The Washington herald., 1908-01-30
PLAN FOR PURE MILK
Bill Prepared by Dairymen
Offered in Senate.
SAY A CONTEST IS PROBABLE
Commissioners Expected to Submit
Different Bill, and Hearings VIII
Conflict of Ideas-What the Bill Of
fered Yesterday Proposes.

Senator Gallinger yesterday introduced
IN the Senate a bill proposing to regulate
the sale of milk and cream In the Dis
trict. The bill, it is understood was pre-
pared and submitted by the Dairymen's
Association, with the request that it be
introduced.
The Commissioners, il is understood will
also send the Senator a draft of a bill
having the same object in view, but
proposing to attain it in another way
The whole question viii probably be
threshed out al hearing before the Dis
tTict committee, after the Commissioners
bill reaches the committee.
The bill offered yesterday provides that
from and after the passage Of the act # is
to be unlawful for any person to sell.
offer for sale or have In his possession
with intent 10 sell, withini the District
Of Columbia. milk OF cream which is adul-
terated as described in the act and any
person or persons violating the act are
to be subject, on conviction, 70 a fine
Of from SO TO SIS. or to Imprisonment
for thirty days; and on conviction of
second offense ana each subsequent Of
Tense. a fine OF frcm S25 to $50. or i'm
prisonment for ninety days. or by both
fine and Imprisonment
Exempt Innocent Employers.
Where it is shown that the offense was
committed by an emplOye, without the
consent Of his employer, the conviction
Of the employee is to operate as a release
to the employer. II is also provided that
a dealer may escape conviction by prov
ing that the milk or cream found to be
adulterated was in that condition when it
came into his possession, and after MAX
ing proper tests he failed TO discover the
adulteration.
To be considered adulterated within the
meaning OF the act milk must contain
less than 35 per cent Of butter fat, or
more than SO per cent OF water; or it
must be 'unwhOlesome or derived from
COWS that have been fed on swill. gar
bage, or other Ike substances, or If il
has had anything added 10 or removed
theFefrom"
Cream is to be considered adulterated
il it contains less than IS per cent Of
butter fat. or if it is UnwbolesOme. or is
not derived directly from milk without
the addition OF any foreign substance
whatsoever.
In the case Of skinned milk, IL is to be
adulterated If It contains less
than 8 per cent Of total solids, or is IN
or If any foreign substance
has been added to it.
Both milk and cream, however, may be
modified 10 meet the demands of the pur-
chaser.
Provides for superintendent.
The Commissioners are authorized 10
appoint a superintendent of dairy pro-
ducts. who must be a practical chemist,
experienced in the analysis of foods. and
must have had practical experience in
the production Of milk and cream. The
superintendent, the Secretary OF Agri-
culture or one Of his assistants, and a
person TO be named by the Commission
ers. who shall be or shall have been for
five years a dairyman. are 10 constitute
a board of dairy control for the District.
This board, under the direction of the
District Commissioners. is to make rules
and regulations for carrying out the pro
visions Of the law. They are TO have CON
troll of milk and cream produced in or
shipped into the District. and also Of the
sanitation. lighting. and care OF dairy
and the care OF dairy
utensils.
The superintendent OF dairy products is
to receive a salary of $3.50 a year; the
dairyman member Of the board Of con-
troll $40 a day for actual service rendered.
his total compensation, however, not TO
exceed $500 a year.
Examine Incoming MIX.