The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-09-03
KenOsha County Diaries Under
Fire ofthe U. S. Government
and Farmers Quake
GET SAMPLES OF ALL MILK
Fifteen Government Inspectors Invade
Trains Carrying Milk to Chicago
and Prosecutions Are Prom
ised in Near Future
(F'rom SATURDAYS Daily)


we'll as shippers jim all other counties
contributary to Chicago, are On the
anxious seat as today it became known
that during the past week milk inspec-
tors in the employ Of the United States
government have been at work in this
and other counties securing samples Of
ali milk shipped into Chicago. The
last Of the inspectors completed his
work at the town of Salem in this
county early Friday morning and then
the fact that the inspectors were at
work became known to the shippers.
The men worked with the greatest
secrecy. They would board a milk
train at station and after the train
lad pulled out would open all the cans
on the car and take samples of the
milk from each can. All Of these sam
pies were labeled with the name and
number of the shipper and forwarded
to the government laboratories in the
Manhattan building in Chicago. There
are now more than 1900 Of these sam
Piles there for examination.
The movement for this examination
into the milk supply of Chicago was in,
Iargurated by the government agents
On their own initiative and DR.. w. D.
BigeloW, first assistant to DIR. Wiley.
chairman Of the Board Of Pure Food
and Drug inspection, came to Chicsgo
to personally have charge Of the test.
Last Sunday night the fifteen inspec-
tors arrived from Washington and they
were at once sent to the various sta
lions along the lines of railway to Sc
cure the samples of milk for exanlina-
ton.
Assistant Chief Inspector A. E Stem
gel of Washington directed the men
in the field. The Investigators were st
all points Of shipment during the late
night and early morning hours, when
the milk is hauled to the trains, and
"spotted" the shipper. After the
cans were placed abroad the govern
rent employee extracted his sample, and
remained with the shipment until It
reached the Chicago depot. Ore rail
road line was worked at a time. A
wagon met the train in the city and
took the samples to the laboratory.
Superficial examinations showed
alarming results. Some Of the milk
had been skinned of most of it's real
food qualities, some contained large
percentage of water, and some for
maldehyde. A quantity appeared to be
sufficiently deceased" to require
coloring matter to give it a semblance
Of milk. Then there was some good
milk-some extremely good
Those making the analysis refuse to
state the result of their findings on the
ground that the government forbids
discussion and goes on the theory that
it is time enough to give the public no.
tice when the cases are called in the
United States court.
The government is not acting against
the city and state branches of govern
aent in the crusade, but rather in con-
junction with them, though the city
and state had no knowledge that the
government was active. It puts the
dealer in impure. milk between three
powerful prosecuting bodies and makes
almost certain the capture of the gull
ty persons.
The city has been keeping up an ac-
tive warfare against the local dealers,
but has lost oct on many cases through
the dealer swearing that the shipper
made the adulteration. Where the
shipment has been made from Illinois
the state could act, but where it came
from another state both Of these bodies
have been powerless and the real cul-
r,it has gone scot free. With the gov
eminent exercising it's interstate COM
merce rights" it becomes a different
proposition, and the way now seems
clear TO effectualE stop the sale of the
impure and adulterated article.
At the completion Of the analysis, in
two or three weeks, detailed reports
will be sent to Washington. Then Sec
rotary of Agriculture Wilson will send
cut notices citing the accused to ap-
pear at the local bureau Of chemistry
for hearing. The accused will have
the opportunity to have his case plead
by an attorney and pick all the errors
i'll the government work he can, and
the testimony, together with the pleas
of counsel, will be forwarded to Wash
ington.
Next the board of food and drug in
spection vii 60 over the testimony and
the cases selected for prosecution will
be placed in the hands of Attorney Gen
eral Bonaparte, who will instruct Dis
trict Attorney Sims to enter suit. I'm
til that is done no other details, not
even the names Of the accused, are ex-
pected to become public.
The cemetery association is taking
the right stand in refusing to start the
Improvements planned until the money
l. II