Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-07-09
.DA|RYMEN BATTLE
OVER MILK LAWS
Long Discussion Over Proposed
Ordinance Is Held Before
City Council
TEMPERATURE is THE ISSUE
Mrs. Edison Joins Movement to
Secure Pure Milk Supply
for Los Angeles
TEMPERATURE is THE ISSU

Discussion of the proposed milk or
dinance, participated in by the Doaru
Of health and representatives of dairy
men, was held last night before two OF
the members of the legislation commit
tee of the city council, at the conclu-
sion Of which the ordinance was taken
under adVisement. Councilman Bet
kouski expressed himself as being In
favor of requiring dairymen to cool all
milk to 80 degrees, while Councilman
Andrews was undecided as to his
opinion.
Mrs. Charles Farwell Edison, repre-
senting the Friday Morning club, the
Ebell club and the Federation of Wom-
ems clubs, addressed the committee.
I'VE have no DESIRE" said Mrs. Ed
son, "to ask for the passage of an
ordinance that will tend to work a
hardship on the dairymen supplying
milk to Los Angeles. We are here
hoping to get the cooperation of the
dairymen in a fight for a pure milk
supply for this city.
1.-THE milk delivered here should be
of better quality than we have at
present. We intend to ask the city
council to appoint a city veterinarian
and four inspectors of diaries. 1t is
our hope that the state legislature will
pass a law compelling transportation
companies to provide proper methods OF
refrigeration and transportation OF
milk"
FIGHT OVER TEMPERATURE
The provision of the ordinance which
provoked the most of the discussion
was the one requiring that dairymeH
keep the milk at a temperature of not
more than 60 degrees from the time Ii
is MIXED until it's delivery. At yes
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health board that body went on record
as believing that a milk temperature
of not more than 60 degrees was essen
tial to the welfare of consumers, but
that owing to the want of proper con-
troll of transportation facilities under
the present state law it would be diff
cult to enforce such law. The board
was willing to set a standard of 6'
degrees, in order to not work an in
justice on dairymen who live at a dls-
lance from the city.
+. E. Tibbetson, treasurer of the Su-
perior dairy, informed the legislation
committee that his company had no OBJ
lection to the ordinance as whole,
but that it was believed that the sec
ton requiring that the milk be cooled
to 60 degrees was unjust to small deal
ers, as it would necessitate cooling with
ice to meet the requirements of the
His view was opposed by Guy Cherry
of the Chicago dairy, who held that all
of the objections to the ordinance were
made by 1.-The milk trust" representa-
tiyes of which, he alleged, were present
Cherry said he saw a petition in the
office of DR.. Gibbon of the board of
health, asking that the maximum tenn
perature of milk be fixed at 60 degrees,
signed by the representatives of SOC
dairymen.
S. A. w. Carver, business manager
of the Crescent creamery, pressed
Cherry for calculation of his state
ment, but Cherry refused to answer his
questions.
DR.. Clark of the board of health
said:
when we get state law to back
us UP we are going to bring the tenn
perature requirements down to so de-
grees. Milk will then come into the
city at that temperature, or it will not
come in at ALL This is an important
subject We must protect the babies
from the evil effects of impure and i'm
properly dispensed milk.
WANT INSPECTORS
zone thing that I am in favor of
is having a sufficient number of in
spectors of diaries to see that cleanli-
ness is maintained at these farms from
which milk is shipped into the city.
THE dairymen say interjected DR..
Cole of the board of health, that I'M
der climatic conditions in Southern
California, it is impossible to bring the