Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-13
THEIR VIEWS SOUGHT
Milk Conference of 1907 Ask
ed to Attend Hearing.
URGED TUBERCULIN TEST
Commissioners Extend Invitation to
Former Probers of Subject.
INQUIRY BY BOARD OF TRADE
Public Health Committee Called To-
gether-Chamber of Commerce
Is Deliberate.

Is deliberate.
indication of widespread interest i'm the
proposed application of the tubercuhn
test TO all COWS on all dairs farms from
which milk is obtained to be supplied TO
local consumers. whether the farms are
located inside or outside the District OF
Columbia, was offered today by the an
nouncement that the members of the
milk conference appointed in la"7 bs
former Commissioner IL. B. T. Macfar-
land, have been invited TO be present al
the public hearing to Toe given by the
Commissioners of the District, Thursday.
October ~. Consumers, producers and
dealers are to be given opportunity to
state their respective cases at that time.
Verdict of Milk Conference.
The milk conference. in 1907. made a
series of recommendation relating To the
treatment Of the milk supply of the Dis
trict, not the least important of which
was an emphatic statement that all COWS
from which milk is obtained to be served
In its raw state should be free from tu-
berculosis as shown by the tuberculin
test
i't liitlHDclS VI lIe conference " no
have been invited to participate i'm next
Thursdays hearing are: Gen. John NJ
Sternberg, chairman, professor of hy-
glene, department Of public health. George
washington University: Dr. George NJ.
kober. first vice chairman, professor of
hygiene, school of medicine, Georgetown
University; DIR. Harvey W. Wiley Sec
ond vice chairman, chief of the bureau of
chemistry. Department of Agriculture.
Emile Berliner. DIR. j. w. Kerr. assistant
surgeon general. United States bureau of
public health and marine hospital serv-
ice; DR.. G. Lloyd Magruder, DR. G. f. Ma
son, assistant surgeon general, L. 5. A:
DR.. y. u. Melvin, chief of the bureau .of
animal industry, Department of Agricul-
ture; DIR. John K. Mohler, chief o. the
pathological division, bureau of animal
Industry Brig. Gen. Robert NJ. O'Reilly,
surgeon general. L. ; A; Admiral Z. NJ.
Rixey, surgeon general. L. 5. N: DIR. h.
&. Shredder, superintendent of experiment
station, bureau of animal industry. l.. III.
Webster, chief of the dairy division, bu-
reau of animal industry, and DIR. -Ander-
United States public health and marine
hospital service.
Inquiry by Board of Trade.
The Washington Board of Trade is TO
take hand in the milk problem investi-
CATION, I'm an effort to ascertain what is
causing the shortage in the milk supply
in this city.
The question will be taken up by the
public health committee of the board. DIR.
ID. Percy Hickling, chairman, has called
a meeting of the committee for 40 pm
tomorrow, when the plans for the Investi-
CATION will be mapped out and the in
yeStigation started.
The committee, il il stated, will go
thoroughly into the subject in all its as
poets and will later report to a meeting
of the Board of Trade.
Tuberculin Test Opposed.
The Dairymen's Association Of the Dis
trict of Columbia and Virginia will take
an active part in the fight against the
order of the health Office requiring the
tuberculin test of all COWS i'm Virginia
and Maryland that supply milk TO the
dealers here. The decision was reached
at a meeting of the DairNmen's Associd-
tion held at the National Hotel last night.
The meeting was presided over by W.
y Hartranft and was attended by
large majority of the members OF the
association.
ID. w. Baker. "A member of the Pro-
ducers' Association. who has been re-
tanned 10y the aSSocia tion TO make A
fight if necessary. in the courts. against
the proposed tuberculin test. WAS present
at the meeting. As the representative OF
the producers he asked the cooperation
Of the local dealers in the fight.
II was then unanimously agreed TO
take part, with the producers. i'm the
fight. J. J. Bowles. \. :. Trundel, Corbin
Thompson. J. W. Murphy and &. g.
Dade We're named committee TO confer
with and aid the attorneys. Baker az
Waters.
Law Officers Interested.
That United States District Attorney
Wilson'S office had been taking an in
terest in the milk question WAS Indicated
by a statement made by w. T. Brosius.
secretary of the DairymenS : Association,
that he had been summoned TO the dis
trict attorneys office and questioned at
length to an agreement among the
dairymen to raise prices.
President Guide OF the Chamber of Com
merce has not yet decided upon the per-
vestigate the milk question. The ques-
ton is one of grave Importance to the
people of Washington. Mr.. Guide says.
and he is taking ample time TO consider
the matter before naming the commit
tee.
He waptS the very pest men he can
get to hahdle the prObfem for the Cham
Der o. Commerce. 1t is probable that
the committee will not be named until to-
morrow.
To aid in making up the shortage in
the supply of milk from nearby sources it
is announced that a carload of milk from
CooperstoWn. v. Y, will arrive here to-
morrow morning and that another car
will follow Saturday morning.
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