The sun., 1909-01-07
ATTACK ON MILK THAT KILLS
NATHAN STRAUS CONDEMNS
MISNAMED PASTEL IRIZ iTION.
He's Not Concerned whether MIX Is
Nutritiye or Not as Ions as the
Baciiii Are Killed MIX Committee
seems 10 he Changing IT'S viewpoint.

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milk at minimum cost to the mother;
among the poor who have babies to feed
took the floor at a meeting Of specialist
held under the auspices OF the New Yorl
milk committee mt the Internationa
tuberculosis Exhibit in the American
, Museum of Natural History yesterday
afternoon TO inveigh against what h,
termed the murderous fraud of the 80
called commercially pasteurized milk
that is being sold in New York and else
where. What he had TO say drew spiraec
responses from those in attendance. and
Mr.. Straus put himself in a fighting
attitude Immediately, ready 10 prove that
what he said was true.
The meeting had been called by the
New York milk committee to listen tc
the reading of papers upon the subject
fthe tuberoular infection of milk and its
prevention by six specialists in baoteri-
ology Mr.. Straus came in late to take
part in the general discussion which
followed the reading of the pape's. When
he had the opportunity he said
came here 20 state that It is the greatest
outrage TO call what go,s under the name
OF commercially peSteurizcd milk pasteur-
! lied milk in any sense of the word. II is
merely counterfeit a rank and dangerous
counterfeit. II is a disgrace and an out
rage that this murderous counterfeit should
be sold under the misleading title of pas
teurized miIk. II is little short Of murder
that this kind Of milk should go forth under
! its spurious tile 10 be fed to babies.
I The only thing that is done to this COM
,merCially pasteuriled milk is to subject II
I to a heat for just forty seconds. DR.. Jacoby
/ Of this city assures me that forty seconds
Of heat Ia not sufficient to Kill any of the
germs OF tuberculosis that may lie in the
milk. II simply uakrs them dormant for
! little while. Mothers had better boil their
! milk in the old fashioned way than TO allow
this pssteurizsd milk. which is far from being
past eurileJ, to come into their homes. The
country i flooded with machinery that
turns out this milk subjected TO heat for
| forty seconds only, and the evil will con
! tinue,
| MIR Straus asked il any Of those present
! would care to ASK questions Of him.
I }. p. Mollenhauer, who said that he knew
all about what the Government had
= prescribed for the regulation of the milk
, supply in Denmark. wanted To know IL
MIR Straus believed that milk subjected
to heat of 10 degrees Fahrenheit the
Danish Government regulation even for
brief time would not be thoroughly
! pasteuri2ed
=, ~ 80 mig ot,'oi WI. !t. Ntaus.
no" ,s;Ii, yen eNporieice
e. e,.,ino hot 80, n,1n,'t -, ,s',i.
Of ,,;IL as hin ~ n sha.t ,C ,,,,,,ar ,Lrn,,,,i
any kind of heat for SO brief time and
kill all the baclli that may be in it,"
Somebody else wanted to know il Mr.
Straus did not believe that milk subjected
to high temperature for any degree OF
time " ouid lose its nutritive value.
Il only know that milk that is not
thoroughly paste IriHed kills thousands
OF babies each year ! am not here TO
discuss nutritive values, replied Mr..
Straus. There the discussion dropped at
the suggestion Of DR., Alexander Lambert,
the chairman,
Something like statement OF an Official
change OF heart on the part OF the New
York milk committee was included in the
address made by the secretary, W. c.
Phillips. lie said:
wear aoo when ,sms nm ,ba mill oo,,-
mit,as fnund r,o., nm S,.rt,,nata no,,,T
Ton ., ssaI,s sTis,i,,, w. - 'ou ',,
W" ,, y. IS ,n Nv iorA Guy,
M io'h, pn> om,""s i,. uhIu''.s conuelhhIhg
ui''h "ea"ie' n'''" "-a'eIe s"eefuIk AZ ana
depressing 'he sihcerltN OF physicIaus;
eoou ''izehs az sWorus points win the
Health Department; social workers dis
trusting the motives OF laymen. and other
individuals stirring up strife by deeds and
utterances which sprany from ignorance
Of any other problem besides their own.
In this connection the milk committee was
NOT guiltlsss for ike csrb other inbiyidu.I
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