Arizona republican., 1907-05-26
THE MILK PROBLEM
S[lRS WASHINGTON
An Investigation DiseIoses That Ev-
eryshins is Wrong With the Laeteal
Fluid.

Washington. May 21.-(Special Cor
Iespondence of The Republican.)-The
city of Washington. through its health
authorities. is making a strong effort
to adopt a rigid system of milk in
spection.
The board of health some time go
secured an appointment of a milk com
mission composed of the surgeons
general of the army. navy and marine
hospital service. the chemists of the
agricultural department. and other
government officials having special
aptitude for the work. and these eX-
perts have been making rigid inves-
tigation of the milk supply of the ma
tional capital
Their report, which has just been
made. has caused CONSERVATION TO
reign in the ranks of the local milk
dealers. 1t handles the subject with
out gloves. and the milk drinking pub
lie has been made to sit up and take
notice. The report contains the fol-
lowing recommendations:
The branding of healthy and I'M
healthy cows.
The production and bottling of milk
under government inspection.
The compulsory sterilization of all
utensils and receptacles-
The classification of all milk
The pasteurization of certain class
es of milk.
The sealing of all bottles containing
certified milk in such a manner that
4. 4 xxrfst hxr
INSCRIPTIONS employees.
Providing distinguishing colors for
bottles containing milk of different
classes.
All bottles containing certified milk
to be kept in and sold only from dry
refrigerators. thereby avoiding the
packing OF bottles in crushed ice.
One of the above recommendations.
that paper bottles be used in the de-
livery of milk. must have sounded
sweet to the local people who several
months ago began the manufacture OF
a paper bottle on the assumption that
its sanitary features would in time
commend it to all users of milk This
bottle is Il cylindrical tube made of
spruce wood paper and having fang
ed caps for closing the ends. II Is
made on what is known as tube
winder. and this machine also saws
the tube into convenient lengths at
the rate of thousands an hour. The
completed bottle is dipped in hot papr-
affine and afterward baked in a ster-
ilizing oven. The bottle is intended to
be used but once. 1t Is claimed for il
that il has no effect whatever on milk.
as the milk does not come in contact
with the paper because the paper and
the printing thereon is perfectly seal
ed in: that it will keep milk sweet
and cold longer than the glass bottle.
and beside being clean, perfectly san
itary and a guaranty against conta-
gion carried in an unwaShed glass bot
tie from a disease infected house, Is
cheaper for the milkman than the use
of glass.
As many other food products are
now delivered to the individual con-
sumner in paper, the idea of the pa
per bottle as a universal receptacle for
milk would appear to be a good one.
AS a member of the board of health
said to your correspondent today:
milk should long ago have been de-
llNtlcu III IL Sil6lt StiNitt P<tSha-t.
Innumerable other things served as
food-butter, cheese. lard. cut meats.
Clipped beef. sausage, oysters. Ice
cream cakes. crackers. etc, are deliv-
cred in paper packages which are
never returned. The milk bottle which
goes from house to house INDIGESTION
ably spreads disease. Though every
bottle may be washed before being
filled again. all are washed in the same
water and with the same brush. In
my judgment the paper bottle has a
valid excuse for its being
1t is significant of the temper of
community which suddenly awakes to
the fact that for years it has been at
the mercy of interruptions and ignor-
ant purveyors of food products that a
movement is now under way to induce
the next congress to amend the pure
food law to the extent of including the
recommendations of the milk commits
sion above referred to.
CHARLES c. RANDOLPH