Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-02
MOVE FOR PURE MILK
Commissioners Would Improve
Proposed Legislation.
BILL May BE REVISED
Experts Asked to Bring Draft Once
Submitted Up-to-Date.
CONGRESS TO HAVE 1T AGAIN
Measure to Be introduced at Next
Session to Provide Wholesome
and Germless Product.
CONGRESS TO HAVE IT AGAIN

To insure wholesomeness and germless-
ness i'm the production and sale of milk
to residents of the National Capital the
Commissioners will continue their efforts
at the next session Of Congress for addi-
tional legislation.
AS preliminary to presentation to Con-
gress of bill to produce desired results.
Commissioner Macfarland today asked
the committee on legislation of the milk
conference. called by the Commissioners
i'm 1907 at his suggestion, to go over the
bill drafted by the conference and intro
duced I'm Congress at that time. to deter
mine what changes. IL any are needed.
should be made before the bill is again
presented at the coming session.
Investigation Of Experts.
The milk conference was called as a
result of a report of the public health
and marine hospital service attributing
much of the typhoid fever in Washington
| to infected milk sold i'm the city. . The
conference. however. did not limit inves-
LEGATIONS to the relations between milk
and typhoid fever, but considered the
milk supply in its relation to all diseases.
The conference was composed of rep
resentatives of the public health and ma
rine hospital service. the Department of
Agriculture the health department, medi-
cal societies, Bar Association, civic or
CARNATIONS, milk dealers and milk pro-
ducers.
conference suggested that the Commits
sioners secure the enactment OF a bill
which 1t drafted Ito regulate the produc-
ton and sale of milk. cream. ice cream
and butter and of cottage cheese and
similar milk products in and for the
District of Columbia
The public health and marine hospital
service has issued two later reports on
the typhoid fever situation in Washing
ton. Other light has been thrown on
disease due to infected milk. Commits
sioner mcfarland believes the legislation
committee OF the milk conference should
revise the bill drafted I'm 1907 SO that it
will be up to date.
Personnel of Committee.
The members of the committee on legis-
iation are Gen. George NJ. Sternberg, DR..
George NJ. Kober, George NJ. Oyster, jr.,
William r. Mattingly, DR.. IA. w. Wiley,
Gen. John NJ. Wilson, DIR. a. u. Melvin
and Dr. William c. Woodward. At the
final meeting OF the committee, when the
final draft of the bill was approved, there
were also present corporation Counsel r.
III. Thomas, DIR. N. J. Rosenau, DR.. Z. II.
Stitt, John Thomas, DIR. G. f. Mason and
DR.. G. l.. Magruder.
The bill. as adopted at that time, pro-
vides in the first section:
mo person shall produce. hold or offer
for sale or sell in the District of Column
bia milk, cream, ice cream, or butter, or
cottage cheese, or any similar milk prod
uct, as such. or milk or cream to be made
into ice cream or butter, or into cottage
cheese or any similar milk product, for
sale, or bring or send milk, cream, ice
cream, or butter, or cottage cheese or
any similar milk product into said Dis
trict. for sale as such, or milk or cream
| to be made into ice cream or butter. or
into cottage cheese or any similar milk
product, for sale, unless such milk cream.
ice cream or butter or cottage cheese or
similar milk product Is pure and whole
some and is produced, manufactured.
sold under sanitary conditions and in a
sanitary manner. conforming to the regu-
! lations hereinafter authorized, now I'M
less nor until. licensed by the health Of
ficer of said District so to do
Provision Against Fraud.
Section provides that no milk or
cream or any of its products shall he
manufactured and offered for sale or sold
Tin manner calculated to deceive the
purchaser with respect to the origin and
the sanitary condition thereof or with
respect to composition or character
Section 3 provides that the health Of
ficer and his assistant shall i'm enforc-
ing the law, inspect places where milk
is produced offered for sale. inspect
all cattle and appliances used i'm con-
nection Herewith, and board cars and
wagons for the purpose of inspection
from sanitary standpoint
= penalty of not more than 500 fine,
imprisonment for not more than hirty
days. or both. is provided I'm section 4.
The Commissioners are authorized i'm
The following section to make rules and
regulations as they think necessary to
insure a pure milk supply for the Dis
trict, and to ask the assistance. If neces-
sary. of the Secretary of the Treas
ury and the Secretary OF Agriculture in
the enforcement of the law.