Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-05-09
PURE
MILK
SUPPLY
Frank Leslie Made II not only
Possible but Compulsory
In New York

Forty'eight years ago great men were
arising TO meet, master and overcome
the varied and vexed problems of ma.
tional, state and local import. The ex
igencies of those days called for the
services of many brainy men. At the
time written of, Lincoln and Greeley
were deeply intrenched in the public
mind, and no publication more faithful
ly portrayed and illustrated the now
historical events than Frank Leslie's
Illustrated Newspaper.
During the weeks of 1906 just passed,
Leslie's Weekly has reproduced from
the valuable old files number Of in.
teresting Illustrations and articles de
picting the stirring events connected
with this important period in our earlier
history. In the current issue of the
Weekly noteworthy reference was
made to Frank Leslie's personal work
as'it was carried on by him in the sum
mer Of 1858 in his strenuous crusade
against impure and distillery milk, on
which evil some cities are just begin
ming TO take action.
I Frank Leslie was threatened many
times with death and annihilation ia
many forms, and his artists and report.
ers, and himself, even. were attacked
on several occasions by male stable at.
tendants referred to in Leslie's vigor.
GUS articles as Hibernian Milkmaids. {"
In this day and age we keenly ap.
preciate the vital Importance Of pure
food, and particularly a pure milk sup
ply, as bread and milk are the most i'm.
portant articles of food. Too much
credit for tn benefits we enjoy in this
respect cannot be given to Leslie for
his effective work, which, so well begun
by him, has been carried on all these
years by his contemporaneous worker
the originator and inventor of con.
densed milk. Gail Borden by name
the product Vt whose brain Is still be.
ing utilized.
This great humanitarian achieved
marvellous results in the saving Of hosts
OF children's lives, and in promoting
the general health Of New Yorkers by
the sale Of his condensed milk, produced
under his scientific dairy regulations,
Fortunately, and almost providentially
he was ready TO supply the demand in
1858 for pure milk at time when Les
lies crusade had driven the Mstillcry
product out Of existence.
Charles Elley Hall, Leslie's general
staff correspondent, writes entertaining.
ly Of these historical topics in the mod
ern article. The fund Of information
the result Of personal investigation by
the writers, contained in this exhaust
i've illustrated discourse will doubtless
tend to enlighted many legislators and
citizens (including mothers and other
opponents of the race suicide theory
and educate them in the little known
details Of one of paturc's great and
most valuable industries, as carried on
by Gail Borden's Successors.
The inventors early struggle against
failures and finally, after much priva
tion and defeat, his success. as outlined
here, make profitable reading for thel
ambitious youth of all nations. "The
high standards" TO quote from Mr..
Halls article, "introdneed by him
among the farmers and dairymen Of
the two richest American grazing spots
New York and Illinois--made posi-
bio the production Of the rich and pure
nnid milk required all these years for
the making Of the famous Elgin and
New York state butter.U