The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-04-21
A Small But Interested Aud
ience Hears the State Food
inspector Tell the Needs Of
The Public.
TUBERCULlN TEST OF
DAIRY cows Is URGED
He Also States That Retail
Dealers Should Be More
Careful in the Displaying Of
Food Products.

An appeal for the support Of the
citizens in order that the efficiency OF
the state health department might BE-
greatly increased; ccmmendation for
the clubs and individuals who have
taken SO active part in the campaign
for general cleaning up day In this
city. and . recommendation that .
petition be sent to the state health de-
partment. asking the dairy cows
LOT this community be submitted to
tuberculin test. were points made by
John Owens. state food and drug In
spector. last evening. in his address.
The Pure Food LAWS: Their Real
Purpose and End" at the Commercial
club rooms.
The meeting was open to the citi-
Gems of the city. and the women ee-
pecially had been invited. N IL was
thought they would be greatly inter.
ested In the domestic science feature
Of the talk. The members OF the Do
mestic Science club had been invited
rs special guests Of the club. Al
though the attendance was not n
large ~ expected. those who were
present were much interested In Mr..
Owens talk.
Reid on @oeems.~
The meeting was presided, over BY
Pettis A. Reid one OF the vice-presi.
dents OF the club. In his talk he re-
ferred to the interest people were tax
ing in germs" and the importance
which they were placing In them. eth
er for good or for bad.
In his peroration Mr.. Owens refer.
red to the cleaning up day which II
to be held May 1. His attention had
been calle dto II By Mrs. r. w. Steph.
ems. Mr.. Owens declared that what.
ever was done In this city n we'll as
any other In the cleaning nm flno
would increase the sanitary conditions
Of the city. The cleaner the city, the
smaller will BE- the mortality ratio, hs
declared. However. he said. while II
was a commendable stand taken BY
the citizens to have cleaning mn day.
yet 1t was also important that they In
clude In their campaign . clean up~
Of the inside as we'll ~ the outside.
Food sources. such N bakeries. gro
cerfes. meat shops. dairies and the
like. should be given most rigid In
spection. Mr.. Owens says that the
state health department II conserving
good business BY its attitude.
In speaking Of the necessity for the
present health laws and sanitary blue
laws. he said It was because SS per
cent OF the people were dependent on
manufactured food. He sdmitted that
when the countrx WAA nee. their was
no such need of these laws. becsuse
the producer was the consumer. Tho
manufacturer In order TO get businsss,
before tho sanitary and health laws
were made. reduced the quality q the
product In favor of the quantity. This
fact ~ well ~ that. that the mann.
facturers often handled their product
under unsaaitaTy condit1oos lead 20
the sanitary and pure food lsws.
Tried e observe lass.
Mr.. Owens said that there vas m
earnest effort being made nov b.
manufacturers to meet the provisioos
OF these laws. He declared thsA tie
law was meant to be reaooooble Nh
both consumer and producer and be
nterspersed his discourse several
times to question. 'Ts not TIE law
reasonable, practicable ana n tie I'm
forest OF good business He stated
that the laws nov required standnr1
for manufactured product and that hs
Who Manufactured higA eraAs pso-
duct would have prscedsacs over tibe
manufacturer Of tbe lov grade pro
duct, In the long rd
A discussion On the sanitatjou lav
which was passed by the last legisla-
tms followed, IN which lGr. Owens
stated that the Law compells places.
where food u mannfactured. TO b
ventilated and c1eanliness maintained.
Wants 0nsad Weapped.
Mr.. Owens SPOKE favuring Wrapped
bread. and declared that I'm many
parts Of the state the bakers were III.
ing ND with the idea He declared
that 1t the bakers conveut3oa fn
TsrFe Haute. the bakers devoted nveh
time to favorable consideratioa a this
point He declared that cheese. M,
ter. crackerx and numerous othw
foods purchased IN groceries were not
safncienfly protected from outsade
contamination.
Whne naking % special reasranee
10 cnoGtisns n DsehDona. Ne ansA
iehak bakegis beend Vas Often handle6
~ the person vho groomed Tie hur.e
and that 1t was transported over tha
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