The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-27
EXISTING CONDITIONS
ARE DEPLORABLE
Inspector fuckers Indictment of
Lake County Farmers Diaries
He Has Visited Occasions Both
Surprising and Indignation Over
County.

Crown Point, Ind, Aug. 27-(SpeciaI(
The work of Frank A. Tucker and
Ivan C. Weld, who are conducting an
Investigation of the milk supply for the
state and the. department of agricuI-
ture, respectively, invaded the terri
tory in and around Crown Point yester-
day and found as shocking a condition
of sfairs found anywhere
around Hammond.
There were nearly dozen farmers
daries visited and to show what de-
plorable condition were found; out of
a possible hundred points of perfec-
ton the best place inspected had only
37A points and the worst had 1914 in its
favor.
Finds a Low Average.
The average was only 2S Is. Mr..
Tucker said that he had made inspec-
tions of dairies all over the state and
that he had never run across a lot of
places, where milk is produced and
shipped, that are dirty and so un-
sanitary as the ones which were in
vestigated in Lake county.
He says the farmers seem to be of
a high average of intelligence and seem
to be reasonably prosperous and yet they
have such filthy, dirty dairies that it
| is reflection on modern civilization.
| Mr.. fuckers Indictment of the Lake
county farmer might be disregarded if
he was personally interested one way
or another. but in the opinion of the
doctors with whom he has talked, it is
a disgrace to the county that disin-
terested investigator should come into
the county. and with only the zeal for
his work as the incentive, should un-
earth such an sanitary condition Of
affairs.
should Hire Inspector.
When Mr.. Weld and Mr.. Tucker told
some of the Hammond doctors of the
Experiences they had had during the
day in. which the dairies in the vicinity
of Crown Point were investigated it
was the unanimous opinion of all that
the county should hire pure food in
ispector who should be placed under
civil service on a good salary and be
given the job of making Lake county
ldairies the equal of those in Illinois
and Wisconsin dairy centers
Mr.. Tucker says that in many places
in other parts of the state. he has
found dairies that will have an average
of so to 95 points of perfection and yet
1.-THE best dairy in Lake county only
Showed 37A points of perfection.
The work of investigation is still
being carried on and it will be sorle
time before Mr. Weld and Mr.. Tucker
are through with Lake county. Some
of the owners of places in and about
Crown Point are to be prosecuted and
the affidavits will be filed today.
Won't Let Matter Drop.
Mr.. Tucker is not going to allow the
matter to drop with the filing of the
afidavits. He is going to see that war
rants are issued and then if the prose-
cution of the cases is weak or left to
inexperienced subordinates it is pos
sible that the attorney general of the
state will come in and see that prose-
cutions are secured under the law.
Mr.. Tucker said yesterday: The ILL
nois dealers have refused the Lake
county product for the reason that it
is produced under unsanitary condi-
tions and 1 90 not propose to see this
filthy milk. which Illinois won't take,
foisted on the people of Indiana. The
Lake county farmer has got to clean
up or go out of business.