Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-27
UNsANITARN.

We are SUI ~ AaHNt ~
esteemed and great contemporary the
Chicago Inter-Ocean, is somewhat re-
dictionary on the question Of scientihe
dairving and sanitary cleanliness OF
the milk supply Of cities.
our readers may recall that IN these
columns. a few months ago. occurred
a description OF the superior methods
Of dairying employed In the little coun-
try OF Denmark. the superiority con-
sisting mainly IN cleanliness and good'
up-to-date methods.
IL seems that a certain scientist mas
come an the way from Denmark TO
tell the dairying students az Cham
paign. Illinois. something about Dan
ish practice with respect 20 cows ana
milk. This one, the paper explains
"pauser lon Chicago long enough TO get
his name IN the newspapers by grave
ly assuring us that We ought and must
in all cases. pasteurize which In plain
English is lust boil the milk before
using il. under penalty OF mourning
various dire diseases
Nhereupon the Inter-Ocean issues
the following challenge
we wonder II every COW In Den
marx goes about with q steam ketlle
tod 10 her tail and III her oWn on
sprinE is not permitted 10 OBTAIN lts
natural nourishmcnt until IL has pass
ed through the boiler. We thlnA h',
nor do we believe all milk used OF sou
in Denmark Is 'pasteurized, we 40 n"t
bolieye the Danes have become the
gibbering idiots that we would All be
Come m we paid attention 10 an lhe
prescriptions Of all the scientists LOT
preserving our health. ,--.. a..
And In passing, and because the
INSTRUMENTATION bee is always bul@ihs,
or rather boiling the brain-boNes or
the local health authorities, we Wouid
like some Of the scientists. 20 explain
how had milk becomes good by hollng
IA and why the human race, when mas
neon drinking unboncd milk for 3d.
GOO 900 wears or so, has not long since
persisted from the earth
Answering the last question OF our
important contemporary hrst' we
should say that the reason why our
ancestors did not perish from the
earth" from INDUCING In various prac-
tees that are condemned as unsan-
itary and dangerous today was that
they lived largely In the open air ate
simpler and purer food, and took more
exercise and more sleep, than the mod
erns do.
But more than this; for since they
lived more In the open, and there were
only few OF them 10 the square mile,
the germs OF disease, generated then as
now from uncertain methods and lack
OF sanitation. were blown away, killed
by sunshine. burnt up by oxygen and
ozone. ana in various ways rendered
relatively harmless. Today human
beings vastly multiplied In numbers,
literally Give" together I'm crowded
cities. as many sometimes occupying a
single tenement IN great city as in
earlier times constituted village,
"a colony or a community. The result
as that the opportunities for the germs
OF disease 60 multiply have been in
creased perhaps a thousand fold; for
these bacteria thrive best in the In
doors. In dark, damp, and unclean
corners; and since many Of the bac-
teria flourish and multiply In the
human organism. the very density OF
the population, apart from the security
OF the germs from fresh air and sum
shine-a security which the modern
city affords TO thom-these agents OF
disease tend TO multiply beyond pre-
cedent simply because they find con-
ditions favorable 20 their increase.
Il IS condition. and not a theory,
that coufronts civilized peoples IN this
question OF sanitary cleanliness. II is
mo- myth II is no invention Of alarm
lists. II is fact that We must face
The problem rs perplexlng one 20
solvoi but the solution does not lie IN
railing al those who are endeavorng
to discover and apply the remedy for
ailments that are due mainly or who'll
ly 20 "a careless disregard OF facts
and conditions as they exist