The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-03-25

supply through pasteurization were
made at the hearing before the alder
manic committee on public health il
the city hall yesterday afternoon. Al
the outset Alderman Grifenhagen of
| fered new amendment to the ordi
nances regulating the sale Of milk
which contains these general provisions
| That all milk must be delivered il
sealed cans; all milk not from inspected
| and certified dairies must be pasteur
| lied; all milk coming to the city must
conform to monthly meteorological
tests, the standard being not more thar
$4,000 bacteria count to the cubic cen
tlmeter, all diaries not coming up tC
that test to be rejected; no dairy te
be allowed to ship milk into the city
without having its vessels stamped with
the name of the dairy, so that there
need be no delay in tracing bad milk
all dairies to be regularly inspected
with reference to tuberculosis in the
cows
Nathan Straus, who for many years
has supplied parts of the city with
pasteurized milk through philanthropic
motives, was present and made the first
argument in favor of proper pasteuriza-
ton. He quoted many eminent Eu-
ropean authorities in favor of this
method, and was supported by DR.. A.
R. Green, who said DR.. L. Emmett Holt,
celebrated specialist in children s
diseases, had stated to him the day be-
fore that he would consent to having
the entire supply of New York
pasteurized.
J. e. SayIes of the New York Milk
Company, later in the day declared this
statement was absurd, as DR.. Holt had
told him yesterday morning that he
was distinctly opposed to general pas
teurization
Alderman Freeman, who introduced
the original pure milk resolution in the
board, caused considerable heated argu-
ment by declaring that if the aldermen
failed to pass an ordinance protecting
the health of the city, in case of an
epidemic they would be liable to in
dictment.
DR.. W. H. Allen attacked the pas
teurization plan and quoted DIR. Her
man Biggs as saying less than one-thlrd
oF 4,,I
losis were caused by infected milk. He
insisted pasteurization merely made it
possible to preserve impure milk and
declared that the city of Rochester had
abandoned the method altogether. DIR.
Green said that, as Rochester drew It's
supply from an area of A few miles,
inspection was possible there, whereas
New York city obtained its milk from
five different states and must rely on
some method other than inspection of
the dairies if the safety of the con-
sumers was to be insured.
DR.. Lindsey R. Williams said that
with pasteurization the milk must still
be cared for with just as great care,
as it would become infected if exposed
after passing through the process
Mr.. Meyer, representing the retail
grocers of Brooklyn, urged that no
milk should be sold from cans. He said
it should all be put into bottles at
the dairy, and that if this caused a
slight increase in price the customers
would gladly pay it.
DIR. William S. Magill of 243 East
72ud street. milk expert. who has
been in charge of the establishment OF |
pure milk plants in all of the largest
cities of Europe for the last five years,
and who has made a life study of the |
ouestion, gave the most valuable IN
formation of all the speakers.
at is my business" he said, Ito
know all that it is possible for man
to know about the publication OF milk
supplies for large cities, and | desire
70 state to you that it Is the consensus
If All experts that pasteurization does
M harm and 1t Is furtneF dgESSu apoh
bv all of them that many diseases are
transmitted to human beings through
milk I can not understand why any
pne should oppose this process, which
does not impair any milk and materi-
ally helps some milk.
at am fortunate in being personally
,couainted with all of these authorities
which Mr.. Straus has quoted, and their
,r;nions do not differ from those OF
,tber authorities who have given the
,pbieet sufficient attention TO enable
hem to speak. Why should you OPP
,osa discrimination in this city7
..Tbe cost is so small that I would
,lnost saw | would defray the entire
expense of pasteurizing the supply Tor
Now York out of my own pocket. IN
aarIin Paris. Vienna, Budapest ana
thor cities of Europe [ have never
,eap any milk in the summer that was
,o+ nasteurized. and the standard OF