The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-07-18
Arbitrary Refusal of Per-
mitS to Ship Is
Alleged.
ALL RULES OBEYED,
CLAIM DAiRYMEN
Dr.. Woodward, In Answer to Pro
test, Asserts That Facts
Were Misstatcd-

Characterizing the alleged action Of
the Health Department as AN unwar-
r4nted imposition. II not an outrage
upon our rights as business men Of the
District the Dairymen's Association OF
the District Of Columbia, Maryland. and
Virginia, through its secretary, A s.
Trndle. has appealed 10 the COmmis-
si0uerz for O. hearing On the alleged re-
fuzal Of Health officer Woodward TO
issue permits TO snip milk into Wash
luEtou. Notwithstanding all sanitary re-
quIremeuts arr met
Ofdcials Of the dairymen's association
said TODAY that the stringent rules and
regulations o. tire Health Department
/. are responsible iu large measure Tor the
present scarcity or milk u The Dis
tTlrt-
THE EeslLh Department. saws 1lr-
. Lruudle, IS, we believe, working an eE-
/. CeediUEIy great hardship upon the Ia
1 Ci-lIGaI members OF this sSSoc5triUl-
tae mlE Dr9dueers oL .-AaTy-sna anu
Virginia and the citizens OF the Dis
rrict as well especially the poorer
. classes. We further believe the arri-
rlEe OF the Health Department ia this
matter IS. IN fact au action ia restraint
OF trade iu interstate commerce
MIsstatements Alleged.
In O. report 70 COMMISSIONS johnston.
Health O1Hcer Woodward says that the
complaint Of the association is based on
g mlsstateueut OF facts
In no ease where all sanitary re-
quirements have been met" says Dr.
Woodward. '.Eas an applicant for per-
mission 10 br-uE or send milk into the
District OF Columbia been refused q
permit
The facts involved in the situation
are as fl--Gwz-
Under the law no person can bring
or SEND milk iuJO the District Of Co
luu-a-a without a permit nom the
liell-l C'fuCe-- Before tte Beam Gt-tc@-
eaa issue ANY =-Ch permit. le must De
satisfied tllL such milk VIII be- orousl N
INTO tla District without danger 10 pup
lie health.
IN tie early days OF the agitation
concerning CCmUuulcaDllItE Of bovine
tuberculosis Co human beings, and IN
las early DAYS or tIoeFcut3a testing
there existed iD the mind Of lie Health
. J--e-E some goLDL as 20 the Clm-lLTll-
gElf..-F g1 tE Fercl-DSlS from the bovine
+ species 10 tE" human being, and some
question as d the entire accuracy OF
Lle tuoercuiiu test
Test Regarded as Necessary
Later. however. when the evidence in
favor OF the .commuuicablliJy OF bovine
+ rG5erculosis 10 huEs MS became strong
. CT and IRE cas-. in favor OF the efdczcy
H OF me Lal.tL.l LrSL Lrl tfeell Ll-t-aLE
{ out. the Health Officer did not feel that
he could properly be satisfied that milk
from a Eiveu herd could be brought
into the District of Columbia for sale
and distribution without danger 10 the
public health. unless the milk from the
. herd had been tuDerCUliu tested
'NeEerLheless. giving the producer
/ t-le benefit OF such doubt as existed,
I the Health officer instead - rejecting
+ I'll applications from farms on which
the nerds had not been tu5erCulin test
. e1. merely suspended action on such
{ applications, as soon as all ss-n't>ry re
2 Cuireulf uts. except tuoeTcuLn testing
. lad been complied with This was suf-
{ fcieu+ TO enable the producer TO ship
lls u,iIk into the District OF Columbia
. pending further action D. TIE Health
6 DEncer-
In view Of the evidence brought
out a the recent meeting OF the Na-
rfonaI Association for the Study and
Z Prevention Of tuberculosis. concerning
the comuuuIca bility Of tuberculosis Is
: 20 human beings. IL is probably time
8 TO insist upon the tu5erCulin test Of
all herds Supplying milk 10 the Dis
( trict OF CoIuDb bia-'
At the same time the association
Z viii be given a hearing on the action
{ of the Health Department in making
ARCHAEOLOGICAL examination Of milk and
! cream. as the result OF which several
! uroIucers and veuders have been
/ threatened with prosecution IN the
! event that there is not an improve
4 ment in the quality