The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-02-17
POISON IN MILK
KILLING BABIES
STARTLING REPORT OF PURE
FOOD COMMISSION READY
FOR GOV DENEEN.
WANT THE LAW CHANGED
To Make Prosecutions Poss bic
Dairy Products AduIterated
With Drug Used to En-
balm the Dead,

Springfield. H., Feb 1G.---Tha
| thousands of infants ii Illinois, al
! we'll as many larger children are
lbclng sent 10 premature graves
though taking into Their stomachs
In milk, the same poisonous prepara
t!o1S that are used TO enbalm the
dead is indicated by SPECIAL report
ready for submission to Gov. Charles
| S. Deneeu by State Pure Fo3d Com
missioner A. Handy Jones. The report
is likely to stir the public to the neeC
of pure and unadIlt3rated milk as
| +. has not been stirred since the meal
exposures a year ago.
The report was made to Mr.. Jones
| by his assistant, Herman e. Schu
knecht,s the dairy expert of the de
partment, and will be printed and
circulated among the members of the
Legislature to IMPRESS upon them the
necessity of more stringent or more
effective laws.
Assistant Commissioner Schu-
knecht points out that of thirty-fve
cities visited, not one escaped having
sold within its limits milk from un-
clean and insanitary cans and vessels
or milk not properly strained, show
ing depbsit of filth in the bottom
of the bottles or other vessels, and in
thirty two of the cities skinned milk
was sold as standard. and was
adulterated with formaldehyde, which
authorities pronounce poison,
much used as embalming fluid"
Defect in the Present Law.
The department was amazed TO find
that only from 80 to 35 per cent of
the milk on sale In the various Illi
nois cities visited was in. the coEdi-
ton II should have been in-and
easily could have been If only ordi-
nary sanitary regulations had been
observed in the care and handling of
it, A trial of case sin the court at
Champaign Is cited to show that the
present law is lax In that TO make
a successful prosecution it is neces-
sary for the department to prove the
defendant, or seller, had guilty
knowledge OF the milk's injurious in
gradients, which, the report points
out, is well nigh impossible.
The department sets forth that in
the seevral weeks special work 400
were analyzed, and, ignoring
the question of the unclean
product sold from unclean vessels.
there were brought seventy six suits
for cream or milk adulterated with
formaldehyde, seventeen for skim
milk sold as standard milk, five for
milk both skinned and wapered and
sold as standard, twelve for milk be-
low standard and sold as standard.
aud thirty for watercd milk. of which
seven were against farmers deliver
ing milk 10 creameries or shipping
stations. In most cases the defendants
pleaded guilty; the others are fight
ing out the issues in court.
Much Bogus Butter Sold.
The report indicates that the de-
par ment has been giving consider.
able attention TO the sale of butter
and that there are now In
preparation suits against fo'ty four
butter dealers for violations # the
pure food laws. II is made plain to
The governor that hereafter cream
cries and cheese factories will have
10 receive as loose attention as the
regular dairies, and It is suggested
hat a bigger appropriation be pro-
yiie1 for the investigations.
Assistant Commissioner Scnu- |
knechts report then continues:
ITO show you further that the con-
litions are not what they should be |
n the milk traffic in Illinois we have
collected some of the most vicious
being sold 10 and used |
by milkmen to alulterate their milk !
The list includes Iceline, which is
labeled a wonderful discovery to keep
milk sweet without ice manufac-
urcd by the Heller Chemical com
psny Of Chicago. Il is mixture of
aud water.
"Freezeine. made by &. Heller & |
Co.. Chicago. according 10 the label is
the only scientific Invention for keep
ng milk and cream sweet. etc il va
discovered after ma1y years Of OK
lerimenting that this gas hal the
same effect on bacteria as freezing;
llso 1t cannot be detec. ed in milk
The report goes on to show that
his is misrepresentation and AYERS
hat it is recommended that where
he law prohibits its use in the milk
h ought to be used TO disinfect the
sans or bottles"
Trsffickine in Babies Lives
Another preparation" says the re-
DOrt. is Mix Keep made by nobody
put capable Of killing as many babies
ss ether of the other txo. for it is
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