The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-20
DR.. LEVY REFUSES
TO SHOW LETTER
Says it is Nobody's Bust
Committee May
Call for 1t.
REFERS TO SUSPENSION
OF COUNCIL ORDINANCE
Health Chief Says 0HHs Of H.
vestigation Is Being Placed
On His Department. He
III Annoyed.


which had been produced 81 tho pcl-
lock- Wise investigation Wednesday
night. and which. IL ~ understood.
throws considerable tight upon the
now famous circular, designated as the
letter OF TS0" sent out by the health
department to the diaryme1 in this
vicinity. DIR. e. c. Levy. chief heal;h
officer of the city. Friday morning re-
fused. saying that IL referred to mat
ters which did not concern the public
and with which the public had nothing
to do.
The letter of 1909, though written
four years after the ordinances prohibit
ing the feeding of distiilery swiil we nt
into effect. gave the uairs.nsn tenn
porary immunity from the city Law.
but established a. date after which all
diaries should stop feeding the "aste-
Both MIR. Pollock and MIR. Wise, The
two councilmen accused OF official mis-
conduct. have asked the health chief
to produce a copy of this circular. DIR.
Levy declares. however. that though
he had a number OF copies In his files
all of them have been lost. He an
nounced that he was writing to the
dairymen asking them to help him find
"a copy of the letter. ....
Or. Levy Annoyed.
DIR. Levy when seen by several news
paper men Saturday morning was en-
nosed He said he opleeted to the
mention Of his department in conntc
ton with the investigation. ana that
he could construe such mention only
as Intending to criticize his personal
conduct. The letter Of 1908" ne sail
wouid he made public at the proper
time. He viewed ali pabiseity. however,
as vague attempt on the part of
someone to place the anus Of the IT.
sestisation upon his department.
he was assured thai as tar as the
newspaper men knew there was no
sucn move In exISteace. The health
chief declared that Inc move Was IN
existence. and that ii seemed To be
the intenteaon OF everyone 10 fasten
the piafsae for the misconduct of others
upon MIN.
Nesody's Business.
Asked again 10 show the commune
ca lsus. referring 10 the letter OF 1909,
DR. Levy poastlyeiy declined. saying
that ne rescued the second request
me letter Was "nooody's business hut
his awn, he said. IL referred to The
conauct of the affairs ot lie depart
ment. and /. declared that until COM
nianued TO f1le Ii along with the evil
denee ueing gotten by Inc investigating
committee ne-wuGid mot les anyone gee
IT.
ii Is commended by the friends Oh
the accused eUunct4nlen that TINS let
GER ~ OF graf interest. az II establish
Ell sne fact peynnu uouDt thai the
oairs men We're a&iowed to feed ais-
tiiierS masn by Dr Levy. although
PROMOTED by the ordnance. TINS
SHOWS. they declare. that the heattn
department had already alscrimiua;-
ca between mash" anu swift" the
discrimination asked for by the two
eounciimen, and that Attorneys pol-
lock ana Wise were not trying to in
auce the health chief to violate the
law. but were mercy asking MIN to
put broad and more inteiiisent con-
struction upon the law.
= IL Is shown that the ordinance pro-
hthited the feeding OF distiiaery waste
usually called swiil." The distillery
waste usually called mash was aos
prohibited In so many word. however.
as the health officers had declared
mash" to he a good ana Wholesome
loed. the dairymen wished to be al
lowed TO use 1t.
The attorneys employed by the dairy
interests were opposed to having tho
ordinance changed. they say, as under
the proper ruling the terms of the
old ordinance would give full per-
mission to feed mash"
New and Old Ordinances.
The terms of the ordinance in effect
from June =. 1904, 10 March 10, 1910,
are given below being -here-puh--
lished for the first time. The words
printed in heavy type are stricken
out OF the new ordinance. the resolu-
ton thus giving the dairymen full
permission to feed all kinds OF whole
some distiilery bi-products whether
called waste" or "swiil" or mash"
Following is the ordinance:
No person shall sell. or offer for
sale, or shalt transport, or carry for
the purpose OF sale. or shall have in
his or their custody or possession with
intent to sell or offer for sale any
impure, adulterated or unwhoiesome
milk, and no person shall sell adul-
terated milk. nor shall any person
offer milk for sale which Is produced
in whole or in part from cows kept
in O crowded or unhealthy condition
or fed on food that produces. or is
likely to produce. impure. diseased or
Iunwholesome milk, nor from cows fed
on disclilery waste, usually called
'.swill," or upon any substance in a
state OF putrefaction or rottenness. or
upon any ether substance of an I'M
wholesome nature.