Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-13
MORE ABOUT PURE MILK.
We Wish TO Call Attention 70 n Mis-
taken Idea that Seems to Obtain
Relative to Milk P~asteurizatioD.

Pastairization Is a process Of heating
mix 10 100 degrees and Immediately cooling
IL to as degrees and is for the purpose OF
killing harmful bacteria such as typhoid
diphtheria and other bacillus. There is alb
solutely no substance Of any kline Injected
or put into the milk. This would be con-
trary to the law. The public must not
be led to believe that any kin Of
milk can be made saleable simply by
INSTRUMENTATION; in fact the requirements
OF one OF the larger companies in Omaha
in buying milk are so strict that only the
best prepared dairy farmers will deliver to
them under the conditions imposed.
whether pasteurized or not milk must be
thoroughly clean and fresh and sweet In
order to come out as good milk.
We wish to state that the government
authorities recommend, under present con-
ditions. that ell milk be pasteuriEed. We
quote the following authorities; DR.. wal
ter wyman. surgeon general of the United
States health service; DR. Leslie l.. Lums-
den OF the same department, DIR. A.. B.
Melvin of the bureau of animal Industry
also Milton ]. Rosenau, director OF the
hygenic laboratory of Washington. Not
only this. but in the city Of Chicago all
milk sold must be pasteurized milk, unless
nefuS IIom Which, the mllh 10 phnhhNh nav
heen tested for tuberculosis. Milwaukee
and New York City have taken the same
stand. In the state of Iowa the law com
pels the pasteurization of skim milk at
creameries where same is to be returned
and fed to farm animals. II these precau-
tions are taken in the eastern cities, and
some states compel the pasteurizaton for
animals, then why should Omaha remain a
back number by not pasteurizing. Pas
teurization is recommended by our own
health commissioner, Dr.. Connell, and we
believe such a law a beneficial one.
We will admit there has been some ques-
ton among authorities as to whether pas
teurization affects the nourlshing properties
Of milk, but this is a mooted question.
and up to date very few authorities will at
tempt to say that pasteurization is detrl-
mental to the milk in any way, but all
will admit that It is the only thing to do
unless certified milk can be produced and
sold to all consumers. This is an utter i'm
possibility, as the average consumer can
not pay from 10 to 10 cents per quart for
this article. Furthermore. enough dairy
men could not be found with sufficient
means to produce certified milk or who
would care to go into its production.
We agree with the critics who say that
rusty cans should be discarded and that milk
should be kept up to standard and that milk
houses and stables should be kept in good
sanitary condition. We also believe that
the city ordinance making 1t 2
for one firm to use bottles and cans be-
longing to another should be enforced. A
great many of the cans and bottles used
by the milkmen and dealers of this cit
are stamped with the name and are the
property of large concerns having cost
49,.
is un unfair proposition. Also enforce
ordinances requiring the owners or firms
names to he put on wagons IN five-inch
letters as required that consumers may
identify ~violators of the law. we also be-
lieve that all milk retaiIed in the city
should be bottled. for several reasons.
MIX Is a very deceptive looking fluid and
very few housakeepers have the means of
knowing how rich or how poor the milk is
they are buying. Bottle 1t for them and
they can tell clearly the cream line. Bot
Ting might increase the cost of milk, but
a better article would have to be sold.
Chicago has a bottle ordinance similar to
tho aboye, on account Of which It's health
commissf0nor has been able TO report a
reduction from about % per cent to 3 or 4
per cent Of samples found below standard.
The writer believes the public is entitled
70 good milk and giving the housekeepers
some means of knowing whether milk
bought by them is good or not without
having to send IL TO some laboratory to
have II tested.
We believe that the larger companies are
setting the pace on this milk proposition
and are willing to have the s~trictest kind
OF ordinances enacted and enforced and
are willing 10 obey the law in every par
tlcular. They have too much at stake TO
do differently.
In conclusion we wish to quote Nathan
Straus. the most eminent authority on
milk pasteuriSation In the world today,
the man who established pasteurized milk
depots In the city OF New York for the
purpose of distributing II among the poor
at cost. thus decreasing the mortality of
infants in those localities tremendously.
lie has just recently returned from Lon
don where he was called to help establish
pasteurizing plants. Mr.. Nathan Straus
Is not in the milk business. but has spent
thousands of dollars as well as many years
Of his life for the betterment of the milk
supply. He has more recently been decor
ated by the General Hygenic Exposition Of
France for his good work along this line.
Note what he says:
inspection OF diaries. highly desirable
as II Is. however thorough It may be made,
spells only Improvement - not safety.
Therefore l am forced to reply with an
emphatic yes to the query. With state in
spected diaries in general dissemination
necessarily"
A CONSUMER OF P-AsTEURIZED MILK