The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-04-27
DAIRYMEN MEET
WITHOUT BOARD
Health Department Does Not
Figure in Conference
MIX Dealers VIII Organize To Pro-
tect Themselves Against Severe
Regulations.
NEARLY ALL OF THEM ATTEND

Willingness on the part OF the
dairymen of the city to cooperate
with tn board of health to secure
sanitary conditions and pure milk,
was amply shown this morning when
twenty dairymen came to the city
hall to meet the board of health in
the first OF proposed series of
harmony" meetings. But the harmo-
ny was broken into diseord at the
start by the failure of quorum of
the board of health to appear at the
meeting. Only two members appear
ed, Health Officer DR.. w. T. Graves.
and DR.. ]. G. Brooks. DR.. II. p.
Sights and James P. Sleeth are out
OF the city. The meeting was sched-
uled for 10 o'clock and after waiting
a half hour, the dairymen were dis
missed by Secretary Graves.
The meeting to have been held
this morning was planned last Mon
day night by the board of health. All
the dairymen supplying milk to the
city were invited to be present when
a free and sympathetic discussion of
the relations of the dairymen' and
the board Of health might be had.
Among the dairymen VINO attended
this morning were Claude Russell,
w. Y. Griffith, L. B. Cross, r. A.
Russell w. H. Graves, ]. B. Harper,
Houston Crick, ]. B. Cooper, f. r.
J. B. Walters, Henry Cole
man, Banner Bros, w. A. Clark and
several others, who left when It be-
came apparent that a meeting could
not be held.
Form Organization.
No little inconvenience was occa-
stoned the dairymen by the meeting,
many of them having to leave their
regular routes to attend. They did
not seem to regret the loss of time
until it was evident that it was vast
ed. Then expressions of impatience
were heard and the germ of a dairy
mans union was given birth. J. B.
one of a group, discussing
the situation, said that he intended
to devote enough of his time right
away to organize a union of the dali
rymen, the object of which would be
to secure the benefit of acting in
on questions affecting them
as a class. He said they could do
singly and that while there
was no intention on his part to
have an organization that would at
tempt to thwart the legitimate reg
OF the board of health, still
there was a need Of such an organi-
cation to give their side dignity AMI
strength. Most of the dairymen pres
ent expressed approval Of the idee.
Conditions Are Better.
DR.. Edward Farley, city milk and
meat inspector, was present at the
meeting and in discussing after
ward, the present condition of the
dairies said:
81 think there is no doubt but
that conditions are better now than
they were a while back. have found
a readiness on the part OF most of the
dairymen to heed my suggestions OF
course. there are still dairies that
are not sanitary, and there are only
a few that could stand q strict in
spection. found conditions run
down. To get the dairymen to toe the
mark all at once was impossible from
the heavy expense on them. Gradual
ly the conditions have been bettered
and the tendency is strongly that
way. My idea is to stimulate the
by getting one of their
number to make the Improvements
and when the others see the compar-
ison, they will come up to his level.
For instance. one of the largest dali
rymen In the city mas agreed to
have me test all of his cows for tu-
berculosis. He said he would be will
ing to stand the loss of his finest cow
If tuberculosis is found. II his herd
is inspected and found perfect. that
fact will be an asset for MIN that
Will yield immediate returns. Now,
many Of the dairymen could not
stand the loss of one or several cows
from a tubercular test. Their margin
Of profit is too small But by estab-
fishing a standard In one dairy and
the public knowing that. expect to
see conditions In all the diaries inn
prove materially