The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-12-07

sents a tremendous problem in civic
economy. 1t is possible to estimate the
amount OF money which the consumer
is throwing away merely in the trans
porting expenses OF over s,5ooooo
pounds Of a commodity every day
Speaking conservatively ana estimating
the railroading expense. carriage, fandl-
ing bottling etc. at two cents per quar-,
there is now wasted at least $4,000 per
day in New York City alone, or nearly
sfs,ooo,ooo per year All this is spent
merely for the transporting Of water %
one city II is impossible TO estimate
what the waste must be for the entire
nation A rough and very conservative
guess would place il a: about S63,ooo,ooo
per year
From these facts il i evident that
modern science and industrial evolution
must provide means for removing the
water from milk in the section where Il
is produced. so as to save this colossal
cost in transportation When it is re-
~embered that less than twenty wears
ago the fresh meaf supply Of the nation
was in precisely the same position by
the fact that il could only be secured
from butchers and abaftoirs immcdi.
aieiy surrounding The cities and that the
rcfrigeratirg car has made Il possible
for the New Yorker now 70 get meat
from a butcher in Kansas City and have
Il perfectly fresh, the inevitable dcvel
opmcnts III the milk industry must be
apparent TO any one But with milk the
problem is even greater than with meat,
poultry eggs or butter for freezing or
cold storage processes cannot BE applied
successfully to liquid milk. When milk
is frozen It Is damaged This commodity.
the oldest OF human foods. as every
physician and student OF dietetics
knows. is the most delicate. as well as
the most complete and most wonderful
OF all means Of human sustenance No
product is SO easily affected hy outside
Influences, and until the general adoption
Of some means to remove water from
milk. practically at the farm the milk
problem must become greater and
sr-.str as public attention is directed
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Dangers from Infection.
Ara,ber vital fact: medical science
declares that danger from infection from
h4e'esia "a milk attaches entirely 70 lie
.-iik r nuid state The actual uour-
isArer. of the milk in the form of dry
sollss or powder is perfectly immune
sy~<n Infection with ordinary precats-
ticns or conditions Of packing This fact
ln ltself makes Il vitality important that
the milk supply OF the bic CITIES shall
eonsst Of the dry solids OF milk nro
;uced in such form that with tie addi-
| Non Of water they can be restored 10
Their original condition
Tie other phase Of the milk problem
lsil. The question Of purity or clearli-
aess, IS OF equal Importance wi.h the
-eono,nic side A vast army conld be
so-.aed Of the officials that are nov
especially employed in the cities Of the
f'.assd States to inspect the milk
Brought TO the city. IN order 70 insure
ss fsr as can be, its cleanliness. free
aca from darasrous bacteria and lack
>: aduiterstion and yet The cry arises
from every Department of Public
Hes!th. State or Munirira that they
have nor the proper facilities. nor auy-
l,i;nz like sufficient working forces -
40 nlore than barely touch this colossal
task.
T. IN oue day. in Nrw York City alone.
sfzfissics show over f.noo quarts Of fluid
tmiiIs have iseen condemned a. danger.
ous and urft for human us-. and This
lit i frankly admitted ~ Heath or
laSrs j. onIv sf1zii nortion Of wtst
should have been condemned. and winch