The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-23

idly In Sweden. The latest In this
line Is the cooperative barber shop.
Stockholm has several such shops and
the experiment is watched with much
interest
Foreign Minister Lagerheim has
been appointed chairman of the
board of directors of the new COM
mercial high school at Stockholm.
The king has given his assent to the
proposed regulations and the work
will now be ready to commence with
the opening of school in the fall.
General Booth-Hellberg, the head Of
the Swedish Salvation Army, died re-
Gently while returning from a trip to
Germany. His decease was the cause
of general sorrow throughout the
country, as he was an able leader in
his work Of mercy, and his nobility of
character won him universal esteem
A sign indicating the trend of the
times is recent proposal that all the
state railways of Sweden be changed
to electric railways. The change will
not come all at once, but a start will
be made on the line between Kiruma
and the Norwegian boundary, this line
running through the northern iron
ranges. With its splendid water pow
ers the Scandinavian countries must
| OF necessity develop rapidly along
electrical lines in the near future.
The Swedish consul in New York
has riled up good many Americans
~
come to America, because of hard
times all over the country. The in
tent of the warning is, of course, to
reduce the emigration as far as pos
sible. The statement as to hard times
is not true as to the whole country,
although local conditions may make
one section Of the country more pros
The consul will have occasion to re-
gret his language before he hears the
last of it.
The International nti-Tuberculosis
Congress which has been in session
in Stockholm recently was we'll at
tended, and the meetings were uni
formly interesting and instructive.
The following dispatch concerning
the congress is Of especial interest to
Americans: American investiga-
tions of the responsibility of bovine
| tuberculosis for the persistent spread
Of the disease among human beings,
particularly children, were officially
reported today to the Eighth Inter
national tuberculosis Conference, in
session here, by Nathan Straus. The
paper by the New York philanthropist
| was presented by DR.. Arthur Ran
dolph Green. medical director Of the
Straus pasteunzed milk work, and
one Of the American delegates. 1t dis.
closed for the first time the over
whelming evidence gathered by the
American investigators to show the re.
sponsibility of milk from tuberculous
cows for the infection of human be-
ings with tuberculosis" After care.
full summing up of the evidence show.
ing that the largest percentage of
| cases may be traced to milk Mr..
| Straus continues: THE proof of the
correctness of pasteurization of milk
| as a life-saving measure has been
rounded out by DR.. Joseph H. kastle,
chief of the division of chemistry of
| the hygienic laboratory, who has
| shown that the process, as recon-
mended by the United States public
health service, does not impair the
| ferments or engines contained in
| fresh milk, does not alter the chem
| ical composition Of milk, does not
lessen it's food value, either as to nu
triton or digestibility, and does not
alter it's taste or physical qualities
This method Of destroying the tuber.
Gle bacilu in milk, so thoroughly
proved and justified Jy science, has
| been practically vindicated by my is
| years. experience in supplying pas
| teurized milk for the babies In New
| York and other cities in America and
abroad. The result has been that
| wherever pasteurization has been in.
| troduced in cities having excessive In.
fantile death rates, the mortality
| among the babies has been reduc ed
| one-half. In view Of all these facts
that l have briefly summarized, the
! tuberculosis problem resolves itself
largely into milk problem. and the
| milk problem Is not what to do, but
| how to get 1t done. The prevention
| of the infection of healthy children
with tuberculous milk requires the
active and willing cooperation of the
dairyman. the milk dealer. the legis-
lator, the health officer and the doc
tor. That these men of diverse in.
terests may work together to enforce
the pasteurization of milk that Is not
from tuberculin tested herds requires
the earnest endeavors of the organ.
izations that have been formed to
! fight tuberculosis and the assistance
of the pulpit and the press to create
such well-informed public sentiment
that it will be regarded as a crime to
feed a child upon milk of doubtful
origin unless it has been properly
pasteurized."
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