Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-31
PROGRESS IN CHINA ITO RAT|FY COMPACT
Demand for Popular Paria- Gen. Johnston to Sign Tuber
ment Finally Conceded. culn Test Agreement.
PRESSURE ON THE THRONE AMENDS THE REGULATIONS
Dowager Had Set 1915 Cattle Dairy Of
Earliest Date. fcaly Tagged.
SENATE JOINS IN PETITION DEATH TO DISEASED ANIMALS
Almost Despite Provisions Adopted
With to Be
Gen. Johnston to Sign Tuber-
cu|in Test Agreement. :.
AMENDS THE REGULATIONS
Cattle on Dairy Farms to Be Of
ficially Tagged.
DEATH TO DISEASED ANIMALS
Provisions Adopted at Conference
With Producers to Be Enforced
by Health Office.

Commissioner Johnston is expected late
this afternoon to ratify the agreement
adopted by DR.. Woodward and the milk
producers October -. whereby all COWS
supplying milk for the District must be
'eS'eu lor tuberculosis. II is understood
commissioners Rudolph and Judson have
already approved the proposed regula-
,ioh' Ihe agreement would have been
oinciaiiy stamped last week, but Mr.
'ohhston was out of the city and did not
return to his desk until this morning.
Inc agreement embodies three proposed
amendments to the regulations for the
government of dairy farms as promul-
gated July 81. 1907.
Amendments Approved. -
The amendments are as follows:
VA az No new dairy cow and no nev
Dull winch has not been demonstrated nv
the lupercuiin test to be free from tuber
euiosis and officially tagged to show thar
Iact Shall be brought upon any dairy
iar1n in the District of Columbia and
~ "ili'aiheo o there tor period longer than
IS necessary to have said COW or bull
oInclally tested. Any COW or bull so test
Gu ana reactlng to the tuberculin fest
snaii De tagged to show that fact and
kilied or promptly removed from said
Whenever there is found on any rar,,
any COW or bull presenting sucb nhvsicai
eViuence or tuberculosis so as to make If
appear to the satisfaction of the health
onicer that such COW or bull has tuber.
.ansan .hen ana In such event the Ii
censee or applicant for license TO nro
ouce milk for sale on said farm SHAH
upon written notice from the health Of
i,;n iTe, nave SAID COW or bull Immediately
h,neo i or removed from the premises or
else separate the animal from the dairy
nerd and have ii officially tuhercrIin
tested If said animal reacts to the tn
perculn test then such licensee or appii-
can't as the case may be, shall have the
Nv OF pun forthwith tagged so as to
snow that fact, and promptly killed or
removed from the premises.
Prompt Action Assured.
GA @. With respect to all applica-
lions filed October / and thereafter.
prompt action will be taken, and il ALI
cattle on the premises to which any
such application relates are not free
from tuberculosis. as shown by the tu-
bercuiin test, the application will in
the discretion OF the health officer be
promptly rejected.
DR.. Woodward said today he is de-
lighted with the amicable settlement of
the milk problem, and declared pro-
ducers viii be given a reasonable time
in which to comply with the new regu-
lat1ons. Producers of Maryland, Vir-
ginta and the District, through their
attorneys and Representative Carlin,
have already expressed their gratifica-
tion at the restoration of amity with
the health department..
Request for Information.
A series of questions dealing with the
tuberculin test and sanitary methods of
handling milk We're sent today. to emi-
nent scientists and milk producers of the
country by J. Louis Willige, chairman
of the Chamber OF Commerce committee
which is investigating the local milk
situation.
Mr.. Wiliige announced today that in
the future the committee would give its
time to the consideration of the testi-
mony already laid before it and to the
replies to the letters which are being
sent out. He said the next meeting OF
the committee would be held one week
from tomorrow, at o'clock pm. in the
Chamber of Commerce.
letters were sent to DIR. Joseph Ward
OF New. York city, who is a specialist on
tuberculosis, and has made an investiga-
tion of the possibility of infants being
infected with bovine tuberculosis: to the
bureau OF municipal research, Philadel-
phia: j. ID. Francisco of Mt Clair, n J..
one of the largest milk producers in the
country; the Sheffield farms. Slasson-
Decker Company. and the Gale Borden
Condensed Milk Company of New York
city: John Thomas. president of the Milk
Producers Association of Maryland. Vir-
ginia and the District of Columbia, Off
GERS of the bureau of animal industry of
the Department of Agriculture and To
DR. William G. Woodward, District health
officer.
Character Of the Queries.
The questions relate to the possibility
of human Infection from bovine tubercu-
losis, the tuberculn test. the practica-
bility of shipping milk at a maximum
temperature of fifty degrees, pasteuriza-
ton, requirements for the stabling and
milking Of cows. the transportation and
of milk to the consumers, the
causes of the local shortage Of milk
Mr.. Willige said his committee was
looking into the administration of the
District health office to learn whether its
requirements and milk regulations are
and whether the interests OF
the pubic health, as well as Of the deal
ers and producers, are safeguarded.
MINE RESCUE CARS READY.