The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-30
Claims the State Inspector
Has No Right to Condemn
Diaries andiShouId Be Pros.
ecuted.
THIRTY PLACES HAVE
BEEN PASSEDsUPON.
There Are Several Diaries Yet
To Be Inspected Gard
Case Is Explained mo-
Wholesale Prosecution.

Walter Ratliff, who represented
Wayne county in the lower house OF
the legislature at its IastSsession and
who is a candidate for reelection on
the republican ticket, is,criticising, the
action of State Food and Drug Inspect
or Owens and City Milk Inspector
Hoover in inspecting the various dai-
ries In this county and in some cases,
condemning them.
Mr.. Ratliff has stated that Mr..
Owens and DIR. Hoover have. no au-i
thority to do this work and that they
should be prosecuted instead of the
dairymen. When he was informed
that Mr.. Owens was performing his
duties under an act of the.legislature,
Mr.. Ratliff stated that he had no
knowledge of such an act and that III
there was one on the statute books he
would attempt to have 1t removed at
the next session of the Legislature. Mr..
Isdliiil 10 ToiotiNe Vi Soihcifus xsdt-
lift. whose dairy was inspected few
days ago and rated poor.
No further steps have been taken In
the case of Daniel f. Gard, a dairy
man, whose place was condemned. but
who continued to sell milk in the city.
notwithstanding this fact Mr.. !
Owens states that IL Gard will make
necessary improvements at his dairy
and suspend the sale of his milk pend
ing the maxim gof these improvements
thestate would not prosecute him for
violating the pure food laws
When Mr.. Owens was informed to- i
day that sentiment had been ex-
pressed that IL one dealer who sold
impure milk was to be prosecuted all
dealers in impure milk should be pro-
secuted, he stated that his department
tion of dairymen who were operating
dairies not conforming with the pure
food laws. 'fDairymen who are grad
ed poor, fair, good and excellent arel
permitted to sell milk. Those who
are graded fair and poor mustsimprove
| their grading within limited time.
Those who are graded bad must. sus-
pend the sale of their milk untiF they
have improved conditions existing. at
their dairies. In the case of'Mr. Gard
DR.. Hoover and myself inspected his
dairy and we ordered him to suspend.
sale OF milk until he had made .neces-
sary improvements. The next day we
| found him selling milk inrthe city II
| took some of his milk andSfoundyfffty
per cent impure. i again, ordered him
not to sell. The following morning +
found that he was again selling milk
and / ordered him once again o,quit.
also took some more samples OF his
milk and found 1t to be twenty-five
per cent impure. 1t was because Gard
had twice persisted in selling milk af-
ter he had been condemned that I de-
sired to have the prosecutor bring ac-
| ton against him." stated Mr. Owens.
Tomorrow Mr.. Owens will go to
Terre Haute where he will lecture be-
| fore the Vigo Medical society on the
subject of tuberculosis in Milk AMI
mails as a Source of Infection to HUI
man Beings" On his return to Rich
mond Mr.. Owens will issue pure milk
| certificates to all dealers whose dair-
les are graded good or excellent.
About thirty dairies in this county
have been inspected and there still
remains four or five to be inspected.
Yesterday afternoon ths dairies of
Charles Benner. Robert Commons. j.
l.. Bachelor fsecond dairy, r. W.
! Marchant were inspected and all grad
ed fair. They all can be raised to the
good grade by slight improvements.
Mr.. Bachelor and E. L. Commons will
go to Indianapolis tomorrow for the
purpose of purchasing necessary sup
plies to improve their dairies.