New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-16
MILK DEALERS HAPPY.
KNOW WHERE THEY IRE.
Dairy Farmers Ordered to Use Al
Sanitary Precautions.

When the milk dealers OF this city. large ana
small. learned through The Tribune yesterday Of
the stand taken by Or. Darlington on the question
oe the milk supply FOR this city whether il should
be pastcurized or placed under rigid inspection.
there was great satisfaction and almost imme-
oiately dealers communicated with the dairy farm
ers supplying them with urgent demands that al
sanitary precautions looking 10 the conservation
OF the purity Of the supply should be brought into
prompt use.
This decision CT Dr. Darlington came as great
relief 10 tho dealers. They had been working in the
dark for months They had not known whether
pasteurizatlon would he demanded or whether In
spection and supervision would be the final plan.
and that was why there was such general feel
ing Of relief.
As dealer said 10 a reporter for The Tribune.
It was not a case with them whether the depart
Irent would demand pasteurization or whether in
spection and supervision would be the final dlctum
Of the department. The dealers wanted to know
what the decision would be. They wanted the
uncertainty removed. They wished 10 know what
the season about TO open had in store for them.
just now publications of all kinds continue to
express opinions regarding pasteurization and in
speciion The latest OF these was in The Medical
Journal" Of this city. It follows:
The affirmative side Of the proposition for the
general pasteuIizatiun OF all fluid milk supplies
Iering INTO New York has had a very continuous
months past The advocates of compulsory pasteur-
some milk comes into New York with the excep-
tion Of an estimated ten twenty thousand quarts
a day Of certified milk. and here is one point at
which they ignore conditions that are capable OF
substantiaton as facts. namely mat mere are se[
eral concerns having many years f m
supervising the production and distribution OF !nlk
finish one company alone makes daily delivery
OF this grade Of milk in New YORK cons
more than . per cent oil the 'oaI ac'uH' ii'N sup
At the present time there must be several thou Il
sand dairymel I'm the State OF New York who nave
ssic,ous rattIe from the herds in the remodel
I ins- Of daiTieS
cautions that would insure pure. rich. wholesome
oEens annually on the average from ten TO fifteen
new plants In this and the surrounding, states
that these receiving and bottling stations are
scientifically up 10 date. costing from SloV'0 =
&ow, What would be the result of general pas,
has been going throughout the suIrounGln6 SIX
states contributing TO New Yorks supply poIi
1rorressiye dsirvman would be confronted with
want his sanitary milk. that he had invested ms
thousands Of dollars in modern equipment IN v' NJ
and that he must take his loss and go back TO me
old spshod way or Gazing an! mug INN M ,,1,ter
FAT and lactometer tests OF the Board OF tto1{ t
covering up the impurities or CtileT oa's o -'
lilies OF the milk by pastolirizatlon! It. -. os
teiIrization ESTIMATING the daily arrival on al
nnna, INTO Ney,. York has any estimate been sub
nited showing how many Plants ana Low l ILL., ~
New York to handle the enormous quantity OF milk
that would have 10 be taken care Of? We submit
the suggestion that, having looked TINS scIlelile
over v believe that il is impracticable 49,,
Next as to The dealer. Who pays MN lot tie
: loss There is sure be certain percentage OF
loss In running milk through pasteurizer3 " hat
guarantee will re have that he VIII receive BACK I
Same high grade milk he may have given provided
he is one of the specially equipped hAn9ltIs. OF
milk2 we think that some serious consideratlo
should he given TO this question before suS g a
great Injustice IS inflicted the thousands OF up
10 date dairymen ard tho many thousands OF con-
sulners Of good, wholesome milk ,.,
This movement for universal pasteur1za a on, IS
distinctly a retrograde proposition. Can we get 4
] dairvInan to eXpend money for continual EettI-
mary inspection Of his herds to destroy or dspose
! az diseased cows buy wholesome FOODS for tiei.
10 have large, clean. sanitary stables ana hlllK
cooling rooms and expect to buy his mix TOT TIE
CITY Of New York pasteuTize under any com
Yulscrv movement The minute he iinds OUT that
This milk is % be paste1TtZad. Will he NOT 90 one
of two fhirgs-eitler withdraw his supply from me
Vow York market. or drCp his Investment ms
sanitary training, and pat himself on q commercial
m rlt- with the careless shifJless uncle2n dasfE-
men who have no interest in the saving OF human
llfe2 =, IT,, -n
# must ha admitted. It is argued that thousands
~ lives haze been saved IN New York by me
phi!anthrcpc serving Of r37teCTizea MIX IN ceIain
localities. While II may be admitted that Iils -
| Favorable. as compared with the previous use OF
unceau milk II should not be accepted rs '' oilAy
way Of accomplishing this result