The Washington herald., 1907-05-05
HIGH-PP RI.EEeeED MILK THE AIM.
DRiry man Thompson Says There Is
No Real Cause for the Agitation.


No Real Cause for the Agitation.
What do you think Of the milk commits
sion's report?'' was asked Corbin Thomp-
son. the welI-known dairyman.
1T is about what might have been ex-
pected from the class of men who pre-
pared il. he said I hardly think il VIII
have any good effect on the milk supply.
1t is ludicrous. in fact.
= am not lawyer. and would rot Ike
foSsay whether the District Commission
ers can enforce il. but as Congress has
never delegated legislative powers 10 the
Commissioners, especially in matters that
affect the States. it would seem that Con-
gress would have to pass law. There
has been no real cause for the persistent
agitation over the milk supply. although
the dairy business. like other professions
and business, has some men engaged in it
who are not an ornament 10 it, The
members of the committee are c0nscien-
tious men. but they are not practical
dairymen. and are not prepared 10 pass
on matters pertaining TO the city milk
supply"
Referring to agitation which has been
If you will read carefully between the
lines you viii see that the whole thing
savors Of the smack of gain. Several
physicians and capitalists have been steer
ing so-called sanitary dairies for about
fifteen years, and have made a miserable
failure as TO sanitation. They have
adopted this method of recouping. The
Commissioners and the health officer have
either Willingly or unwittingly fallen into
their scheme.
The public want and should have,
pure, wholesome milk at s cents per quart.
Experience has taught me that very few
consumers of milk care TO pay more than
Is cents per quart. There is no demand for
higher-priced milk. but IL is proposed TO
crowd out competition and make il pOssi-
ble to raise the price Of milk TO L 10 l4
cents a quart by legislation and other
questionable methods resorted to by trusts
and combinations. As to Prof. Wiley, If
the public has any doubt as 10 the many
sided man that he is. I would refer to his
testimony on House bill 9206. relating 10
eleOmaTgaTine. and let the public hear
what he said about oleomargaTine and its
good qualities. Also. look up the address
he made TO the manufacturers Of Chicago
about ten years ago, and note how he told
them that preservatives. f0rmaIdehyde.
&c. were harmless, and all right. and for
them to use them. have been reading DR..
WiIey's speeches and addresses for twenty
years, and 1 am unable 70 tell what he
does stand for, and defy the most astute
jurist to-day TO sum up and tell what he
really does mean. He is politician Of the
| highest order, and a diplomat Of no mean
ability. He does not let an opportunity
escape to get before the footlights and
play to the galleries with much grace.
/ Like DR.. Kober, he has had a taste of the
dairy business: not ir milk ieutes. how
ever but in a dairy lunch room, which lie
/ did not find lucrative.
"Yes, I saw what he said about the so
tper cent deaths being caused by milk.
This statement seems hardly accurate, and
+ I defy him to produce positive prcof that
/ milk has ever been the direct cause OF the
death Of one person in the District of Co
lumbia'