The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-08
FOR Pure MILK.
Dairymen Offer Little Objection
to Proposed Ordinance.
ID. M. Wilson, State Dairy In
spectOr, Makes an Address.
HE Is SURPRISED
HE is SURPRISED.
Less Hostility Than He Had
Reason to Expect.
Alarming Prevalence of Tuber-
culosis In Cows.

First there were twenty-three-
that looked bad for the disease germs
in milk-and then there we're thirty
that looked worse-dairymen and milk
dealers at the milk caucus over the
new inspection ordinance to be passed
by the council
The caucus, for that's about what
In effect it amounted to, met at the
city hall last evening at the request
of ID. NJ. Wilson, state dairy commits
sioner. Mr.. Wilson had read newspa-
per accounts of the opposition which
threatened the ordinance from the
dairymen and was somewhat dubious
when he came here to make his adj
dress asking them to support the new
ordinance which he has drawn up. But
when il. was all over his face was
wreathed in smiles for though the
thirty dairymen had not come right
out and end orsed the ordinance. they
failed to bristle up perceptibly and to
favored inspection-they hesitated on
the score of the expense to which they
might be put.
When a motion was put endorsing
any legislation in favor of the interests
of the diaries of the state that Mr..
Wilson might secure at the next ses-
sion of the legislature. it was carried
without dissenting voice So after all
Mr.. Wilson was fairly well satisfied
with the result of his evenings work.
Here are the three things which
cause the dairymen to hold back:
1. The loss of cows which will have
to be condemned if suffering from
tuberculosis.
2. The cost of the inspection fee
charged.
3. The cost of the improvements to
be made of a sanitary nature.
THAT section may cost you COW
- g.
your customers said Mr.. Wilson,
speaking of the inspection for tubercu-
losis; "It will be far better for you to
discover the tuberculosis in its first
proper precautions: il will be far bet
ter for you to discover which of your
herd has the tuberculosis and cut that
one COW out of theherd than to let it
go on and infect ALL"
ut will be the effort of the council
to make the cost of the inspection as
low as possible" assured the mayor.
81 can promise you that 1t will be
placed at a figure that will not pro-
duce a revenue.
II can say that great improvements
can be made of a sanitary nature in
the beginning and not cost you dol
lar" said Mr.. Wilson, and he answer
ed the third objection. t. .4... -....
"WelI. you will have to educate the
consumer as well as the producer"
shouted out one vender of milk.
''When the customer demands good
milk and they all stand out for it. it
is bound to force the producer to give
IL. One man asked me why / cooled
my milk as soon / got ii from the
cows. He said that If nature had in
tended that the milk should be cooled
the COW would have given 1T cold"
And then the shout of merriment
that swept over that room full of men
in the milk business.
"It wouldn't have been any use to
tell that man about the germs or try
to explain why it is necessary to cool
the milk" said the dairyman in tones
of deep disgust.
'I don't believe that there is any
kick on inspection" said one spokes-
man. THE dairymen are not kickers
against a just ordinance"
Tuberculosis in Topeka can be ma
terially lessened by stopping the sale
of infected milk from cows that have
already that disease. This statement
was made by Mr.. Wilson who has made
an careful study of this phase of the
is often termed. has infected the cows
of Kansas in every locality. Il have
found five cows out of herd OF 3Ot
with it and great deal larger per cent
than that" said Mr.. Wilson. There Is
a strong demand for good milk in oul
cities. Diseases have been traced to
milk. because milk is happy medium
for the growth of bacteria. Ninety pei
cent OF the INFANTS OF our country are
raised on cows milk and statistics
show that the mortality amounts to o.
per cent of those raised on the COW:
milk The death of 5000 infants IL
the Province of Ontario in Canads
was traced to impure milk. You take
your high mortality among the infants
in the summer time, 1t is because Of
the high temperatures which favor rap
Id growth of unfavorable bacteria life
/ have visited here and know some OF
the conditions about Topeka and 1 car
say that great improvements can Of
made of a sanitary nature in the be
ginning and not cost you dollar.
have taken this up in a uniform way
ALI over the state and with few excep
tions have I found that the farmer:
have taken any exception to an ordin
ance for inspection.
The city man with one COW who sell!
milk will come under the rigid terms
of the law Just as well as the larger
Here are some of the additional
things which the ordinance guards
water in milk-This applies to al
milk that is offered for sale whethel
in a restaurant by the glass or IL
Wholesale lots by milk depots.
cool all milk Immediately after milk
ing. g..
an infectious disease may sell milk o.
handle the same
All utensils must be immediatel,
cleaned after the milk has been emptiet