The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-15
OBJEgFS0F MILK
/ LNSPECTIONLAW.
Not Intended asia Hardship on
the Dairymen Doing Business
Here.
win be Benefit to the Great
Number of Consumers in
Fairmont.

lQE ue lHst year III lue Hlalttl III 81
surfing pure milk Is a most hopeful
sign OF better sanitary conditions gem
orally. That public opinion Is In a
healthy condition along the lines Of
civic improvement is easy to see.
Pure milk, clean streets, proper dis
posalS of garbage, the prevention Of
tubercuEosls, medical inspection OF
public schools, and similar subjects
are considered suitable topics for dis
cussion In the drawing room as the
programs for the Woman's Club will
show. That the citizens Of this city
expect Of the city government in the
near future adequate supervision Of
Its milk supply to insure n proper pro.
lection Of the public health and honest
milk to the Individual consumer Is EVIL.
dent from the great number of Inter.
estfng comments the Health Officer
has received through the mall and
personally.
"What are the purposes Of public In:
spection of milk and what can be &C.
complishel thereby" arc questions
which Immediately suggest them.
selves to one In considering this mat.
Ter. It Ia not the purpose Of such In.
spection to work a hardship in the
producer. It Is not intended or dc.
sired TINT he shall be put to unneces.
sary. expense or trouble or caused to
comply with regulations which will
iu,nny way hamper the legitimate pnr.
suit Of his business in q manner pro.
iitable to himself and to end that the
public may have the best milk posi-.
BILE for the lest money. The people,
when once their attention has been
called TO the matter. insist on having
clean pure milk, from healthy cows,
Of the proper food value. at a cost
which will enable the dairyma1< to pro.
duce It with profit. No one would
want any other kind Of milk even II It
could be produced at u COST much less
than the one now In vogue. II the
kind Of milk desired can not be pro-
duced at eight cents per quart they
will pay more. The point they Will
and should insist on IS that they get
pure, unadulterated milk. The price
Is a matter Of supply and demand, al.
ways 10 be kept within proper, limits
by competition.
For many years 1t has been custo-
mary in the large cities to make chem.
ical examinations Of milk for the rea-
son that It is a very easy matter to
water milk, Or remove part Of the
cream without which alterations being
noticeable 10 the. consumer. When
milk Is high and, The price Of butter
is still higher the temptation to re.
SORT tofthis kind Of fraud Is very great
only to the dishonest dealer, OF
course. There hayo been found dis
honest dealers everywhere else, and
1t Is only to be expected that there
have been such 1or may be such at
any future time in this community.
This remark Is made without reference
10 anyone In particular and Is merely
The statement Of 4 very unfortunate
general truth. From the very nature
Of milk 1t Is very easy to practice such
dishonesty with IMMUNITY unless some
Systematic method Of detection Is In
force. Moreover, all cows milk Is
not Of the same composition. some be-
Ing richer in butter fat and other eon-
stiluents than others. Many cities
have d standard Of three and one half
percent. butter fat which Is considered
a fair average Of the fat contained in
milk FROM a COW which Is profitable
to the producer. 1t Is considered fair
to the consumer that the milk he buys
should contain that per centage Of but.
ter. II this dairyman is keeping cows
whose milk Is not SO rich In fat as
this. the consumer Is being cheated IN
Intentionally by the dairyman. Though
the latter's intentions may be perfect.
ly honorable he Is doing his customer
Just the same Injustice that he would
II he iraudulently added water to the
milk for the purpose of reducing Its
fat value. The richness Of milk can
not be ascertalned by looking ut 1t.
Appearances hero as elsewhere are
often very deceptive. Nothing but the.
proper chemical examination can de.
termine the real value Of the milk. II
a dairyman is keeping COWS which
are not producing milk Of the proper
rlchness It Is his duty TO dispose OF
them and secure those which will. It
Is an economic loss to himself and his
customers not to do, 50.
Another object Of chemical exarnina-
tion OF milk Is 10 detect personalities
which have been indeed for the pur.
pose OF preventing milk from souring.
In warm weather especially milks is
very apt to sour either before It can
be marketed or SO soon thereafter as
to cause complaint from the purchaser
This is especially liable to happen II
the milk has not been kept In a sui1-
clently low temperature from the time
OF milking to the time It Is delivered.
OF equal Importance with the neglect
is the dirty handling Of milk whereby
an undue number Of bacteria gain
their entrance Into It and begin putr-
factivei changes. Ice and cleanliness
CHE RWoo