The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-21
BABIES WINNERS
IN MILK STRIFE
Dairymen End Boycott and
Defy Arrest to Save
The Infants.
famine is FEARED AGAIN
DEALERS OBJECT TO THE NEW
LAWS WHICH THE LoRA'N, O.,
AUTHORITIES INSIST SHALL
BE ENFORCED.

Lorain, O., Aug. 21.-Facing arrest
by the city authorities If they sold
milk, and storm Of public indigna-
.tion If they did not, Lorain's milk deal
ers yesterday yielded to the walls Of
the city's babies and sold all the milk
they could obtain. The suffering
which marked the mix dealers boy
cott of the city Thursday was allie
waited by the decision of the dealers
to dare arrest But a milk famine
may result today if the city admins
tration's announced intention OF
swearing out warrants against all
dealers who sold milk is carried into
effect.
In the court of Justice of the Peace
Hall, to which the case was transfer
red by Mayor King, two milk dealers
the proprietors of the firm of Baetz
Brothers Dairy company, were acquit-
ted on a technicality of the charge OF
vending milk without license. 1t de-
veloped when the case was called for
trial that the affidavits under which
the two men were arrested six weeks
ago, when the new milk peddling Or
dinance of the city went into effect,
mentioned as violated certain sections
of the former vending ordinance
which had been repealed by the new
milk code.
Motion Gains Release.
The counsel for the defense obtain
ed the release of the milkmen by a
motion that verdict of not guilty be
directed by the jury.
A clamor of indignation had been
reused Thursday, when the city's US
ual supply of 1000 gallons was cut to
700 gallons. only one dealer delivering
milk an that only to his regular Gus
toners. st. Joseph's hospital was
without milk Thursday and several
patients, restricted to milk diet. suf-
fered seriously. Today the hospital
had it's full supply of milk.
Mothers stormed the milk stations,
demanding milk, only to be told the
dealers had none. Offers of 81 pint
met with similar responses and hund-
reds of mothers we're frantic when the
supply Of condensed and evaporated
milk in the groceries and drug stores
was exhausted before noon. Suffering
among the infants of the city of 10000
was acute. and Health Officer e. v.
Hug declared that several days Of con-
tinued milk famine would mean the
death of scores of infants.
Action by Civic Bodies.
1t was this declaration that stirred
the I.orain County Medical society
the Lorain Board of Commerce and
other civic bodies to discuss means
of interfering in the contest between
the milk dealers and the city.
The dealer blames the city admin
istration, declaring the farmers from
whose dairies their supply of milk is
obtained will not subject their herds
to the tuberculin test. The city or.
dinance provides that no milk may be
sold by a dealer without city license
and further stipulates that the first
condition of the issuing of a license
shall be that the dealer sell only milk
from herds subjected to the tubercu
lin test.
Mayor King is determined the or.
dinance shall be enforced while 1t is
on the books and Health Officer Hug
also insists the tuberculin test is nee
essary to the public health. The lat
ter is preparing new affidavits for the
arrest of milkmen. The first arrest
lit Is believed, will be the signal for a
renewal of the boycott by the dealers