardon 1t Is what we may we'll term the slaughter of the inno- osnts." in many eases the mother is not willing to nurse her child at her own breast, as God intended should be done. In many others the mothers aniik is lacking, or is unwholesome for the babe, and in still others 1t is not practicable to secure 6 healthy wet nurse.
 In such cases the onfy recourse is the nursing g=botties filled from the cans of the miIkman. If that milk is im- pure or in any way nnwholescn1e, the natural result is hurtfuI and possibly fatal to the babe. The mother or the nurse may be negligent careless or heartless, but if she is as loving and conscientious as it Is possible for hu- man beings t3 be she cannot counter act the poison that may turk in the fluid on which she feeds the innocent and uneonscieus babe entrusted to her care. Tn such case, she becomes the unwilling and. generally the uncon- scious aeeompiice of the murderer.
 If there is one crime above all oth- CTS which should be considered outside ;. the pale of human forgiveness 1t is the taking of baby life, Whether they are butchered by savages or poisonad by impure milk the result is the same in the sight of God and humanity. They are helpless to protect themselves or to distinguish between that which is wholesome and that which carries dis ease and death They cannot protest I against that which is fed them nor have they the intelligence to detect the l poisonous fluid or to protest against its administration. Like dumb driven cattle" they are powerless. The cries and moans of every tortured. suffering babe is an indictment before God of the heartleBs being who wilfully and knowingly sells impure milk.
 As we have said, these complaints against the quality of milk sold by con- seieneeiess dealers are widespread. We see the crime denounced almvst every day by the newspapers which are do- ing what they can to stop the offence and to punish those who are guilty, yet 1t goes on and death rsaps it's harvest among the helpless innocents. In the Louisville cases the fine of $10O and jail sentence of fifty days against each
 guilty dealer was move In the right Idirection but it will be noted that each received suspended sentence" and lperhaps 1t will remain suspended in- ldefinitely, or be remittsd. Should the sentences be strictly enforced the re- suit would be good for it would not only be a punishment for haartless dealers who trifle with baby life, but would serve as a warning to others of their kind to be more honest and hu- mane in their dealings.
 Tn the glad Christmas time now so hGAE 0N N&A0 ID a GNOu NNNahAON lN sound 6 warning to mothers and nurs- ss whose charges may be In danger The Savior of mankind loved the little ones and would protect them from harm. Shali those who are humanly responsible for the health and lives of the children be unmindful of the great responsibility resting on them as guars dians and protectors? Every li:tle oae done to death by poisoned food is an eloquent witness before Rhe high court of Heaven against the guilty partles. Every cry wrung from the lips of lit- tie sufferers will be recorded against the milk poisoners whose ears are deaf to everything but gain. Tho slaughter of the innocents, whether through design avariee or careiessness Is a grIevious crime in the sight of God and should be so among man. Healthy children make strong men and women. and he who saps the vitality of the baby strikes a blow at the fath-