Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-16
Chamber of Commerce Com
mittee Mapping Out Work.
WILL MEET WEDNESDAY
All Phases Of Production and Distri-
button to Be Taken Up.
OPINION OF EXPERTS SOUGHT
Comprehensive Report Will Be Made
at Conclusion Of the Series
Of Hearings.

In the execution Of its plan to investi-
gate the milk problem in the District OF
Columbia, the special committee of the
Chamber of Commerce. appointed yester-
day by President William F. GUIDE, will
begin this week thorough inquiry into
all phases of milk production, milk dis
tribution and milk consumption in this
section of the country.
j. Louis Willige, chairman of the COM
mittee, Is mapping out the general lines
to be followed in the work at hand, and
his fellOw-committeemen, r. c. Dulin
B. w. Guy, George w White and w. D.
Hoover, are entirely in accord with Mr.
Willige's program.
The committee will have its first formal
| meeting probably next Wednesday, when
a definite line Of action will be adopted
and dates set for the beginning Of q
series of hearings which, it is believed
will put the committee in possession OF
much valuable information and enable II
to make comprehensive report to the
Chamber Of Commerce. This report, In
turn, will almost certainly afford the
basis for strong recommendation to the
Commissioners Of the District for the
PRONUNCIATION of any new regulations OF
the modification or continued enforcement
| of such existing regulations as will have
| the effect of improving both the quantity
and quality Of the milk supply of the city
together with the information obtained al
| the hearings, probably will be placed in
the hands Of the committee Of the cham
| Der. which will appear before the House
| of Representatives and the Senate in the
interests of District legislation.
Experts to Be Heard.
Although Chairrnor W;Ili0a,s nl,ns
have not been completed. 1t is ex-
pected an invitation will be issued to the
experts of the Department Of Agriculture
to give the committee the benefit Of their
Investigations into the various problems
! of the dairy. Representatives Of the To-
cal health department also will be heard
| as will number Of members of the
Milk Producers Association, among
whom viii be several of the leading
dairymen from Virginia and Maryland
whose interests are affected by the recent
action Of the health department in ex-
tending the scope Of the tuberculin test
to all herds Of cows in those states from
which the major portion of. the District
milk supply Is secured. An effort will be
made to learn the attitude Of consumers
toward the milk problem.
No phases Of the matter will be neg
| lected by the committee. and information
will be sought Of the conditions under
WHICH MIX ID produced On the pest IL
well as the worst dairy farms. The real
value Of the tuberculin test and Of other
| measures for the prevention OF the
spread Of disease by milk contamination
will be determined as nearly as possible
Methods employed in pasteurization also
will be scrutinized. and the results OBJ
tanned by that system Of milk treatment
will form considerable portion OF the
committees report The committee will
work with all possible expedition, SO that
the facts and figures obtained may be
utilized to the greatest advantage In
ameliorating the unsatisfactory condi-
tons which exist at the present time.