New-York tribune., 1910-08-28
ABOUT OUR ICE
Its Purity and Wholesome
ness Attested by Health
Boards and Scientists.

Natures laws are more ;mmutable than thoss
of even the Medes and Persians One in partc-
ular is never violated Everywhere It occurs.
capitalization is an act OF purifcaJion-ths
method Nature uses get rid of misp laced mat
ter Whether in rocks. in carbon. in sugar
any other substance. the crystals are purer
clearer, cleaner than the material Of which thsy
are made: witness the diamond a crystal
OF carbon As there are no exceptions 70 the
law natural ice. the capitalization OF water. IS
purer than the water on which it forms Scisa-
lists by careful tests have ascerrainsd that as
average OF over so rer cent OF all matter
pended in the water is excluded from the ice
In this excluded matter the bacteria which
are present in all water and which might cause
qlsease II INTRODUCED INTO the human system
Polytechnic Institute Troy. y. Y. in his tests
found where there we're from 45O 10 S1,o,o eac-
terra per cubic centimeter in the water thsIe
we're but 40 to 5In bacteria Der cubic eentinaetsr
in ice formed on thar water. and the ice from the
water with 81 coo bacteria had but 10 bacteria
per cubic centimeter-a reduction by the puTifs-
ing effects of freezing of 90 999 per cent Otner
scientists have found the exclusion OF bactsris N
freezing to range from 80 to S9.1 per cent oHt
all authorities crnceie more than % ger cent o.
the bacteria in water excluded from the zee
As to what happens 70 the small pereentass
OF bacteria that NAV be frozen into the iee,
science is no less clear and certain. Health
boards. health commissioners. baCtsrOlogfs's'
chemists and SaDitarianS of WORLDWIDE rept'S
unite in saying those bacteria are killed BY i'm
atuTal ice is less dangerous 70 public hsstn
than either water or mills Dr.. W H. Psss
says natU-1i ice stored in ice houses four NssSs
Is as pure "a Cit wafer supplies which g
through sand filters
in ice. Practically all of them which can eause aus
disease are Injured 20 the temperature ef -
b" TO 80 desUees below their normal IneN ~
GUire air 10 bFea Che-in ice they -et no a.
Thy must move about in search Of fooel-ln 10
they cannot 'aeye and set no feo1- ", - ~
they die. Or. Eugene r. Porter. health clh
missioner OF New York state SAYS IN one & a0s o-
cent. AND PRACTICALLY 10h PER tE-Hv 1sv
AETER EXPOSURE FROM TWO TO lHH'N
The important point then. in tire fnal com
rlete pur'hcation OF ice IS itS storage are. an
stored away in ice houses III January and 80 80.
Tuary- 1t IS very very rare that any : 50 ~
before April 1st and 20 per cent or the Sses SssS ~
rstursI ice occur between JunS 1 sud Ssptetmsss5
/ over 80 per cent cf all natural iSs : rbV
Dr. Porter SAYS: THERE Is SCARCELY =
THING on THE PUBLIC MARKETS ESS.'9n IT,, ~
OF THIS STATE THAT Is LESS LlNBls,r lNBr-I ~
CONVEY INFECTION AND Is LESS pAE EgSIx%
OUS To THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE IhA'
on the other hand manufactured ice is S.l tassn
from the cans IN the factory put INTO ne nc soss
directly 70 the consumer II sets none %,sSs
benefits OF age through storaSe ~ y - ne
most of IL. to-day and sold to-day l,es f,r
cans where il is frozen there = no ShStn~O .Ss
capitalization 20 exclude any bactsi's Zen
Y a.
and the ice has in it all the bacteria aRn - l.
thar in the water, ManUT3CtaiS1. mart
made from water taken whence rhe - - 70
owner piesSes. subject OF not. as ne Ian or
altering distillinG. poured INTO CaLs, - -s-s-
not. the Management IS scrupu4ous -, usE
less; covered with lids which may ot - yvsrS-
oe infected with bacteria from the Dos SS-srsed
men walking about IN the tanS rooa, - O.
across clean or dirty doors 20 ch1tsS !. s,arst
bal sanitary condition. as happens 81 a- naAy
Tor short period in room wsijS 49, - untH ss-
iveTeG wagons for DISTRIBUTION 20 49, Sspgss
This s no exasgerated staseSst y zee for the
United States governments Hyssaf ysss fss SANS
tories. after an examination Of the -
N TsseS9s'Ss No CASES asa wERE sS gs TIE sAsJr4Ms M
ss8NasTtSS5 sSsEp SSp II II soSe sSSe fET WERE posi-
TivELY BAD"
Our EXAMINATIONS SLOW wr,ETss, T0E, Ics
MOST PART THAT MANIFa~ IN TIE
FROZEN THE CONTRARY or ~ now
SHOULD BE THE CASE s.S;s, FOE or OF iFRgs:zr
ING CAUSES THE DEATH 0t TorSs1HEF~
NUMBER OF BACTERIA. ~, ItIS ,S1fy AC-
S3. MN rz,M We, r,s; sER5EEH III lHr NcItN METZ
OBS USED IN THE MANI ~ ,.,ier TT OF TVS
GIVEN IN DETAIL. N Etit sStIsr pc aSe
THE ADDED DIRT ACCOj Ms F1pI4 F(psI N
INCREASED NUMBER OF BACtS-1'
THE ICE" man 20 -
pure. Nature herself makes IL puss,. Iirt fro-1
less workman can cOntaU'nats y W. 49, Saksi
his shoes The top eI 'he IsSerysssirg is -
blamed ofF before the ice goes mt. mt rsSs.
houses leaving a pure. clean. WheleSoss Sss naiHa
Ice - Tsv York states Health Comm ,S,ssthed
SAYS. cannot from its very natu.e and WY
of production be bearer OF diseaSt u2on tooa
it Is perfectly sale 20 use II "a AN