Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-09
PER|lS OF BAD MILK
archaeological Laboratory
Needed in the District.
DR.. WOODWARD'S EFFORTS
DR.. Wiley Tells of Scope of the Pure
Food Law.
sTRAUS' FIGHT FOR PURITY
With Pasteurization He Predicts
That tuberculosis Will Become
a Minor Disease.
STRAUSS FIGHT FOR PURITY

An audience of interested househcepers
listened attentively to the menace OF i'm
pure milk described by experts gather ed
i'm a milk symposium. organized by Dr.
Lloyd Magruder at the new NATIONAL
Museum building. last night. The pro
gram consisted of talks by DIR Harvey
w. Wiley. chief chemist of the bureau OF
chemistry: DR.. William c. Woodward.
health officer of the District; DR.. r.. {.
Schroeder superintendent of the expert
ment station of the bureau of animal
industry: DIR. Lloyd Magruder and Dis
trict Commissioner II. b. +. Mactarland
who presided over the meeting.
In speaking of the Importance of the
health department. work in protecting
the community from impure milk Com
missioner Mcfarland paid compliment
to Dr. Woodward and his efforts
Commissioner Mcfarland said in part:
The milk supply Of the National cap
ital ought to be as nearly perfect as
possible. The Commissioners, with the CO.
operation of public spirited citizens and
the health officer. are endeavoring to i'm
prove the conditions. With that in view
the Commissioners last year called A milk
supply conference. made up of scientists
of the national government, the District
government and other experts and rep
resentatives of the milk interests. Their
recommendations for new legislation and
for increasing the force and facilities of
the health department were adopted.
Public opinion through the newspapers.
has done much. We can report improve
ment. We ask the aid of all good citi-
zens and of all civic organizations to
secure the legislation and the increase of
the health department recommended by
the milk conference
Psychological Laboratory Needed.
DR.. Woodward declared that the milk
supply Of city is likely to be a great
source of disease and that no raw milk is
absolutely pure.
''As rule" said he people do not
consume great quantities of raw meat
or raw eggs, yet they consume great
quantities of raw milk, more danger
Gus article Of diet than either meat or
eggs. There are many things which
get into milk. such as water. coloring
matter. preservatives and germs. all OF
which are injurious and menace to
health. We must look after germs more
than personalities and the other things
What We need here to insure better milk
is ARCHAEOLOGICAL la boratory for the ex
animation of milk am sorry Congress
has so far failed to provide the necessary
appropriation for such d laboratory, but
I am hopeful of getting one Yet.
"Typhoid and scarlet fever i'll the Dis
trict have been traced to milk When the
inspectors of the health department lind
that number of persons suffering from
either of the fevers procure their milk
from the same dairyman We make an in
vestigation of his farm, If it is found
that there is fever on his farm and near
his COWS we take his license away and
stop his milk from coming into Washing
ton"
DR.. Wiley spoke on the pure food law
and explained that 1t could be used in
enforcing pure milk ordinances in cities.
He said that federal authorities met with
great difficulties in running down the
sources of impure milk. and that 1t was
very hard to supply evidence on which
to convict. He asserted that the bureau
of chemistry stands ready to cooperate
with the authorities of the District in pro-
tecting the milk supply.
DR.. Schroeder of the bureau of animal
industry said that the Investigations OF
the government have demonstrated that
it is economically impossible under exist
ing conditions to obtain milk at all times
free from tubercle baclli, either directly
from tuberculous cows, or from healthy
cows that are associated with tubercu-
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