Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-12
CONNELLAND PURE MILK WAR
death Osmmisionsr Says his Department
wa Persist in Its Purpose.
NO FEAR OF HIS ORIGINAL POSITION
Inpraapes ON Dairymen that He Does
Net want 60 PeSseoute Them,
~ bat Must Have obedi-
ence of Law.

Just what steps Heath Commissioner
Connnfi will take in his campaign against
unsaoitary milk he was unable to state
specifically Tuesday. He Indicated. how
ever, there would be no backing down by
his department in the effort TO secure pure
milk. In regard to HIS policy, he said;
Mot having a copy OF Judge Kennedy's
decision I do not know just what effect Il
Will have on my power TO enforce the
keeping of milk At a temperature OF so
degrees or less until there IL a more spe-
cinc ordinance on that subject. which
am sure will be adopted very soon by the
council 1 have never felt any uneasiness
about my right to insist on this require
mefit. 1t is not any pet notion of my own,
but is a requirement made by many cities.
and do not believe but that inside OF two
years every city in the United States will
require milk to be kept al a temperature
OF 80 degrees or less that is being sold at
retail or wholesale. because It Is some
thing absolutely necessary in order to have
wholesome milk
II wish to impress upon the miikmen
that have no desire to prosecute or perse-
cute them in any way. The order requiring
milk TO be kept at a temperature Of 20 de-
grees or less was made only after a thor
ough investigation as to Its necessity to
preserve the health and lives of our
people. especially babies and children.
In my twenty-four years practice
have given a great deal of thought and
investigation in treating infants and chill
dren as to their milk supply. and 1 at
tribute my greatest success In these cases
to correcting the impure milk many of
them, had been using.
Reasonably Pure MIX.
II propose TO institute many changes yet
In the care and delivery of milk that may
seem as hard for the milkmen to comply
with as It is TO keep the temperature down,
and yet / assure them that / will not is
sue any order in the future or enforce any
of the ordinances or rules governing the
care or sale of milk until l am positive OF
the necessity OF doing so. that we may
have at least reasonably pure milk in this
city, something we are not getting up to
date.
You ask what rules 1 would make to
bring about pure milk in Omaha. 1 would
make seven.
MY first would be cleanliness; second,
cleanliness; third, absolute cleanliness;
fourth. proper temperature: fifth, healthy
cows; sixth, proper food and water for
cows; seventh, no adulteration OF any kind
or form.
you Will nouce that have made clean
illness my first. second and third rules. No
one but those who have Investigated the
milk question can conceive the Importance
of thorough cleanliness pertaining to the
COWS. utensils, dairles. food and the per-
sons handling the milk. To illustrate: 1t
has been proven conclusively by bacteriolo-
gical examinations here In Omaha that there
was milk before It went on the wagons
TO be sold which showed 2SDOOOO ha cteria
to each cubic centimeter. or about twenty
drops OF milk. Even II these bacteria
were Of the most harmless form. with any
such amount OF milk 1t would make It un-
healthy for use. e.