The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-01

c. w. THROCi<NIORTON.
Appealing to Virginia mothers to use
every influence against the passage of
any law that Will take away from
cities the right of conducting milk in
spcctions, the executive board of the
Richmond Federation of Mothers
Clubs yesterday expressed in resolu-
lions it's disapproval of the Throck-
| morton bill, which has been presented
in the House of Delegates, and which
will, if passed. put tho Inspections in
the hands of the State
Similar action has been taken by the
Graduate Nurses Association. the Rich
mond Academy of Medicine and Sur
gerry and various organizations here
and elsewhere, all of which will be
represented at the hearing of the meas
ure before the House Committee on
Agriculture and Mining on Thursday
afternoon. As far as is known, each
organization which has discussed the
merits of the bill has unanimously nut
itself on record in opposition to it, and
has urged those interested in the wei
fare of infants 10 aid in its defeat.
Adopt strong RESOLUTIONS.
Mrs William Gemmeii. president of
the Richmond Federation of Mothers
Clubs, spoke for twenty minutes at
the meeting yesterday, and the effect
of her address was to secure the adop-
ton of the following resolutions by
vote:
whereas, II is universally admitted
fact that milk whicl, bns been pro-
duced in uncIenn barns nnd handled In
nm unclcnn manner is the chief cnuse
OF those digestive disturbances of in
1HntS which re IN,
proportion of the high mortality OF
Infancy, and that milk is also. unless
produced under rigid Inspections, ono
or the most frequent causes of epide M
fcs OF scarlet fever, tiiphth crin and
typhoid fever; md
Whereas, the health, and even tic
very life, of n large proportion of all
infnnts Is thus dependent upon the
ability of their mothers TO obtain for
them clean and wholesome milk; ana
Whereas, II has been nbundnntly
proved that II Is possible TO secure
such milk in large cities only If the
general milk supply Is obtained solely
from dairy firms which nre under the
most rigid system of Inunicinal In
spcction: and
whereas, the insncction or dairics
ana dairy farms. as conducted for the
past three years by the Richmond
Hehith Department., has resulted In
bringing the general milk supply of
itichmon'i up to 81 very high degree of
purity, thus placing mt the command of
the mothers of our city the best suhsti-
tutc Tor the natural nourishment Of
their babies when this natural nourish-
mcnt Is not nvaiInble; and
whereas, the ThrocI<morton bill, now
penuinS before the Legislature of Vir-
Einin, would undo all the above bcne-
hts which hnve been conferred on the
mothers and babies of Richmond, OPEN
intc the why to return to the inferior
milk supply which was on this market
before the work OF dairy inspection
was undertaken by the Richmond
Health Department., and thus result In
u heavy toll on the health and the lives
OF the babies OF RichlnVnd; therefore,
he ii
Resolved by The executive board Of
the Rirhmond Federation of Mothers
Clubs, composed of the executive com.
mAttccs or all the component mothers
clubs of the rcslerntion-
frst, Ihnt we. as Virginia mOthcrs,
DO most earnestly protest against the
passage OF the 'rhrOcIS morton hill, be-
ilcNihS thnt its enactment would be n
dircc, ana serious menace TO the health
W. " tarSc proportion u Tue
lnIhhts Or hichmond and other VfrEfnin /
citics which have adequate municipal
inspection OF dairies.
second, THAT The president OF the fed
crhtioh hrpoint committee composed
" ""e member OF the executive cOni-
i'i''ce " chch Of the component clubs
y" coNopcrhtc viii, the Chief Health
oHhccr or the city OF RfchmOnd In OPP
posing the passage OF the IhrOClSmor-
'oh Dill, ana that this committee he
TO attend the hearing; of the
hill before the House
committee on Agriculture and Mining,
Which VIII he held in room No. o, Cap
Ii"l i'iiidinG, on Thursday afternoon,
febru"rH !" nj 4 O'Clock.
mira, ihhi the Federation of Moth
c's S'"ns hereby appeals to the moth
srS OF H'rhnond 10 use their indIvid-
I'M em"r's nnd influence IN opposing
'ne 'hro'>morton hill and to nttcHd
:" NO urge numbers MS possible the
men tIGncd.
f'"r'h, Thht copies Of these rcsOlu-
80. NV sem ~ each nf the two SEN
$3.50, ~" ne i've Delegates from Rich
' '" hr IhrocI> morton, Of Hen
-, '''n'S 'the pntron OF. this bid; to-
,,,.,,, 'r' hrnl'h oiIieer-6fSthe city of
n,,,I,.a ana I" the four daily PAPERS
'"'" !" the city OF lsieImond
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