The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-26
until the amended ordinance was

night to the Taylor place in 1908
where he saw the swiil wagon backed
up against the stable door After
A. NJ. he saw Mr.. Taylor and boy
mixing tho feed, and saw ffty+siS
buckets of cottonsecd meal and swill
mixed and given to as many cows.
Says Bribc Was OTcrcd.
u went into the barn, he said
"anl Took sample of the swill.
talked with Mr.. Taylor, who offered
me $50 to throw the bottle away and
not report him. Tie said 1t would cost
him 500 to go to court. / told him
TO see Dr. Levy. DR.. Levy seemed de-
lighted next day when 1reported Tay-
lor. He said, old boy, you get UP
narly in the morning Taylor was put
in court and DR. Levy urged vigor-
GUS prosecution, saying 1t meant a
great deal to the Health Department
to make an example He was con-
vieted and fined SIS. which he paid.
The only time Dr. Levy told me any
thing about reporting people for feed
Ing swill was after a report came to
the office that Mr.. Barnes was after
me with a shotgun DR. Levy said not
to go at night. Mr.. Barnes after
wards denied the report"
The witness recollected having seen
Mr.; Pollock at the office of the Health
Board great many times. and on
one occasion when Mr.. Pollock was
with DR.. Levy he had been called in
to discuss the feeding OF swill that
had passed through n drying machine.
The witness had also seen Mr.. Wise
there number of times, and had
given him copies of New York and
Boston milk inspection laws.
He did not know that the ordinance
was to be amended until he saw 1t in
the papers. "r remarked when read
1t, Well they have railroaded IS
through.
Mr.. Lynch wanted to know who
railroaded it. and Mr.. Curtis said he
meant the man who offered It, DR..
Feade.
Denies Brlhe Charge.
". T. Taylor was recalled and fiat.
~ denied the evidence of Mr. Curtis
that he had offered him $50 or any
other amount not to report him. He
said he had not held out any induce.
nent whatever. He said he had been
disseminated against, as he had seen
Mr.. Miller feeding swill when 1nspec-
tor Straueh was present. Mr.. Strauch
was recalled, and denied the state.
ment that he had seen the swill being
fed at the Miller place. Mr.. Curtis was
recalled. and again told of being Of
fered $50 by Miller and of vile
epithet which Taylor applied to the
Police Justice. which the chairman
would not allow the stenographer TO
put In the record.
Harry Beattie, owned OF a large
dairy on the Westhampton Road.
proved one Of the most intelligent
witnesses of the investigation. He
told OF appearing before the Health
Board with Clyde w. Saunders. and of
the circumstances which led UP to 1t.
ne had known for years he said, OF
the hlilk-producing qualities of dis
tillery waste-fn fact. had visited New
York, Chicago and Cincinnati to Sc.
how the dairies were operated and
had read authorities on .the subject.
He had talked with DR. Levy. who
had so far refused to recommend a
change in the law. saying that he
couldn't give permission for its feed
ing unless the law was amended. He
appeared before the board January
ana made an extended statement.
Memhers of the board told him plain
~. that they could give no such per
mission, and that the ordinance would
nave TO be changed. The board went
INTO executive session and the next
day he heard that an amendment had
peeh recommended. The witness ex.
planned that the dairymen who had
contributed to the Wise Pollock fund
\ an lived in the neighborhood OF tho
Ndstilleries
81 wouldn't have paid anyway to
employ lawyer to do what I knew
could Go better myself he asserted
II Is fair to the dairymen, however. |
to say that many of them do not know
how things are done. They wanted I
ia
and Mr., Pollock TO get them that
right They never would have thought
about an ordinance if DR.. Levy had
Just said to go on feeding ii. The
Da!rYmen's Association has no attor-
nev. 1t once paid Mr. Wise a fee for
legal opinion. That was before he
was in the Council
Never Read Circular.
Probably nfne-tenths of the dairy
men never read the circular sent out
prohibiting the feeding OF swill /
nave worked for years to bring the
Health Department and the dairynenI
together. and to-day we have a better
mix supply than any city in this coun-
Try of Richmond's size.
Neither Mr.. Wise nor Mr.. Pollock !
nor anybody else asked me to 20 be-
fore the board or knew 1 was going.
They were not there"
Mr.. Beattie explained in some detail
just what the various waste products
of distilleries and breweries were, |
claiming that the waste was simply
boiled meal from which certain Juice
had been extracted.
Clyde W: Saunders corroborated Mr..
Beattie as to appearing before the
Board OF Health. He did not know that
Messrs. Wise and Pollock were work
ing TO the same end, but knew certain
dairymcn had been discussing the oues.
ton Of employing lawyers.
Jacob Umlauf told OF the rulnors
which had led TO his being one of the
four men 10 lay the matter before the
Mayor. He said that as long as two
years ago, al the request OF Mr.. Def
trick he had approached DR.. Levy as
TO change in the law. and had been
discouraged. II couldn't understand
why paid attorneys could influence the
Health Officer when i, an ordinary
member OF the Council, could not" he
said. The witness said he knew Mr.
DIETRICH Well and had told him OF the
ramors he had heard.
Said Pollock Wanted All
Mr. Deitrick told him that the money
fnp !,