Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-11-01

latter crowded to it's capacity, COM
bined to make the meeting Of the
council and dairymen of the city
Thursday night, called for discussion
of the new milk inspection ordinance.
one that proved Of benefit to all con-
cerned. AS a result a suggestion Of
fered by George Lampman, to the eff
feet that an inspector be engaged to
do nothing else and minimise the cost.
may be acted upon and prove the So
luton of the only real objection the
dairymen have to the ordinance-the
cost Of the inspection.
Lampman's Suggestion Good Ono.
Lampman's suggestion, it is be-
lieyed. will prove good one. and is
in direct line with the same theory
advanced by Mayor Ingledue after the
ordinance was adopted, as a probable
outcome of the solution to minimize
the cost Of inspection.
Mr.. Lampman's plan is to have the
city hire an inspector, some competent
veterinary who has a certificate and is
in good standing with the state board.
to look after the inspection of all cat
premises, water supplies. and the test
ing Of milk for butter fat. temperature,
etc. At q salary OF $1,000 or even$1,-
500 per year this work could be done
and the dairymen could pay for the
work in proportion to the number OF
cattle inspected. H. E. Fanton. a
dairyman, Lampman's father-in- law,
estimated that it required 5000 cows to
furnish the milk, cream and butter
used in Marshalltown. At this num-
Der, by paying so cents per head. a
veterinarian could be paid a good sal
ary, and devote his entire time to the
work.
The question arose as to whether the
ordinance really compels the inspection
of all steers and male animals on the
place, or other "she stuff" not used for
milking Devine and Mayor Ingledue
insist that this is exactly what Is
meant by the ordinance, and that there
is just as much danger in having UNI
inspected animals around as tho those
animals were. used for dairy purposes.
Jay said this was not the intention OF
the ordinance, but that it meant to in
clude cows giving milk only.
Different members of the audience
were called upon for their views con-
corning the ordinance, and it was al
most midnight before adjournment was
taken. Mayor Ingledue prefaeed the
meeting by a brief outline of the citys
views in establishing the important or
dinance. He asked for the co-opera-
ton of the dairymen and milk dealers,
and said that it would be difficult for
him to enforce the ordinance without
their help.
Greene's Sensible Argument.
Following the reading of the ordin-
ance in full by City Clerk Derby, Mer-
rift Greene spoke, setting forth some
very sensible arguments in favor of an
ordinance to protect the public health.
He thought all interested in furnishing
milk and its products wanted to obey
the law. He thought possibly some
amendments of advantage might be
made to the ordinance, and suggested
that no one veterinary be given q
monopoly in making the tests, but
rather permit any good veterinarian
to inspect the cows or herds. He was
heartily in accord with the fundament-
al principles Of the ordinance. He did
MT see how exception could be taken
to 1t as a whole, but perhaps as to de-
tails. Mr., Greene later gave some
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milk supplies, and touched upon dis,
feased cattle and meat inspection.
which he said must sooner or later
follow
Russie Expresses Views.
Fred Russie, dairyman, gave ex-.
preston to his views in a somewhat
lengthy address. He did not think
any milk dealer wanted to sell, or.
would sell milk from a diseased COW
if he knew it. He thought, however,
that the public, who were going to
receive the benefits from the inspec-
ton, should bear the expense of that
why should we pay the
cost of benef1ting some one else?" he
added. Mr.. Russie said that the milk
dealers would surely have to put the
even. Russie couldn't see how this
milk inspection for tuberculosis should
be Sprung all of sudden, and at this
particular time, when Id had been
selling milk for years and no one had
ever heard Of such thing"
AS an answer to the suddenness of
"springfng" the agitation favoring
milk inspection Mr.. Greene called at
tention to the fact that for years the
matter had been talked Of and in the
larger cities practiced. 1t was also
shown Mr. Russie that on August IL
last the milk inspection ordinance
had been introduced in the council for
the first time, and that the newspapers
had all given much prominence to the
measure and discussed it
fully.
Should Be Statewide.
William Neiderhauser thought the
new ordinance too complicated, and
believed that the only way in which it
could become operative with success
would be to have state law Mr..
Neiderhauser asked how the city was
going to get around the shipments OF
cream and butter into the city from
points at distance, where the ordin-
ance was not and could not be en-
forced He said without this outside
stuff, noticeably butter, there would
be a shortage Of milk and butter in
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