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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-17
MILK ADULTERATION A HEARTLESS
CRIME

Richmond has taken just pride in the purity
of its milk supply. As the one article of food
absolutely necessary to every family as the food
upon which are dependent the lives of children
and infants, and as the food affording the most
fertile field for disease cultures, milk ranks in
importance all other articles of diet. The care
of milk, and the protection of the public from all
milk except that which is pure, ranks in i'm
portance practically every other precauton neces-
sary for the maintenance of the public health
l.. The adulteraton of milk with formadehyde
~imputes either positive crime or criminal
willingness to endanger life and health for profit
The intent with which the act is done is clearly
that of palming off on the consuming public i'm
pure milk CRITICALLY disguised good milk
Forlnaldehyde itself is a poison. but the chief
hurtfuness of its use is that it conceas impurity
and lends false palatableness to food products
against which the sense of taste and smell would
otherwise warn the consumer
The man who for such purposes is guilty of
adulterating milk is literally guilty under every
moral consideration. Of infanticide. 1t is an
oifensc Of such potential harm that its punish
men: ought to be calculated upon the dire effects
which may follow ii. For such disregard of
evef, dictate or humanity there ought to be no
Pitt >'ithtl VI tlic pdft III Ia" VI vi pait
Of public sentiment.
Justice Crutchfeld imposing fine of S25
upon J.. II. DeGraaf. the dairyman from whose
Farm milk into which formaldehyde had been
introduced was sold 10 the Renne Darying
Company, distributors TO the retail trade. gives
warning that the law will protect the milk sup
ply Of the city by every means in its power The
conviction in this speedily and directly.
Convictions i'll cases which may arise in the flu
ture will, it is TO be hoped come as promptly and
be followed by sentences of increasing severity.
While the defendant has denied the charge and
appealed, the conviction and sentence are valu-
able as serving notice of detection and punish
ment upon all who may be inclined to act as some
zone certainly acted in this instance
In connection with this prosecution it ought TO
be said that the Rennie company deserves the
thanks Of the people for the promptness with
which it detected the poison in the milk ii had
bought, and for losing no time in putting all the
facts before the Health Department. It got by
such course unpleasant notoriety, and ran the
clear risk Of iniuring its business. Its action in
speaking out in the interest of the public health
rather than adopting the easier method of con-
Icealing wrong, is for these reasons deserving of
the higher praise.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-17
AN UNWARRANTED ASSUMPTION.

Now that the railroads have carried through
Congress in the railroad bill the provision max
ing Immediately effective the power of the In
terstate Commerce Commission to investigate IN
creases in rates. the provision which was the
exact point of compromise upon which the Pres
ident agreed TO withdraw the pending inJunc-
tions against comsive Increases Ill violation of
the Sherman law, railroad partisans. resting
easy, are beginning to say that the provision T.
self amounts to ''contscation The argument
to this effect is based upon the idea that by hold
ing up a rate until it is investigated, the com
mission takes from the railroads the difference
between the rate existing and the rate proposed.
This is no less than all initial assumption that
the railroads are in the right and the commission
i'll the wrong. Of course, If that were true, there
would be no need for a commission and its every
act of regulation would be pernicious and auto
cratic. 1t is as violent assumption. however.
upon which to proceed as that in the reverse case
when legislative bodies undertake to impose their
will upon railroads in the reduction of rates
without investigation. The theory of 'confisca-
ton depends upon trying of the case without
evidence to the conclusion that the rates are too
low as they stand and reasonable according to
proposed increase. IF there is any room for any
assumption whatever it is that rates established
by railroads are reasonable. and that increases
in such rates are unreasonable Since railroads
are however, clearly within the power of the
government TO regulate them, the only fair meth
cd of determining a question which is ever in
dispute between the corporations that charge and
the people that pay the rates would to be one
by which changes in rates, whether up or
down, can be made only after hearing of both
parties at interest by tribunal competent to
understanding justice.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-17
REAL ISSUE IN FIGHT TANGLE.

Despite the fact of its wealth and growing cul-
tulc, and that the trend of world progress is
rapidly making il the most Eastern of Western
points, there appears to survive il San Fran
cisco and in the State of California good deal
of the ''Wild Western spirit. 1t takes several
generations for mortar and concrete 10 find cx-
preston in the hearts which they bind up in
cities The tradition of the open, with its Gle
mental passions. its free pleasures and its pure
democracy of justice dies hard among the i'm
mediate generations of pioneer ancestry. It is
that spirit of reslessness under the forms of law,
of emphasis on personal opinion, of lack of re-
straint in enforcing that opinion. which is large
" responsible for the cruder forms of vice and
the more tickle state of public opinion that have
from time to time characterized the far Western
State and its Metropolis.
The city that found it possible to submit com
placently for years to the rule of such men as
Ruef and Schmitz, to turn upon them in prac-
tically night, to put them in jail and then to
make heroes of them all over again while cry
ing down their prosecutors, is not far away from
the state of the Forty miners who made their laws
and followed or broke them as suited the senti-
ment of the moment.
That this habit of mind is still existent in
California is we'll shown by the shifting tide of
sentiment with respect 10 tho Jeffres-J ohnson
prize-fght. Under the San Francisco laws,
while prize-fghting is illegal, boxing exhibitions
for limited number of rounds are lawful. The
Jeffrics-Johnson fight has been scheduled for a
long time, the site has been selected for weeks,
the terms of the contest have been well known.
Yet after first announcing that he could legally
do nothing to prevent the fight, Governor Gilett
has now instructed his Attorney General to take
measures to stop it. The Attorney General af-
ter having stated that he had examined the law
and that there nothing in its provisions
which would permit the State 10 interfere. now
declares that he will "look into the law And
on top of these strange and tickle actions. the
Mayor of San Francisco comes out in DEFY in
which he says that he is running the city. and
that the Governor will not bc permitted TO in
terferc.
Examine this state of affairs and see if an
analysis does not show exactly the same sort of
reasoning which led the iurios of the old time
mining camps to hang or justify killer accord
ing as he or his victim was the more popular
character. Mayor Mccarthy says that the fight
is going TO take place-why Z Because it is
legal Not at all But because the ''people want
it, On the other hand Governor Gillett ard
his Attorney General are talking of stopping the
contest--because they have discovered that it is
illegals Not at all, but because, as they con-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-17

ceive it, the people of the United States as SHOWN
in the monster protest sent TO the Governor, 90
not want it,! Mayor Mccarthy Is determined
to have the fght---legal or not,-because ne Is
responsive to the will of the people OF ms city.
Governor Gilett and Attorney General Weob
are determined that it shall not take place-egai
or not,-because they are responsive, as state
officers, to less local sentiment. On both SIDES
there seems to have been entirely lost to sight the
principal question upon which the whole matter
ought to hinge Do the laws of California permit
or prohibit fight such as that which is contem-
plated
In the light of this question it is entirely as
reprehensible for the Governor of the State to
attempt to stop by illegal means thing that he
considers indecent, as it is in Mayor Mccarthy
to announce that he will protect an exhibition
desired by his city whether 1t Is illegal or not
The issue, in fact, does not properly turn IN any
sense upon the merits or dement's OF prize-nght
ing Nature has so constructed the average
citizen that few could Withstand the opportunity
of witnessing this fight, but the impulse of good
citizenship is not therefore denied the vast
preponderance of opinion that prize-hghtlng Is
disgraceful in itself and demoralizing in its eff
fects. On the same principle, because thing Is
disgraceful in itself does not Justify Its sup
preston by force unless the law has so declared
lit. The most red-handed murderer is gwen
every benefit of fair trial. Precisely because
a thing such as prize-ighting is repugnant to
the better moral sense, there ought to be held to-
ward it the most even and exact balance of Judg-
ment. If it is legal, the part of wisdom is to
make it illegal, not to attempt that injustice so
weakening to respect for law in general, which
seeks, for good motive, to do an illegal thing,
The spirit of the Jesuit dies hard, but 1t never
in its history made for more than the most super
fetal and temporary benefit.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-17
THE MUNICIPAL FAIRGROUNDS.

The Municipal Playground is among the
sanest developments of civic progress. For re-
turn upon the investment, there is probably
noting within the broader scope Of municipal
policy that returns larger dividends The play
grornd coulbats he sluns. In a great degree it
co,intarscts the VICIOUS tendencies incident to
crowaea existence. /; makes the child stronger
AID happier, and 80 arms him against disease,
III makes his blood purer and more active and
TINS replaces the abnormal tendency toward I'M
nrsper habit with the uo3Inal instincts of re-
ioiceft,l physical being As its tendency is To-
war; strength, 90 is it toward cleanliness and
rigor 81 mind. Mental impulse is largely de-
rived from the tone of the body. BY hcighten-
ing that tone, the mind is Frightened and moral
impulses released. The playground Of the public
Is the faciory in which public manhood is first
shaped. The child that plays in the gutter faces
he probability OF lying there when he grows mp ;
the child that starts bis play under the trees
aid in the open has every early incentive 10 an
adult life .hat shall follow the carly wholesome
influence.
Richmond Fairgrounds arc now practically all
Oh them open to the small citizenry for the sum
mer Some few are not yet completed, but they
too will be ready in few days Every child in
the city viii this summer have opportunity to
exercise his muscles in the OPEN TO play in fresh
sir. 10 inA contact With frank, free, and en-
larging influences. On Monday, at VIM. Byrd
Park, the city viii formally celebrate its depart
nre upon this humane and valuable policy. The oc
cssion is one that may well be celebrated. It's
meaning is one that can only be imagined, and
! cannot be measured in usefulness. 1t is the ex-
precision by the community of It's acceptance of
rsponsibility for childhood, That is good for
The child; it is better in every way for the COM
1assnity.
Io the Richmond Federation Of Mothers
ltlLs, which has worked for and seen taken this
gressise step, the thanks Of the city ere due
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-17
4 Retiring Spot

From that delightful and delightfully."- wicked
contemporary he Pocahontas Headlight, gather
that the Tazewell Republican has been raising
issue in the campaign which we had overlooked. 1t
seems have discovered that Henry Etuart misuses
Expresses despos deprives and degrades his tenants
his Russell county place. 1t is little early to
that. A better plan would be TO spring the
ground down and miserable tenantry story along in
August then lead by weekly degrees Of accusation
through petit larceny, grand larceny burglary
perjury. and murder to the climax of steal
ing horse from cripple. to be sprung as culm-
mating sensation just before election
1t that Hascue Yates, OF Pocahontas came
front with very vigorous denunciation
which apparently disposed of the Tazewe Republican
Headlight niects incidentally into the discus
sion this solemn warning:
Mr NJ. kwass said the authority OF Caut
Joseph Miller and another stout young man named
Joseph likewise, that friend formerly known by
"Tinurds (short for hundreds1, hav
Ing retired. Will Butts Hollow. II seems
that they all go there when they retire
Republican campaign liars 90 to heil-Roanoke
Times.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-17
No HE'LL

Last week we stated would p,bIish a r,nuL,x
Sohnent OF the International Sunday School Lesson
uy rastor Russell OF BROOKLYN After we had nrintad
TINS comment on the fourth page OF Fridays ". re,
.seereo letter from our good friend Or ] T.
ss.Ipns telhhg US mat these comments contained
harmful matter He Pastor Russell denies ,h.
uv,nty OF christ his resurrection, believes in A. sec
ono PROBATION and that there Is eternal
for the wicked We saw we could afYord 70 a,,na
ne sucn matter to appear on pages, and at once
wrote the bureau to cancel the order Fortunats,y
FOR US the comment last Sundays lesson contanaa
nothing very rank, But in the lesson for June s.
whlcn reached Us too late. find the Universa,ist
doctrine OF No hell" plainly taught--Catawba Coun-
~ News ~N""~
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-17
Where Norfolk Comes In,

The report on the country's foreign commerce just
issued by the Department Of Commerce and Labor
emphasizes the gratifying fact that exports
ern ports have more than doubled in volume and in
value during the last ten This both furnishes
some bly, accurate index OF the Souths deve-
opment and indicates that Southern products
ing outlet through southern ports largely
than formerly. Especially favorable Is exhibit
made by Gulf ports which show increase
ports of one hundred and ten per years,
as against twelve cent increase by Atlantic
Or the seventeen latter showing gain South
ern ports. The greatest gross increase made by
one OF these seven was at Savannah Ga. s26.s3o5s4
or one hundred and eleven per cent, 1888. The
largest proportionate gain made by St John.
Fla tthe district of jacksonville, which showed
increase of seven hundred per cent, Other
worthy increases Wilmington n. G., ITO per
cent; Fernandina, Fla. to2 cent. and Brunswick
Ga, AZ per
Norfok's showing is not particularly favorable, by
that which 1t ought TO be which its
location and advantages entite it. But when
to coastwise commerce this port makes them all look
small The coastwise tonnage passing through Nor
folk harbor is larger. shown by the oical
of the United States engineers department than tho
whole foreign commerce of the entire country.-Vir
ginan- Pilot.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-17
? he Talk Down Home"
Rev. Cade's Typcsctaer.

v,,I Suinn OF shelby. told the brethren at wriwhtr
somewhat of the progress being made on ths
turning out OF Baus Cade's typeseftip1 ,nanh, me
rac ss constructed from model in ladephia
tor The Chronicle has not lost faith in = ins zen. en-
h var Cade has found factory willing to construct
- III argues that II is workable proposition
sne Cade machine turns according to expecta
IONS ~ is going to be thing not onv for ~
90 papels OF the country. but for the big daf,iex
OF the eities.-Charlotte Chronicle 80 1"'''0s
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-17
New bern Fish Shipmeuts

The prominent fish dealers Messrs G. n Ives
L. Willis and Harker & Tooker on the local ,narka,
received yesterday evening the hsh boats fror,
DOWN the sound nearly 1000 pounds Of assorted fab
The bulk Of the stock young trout. The entire
lot OF fish was iced, packed and this morning shipped
10 many points in North Carolina several North
ern cities. The dealers in Morehead City and Beau-
fort also made large shipment which passed
through Newborn this morning by express over the
Norfolk and Southern and Coast trains consist
Norfolk and Southern and Coast Line trains consgn.
ed TO dealers in various towns.-Newhern sun
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-17

There are always some cranks who combine a
desire to please with sometimes embarrassing
literality. We should all Of lis suffer extreme
chagrin were there at our shoulder the man to put
into immediate effect the curses which is ex-
ASPIRATION we occasionally call down upon our
selves OF this class was the individual who
construed the breezy style of West Virginia
papers as a serious request for him to shoot the
President. Let no one conclude, however, that
the incident shows that advertising is pernic-
ious practice.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-17
New Remedy for "Hioh Cost"

When railroads increase rates, the government acts
enjoins these carriers excessive changes
fixing dinerentias the export traffic of the
trunk lines has had the sanction of the interstate
commerce commission: and the principles has
obtained among the roads throughout the affected
territory of mutual rate adjustments calculated to
what Is supposed to be equitable distribution Of
trac between leading points OF competitive contact
During the last dozen years manufacturers have in
creased their prices almost 100 and 1t would
be in order for the railroads enjoin the ship
from continuing in effect this excessive char
This IL the peculiar situation the
Observation-Disclosures Salem Journal.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-17

The latest echo of the retrocession from
the commissioners OF the District of Columbia That
tribunal yesterday sent communication to the House
District committee recommending the appointment
of commission OF six members-three from the Dis
trct of Columbia and three from vtrgina--to frame
Legislation looking the retrooession OF thous
and three hundred of land in Alexandria county
TO the District columbia part Of which embraces
Arlington There will be trouble experienced in
appointing members of the committee from the Dis
trct of Columbia but there Is likelihood of the
Virginia Legislature taking a hand in such proce-
dure The corporals guard in Alexandria with whom
retrocesson is chronic will find all their fondest hops
decay should the movement ever become tangible, as
Alexandria city, it seems is not wanted by Washing
tonians hence the few in this city who have been
dreaming OF awakening some morning In the District
of Columbia with their property enhanced in value
doomed a rude awakening II such an improb-
able thing retrocession ts ever an accomplishe
fact-Alexandra Gazette.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-17
From the Seat OF War.

Although the attorneys for the Commonwealth in
the insurance trust case gradually bringing out
the facts concerning the existence and operations
of the Southeastern Underwriters Association they
are working under great disadvantage. Every wit
put the stand has been insurance man,
seeing things from tho insurance companies point
of view and obviously determined tell nothing
that might be prejudcia to the trust If he possibly
could avoid il. The Commonwealth has had rely
hostile witnesses to prove its because
body except insurance men, familiar with the inter
nal workings of the combination. could give the in
formation necessary.-Newport News Press.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-17
who Pays the PRICE,

He went the pace that kills. and he paid the
price," is q common saying.
But who does pay? Is it the man who burns the
candle. who wastes his substance. who sleeps his
system In liquor. who paints the town." who turns
life into a continuous and uproariouse 10y rider"
Or is II the wife and children whose lives taint-
by the contact, whose hearts BIZ anguish
whose appeals fall unhearing the father and
the mother whose keen suffering drives hope from
Who does pay the Observation-Disclosures Evening Sun.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-17

BY wireless telegram some other way Sheri1
smith received Information that there ethinx
DONG IN the Brushy Mountains OF Caldwell. and on
last Wednesday night he took his son, Ciarks and
MI 3 A Smith and proceeded to that place, ana
rambied around over, under and through brush An .
ally striking little blind path which led them to q,
blind tiger outfit in full blast. The manager Of thu
outfft hid himself away. leaving his bushnell TO the
tender mercies IF the sheriff and his 1t proved
to be s0-gallon still with plenty material tust
about ready to make a The sheriff has thu sttg
in his possession and suppose 1t will for sails
one OF these days.-Lenuir Newe
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-17
"puupy Love-"

Ninety four years old Henry Albright Of Terra Alta.
W. Va has paid $4,000 to free himself from matrnony.
the money had passed from his hand he declared
that he would again unless absolutely GER
tain the loved him. Then he gave out few
points of advice on selecting wife Don't be led
astray by puppy love- he said When I was mar
ried last time 76 years old and thought I
knew how to select wife. but at "a And that /
either too young too preverse to control my
affections and subject them to my WILL
Mr.. Aibrights trouble with his wife who is II
old. caused. he affirmed by the devil She
was his second hepmate and widow when she
married him.-Alexandria Gazette
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-17
Virginia Comment
Col. Holland Not i'm Race.

Col f. e. Holland last night made the announce
ment to a Herald reporter that he had decided not
to enter the race for the congressional nomination
his very grateful appreciation Of the many offers
of support which he had received from loyal friends
Colonel Holland has had the matter of entering the
congressional primary under consideration several
months. and he feels that 1t Is due his friends 10
make this announcement, to relieve them OF any
pledges and offers of support they may have made
him.
That leaves the eld at present to Hon. Harry May
nard, the present incumbent Hon. William A. Young
and Hon. j. Peter Holland, There has been talk
or others entering the but it is likely be
tnree-oornered race Col. Hollands deciination to
enter the WILL 1t Is believed, favor the chances
OF Representative Maynard.-Sufolk Herald.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-17

in the double sense of gratitude for emphasizing
a need and for the benefits accruing from the
meeting of the need
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-17

The names indicate difference of tempera
mem. Governor Gillet says, "Stop the Fight
Mayor Mccarthy says, Let her go Gallagher
Count on an Irishman to hunt for trouble es
pecially when the prospects are that the Irish
will put the fistic comether on a negro!